ARRT BOARD EXAM 2024 with Guaranteed Correct Answers

What is the TD 5/5 for the kidney? - correct answer 23 Gy What would a QA level 1 action item require? - correct answer Inspection, but treatment can continue What is the backscatter factor at the level of Dmax? - correct answer Tissue Air Ratio (TAR) What technique can be used to accomplish forced shallow breathing? - correct answer Gating What are the parts of the oral cavity? - correct answer Floor of the mouth, retromolar trigone, gingiva, anterior 2/3 of tongue, hard palate What is the tolerance for gantry & collimator angle indicators? - correct answer 1.0˚ What does T1b glottic cancer involve according to the AJCC staging system? - correct answer Both vocal cords What is the most common breast cancer diagnosis? - correct answer Invasive infiltrating ductal carcinoma When a patient is treated with an SAD of 12 cm, what would the SSD be? - correct answer 88 cm What is the single most effective way of preventing the spread of infection? - correct answer Washing hands What is the most common dose-limiting toxicity for chemotherapeutic drugs? - correct answer Myelosuppresion What is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma? - correct answer Mycosis fungoides What is the TD 5/5 for the whole liver? - correct answer 30 Gy What must a treatment prescription contain? - correct answer Total dose, daily dose, orientation of treatment fields, fractionation scheme, beam energy, beam-modifying devices, anatomic site, treatment technique Which phase after total body exposure to radiation is characterized by having no symptoms? - correct answer Latent phase What is a general characteristic of well-differentiated tumors? - correct answer Benign Which primary diagnosis indicates prophylactic cranial irradiation? - correct answer Small cell carcinoma What is used to prevent a hot spot at the junction of two treatment fields with a small hinge angle? - correct answer Wedge What is a near miss in radiation therapy treatment delivery? - correct answer A harmful event that was caught prior to the delivery of treatment What is included in the ITV? - correct answer PTV, CTV, & GTV What type of acute radiation syndrome results from a whole body dose of cGy? - correct answer Gastrointestinal Through which organ/tissue are intrathecal drug injections administered? - correct answer Spinal cord What is the pur