RADIOLOGY AND PATIENT CARE 95 2026
EXAM REVIEW SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What types of laptops are required for the course?
Answer: Windows or Apple laptops that can run Examplify;
Chromebooks are not acceptable.
◉ What are the main chapters covered in the Introduction to Patient
Care course?
Answer: Chapter 1: Introduction to Imaging Sciences, Chapter 2:
Professional Organizations, Chapter 3: Educational Survival Skills,
Chapter 4: Critical-Thinking and Problem-Solving Strategies.
◉ What are the forms of energy used in medicine?
Answer: Mechanical, electrical, heat, nuclear, and electromagnetic
energy.
◉ What is radiation?
Answer: Energy transmitted as waves or particles through space or a
medium; X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation.
◉ Is radiation inherently dangerous?
,Answer: No, examples like radio waves, microwaves, infrared, and
visible light are not inherently dangerous.
◉ What frequency of sound waves is used in ultrasound imaging?
Answer: High frequency sound waves greater than 20 kilohertz.
◉ What are the two main types of radiation?
Answer: Electromagnetic radiation (ionizing and non-ionizing) and
sound (acoustic radiation).
◉ Who is considered the 'Father of Western Medicine'?
Answer: Hippocrates, a Greek physician from c. 460-370 BC.
◉ What significant medical advancement did Edward Jenner
introduce?
Answer: The concept of vaccination.
◉ Who discovered X-rays and when?
Answer: Wilhelm C. Rontgen discovered X-rays on November 8,
1895.
◉ What was the first known radiograph?
Answer: A radiograph of Wilhelm C. Rontgen's wife's hand.
,◉ What are some career options in Radiologic Sciences?
Answer: Radiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computed
Tomography, Cardiovascular Interventional Technology, Medical
Sonography, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Radiologist
Assistant, Bone Densitometry, Mammography, Education,
Administration, and Commercial Firms.
◉ What does radiography use to create medical images?
Answer: Ionizing electromagnetic energy in the form of X-rays.
◉ What is the process of ionization?
Answer: Ionization is any process by which a neutral atom gains or
loses an electron.
◉ What is required for the safe use of X-rays in radiography?
Answer: Wearing and/or providing shielding composed of lead.
◉ What does Diagnostic Medical Sonography use to create images?
Answer: High-frequency sound energy.
◉ What is Bone Densitometry (BD) used for?
Answer: To diagnose osteoporosis.
, ◉ What technology does Bone Densitometry use to measure bone
density?
Answer: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).
◉ What is Cardiovascular Interventional Radiography associated
with?
Answer: It is often performed within a Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory (Cath Lab).
◉ What is the difference between a Radiology Technician and a
Radiologic Technologist?
Answer: You are a Radiologic or Ultrasonographic Technologist, not
a technician.
◉ What type of radiation is X-rays classified as?
Answer: Ionizing radiation.
◉ What is the role of Louis Pasteur in the history of medicine?
Answer: He discovered the role of germs in the disease process and
proved the germ theory of infection.
◉ What is Vascular Interventional Radiography (VI)?
EXAM REVIEW SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What types of laptops are required for the course?
Answer: Windows or Apple laptops that can run Examplify;
Chromebooks are not acceptable.
◉ What are the main chapters covered in the Introduction to Patient
Care course?
Answer: Chapter 1: Introduction to Imaging Sciences, Chapter 2:
Professional Organizations, Chapter 3: Educational Survival Skills,
Chapter 4: Critical-Thinking and Problem-Solving Strategies.
◉ What are the forms of energy used in medicine?
Answer: Mechanical, electrical, heat, nuclear, and electromagnetic
energy.
◉ What is radiation?
Answer: Energy transmitted as waves or particles through space or a
medium; X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation.
◉ Is radiation inherently dangerous?
,Answer: No, examples like radio waves, microwaves, infrared, and
visible light are not inherently dangerous.
◉ What frequency of sound waves is used in ultrasound imaging?
Answer: High frequency sound waves greater than 20 kilohertz.
◉ What are the two main types of radiation?
Answer: Electromagnetic radiation (ionizing and non-ionizing) and
sound (acoustic radiation).
◉ Who is considered the 'Father of Western Medicine'?
Answer: Hippocrates, a Greek physician from c. 460-370 BC.
◉ What significant medical advancement did Edward Jenner
introduce?
Answer: The concept of vaccination.
◉ Who discovered X-rays and when?
Answer: Wilhelm C. Rontgen discovered X-rays on November 8,
1895.
◉ What was the first known radiograph?
Answer: A radiograph of Wilhelm C. Rontgen's wife's hand.
,◉ What are some career options in Radiologic Sciences?
Answer: Radiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computed
Tomography, Cardiovascular Interventional Technology, Medical
Sonography, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Radiologist
Assistant, Bone Densitometry, Mammography, Education,
Administration, and Commercial Firms.
◉ What does radiography use to create medical images?
Answer: Ionizing electromagnetic energy in the form of X-rays.
◉ What is the process of ionization?
Answer: Ionization is any process by which a neutral atom gains or
loses an electron.
◉ What is required for the safe use of X-rays in radiography?
Answer: Wearing and/or providing shielding composed of lead.
◉ What does Diagnostic Medical Sonography use to create images?
Answer: High-frequency sound energy.
◉ What is Bone Densitometry (BD) used for?
Answer: To diagnose osteoporosis.
, ◉ What technology does Bone Densitometry use to measure bone
density?
Answer: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).
◉ What is Cardiovascular Interventional Radiography associated
with?
Answer: It is often performed within a Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory (Cath Lab).
◉ What is the difference between a Radiology Technician and a
Radiologic Technologist?
Answer: You are a Radiologic or Ultrasonographic Technologist, not
a technician.
◉ What type of radiation is X-rays classified as?
Answer: Ionizing radiation.
◉ What is the role of Louis Pasteur in the history of medicine?
Answer: He discovered the role of germs in the disease process and
proved the germ theory of infection.
◉ What is Vascular Interventional Radiography (VI)?
