ARRT Image Acquisition and Evaluation Practice Questions
Image Production · 26 of the 200 scored questions in ARRT’s content specifications
230 questions across all eight subcategories in 230 minutes, with a score for Image Acquisition so you know where you stand.
Free Image Acquisition drillFor an AP thoracic spine, how should the patient be placed to use the anode heel effect?
Image Acquisition and Evaluation on the ARRT radiography exam
Image Acquisition and Evaluation has 26 of the 200 scored questions, the larger half of the Image Production category. It covers how each technical and geometric factor changes receptor exposure, spatial resolution and distortion, how technique charts and AEC are used, what makes a digital image, and how to judge whether an image is acceptable.
- Share of the exam
- 26 of the 200 scored questions now; 26 from March 1, 2027
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 61 Image Acquisition questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What Image Acquisition and Evaluation questions test
- Factors affecting quality: mAs, kVp, SID, OID, focal spot size, grids and grid conversion factors, filtration, beam restriction, motion, anode heel effect, patient size and angulation
- Technique charts: fixed versus variable kVp, and adjusting for casts, pathology, age, body mass index and contrast media
- Automatic exposure control: detector selection, centering the anatomy over the chamber, and density adjustments
- Digital characteristics: pixel and detector element size and pitch, matrix size, MTF, bit depth, DQE, dynamic range, quantum noise and signal-to-noise ratio
- Image evaluation: exposure indicators, noise, saturation, contrast, distortion, markers and artifacts
Sit the full exam under the real clock
230 questions across all eight subcategories in 230 minutes, with a score for Image Acquisition so you know where you stand.
Free Image Acquisition drillHow to study it
- Learn the factor table: mAs controls receptor exposure; focal spot, OID, SID and motion control spatial resolution; OID, SID and angles control distortion.
- Practice the conversions: the 15% rule, the direct square law for SID changes and grid conversion factors (no grid 1, 5:1 2, 6:1 3, 8:1 4, 12:1 5, 16:1 6).
- Read an exposure indicator question for its direction: too high means overexposure even if the image looks fine.
- Take the image acquisition drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
Is computed radiography still on the ARRT exam?
Through February 28, 2027, the specifications still list a few CR topics such as sampling frequency and radiation fog. The specifications effective March 1, 2027 remove all CR content. Our questions are written to digital radiography so they serve both.
How many image production questions are on the ARRT radiography exam?
Image Production has 51 scored questions: 26 in Image Acquisition and Evaluation and 25 in Equipment Operation and Quality Assurance. The 2027 specifications keep the same counts.
230 questions across all eight subcategories in 230 minutes, with a score for Image Acquisition so you know where you stand.
Free Image Acquisition 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
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to the ARRT Radiography Examination Content Specifications, not ARRT exam questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) or Pearson VUE. ARRT and R.T. are trademarks of the ARRT.