ARRT CI REVISED EXAM, MOST RECENT EXAM 2026-
2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM /JUST RELEASED!! ARRT
CI Review
What normally causes the patient foramen ovale to close at birth?
ANSWERS: Higher LA pressure
Surgery on a ventricular septal defect is generally considered only when:
ANSWERS: Qp/Qs exceeds 2:1
Deep thigh and calf veins are the sources for:
ANSWERS: Pulmonary emboli
Braided steel wires are woven into the walls of most guide catheters to improve
their:
ANSWERS: Torque control
According to Piosuille's law if the length of a catheter is doubled, how much
should the injection pressure be increased to get the same flow?
ANSWERS: Doubled
,When doing angiographic flood injections with a 4 or 5fr. Catheters the injector
pressure should not exceed:
ANSWERS: 1200 psi
After a diagnostic guide wire has been in the patients arteries for three minutes, it
should be:
ANSWERS: Withdrawn and wiped with heparinized gauze
Platinum is valuable in an angioplasty wire because of its:
ANSWERS: Radiopacity
You are attempting to gain femoral artery access. But, you missed the artery.
When your needle is situated just lateral to the right femoral artery, how will
the needle hub bounce with each pulse?
ANSWERS: Toward the artery-medially
An elderly man with history of frequent pericarditis and angina needs:
ANSWERS: Bilateral heart cath and coronary arteriography
When considering a patient for PCI, a history of hypotension, hypokalemia, and
epilepsy are:
,ANSWERS: Relative contraindications to left heart cath and angioplasty
Pallor, hypotension, tachycardia, and abdominal pain in a patient who is post cath
suggests:
ANSWERS: Retroperitoneal hematoma
A pulsatile encapsulated hematoma in communication with a ruptured artery
defines a:
ANSWERS: False aneurysm
Your 55Kg patient comes to the lab premedicated with 300mg
clopidogrel(plavix) for a PCI. The physician orders 2000 units of
unfractionated heparin IV. To check for the
proper level of anticoagulation draw the first ACT:
ANSWERS: 5 min after administration of heparin
Which short acting sedative is contraindicated in patients with narrow angle
glaucoma?
ANSWERS: Midazolam or versed
, After a radial PCI case when should you pull the sheath?
ANSWERS: At conclusion of the case
When you attempt to pull the radial artery sheath it is tight in the vessel and
painful to move. What would not facilitate sheath removal?
ANSWERS: Injecting Nitroglycerin IV
In an attempt to establish atrial access, the Dr.'s first stick drew venous blood.
In order to enter the RFA, his next stick should be directed just to the
first.
ANSWERS: Lateral
How should the patient's head be positioned for right internal jugular vein
access?
ANSWERS: Turned 30 degrees to left
A patient has just finished having a right and left heart cath from the right leg.
Both
arterial and venous sheaths remain in the groin. The safest method to establish
hemo stasis for both vessels is to first remove the sheath and apply
pressure to that site for
_____ and then remove the other sheath and hold for _.
ANSWERS: Arterial, 15min hold and then venous for 5-10min
2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM /JUST RELEASED!! ARRT
CI Review
What normally causes the patient foramen ovale to close at birth?
ANSWERS: Higher LA pressure
Surgery on a ventricular septal defect is generally considered only when:
ANSWERS: Qp/Qs exceeds 2:1
Deep thigh and calf veins are the sources for:
ANSWERS: Pulmonary emboli
Braided steel wires are woven into the walls of most guide catheters to improve
their:
ANSWERS: Torque control
According to Piosuille's law if the length of a catheter is doubled, how much
should the injection pressure be increased to get the same flow?
ANSWERS: Doubled
,When doing angiographic flood injections with a 4 or 5fr. Catheters the injector
pressure should not exceed:
ANSWERS: 1200 psi
After a diagnostic guide wire has been in the patients arteries for three minutes, it
should be:
ANSWERS: Withdrawn and wiped with heparinized gauze
Platinum is valuable in an angioplasty wire because of its:
ANSWERS: Radiopacity
You are attempting to gain femoral artery access. But, you missed the artery.
When your needle is situated just lateral to the right femoral artery, how will
the needle hub bounce with each pulse?
ANSWERS: Toward the artery-medially
An elderly man with history of frequent pericarditis and angina needs:
ANSWERS: Bilateral heart cath and coronary arteriography
When considering a patient for PCI, a history of hypotension, hypokalemia, and
epilepsy are:
,ANSWERS: Relative contraindications to left heart cath and angioplasty
Pallor, hypotension, tachycardia, and abdominal pain in a patient who is post cath
suggests:
ANSWERS: Retroperitoneal hematoma
A pulsatile encapsulated hematoma in communication with a ruptured artery
defines a:
ANSWERS: False aneurysm
Your 55Kg patient comes to the lab premedicated with 300mg
clopidogrel(plavix) for a PCI. The physician orders 2000 units of
unfractionated heparin IV. To check for the
proper level of anticoagulation draw the first ACT:
ANSWERS: 5 min after administration of heparin
Which short acting sedative is contraindicated in patients with narrow angle
glaucoma?
ANSWERS: Midazolam or versed
, After a radial PCI case when should you pull the sheath?
ANSWERS: At conclusion of the case
When you attempt to pull the radial artery sheath it is tight in the vessel and
painful to move. What would not facilitate sheath removal?
ANSWERS: Injecting Nitroglycerin IV
In an attempt to establish atrial access, the Dr.'s first stick drew venous blood.
In order to enter the RFA, his next stick should be directed just to the
first.
ANSWERS: Lateral
How should the patient's head be positioned for right internal jugular vein
access?
ANSWERS: Turned 30 degrees to left
A patient has just finished having a right and left heart cath from the right leg.
Both
arterial and venous sheaths remain in the groin. The safest method to establish
hemo stasis for both vessels is to first remove the sheath and apply
pressure to that site for
_____ and then remove the other sheath and hold for _.
ANSWERS: Arterial, 15min hold and then venous for 5-10min
