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An anode is typically made of what material?

Tungsten

Barium

Rhodium


Molybdenum - ANSWER ✔✔Tungsten


A vacuum container that houses the x-ray tube is known as the cathode

assembly.

True

,False - ANSWER ✔✔False


The negative side of the x-ray tube is called the:

Magnet

Cathode

Anode


Transducer - ANSWER ✔✔Cathode


A collimator is a device that:

is used to restrict the size of the primary beam.

is connected to the bottom of the x-ray tube.

is used to adjust the size of the primary beam.


All the above - ANSWER ✔✔all the above


The variable that controls the penetrability of the beam is:

mA

kVp

seconds


intensifying screens - ANSWER ✔✔kVp


How large are the pixels in a digital array?

,1 cm

larger than a corn kernel

the size of a small pebble


the size of a dot - ANSWER ✔✔size of a dot


The three cardinal principles when dealing with radiation protection are

all of the following except:

distance

time

intensity


shielding - ANSWER ✔✔intensity


Who discovered x-rays in 1895?

Mother Theresa

Wilhelm Roentgen

Albert Einstein


Marie Curie - ANSWER ✔✔Wilhelm Roentgen


In Fluoroscopy, the x-ray tube is located:

above the patient

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, beneath the table top

in the monitor (fluorescent screen)


it does not involve an x-ray tube - ANSWER ✔✔beneath the table top


Is there such a thing as "Mobile Radiography"?

Yes


No - ANSWER ✔✔yes


When an incoming electron decelerates or changes direction in

response to the nucleus of an atom, it is called what type of radiation?

Braking radiation

Characteristic radiation

Bremsstrahlung radiation


Gamma radiation - ANSWER ✔✔bremsstrahlug radiation


The atomic number of Tungsten is:

64

74

78


None of the above - ANSWER ✔✔74

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