HESI Exit(Radiography) Exam Study
Questions and Answers
Which is the preferred method for indicating the correct anatomic side on a
radiographic image?
A. Photoflash the marker on a corner of the image after exposure.
B. Write the appropriate marker directly on the film after exposure.
C. Place a side marker directly on the image receptor (IR) prior to exposure.
D. Electronically annotate the correct side prior to exposure. - ANSW✔✔C. Place
a side marker directly on the image receptor (IR) prior to exposure.
In order to increase the number of shades of gray displayed on a digital image
what should be done?
A. Increase the window width.
B. Increase the window level.
C. Decrease the window level.
D. Decrease the window width. - ANSW✔✔A. Increase the window width.
Which term refers to unwanted fluctuations in the brightness of an image?
A. Static.
B. Flux.
C. Interference.
,D. Noise. - ANSW✔✔D. Noise.
How much compensation is needed for a change to a small focal spot?
A. None.
B. Add 30% to milliampere-seconds (mAs).
C. Add 15% to kilovolts peak (kVp).
D. Double milliampere-seconds (mAs). - ANSW✔✔A. None.
What is a method of electronic display resolution quality control testing?
A. Detective quantum efficiency (DQE) test.
B. Luminescence test.
C. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) test pattern.
D. Wire mesh test - ANSW✔✔C. Society of Motion Picture and Television
Engineers (SMPTE) test pattern.
In which way can the radiographer minimize motion due to peristalsis?
A. Give the patient explicit instructions.
B. Decrease exposure time.
C. Expose the radiograph on inspiration.
D. Expose the radiograph on expiration. - ANSW✔✔B. Decrease exposure time
,A radiographer prepares to perform an AP projection of the distal femur on a
patient with a suspected femoral fracture. Which represents the best approach
for positioning both the patient and the x-ray tube?
A. Rotate the leg 15 degrees medially; place the cathode end of the tube toward
the foot.
B. Rotate the leg 15 degrees medially; place the anode end of the tube toward the
foot.
C. Do not rotate the leg; place the anode end of the tube toward the foot.
D. Do not rotate the leg; place the cathode end of the tube toward the foot. -
ANSW✔✔C. Do not rotate the leg; place the anode end of the tube toward the
foot.
On an accurately positioned PA chest radiograph, the manubrium of the sternum
is seen at the level of which thoracic vertebrae when the patient is sthenic?
A. Third
B. Fourth
C. Second
D. Fifth - ANSW✔✔B. Fourth
According to Merrill's Atlas, which location represents the correct CR placement
for an axiolateral oblique mandible projection for the ramus?
A. The acanthion
B. The point of contact between the lips
C. The occlusal plane
, D. The region of interest - ANSW✔✔D. The region of interest
The only saddle joint in the body is found between which two bones?
A. Trapezium and the first metacarpal
B. Trapezium and the navicular
C. Navicular and first metatarsal
D. Scaphoid and trapezium - ANSW✔✔A. Trapezium and the first metacarpal
Which is the disease process that causes increased radiodensity in the lung fields
on an image due to inflammation and accumulation of fluid?
A. Primary Tuberculosis
B. Pneumothorax
C. Pneumonia
D. Pleurisy - ANSW✔✔C. Pneumonia
Which study is considered a nonfunctional examination of the urinary system?
A. Retrograde urogram
B. Voiding cystourethrogram
C. Intravenous urogram
D. Hypertensive urogram - ANSW✔✔A. Retrograde urogram
Questions and Answers
Which is the preferred method for indicating the correct anatomic side on a
radiographic image?
A. Photoflash the marker on a corner of the image after exposure.
B. Write the appropriate marker directly on the film after exposure.
C. Place a side marker directly on the image receptor (IR) prior to exposure.
D. Electronically annotate the correct side prior to exposure. - ANSW✔✔C. Place
a side marker directly on the image receptor (IR) prior to exposure.
In order to increase the number of shades of gray displayed on a digital image
what should be done?
A. Increase the window width.
B. Increase the window level.
C. Decrease the window level.
D. Decrease the window width. - ANSW✔✔A. Increase the window width.
Which term refers to unwanted fluctuations in the brightness of an image?
A. Static.
B. Flux.
C. Interference.
,D. Noise. - ANSW✔✔D. Noise.
How much compensation is needed for a change to a small focal spot?
A. None.
B. Add 30% to milliampere-seconds (mAs).
C. Add 15% to kilovolts peak (kVp).
D. Double milliampere-seconds (mAs). - ANSW✔✔A. None.
What is a method of electronic display resolution quality control testing?
A. Detective quantum efficiency (DQE) test.
B. Luminescence test.
C. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) test pattern.
D. Wire mesh test - ANSW✔✔C. Society of Motion Picture and Television
Engineers (SMPTE) test pattern.
In which way can the radiographer minimize motion due to peristalsis?
A. Give the patient explicit instructions.
B. Decrease exposure time.
C. Expose the radiograph on inspiration.
D. Expose the radiograph on expiration. - ANSW✔✔B. Decrease exposure time
,A radiographer prepares to perform an AP projection of the distal femur on a
patient with a suspected femoral fracture. Which represents the best approach
for positioning both the patient and the x-ray tube?
A. Rotate the leg 15 degrees medially; place the cathode end of the tube toward
the foot.
B. Rotate the leg 15 degrees medially; place the anode end of the tube toward the
foot.
C. Do not rotate the leg; place the anode end of the tube toward the foot.
D. Do not rotate the leg; place the cathode end of the tube toward the foot. -
ANSW✔✔C. Do not rotate the leg; place the anode end of the tube toward the
foot.
On an accurately positioned PA chest radiograph, the manubrium of the sternum
is seen at the level of which thoracic vertebrae when the patient is sthenic?
A. Third
B. Fourth
C. Second
D. Fifth - ANSW✔✔B. Fourth
According to Merrill's Atlas, which location represents the correct CR placement
for an axiolateral oblique mandible projection for the ramus?
A. The acanthion
B. The point of contact between the lips
C. The occlusal plane
, D. The region of interest - ANSW✔✔D. The region of interest
The only saddle joint in the body is found between which two bones?
A. Trapezium and the first metacarpal
B. Trapezium and the navicular
C. Navicular and first metatarsal
D. Scaphoid and trapezium - ANSW✔✔A. Trapezium and the first metacarpal
Which is the disease process that causes increased radiodensity in the lung fields
on an image due to inflammation and accumulation of fluid?
A. Primary Tuberculosis
B. Pneumothorax
C. Pneumonia
D. Pleurisy - ANSW✔✔C. Pneumonia
Which study is considered a nonfunctional examination of the urinary system?
A. Retrograde urogram
B. Voiding cystourethrogram
C. Intravenous urogram
D. Hypertensive urogram - ANSW✔✔A. Retrograde urogram
