RADT 1010 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED
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✔✔The cloud of electrons produced in the x-ray tube is the result of what process? -
✔✔thermionic emission
✔✔A double or dual-focus x-ray tube will have two: - ✔✔filaments
✔✔In CR, the photostimulable plate (PSP) is protected in a device called a: -
✔✔cassette
✔✔The image that is present on an imaging plate before it is processed is called the: -
✔✔latent image
✔✔PACS stands for: - ✔✔Picture Archiving and Communication System
✔✔Imaging equipment that allows for the manipulation of the image after exposure is
called: - ✔✔digital imaging
✔✔In fluoroscopy, the device that receives the x-rays, converts them into light and
increases the brightness of that light is the: - ✔✔image intensifier.
✔✔Which of the following will expose a patient to the greatest amount of radiation?
A. 5mAs
B. 15 mAs
C. 25 mAs
D. 50 mAs - ✔✔D. 50 mAs
✔✔The x-ray tube's negative electrode is the: - ✔✔cathode
✔✔What does the last letter in the acronym ALARA stand for? - ✔✔achievable
✔✔Standing erect, facing forward with the palms of the hands forward describes which
of the following? - ✔✔anatomical position
✔✔Radiation output from an x-ray tube is measured in which of the following units? -
✔✔milliroentgen
✔✔Ways in which a radiographer can minimize radiation exposure to their patient
include:
I. collimation.
II. shielding.
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✔✔The cloud of electrons produced in the x-ray tube is the result of what process? -
✔✔thermionic emission
✔✔A double or dual-focus x-ray tube will have two: - ✔✔filaments
✔✔In CR, the photostimulable plate (PSP) is protected in a device called a: -
✔✔cassette
✔✔The image that is present on an imaging plate before it is processed is called the: -
✔✔latent image
✔✔PACS stands for: - ✔✔Picture Archiving and Communication System
✔✔Imaging equipment that allows for the manipulation of the image after exposure is
called: - ✔✔digital imaging
✔✔In fluoroscopy, the device that receives the x-rays, converts them into light and
increases the brightness of that light is the: - ✔✔image intensifier.
✔✔Which of the following will expose a patient to the greatest amount of radiation?
A. 5mAs
B. 15 mAs
C. 25 mAs
D. 50 mAs - ✔✔D. 50 mAs
✔✔The x-ray tube's negative electrode is the: - ✔✔cathode
✔✔What does the last letter in the acronym ALARA stand for? - ✔✔achievable
✔✔Standing erect, facing forward with the palms of the hands forward describes which
of the following? - ✔✔anatomical position
✔✔Radiation output from an x-ray tube is measured in which of the following units? -
✔✔milliroentgen
✔✔Ways in which a radiographer can minimize radiation exposure to their patient
include:
I. collimation.
II. shielding.
