Radiology MCQs

1.) Hypoventilation in cases of bronchial obstruction is caused by:

a. partial bronchial stenosis

2.) The presence of bilateral, multiple round shaped opacities on chest x-ray is
characteristic of:
b. pulmonary metastasis

3.) The lines of Kerle are due to:

a. interstitial lung edema

4.) The hemodynamic changes in left atrium in cases of isolated mitral stenosis are due to:
c. presence of residual blood during contraction of the left atrium

5.) The hypertonic stomach is:

a. High and obliquely situated towards the spine

6.) Chronic appendicitis has the following radiological signs:

b. retrocecal location of the appendix

7.) The screening method for diagnosis of diseases of the urogenital system is:
b. ultrasound examination

8.) The most frequent complication of renal colic is:

c. hydronephrosis

9.) Osteoporosis is a process of:

a. demineralisation

10.) Which of the following radiological signs cannot be referred to the degenerative
dystrophic disease (arthrosis) of the musculo-skeletal system?
b. calcification of the salt tissues

11.) Expiratory emphysema in bronchial obstruction is caused by:

b. bronchial valve stenosis

12.) Ring structures (?) on frontal chest radiography are characteristic of:
c. lung cavities

13.) Tear-shaped heart is:

a. normal heart

14.) Cardiac shadow increases its size in:

c. both answers are correct (a. cardiomyopathy; b. pericardial effusion)

15.) Normotonic stomach is:

b. situated on the left side of the spine and up the biiliac line

16.) The sign of „rice“ or „snowstorm“ is characteristic of

a. enteritis
17.) Which of the following methods is not useful in examination of the urogenital system?
b. HSG

18.) The method for primary diagnosis of hydronephrosis is:

c. ultrasonography of the kidneys

19.) In cases of diffuse osteoporosis which of the following changes occur?

a. Thinning of the compact bone, widening of the medullary channe/ bone marrow
spaces, Thinning of bone beams

20.) Which of the following methods is not used anymore?

a. pneumoencephalography

21.) Atelectasis in cases of bronchial obstruction is caused by:

c. complete bronchial stenosis

22.) Radiography of the paranasal sinuses is performed in:

b. standing or sitting position of the patient

23.) Which of the following cardiac chambers are normally not seen on the frontal chest
x-ray?
a. right ventricle

24.) The method of choice for diagnosis of pericardial effusion is:

b. echocardiography

25.) Hypotonic stomach is:

c. elongated and crossing the biiliac line

26.) In cases of suspected intestinal obstruction, the radiography of the abdominal region
is conducted in:
c. both answers (upright position, laterography in supine position)

27.) The plain radiography of the urogenital tract is a method:

b. which is used before each intravenous urography

28.) The main radiographic signs from intravenous urography in chronic pyelonephritis are:
a. changes in size and outlines of the kidneys

29.) Osteosclerosis is a process of:

b. hypermineralisation

30.) Perthes disease is:

b. aseptic necrosis

31.) Which is the most common cause for bronchial obstruction in children?
b. foreign body in the bronchus

32.) Which of the following diseases causes displacement of the mediastinum?

b. pleural effusion
33.) In cases of pericardial effusion the enlargement of the cardiac shadow on chest x-ray
is at:
c. Both left and right cardiac borders

34.) The changes of gastric peristalsis are result of disturbances of

a. tone and movement

35.) On plain radiographs of the abdomen, the air-fluid levels are characteristic of:
a. Ileus

36.) The retrograde pyelography is a method of examination, which gives information

regarding:
b. morphologic diseases of the genitourinary tract

37.) For the diagnosis of renal tumors we use:

c. CT of the kidneys

38.) Perthes disease is aseptic necrosis of:

a. head of the femur

39.) The x-ray appearance of lung abscess is:

c. air-fluid level in lungs

40.) Pneumoconiosis are:

c. occupational diseases of the lungs

41.) In supine position of the patient the cardiac shadow is:

a. bigger

42.) The most frequently used method for performing arteriography is:
b. puncture method of Seidinger

43.) The radiological symptom „filling defect“ in the contrast examination of the gastro-
intestinal tract is characteristic of
b. cancer of the stomach

44.) Screening method for diagnosis of diseases of the liver and gall bladder is:
b. Ultrasound

45.) Renovasography is a radiological contrast method for examination, which we use for
diagnosis of:
b. vascular diseases and arterial hypertension

46.) The most frequent radiological signs in renal tumours on intravenous urography are:
b. deformation and displacement of the small causes and defects in there filling

47.) Leading clinical symptoms of high-grade osteoporosis are:

b. pain and pathological fractures

48.) Osteosclerotic type of metastases are typical of:

a. prostatic cancer
49. In cases of large pleural effusion the mediastinal shadow is moved towards:
b. non- affected side

50.) Non-complicated echinococcus cyst in the lungs presents as:

c.air-fluid level

51.) The cardiac waist is straightened in enlargement of:

b. left atrium

52.) Lymphography is a contrast method of examination of:

c. lymphatic system

53.) The gastric ulcers are most frequently located in?

c. the lesser curvature

54.) Which is the most informative method of examination of liver and gall bladder
c. Ultrasound examination

55.) Screening method of examination of the urinary bladder is:

b. ultrasonography of the urinary bladder

56.) Mammography is:

b. plain radiographs of the breast

57.) The typical location of multiple myeloma is in:

b. flat bones

58.) In partial or total pneumothorax radiologically is seen:

b. radiolucent non-structural zone

59.) Radiologically the non-expectorated echinococcus cyst in the lung is:

a. rounded opacity

60.) The cardiac apex in cases of enlargement of the left cavities is:
b. moving down

61.) Phlebography is a contrast method of examination of:

b. venous blood vessels

62.) Which of the following radiological symptoms is characteristic of stomach ulcer:

c. additional shadows

63.) X-ray signs of acute abdomen are:

c. Both a. and b. ( multiple air-fluid levels in the abdomen, free gas under the
diaphragm)

64. Cystography is a contrast method of examination of the urinary bladder. According to

the filling of the bladder it can be:
c. both answers (retrograde, anterograde)

65.) The basic screening method for breast carcinoma is:

a. mammography
66.) Bone sequestration can be found in:
b. osteonecrosis

67.) Sarcoma of Ewing is usually located in:

c. diaphysis and metadiaphysis

68.) The primary complex in tuberculosis includes:

a. primary effect, lymphangitis and lymphadenitis

69.) On chest x-ray lung metastases present as:

b. multiple rounded opacities

70.) Which of the following diseases is the most frequent demand for lymphography?
b. neoplastic disease primary and secondary

71.) The erosion is a mucosal lesion which is diagnosed by:

c. both endoscopy and radiography/ radioscopy

72.) The x-ray differentiation between calculus in the gallbladder and a calculus in the
right kidney is possible by using the following additional projection:
c. lateral radiography

73.) The kidneys have the following position/ location:

a. retroperitoneal

74.) For differentiation between cystic and solid breast formations we use:
b. ultrasonography

75.) The compact sequester in osteomyelitis is:

a. needle-shaped, sharply-outlined, normogenous opacity

76.) Osteogenic sarcoma usually gives metastasis in:

b. lungs

77.) The focus of Ghon is:

c. calcified primary affect

78.) The cardiac apex in cases of enlargement of the right cavities is:
a. moving up

79.) In total pneumothorax, the mediastinal shadow is moved towards:

b. the healthy side

80.) Drug ulcers are usually

c. multiple

81.) The method of choice in gallbladder calculosis is:

c. US examination (?)

82.) Physiological stenosis of the ureters are:

c. three
83.) Breast cancer is more frequent in:
b. women

84.) Spongeous sequester is:

b. radio-opacity with polygonal shape, blurred outlines and non-homogenous
structure

85.) Radiologically the single bone cyst presents as:

b. rounded, radiolucent zone, sharply-outlined, with homogenous structure

86.) In cases of bronchopneumonia chest x-ray shows:

a. infiltrative shadow

87.) The most accurate method for differentiation of solid from cystic formation in the lung
is:
c) CT of lungs

88.) Does the position of the body affect the shape of the cardiac shadow on chest x-ray?
a. yes

89.) Calcification of the aorta is a feature of:

a. atherosclerosis of the aorta

90.) The radiological sign „filling defect“ seen in the stomach in barium meal examination is
a condition of:
c. gastric cancer

91.) The main radiological sign of cancer of the colon is:

a. filling defect

92.) Intravenous urography is a contrast method of examination of the genitourinary tract

(GUT). It gives information for:
c. both functional and morphologic disease of the GUT

93.) From the plain x-ray of the genitourinary system in cases of renal tumour, we receive
the following information:
a. changes in position, shape, size and outlines of the kidneys

94.) Ebonation of the bone is observed in:

c. osteosclerosis

95.) Ankylosing spondylitis is characterised by:

a. osteoporosis ankylosis, sacroileitis, „bamboo stick“ spine

96.) The spotted shadows in cases of chronic hematogenically disseminated tuberculosis

of lungs are:
c. different kinds of sizes and intensity

97.) In endobronchial lung cancer the leading radiological symptom is:

a. bronchial stenosis
98.) Which imaging method is most important for the diagnosis of cardiac disease?
c. echocardiography

99.) The advantages of radiography as a method of examination are:

a. cheap and quick method

100.) In contrast examination stomach polyps present as:

b. filling defects with sharp outlines

101.) The preparation of a patient for contrast examination of upper GIT includes:
c. the examination is made in the morning on an empty stomach

102.) Which is the most useful method for diagnostics of renal cystic formations:
b. ultrasound examination

103.) Which of the following radiological symptoms is not a direct symptom of stomach
ulcer?
c. hyper secretion and pyloric concentration

104.) Fracture type „green bronchi“ (subperiosteal fracture) is type of:

c. childhood

105.) Osteoma is usually located in:

a. facial skull