BASIC X-RAY MACHINE OPERATOR 2025| BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS ||ACE YOUR GRADES.

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BASIC X-RAY MACHINE OPERATOR 2025| BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS ||ACE YOUR GRADES.




1. The viewing monitor's active viewing area is called a: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔- Matrix
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2. The amount of detail or sharpness in the digital image is termed: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Spatial resolution
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3. Which control on the viewing station control the density, or brightness, in
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the radiographic image? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Window level
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4. Which of the following tells the operator that the correct exposure has
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been received by the phosphors in the imaging plate? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔- Exposure indicator number
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5. The negative effect of scatter radiation reaching the image receptor (IR)
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is: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Fog
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6. Which of the following will affect the amount of scatter radiation reaching
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the image receptor (IR)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 1, 2, and 3
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7. Which of the following would be considered a characteristic of x-rays?
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1. have no mass || ||



2. are electrically neutral
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3. travel in straight lines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 1,2,3
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8. The oldest and largest radiologic science professional organization is
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the: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- American Society of Radiologic
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Technologists (ASRT)
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9. The organization that sets standards and prepares examinations
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necessary to certify radiologic technologists and limited operators is the:
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- American Registry of Radiologic
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Technologists (ARRT)
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10. The radiation that exits the opposite side of the patient to expose the
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|| image receptor (IR) is called: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Remnat
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|| radiation




11. The term used to describe radiation that is absorbed by matter is: -
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|| CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Attenuation || || ||

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12. The "unseen" image that is contained in the image receptor (IR)
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before it is processed is called the: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Latent image
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13. The radiation that exits the body in all directions and causes unwanted
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|| exposure on the image receptor (IR) as well as anyone who is in the room
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|| is called
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|| ✔✔- Scattered
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14. The radiation that exits the x-ray tube and travels in-air to the patient
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|| is called: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Primary
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15. The boxlike device attached under the tube housing that allows the
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|| limited operator to vary the size of the radiation field is called the: -
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|| CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Collimator || || ||




16. An invisible line in the center of the x-ray beam and perpendicular to
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|| the long axis of the x-ray tube is called the: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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|| ✔✔- Central Ray
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17. An exposure time of 0.02 seconds is equal to how many
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|| milliseconds? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 20 msec || || || || || ||




18. The number 9 squared is equal to: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 81
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19. The number 4 is the square root of: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 16
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20. When 62 kVp is increased by 30%, the result is approximately: -
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|| CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 81 || || ||




21. When the fraction 7/8 is converted to a decimal, the result is: -
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|| CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 0.875 || || ||




22. When 230% is expressed as a decimal, the result is: - correct answer
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- 2.3
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23. A radiographic image is made using 500 mA, 0.1 sec., 80 kVp, and
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48-inches SID. The value of the mAs for this exposure is -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 50 mAs
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24. X-rays have electromagnetic energy. The velocity (or speed) of this
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|| energy travels at a speed of: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- 186,000
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|| miles per second
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