Radiology Practice

20 learning units • 10 questions per unit • 200 explained questions

Module 14 — Brain, Stroke & Spinal Imaging

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Question 01 • Single best answer

Which study is commonly used rapidly to assess acute intracranial hemorrhage?

A. Routine knee ultrasound B. Mammography C. Bone densitometry D. Noncontrast head CT

Question 02 • Single best answer

How does acute blood often appear on noncontrast CT?

A. Always identical to air B. Always absent from all images C. Hyperattenuating D. Uniformly the same as fat

Question 03 • Single best answer

Does a normal early CT exclude ischemic stroke?

A. Yes, in every patient B. Yes, if weakness is severe C. Only when the patient is older D. No

Question 04 • Single best answer

What information is especially important on a stroke imaging request?

A. Only the patient’s meal preference B. Only the hospital room number C. Only previous minor fractures D. Symptom onset or last-known-well time and neurological findings

Question 05 • Single best answer

Which MRI technique is particularly useful for many acute infarcts?

A. A single localizer alone B. Diffusion-weighted imaging with ADC assessment C. Only a surface-coil photograph D. Only an abdominal MRCP sequence

Question 06 • Single best answer

What can midline shift indicate?

A. Normal laterality labeling B. A definite infecting organism C. A normal finding in every adult D. Intracranial mass effect

Question 07 • Single best answer

Why is ventricular enlargement not automatically hydrocephalus?

A. Ventricles never change size B. Every enlarged ventricle means a tumor C. CT cannot show ventricles D. Atrophy can enlarge ventricles through a different mechanism

Question 08 • Single best answer

Where is subarachnoid blood found?

A. Only inside the skull bone B. In sulci or cisterns containing cerebrospinal fluid C. Only within a disc space D. Exclusively in the scalp

Question 09 • Single best answer

Back pain with new saddle sensory loss and bladder dysfunction raises concern for what?

A. An uncomplicated muscle strain by default B. A normal aging change without review C. A diagnosis established by a normal radiograph D. Cauda equina or other neural compression

Question 10 • Single best answer

Can a normal spinal radiograph exclude cord compression?

A. No B. Yes, if all vertebrae are visible C. Yes, if pain is recent D. Only when taken standing