CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO IMAGING AND RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS 2027 EDITION
1. The term used to describe energy transmitted through matter is... A. ionization B. physiology C.
radiation D. therapy
C. radiation
2. Special protection should be taken to prevent excessive exposure to.. a. energy b. electromagnetic
energy c. ionizing radiation d. radio waves
c. ionizing radiation
3. Which of the following specialties uses nonionizing form of radiation? a. nuclear medicine
technology b. radiation therapy c. radiography d. sonography
d. sonnography
4. The discovery of x-rays occurred in.. a. 1858 b. 1876 c. 1895 d. 1898
c. 1895
5. An individual who specializes in using x-rays to create images of the body is known as a... a.
diagnostic medicine technologist b. nuclear medicine technologist c. radiographer d. radiation
therapist
c. radiographer
6. An effective treatment of atherosclerosis that uses a special catheter with a balloon tip is termed...
a. angiography b. angioplasty c. arteriography d. cardiac catheterization
b. angioplasty
7. A discipline that visualizes sectional anatomy by the recording of a predetermined plane in the
body is... a. computed tomography b. cardiovascular interventional technology c. nuclear medicine
technology d. radiation therapy
a. computed tomography
8. Radiography of the breast is termed.. a. angiography b. cytotechnology c. histology d.
mammography
d. mammography
9. The study of diseases of muscles and bones is termed... a. neurology b. orthopedics c. oncology d.
urology
b. orthopedics
10. An individual who specialized in carrying out treatments designed to correct or improve the
function of a particular body part or system is known as a... a. diagnostician b. histologist c.
technologist d. therapist
d. therapist
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REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS 2027 EDITION
1. The term used to describe energy transmitted through matter is... A. ionization B. physiology C.
radiation D. therapy
C. radiation
2. Special protection should be taken to prevent excessive exposure to.. a. energy b. electromagnetic
energy c. ionizing radiation d. radio waves
c. ionizing radiation
3. Which of the following specialties uses nonionizing form of radiation? a. nuclear medicine
technology b. radiation therapy c. radiography d. sonography
d. sonnography
4. The discovery of x-rays occurred in.. a. 1858 b. 1876 c. 1895 d. 1898
c. 1895
5. An individual who specializes in using x-rays to create images of the body is known as a... a.
diagnostic medicine technologist b. nuclear medicine technologist c. radiographer d. radiation
therapist
c. radiographer
6. An effective treatment of atherosclerosis that uses a special catheter with a balloon tip is termed...
a. angiography b. angioplasty c. arteriography d. cardiac catheterization
b. angioplasty
7. A discipline that visualizes sectional anatomy by the recording of a predetermined plane in the
body is... a. computed tomography b. cardiovascular interventional technology c. nuclear medicine
technology d. radiation therapy
a. computed tomography
8. Radiography of the breast is termed.. a. angiography b. cytotechnology c. histology d.
mammography
d. mammography
9. The study of diseases of muscles and bones is termed... a. neurology b. orthopedics c. oncology d.
urology
b. orthopedics
10. An individual who specialized in carrying out treatments designed to correct or improve the
function of a particular body part or system is known as a... a. diagnostician b. histologist c.
technologist d. therapist
d. therapist
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