Diagnostic Imaging FINAL Exam UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
If the film is overall too light or too dark, you are evaluating - CORRECT ANSWER - mA
T of R: the patient must be positioned correctly on the table before measuring with the calipers;
exception if they are critically ill - CORRECT ANSWER - true
As mA increases, seconds need to decrease, this is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER -
indirect proportionality
As mA iis increased, the image gets darker. This is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWER - directi proportionality
A film that was taken out of the box in the darkroom (NO light or xray exposure) and put straight
in the processor will then be blank when it comes out of the processor - CORRECT
ANSWER - clear
According to Santes rule, if a cat abdomen measures 5cm, you'd set kVp at - CORRECT
ANSWER - 50
Electrons are first boiled off the blank and directly send to the blank - CORRECT
ANSWER - cathode
anode
One of Roentgen's properties of xrays is that - CORRECT ANSWER - they travel in
straight lines
Xrays are highly blank and blank - CORRECT ANSWER - highly penetrating
invisible
,T orF: objects can be electrifies through contact, friction, and insulation - CORRECT
ANSWER - false
When discussing potential difference, a blank wire produces little resistance to flow whereas a
blank wire produces mich resistance - CORRECT ANSWER - Large
small
On the generator, what is the decide that stabilizes the voltage coming in to the generator -
CORRECT ANSWER - line voltage compensator
Which transformer does NOT increase the incoming voltage - CORRECT ANSWER -
filament transformer
T or F: A single phase full wave rectified circuit is more ideal than a high frequency generator -
CORRECT ANSWER - false
A large animal portable unit is blank mA and blank kVp as compared to a small animal stationary
unity - CORRECT ANSWER - low
low
With radiographs, most of what is produced is blank as opposed to blank - CORRECT
ANSWER - heat
xrays
A rotating anode is preerred over a stationary anode because it helps with what - CORRECT
ANSWER - heat dissipation
With focal spot blood, where the anode gets hot and you lose sharpness of the image, the focal
spot size blank - CORRECT ANSWER - expands
, What is the correct order of opacities - CORRECT ANSWER - gas
fat
softtissue/fluid
bone
metal
Which is not a receptor component of film based imaging systems - CORRECT
ANSWER - generator
Which of the following is not true regarding cassettes - CORRECT ANSWER - they are
flexible
What is true regarding cassettes - CORRECT ANSWER - they must be light tight
maintain good film/screen contract
have radiolucent front
T or F: Film is more sensitive to xrays than light - CORRECT ANSWER - false
What are the photosensitive products in the emulsion of film - CORRECT ANSWER -
silver halides
in terms of film, blue systems require blue receiving film and emit what color of light -
CORRECT ANSWER - violet blue
The purpose of intensifying screen is to - CORRECT ANSWER - Convert the primary
xray beam to light photons
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
If the film is overall too light or too dark, you are evaluating - CORRECT ANSWER - mA
T of R: the patient must be positioned correctly on the table before measuring with the calipers;
exception if they are critically ill - CORRECT ANSWER - true
As mA increases, seconds need to decrease, this is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER -
indirect proportionality
As mA iis increased, the image gets darker. This is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWER - directi proportionality
A film that was taken out of the box in the darkroom (NO light or xray exposure) and put straight
in the processor will then be blank when it comes out of the processor - CORRECT
ANSWER - clear
According to Santes rule, if a cat abdomen measures 5cm, you'd set kVp at - CORRECT
ANSWER - 50
Electrons are first boiled off the blank and directly send to the blank - CORRECT
ANSWER - cathode
anode
One of Roentgen's properties of xrays is that - CORRECT ANSWER - they travel in
straight lines
Xrays are highly blank and blank - CORRECT ANSWER - highly penetrating
invisible
,T orF: objects can be electrifies through contact, friction, and insulation - CORRECT
ANSWER - false
When discussing potential difference, a blank wire produces little resistance to flow whereas a
blank wire produces mich resistance - CORRECT ANSWER - Large
small
On the generator, what is the decide that stabilizes the voltage coming in to the generator -
CORRECT ANSWER - line voltage compensator
Which transformer does NOT increase the incoming voltage - CORRECT ANSWER -
filament transformer
T or F: A single phase full wave rectified circuit is more ideal than a high frequency generator -
CORRECT ANSWER - false
A large animal portable unit is blank mA and blank kVp as compared to a small animal stationary
unity - CORRECT ANSWER - low
low
With radiographs, most of what is produced is blank as opposed to blank - CORRECT
ANSWER - heat
xrays
A rotating anode is preerred over a stationary anode because it helps with what - CORRECT
ANSWER - heat dissipation
With focal spot blood, where the anode gets hot and you lose sharpness of the image, the focal
spot size blank - CORRECT ANSWER - expands
, What is the correct order of opacities - CORRECT ANSWER - gas
fat
softtissue/fluid
bone
metal
Which is not a receptor component of film based imaging systems - CORRECT
ANSWER - generator
Which of the following is not true regarding cassettes - CORRECT ANSWER - they are
flexible
What is true regarding cassettes - CORRECT ANSWER - they must be light tight
maintain good film/screen contract
have radiolucent front
T or F: Film is more sensitive to xrays than light - CORRECT ANSWER - false
What are the photosensitive products in the emulsion of film - CORRECT ANSWER -
silver halides
in terms of film, blue systems require blue receiving film and emit what color of light -
CORRECT ANSWER - violet blue
The purpose of intensifying screen is to - CORRECT ANSWER - Convert the primary
xray beam to light photons
