Radiography Study Guide 2026-2027 New Format Edition, Updated ARRT Registry Content, Rad Tech Exam Prep, 200 Practice Questions, PDF

Prepare for the ARRT® radiography certification exam under its revised content specifications (taking effect March 1, 2027) with a complete, illustrated study guide organized around the four ARRT content categories: Patient Care, Safety, Image Production, and Procedures. Every section explains the content with positioning tables, exposure formulas with worked examples, labeled diagrams, and exam tips, and closes with the key points most likely to appear on the exam.

This 100-page digital guide combines clear content review with two 100-question practice tests of exam-level questions, including exposure calculations, image-evaluation items, positioning corrections, and patient-care scenarios, so you practice the reasoning the registry exam asks for.

What's Inside

• An overview of the exam under the revised specifications: 230 questions (200 scored, 30 pilot), 230 minutes, the four content categories and their new weights (31/46/51/72 scored items), what changed from the previous outline, eligibility, the 1–99 scaled score with 75 to pass, results, retakes, and renewal
• Patient Care: consent and legal terms, ARRT Standards of Ethics, communication, transfers and medical equipment, vital signs, emergencies and CPR, infection control and sterile technique, hazardous materials, contrast media, lab values, reactions, and emergency drugs
• Safety: x-ray production, photon interactions, the inverse square law, SI units, radiobiology, patient dose reduction, fluoroscopy limits, protective devices, dose limits, and dosimeters
• Image Production: the image-quality factors table, the 15% rule, mAs-distance, magnification and grid conversions, anode heel effect, technique charts, AEC, digital image characteristics, exposure indicators, generators and x-ray tubes, fluoroscopy, image processing, PACS and DICOM, and quality control
• Procedures: positioning lines, skull, facial bones and sinuses, spine, pelvis and hips, chest, ribs and sternum, abdomen with GI and GU contrast studies, PICC line and enteric tube placement, foreign body studies, myelography, lumbar puncture and epidural injections, upper and lower extremities, and special studies such as bone age, bone surveys, long bone measurement, and arthrography
• Illustrated diagrams: the x-ray tube, image intensifier, grid, anode heel effect, photoelectric and Compton interactions, dose-response curves, the inverse square law, skull positioning lines, and the chain of infection
• A final review checklist, 12-week, 6-week, and 3-week study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests of 100 questions each (200 questions total) weighted like the four content categories, with a separate answer key explaining every answer and the mistake behind tempting distractors

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.

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