RTE 1401 Post Test Questions with Correct Answers

RTE 1401 Post Test Questions with Correct
Answers
Milliamperage (mA) is a measure of electrical current passing through the x-ray

tube and directly controls the ___________ of the x-ray photons produced.



a. Filtration

b. Distortion

c. Quantity

d. Quality

C. Quantity

The amount of attenuating material that reduces the intensity of a radiation beam to

one-half the original value is:



a. Lead

b. Relative speed

c. Half-value layer

d. Tenth-value layer

C. Half-Value layer

The anode heel effect can be used by the technologist to compensate for:



a. The angle of the image receptor

b. An uneven table

c. Asymmetry of the patient's body habitus

d. The angle of the tube

, C. Asymmetry of the patient's body habitus

X-rays, gamma rays, and microwaves differ due to their:



a. Wavelength and frequency

b. Wavelength and visibility

c. Non-visibility and frequency

d. Visibility and energy

A. Wavelength and Frequency

The beam of photons that exits the tube is known as ___________ radiation prior to

interacting with the patient.



a. Primary

b. Attenuation

c. Remnant

d. Secondary

A. Primary

Two of the four characteristics of digital radiographic quality are

________________ and __________________.



a. Balance; symmetry

b. Exposure; balance

c. Spatial resolution; noise

d. Symmetry; magnification

C. Spatial resolution; noise