RAD 101: Chapter 7 questions with
verified answers
3 MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING FORMULATED BASED ON THE
TYPED OF IMAGE RECEPTOR USED - correct answer ✔✔1. FILM/SCREEN RADIOGRAPHY
2. FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING
3. DIGITAL/COMPUTERIZED IMAGING
4 REQUIREMENTS FOR X RAY PRODUCTION - correct answer ✔✔1. VACUUM (HOUSING)
2. SOURCE OF ELECTRONS (FILAMENT)
3. METHOD TO ACCELERATE THE ELECTRONS RAPIDLY (VOLTAGE)
4. METHOD TO STOP THE ELECTRONS (TARGET)
% OF RADIATION PRODUCED VS. % OF HEAT PRODUCED - correct answer ✔✔RADIATION 1%
HEAT 99%
THE CORRECT TERM TO DESCRIBE AN IMAGE PRODUCED BY XRAY PHOTONS ON A PIECE OF FILM -
correct answer ✔✔RADIOGRAPH
EXPOSURE FACTORS, PRIME FACTORS - correct answer ✔✔1. mA
2. kVP
3. SID
a measure of the electrical current passing through the xray tube - correct answer ✔✔mA
the parameter that controls the amount of radiation produced by the x ray tube
*quantity of x ray photons produced - correct answer ✔✔mAs
verified answers
3 MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING FORMULATED BASED ON THE
TYPED OF IMAGE RECEPTOR USED - correct answer ✔✔1. FILM/SCREEN RADIOGRAPHY
2. FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING
3. DIGITAL/COMPUTERIZED IMAGING
4 REQUIREMENTS FOR X RAY PRODUCTION - correct answer ✔✔1. VACUUM (HOUSING)
2. SOURCE OF ELECTRONS (FILAMENT)
3. METHOD TO ACCELERATE THE ELECTRONS RAPIDLY (VOLTAGE)
4. METHOD TO STOP THE ELECTRONS (TARGET)
% OF RADIATION PRODUCED VS. % OF HEAT PRODUCED - correct answer ✔✔RADIATION 1%
HEAT 99%
THE CORRECT TERM TO DESCRIBE AN IMAGE PRODUCED BY XRAY PHOTONS ON A PIECE OF FILM -
correct answer ✔✔RADIOGRAPH
EXPOSURE FACTORS, PRIME FACTORS - correct answer ✔✔1. mA
2. kVP
3. SID
a measure of the electrical current passing through the xray tube - correct answer ✔✔mA
the parameter that controls the amount of radiation produced by the x ray tube
*quantity of x ray photons produced - correct answer ✔✔mAs
