RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE
2026 FINAL PAPER REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION
◉ the range of exposure intensities an image receptor can accurately
detect.
Answer: dynamic range
◉ shape distortion - images of objects that appear longer than the
true objects.
Answer: Elongation
◉ composed of both scattered and transmitted radiation.
Answer: exit/remnant radiation
◉ exit/remnant radiationfl.
Answer: When the attenuated x-ray beam leaves the patient, the
remaining x-ray beam is referred to as _____?
◉ continuous beam of xrays to create images of moving internal
structures and viewed in real time.
Answer: fluoroscopy
,◉ aka: scatter radiation.
Answer: fog
◉ masks the desired brightness on the image.
Answer: fog
◉ shape distortion - images that appear shorter than the true
objects.
Answer: Foreshortening
◉ different shades of gray that can be stored and displayed by a
computer system.
Answer: Grayscale
◉ fewer shades of gray - greater differences between gray shades -
low mAs & high kVp.
Answer: high contrast image
◉ The device that receives the energy of the x-ray beam and forms
the image of the body part.
Answer: Image Receptor (IR)
, ◉ The exit or remnant radiation leaving the patient interacts with
the IR - is not visible.
Answer: Latent (invisible) image
◉ the ability to remove (eject) an electron.
Answer: Ionization
◉ photoelectric effect.
Answer: when ionization occurs within a diagnostic xray and
removes (ejects) an electron ____________________ happens.
◉ the pattern of stored energy on the exposed film; the invisible
image produced when the film is exposed to x-rays and that remains
invisible until the film is processed.
Answer: latent image
◉ great number gray shades - small variations between gray shades
- high mAs & low kVp.
Answer: low contrast image
◉ aka: size distortion - an increase in the image size of an object
compared with its true or actual size.
Answer: magnification
2026 FINAL PAPER REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION
◉ the range of exposure intensities an image receptor can accurately
detect.
Answer: dynamic range
◉ shape distortion - images of objects that appear longer than the
true objects.
Answer: Elongation
◉ composed of both scattered and transmitted radiation.
Answer: exit/remnant radiation
◉ exit/remnant radiationfl.
Answer: When the attenuated x-ray beam leaves the patient, the
remaining x-ray beam is referred to as _____?
◉ continuous beam of xrays to create images of moving internal
structures and viewed in real time.
Answer: fluoroscopy
,◉ aka: scatter radiation.
Answer: fog
◉ masks the desired brightness on the image.
Answer: fog
◉ shape distortion - images that appear shorter than the true
objects.
Answer: Foreshortening
◉ different shades of gray that can be stored and displayed by a
computer system.
Answer: Grayscale
◉ fewer shades of gray - greater differences between gray shades -
low mAs & high kVp.
Answer: high contrast image
◉ The device that receives the energy of the x-ray beam and forms
the image of the body part.
Answer: Image Receptor (IR)
, ◉ The exit or remnant radiation leaving the patient interacts with
the IR - is not visible.
Answer: Latent (invisible) image
◉ the ability to remove (eject) an electron.
Answer: Ionization
◉ photoelectric effect.
Answer: when ionization occurs within a diagnostic xray and
removes (ejects) an electron ____________________ happens.
◉ the pattern of stored energy on the exposed film; the invisible
image produced when the film is exposed to x-rays and that remains
invisible until the film is processed.
Answer: latent image
◉ great number gray shades - small variations between gray shades
- high mAs & low kVp.
Answer: low contrast image
◉ aka: size distortion - an increase in the image size of an object
compared with its true or actual size.
Answer: magnification
