The ARRT Path

From chaos to passed,
mapped step by step.

Most students grind random Q-banks until exam day and hope for the best. This is the opposite of that — a structured path through all five ARRT knowledge territories, driven by your actual weaknesses.

Built by a rad tech who passed on the first try. This is the exact path RadarPrep walks you through.

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The 5 territories you need to own

The ARRT exam tests five domains. Most students are strong in two, shaky in two, and unaware they're missing one entirely. RadarPrep maps exactly where you stand.

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Image Production
  • X-ray beam quality & quantity
  • kVp, mAs and receptor exposure
  • Grid ratios & grid errors
  • Digital image processing & artifacts
  • Radiographic exposure indicators
~25% of exam
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Radiation Protection
  • ALARA principles
  • Dose-limiting (dose-response) models
  • Protective shielding & barriers
  • Patient dosimetry concepts
  • Occupational exposure limits
High-miss zone
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Equipment Operation & QC
  • X-ray tube components & ratings
  • Generator circuits & timers
  • Fluoroscopy equipment & dose
  • Quality control test tools
  • CR vs. DR detector systems
~13% of exam
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Radiographic Procedures
  • Chest & abdomen projections
  • Upper & lower extremity positioning
  • Skull, spine & pelvis protocols
  • Contrast studies (upper/lower GI)
  • Trauma & mobile radiography
~36% of exam
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Patient Care & Education
  • Contrast media reactions & management
  • Infection control & sterile technique
  • Vital signs & patient assessment
  • Venipuncture technique
  • Legal & ethical standards
~14% of exam

How the path works

Four steps. Each one feeds the next. No busywork, no generic Q-bank — a loop that closes your real gaps.

01
Free diagnostic finds your real weaknesses

A 30-question timed exam weighted across all five ARRT domains. When you finish, you get a score breakdown by section — not just a total. You see exactly where you're bleeding points before spending a minute studying the wrong thing.

Free — no card needed
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Weakness Radar shows you exactly what to fix

Every question you miss feeds the Weakness Radar — a live severity map down to the sub-topic level. Miss Radiation Protection questions twice? That subtopic flags as a hard weakness. The Radar updates after every session and every mock exam. You always know your worst three gaps.

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AI builds your daily study plan

Tell RadarPrep your exam date and how many hours you can study each week. The AI reads your Weakness Radar and builds a day-by-day block schedule that sequences topics by severity — highest-miss areas first, earlier in the week when retention is best. Each block is a guided lesson followed by 25+ ARRT-style questions. You must hit 75% to mark it complete.

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Mock exams confirm readiness

Full-length ARRT-style mock exams, timed, with optional category weighting so you can over-index on your weak zones before test day. Every question you miss re-routes back into the Weakness Radar — the loop self-tightens. When your mock scores consistently clear 80%, you're ready.

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Week-by-week roadmap

Whether you have 6 weeks or 12, here's how the territory looks. RadarPrep generates your personalized version from your diagnostic scores — this is the sample skeleton.

6-Week Intensive

~10 hrs/week · 3–4 study blocks/day

Wk 1
Diagnostic + Weakness Map
Free diagnostic → Weakness Radar baseline · 3 blocks
Wk 2
Image Production deep-dive
kVp/mAs, digital artifacts, grid errors · 4 blocks
Wk 3
Radiation Protection + Equipment QC
ALARA, shielding, tube ratings · 5 blocks
Wk 4
Procedures — Chest, Abdomen, Spine
High-volume projections + contrast protocols · 5 blocks
Wk 5
Patient Care + weak-zone reruns
Contrast reactions, vitals, Radar reruns · 4 blocks
Wk 6
2 Full Mock Exams + Review
Timed mock → flag review → Radar close-out · 3 blocks

12-Week Standard

~6 hrs/week · 1–2 study blocks/day

Wk 1
Diagnostic + Plan Build
Free diagnostic → AI generates 12-week schedule
Wks 2–3
Image Production
Exposure factors, digital imaging, CR/DR · 6 blocks
Wks 4–5
Radiation Protection
Biological effects, dose limits, shielding · 6 blocks
Wks 6–7
Equipment QC + 1st Mock
Tube ratings, generator types, QC tests · 1st mock exam
Wks 8–10
Procedures (all regions)
Extremities, spine, skull, contrast studies · 8 blocks
Wk 11
Patient Care + Radar reruns
Venipuncture, contrast reactions, legal · 4 blocks
Wk 12
3 Full Mocks + Final Review
Timed exams → flagged review → Radar confirmation

What separates this from another Q-bank

Every Q-bank gives you questions. RadarPrep gives you a closing loop — every miss compounds into a smarter next session.

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Fix My Misses Engine

Questions you miss aren't just logged — they're re-routed. Miss a question twice and it becomes a hard weakness on your Radar. The engine surfaces those sub-topics in your next block until you clear them.

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25-Question Comprehension Threshold

Each study block generates 25+ ARRT-style questions on the topic. Not 5 to skim through — 25 to build actual pattern recognition. The format mirrors the real exam: 4-option multiple choice with clinical rationale.

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75% Pass Gate

You cannot mark a study block complete until you hit 75%. No clicking through and pretending. If you miss the gate, you see exactly which questions broke you and you try again. This threshold is the single biggest thing separating retention from review.

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AI Tutor Built In

Before the questions, every block opens with a focused lesson — AI-generated, topic-specific, ARRT-weighted. Not a wall of text from a textbook. Bite-sized explanations of the concepts that actually appear on the exam, tuned to your weak zones.

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