ARRT Extremity Procedures Practice Questions
Procedures · 28 of the 200 scored questions in ARRT’s content specifications
230 questions across all eight subcategories in 230 minutes, with a score for Extremities so you know where you stand.
Free Extremities drillHow much is the foot rotated for the AP medial oblique projection?
Extremity Procedures on the ARRT radiography exam
Extremity Procedures has 28 of the 200 scored questions, the largest subcategory in Procedures. Questions cover every upper and lower extremity projection on ARRT’s list, from fingers to the shoulder girdle and from toes to the femur, plus long bone measurement, bone surveys and arthrography.
- Share of the exam
- 28 of the 200 scored questions now; 30 from March 1, 2027
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 65 Extremities questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What Extremity Procedures questions test
- Upper extremity: fingers, thumb, hand, wrist (ulnar deviation, Stecher, Gaynor-Hart), forearm, elbow (obliques, Coyle), humerus, shoulder (Grashey, scapular Y, Neer, Lawrence), scapula, clavicle and AC joints
- Lower extremity: toes, sesamoids, foot, calcaneus, ankle (mortise, stress, weight bearing), tibia and fibula, knee (obliques, intercondylar fossa, Merchant, Settegast) and femur
- Anatomy shown by each projection and the fractures and pathology it is chosen for
- Central ray angles and entry points, and adapting for trauma and casts
- Long bone measurement, bone age, bone surveys and arthrography
Sit the full exam under the real clock
230 questions across all eight subcategories in 230 minutes, with a score for Extremities so you know where you stand.
Free Extremities drillHow to study it
- Learn the elbow obliques as a pair: medial (internal) rotation shows the coronoid process, lateral (external) rotation shows the radial head free of the ulna.
- Know the angles that come up most: AP axial foot 10 degrees toward the heel, plantodorsal calcaneus 40 degrees, knee AP 0 to 5 degrees depending on ASIS-to-tabletop distance.
- For every projection, name what a correct image shows: which bones are open, superimposed or in profile.
- Take the extremities drill and the positioning drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many extremity questions are on the ARRT radiography exam?
Twenty-eight scored questions under the current specifications and 30 from March 1, 2027, the largest procedures subcategory.
Which extremity projections are added in 2027?
The 2027 list adds the Norgaard (ball catcher’s) hand, the Rosenberg PA axial knee, a superior-inferior axial shoulder, mortise and oblique weight-bearing foot and ankle views and the lateral patella. The clavicle moves to the thorax section.
230 questions across all eight subcategories in 230 minutes, with a score for Extremities so you know where you stand.
Free Extremities drillThe other ARRT radiography content areas
Sources
- ARRT: Radiography Examination Content Specifications, in force through February 28, 2027 (PDF)
- ARRT: Radiography Examination Content Specifications, effective March 1, 2027 (PDF)
- ARRT: 2026 Primary Eligibility Pathway Handbook: exam format, scoring, exam window and attempts (PDF)
- ARRT: Fees
- ARRT: Annual Exam Report 2025: passing score and approximate percent correct (PDF)
- ARRT: Updated Radiography documents (May 1, 2026), changes effective March 1, 2027
- NCRP Report No. 116, Limitation of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
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