PACS MAIN CORE ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔The "umbrella" computer system that integrates all information flow within a hospital
or
clinic is the:
a. HIS
b. RIS
c. PACS
d. EMR - ✔✔HIS
✔✔Which of the following connect wide area networks (WANs) to the internet:
a. a broker
b. an intranet
c. a workstation
d. a router - ✔✔router
✔✔The link that transfers patient information between image acquisition stations and
the RIS or
HIS is a:
a. DICOM modality worklist
b. Router
c. Broker
d. LAN - ✔✔DICOM modality worklist
✔✔The data transfer rate through connections between various nodes of a computer
network,
usually measure in bits per second (bps), is controlled by the system's:
a. Internet protocol (IP)
b. Transmission control protocol (TCP)
c. Bandwidth
d. Processor speed - ✔✔Bandwidth
, ✔✔Which of the following features at the radiologist's workstation can be part of the
PAC
system:
a. Prefetch programs
b. Computer-aided-diagnosis (CAD) programs
c. Intelligent image hanging protocols
d. All of the above
e. None of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔The DICOM standard was developed to ensure:
a. radiographic image quality and consistency
b. compatibility between medical systems that store information
c. compatibility between computerized imaging systems and analog systems
d. consistency in the computerized diagnostic process (CAD) for mammography -
✔✔compatibility between medical systems that store information
✔✔ A digital-to analog converter (DAC) is used between which two stages of the
imaging chain:
a. Setting technique and exposure
b. Exposure (acquisition) and processing
c. Processing and storage
d. Storage and display - ✔✔Storage and display
✔✔The centralized storage and distribution services of a PAC system are classified as
a(n):
a. service class user
b. service class provider
c. WAN
d. SAN - ✔✔service class provider
✔✔The heart of the PAC system, which directs all data, is a:
a. server
b. workstation
c. node
d. jukebox
e. service class user - ✔✔server
✔✔A jukebox contains 100 or more:
a. dynamic flat panels
b. flash drives
c. tapes
d. discs - ✔✔discs
SURE A+
✔✔The "umbrella" computer system that integrates all information flow within a hospital
or
clinic is the:
a. HIS
b. RIS
c. PACS
d. EMR - ✔✔HIS
✔✔Which of the following connect wide area networks (WANs) to the internet:
a. a broker
b. an intranet
c. a workstation
d. a router - ✔✔router
✔✔The link that transfers patient information between image acquisition stations and
the RIS or
HIS is a:
a. DICOM modality worklist
b. Router
c. Broker
d. LAN - ✔✔DICOM modality worklist
✔✔The data transfer rate through connections between various nodes of a computer
network,
usually measure in bits per second (bps), is controlled by the system's:
a. Internet protocol (IP)
b. Transmission control protocol (TCP)
c. Bandwidth
d. Processor speed - ✔✔Bandwidth
, ✔✔Which of the following features at the radiologist's workstation can be part of the
PAC
system:
a. Prefetch programs
b. Computer-aided-diagnosis (CAD) programs
c. Intelligent image hanging protocols
d. All of the above
e. None of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔The DICOM standard was developed to ensure:
a. radiographic image quality and consistency
b. compatibility between medical systems that store information
c. compatibility between computerized imaging systems and analog systems
d. consistency in the computerized diagnostic process (CAD) for mammography -
✔✔compatibility between medical systems that store information
✔✔ A digital-to analog converter (DAC) is used between which two stages of the
imaging chain:
a. Setting technique and exposure
b. Exposure (acquisition) and processing
c. Processing and storage
d. Storage and display - ✔✔Storage and display
✔✔The centralized storage and distribution services of a PAC system are classified as
a(n):
a. service class user
b. service class provider
c. WAN
d. SAN - ✔✔service class provider
✔✔The heart of the PAC system, which directs all data, is a:
a. server
b. workstation
c. node
d. jukebox
e. service class user - ✔✔server
✔✔A jukebox contains 100 or more:
a. dynamic flat panels
b. flash drives
c. tapes
d. discs - ✔✔discs
