Diagnostic Imaging
One of the ten domains the VTNE is built from. Every question here is checked against a textbook on the official reference list.
- Share of the exam
- 6%
- Scored items on the VTNE
- 9 of 150
- Questions ready here
- 60
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Diagnostic Imaging is 9 of the VTNE’s 150 scored items. No account needed for these, answers included. The explanations cover why the right answer is right and why the others aren’t, and every answer shows the textbook it came from and where to find it.
Item count: AAVSB 2023 Veterinary Technician National Examination Content Outline, approved by the AAVSB Board of Directors, March 2023. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- A dog that swallowed a coin is radiographed. On the lateral abdominal image the technician can identify gas…
- A cat is anesthetized for a double contrast cystogram. The bladder has been catheterized and drained, the…
- A technician is positioning a dog for a lateral abdominal radiograph and notices that the collimator light is…
- A dog is presented for thoracic radiographs. The technician wants an image in which the soft tissue…
Skills this domain tests
The 3 skills the AAVSB lists under this domain. Every question here is written against one of them, and the same list is on the exam blueprint.
- Utilize knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as it applies to diagnostic images.
- Produce and document diagnostic images and/or radiographs (excluding dental) following protocols for safety and quality of results.
- Maintain imaging/radiograph equipment and related materials to ensure safety and quality of results.