ARRT Practice Questions and Correct
Answers
Radiation Exposure is most commonly measured as Exposure or:
-effective dose
-air kerma
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:air kerma
What radiation measurement describes the joules of radiation energy transferred and absorbed in tissue
-effective dose
-air kerma
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:absorbed dose
How does increasing mAs affect the measured Exposure of the Beam?
-increase exposure
- decrease exposure
- no change - correct answers:exposure increase
How does decreased kVp affect the ABSORBED DOSE to the patient?
-increase
-decrease
-no change - correct answers:decrease
, When the distance between xray source and the RT increases, what happens to effective dose?
-increase
-decrease
-no change - correct answers:decrease
Which of these are NOT a measure of radiation in tissue?
-effective dose
-exposure
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:exposure
Which of the following in a common measurement used to evaluate the intensity of the beam?
-effective dose
-exposure
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:exposure
Which of the following radiation measurement are used to quantify the risk of long term radiation
injuries such as cancer?
-effective dose
-air kerma
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:effective dose
Answers
Radiation Exposure is most commonly measured as Exposure or:
-effective dose
-air kerma
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:air kerma
What radiation measurement describes the joules of radiation energy transferred and absorbed in tissue
-effective dose
-air kerma
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:absorbed dose
How does increasing mAs affect the measured Exposure of the Beam?
-increase exposure
- decrease exposure
- no change - correct answers:exposure increase
How does decreased kVp affect the ABSORBED DOSE to the patient?
-increase
-decrease
-no change - correct answers:decrease
, When the distance between xray source and the RT increases, what happens to effective dose?
-increase
-decrease
-no change - correct answers:decrease
Which of these are NOT a measure of radiation in tissue?
-effective dose
-exposure
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:exposure
Which of the following in a common measurement used to evaluate the intensity of the beam?
-effective dose
-exposure
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:exposure
Which of the following radiation measurement are used to quantify the risk of long term radiation
injuries such as cancer?
-effective dose
-air kerma
-absorbed dose
-equivalent dose - correct answers:effective dose
