HESI Exit Exam Study Guide

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Quiz____?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?

• Rotate the leg 15 degrees medially; place the cathode end of the tube

toward the foot.

• Rotate the leg 15 degrees medially; place the anode end of the tube

toward the foot.

• Do not rotate the leg; place the anode end of the tube toward the foot.
• Do not rotate the leg; place the cathode end of the tube toward the

foot. - Answer✓✓

• Do not rotate the leg; place the anode end of the tube toward the foot.

Quiz____?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?

• Third
• Fourth
• Second
• Fifth -

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• Fourth

Quiz____?According to Merrill's Atlas, which location represents the correct CR placement for an axiolateral oblique mandible projection for the ramus?

• The acanthion
• The point of contact between the lips
• The occlusal plane
• The region of interest -

Answer✓✓

• The region of interest

Quiz____?The only saddle joint in the body is found between which two bones?

• Trapezium and the first metacarpal
• Trapezium and the navicular
• Navicular and first metatarsal
• Scaphoid and trapezium -

Answer✓✓

• Trapezium and the first metacarpal

Quiz____?Which is the disease process that causes increased radiodensity in the lung fields on an image due to inflammation and accumulation of fluid?Page 2 of 55 2 / 4

• Primary Tuberculosis
• Pneumothorax
• Pneumonia
• Pleurisy -

Answer✓✓

• Pneumonia

Quiz____?Which study is considered a nonfunctional examination of the urinary system?

• Retrograde urogram
• Voiding cystourethrogram
• Intravenous urogram
• Hypertensive urogram -

Answer✓✓

• Retrograde urogram

Quiz____?How should the radiographer position the patient best to demonstrate a left axillary 6th rib fracture?

• Upright and 45 degree LPO
• Supine and 45 degree LPO
• Upright Posterior (PA)
• Prone -

Answer✓✓

• Upright and 45 degree LPO

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Quiz____?Which CR orientation is recommended for a radiographic image of the contrast-filled urinary bladder with the patient in the supine position?

• 2 inches inferior to the pubic symphysis with a 10 to 15 degree

cephalad angle

• 2 inches superior to the pubic symphysis with a 10 to 15 degree caudad

angle

• 1 inch proximal to the tip of the coccyx with a 10 to 15 degree cephalad

angle

• 1 inch distal to the tip of the coccyx with a 10 to 15 degree caudad

angle - Answer✓✓

• 2 inches superior to the pubic symphysis with a 10 to 15 degree caudad

angle Quiz____?A request for a shoulder exam comes from the ER. The patient has a large deformity anterior to the shoulder and the physician suspects an anterior dislocation. Which are the most common appropriate views to take on this patient?

• Posterior (PA) internal and external rotation views
• Posterior (PA) neutral and external rotation views
• AP projection in neutral rotation and PA oblique scapular Y
• Anterioposterior (AP) projections in internal, external, and neutral

rotation - Answer✓✓

• AP projection in neutral rotation and PA oblique scapular Y

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