FLUOROSCOPY SUPERVISOR OPERATOR
EXAM PREP 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Active diagnosis. Answer: With fluoroscopy, the physician is present
during the exam and is able to give an ____ ____.
◉ radiologist. Answer: Fluroscopy is the domain of the ____.
◉ Edison. Answer: Who invented the fluoroscope?
◉ 1896. Answer: When was the fluoroscope invented?
◉ GI tract studies and angiograms. Answer: What are 2 types of
functional studies commonly preformed using fluoroscopy?
◉ GI tract. Answer: Video swallows, esophagrams, upper GIs, small
bowels, and barium enimas are all used to view what?
◉ C-arm. Answer: What type of modern equipment/tube is used for
fluroscopy exams?
,◉ under table and over table units. Answer: What are the two types of
C-arm units?
◉ full beam intercept. Answer: That carriage of a C-arm has to be in
position before an exam to ensure ___ ____ ____.
◉ cathode-ray tube. Answer: What is the older type of fluroscopy tube
called that used an old tv screen type monitor?
◉ .5-5. Answer: What is the diagnostic mA range for fluroscopy?
◉ 15". Answer: What is the minimum SOD in fixed fluroscopic
eqipment?
◉ foot switch. Answer: What allows the "hands free" feature for the
radiologist?
◉ longer time. Answer: Why is less mA used for fluroscopy than regular
x-ray?
◉ early fluoroscopic screens. Answer: What involved a very dim lit
room that required dark adapted viewing and low visual acuity?
◉ low visual acuity. Answer: ___ ___ ___ uses scotopic vision.
, ◉ scotopic vision. Answer: What type of vision involves the use of rods;
night vision
◉ image intensification. Answer: What used a higher visual acuity than
fluroscopic screens?
◉ 1948. Answer: When was image intesification introduced?
◉ High visual acuity. Answer: ___ ___ ___ uses photopic vision.
◉ Photopic vision. Answer: What type of vision involves the use of
cones; day vision
◉ 3. Answer: How many conversions are there in an image
intensification tube?
◉ Input screen. Answer: Which image intensification component
absorbs the x-ray photons and emits light photons; .1-.2 mm layer of
sodium activated Csl?
◉ Photocathode. Answer: Which image intensification component
absorbs the light phtons and emits electrons?
EXAM PREP 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Active diagnosis. Answer: With fluoroscopy, the physician is present
during the exam and is able to give an ____ ____.
◉ radiologist. Answer: Fluroscopy is the domain of the ____.
◉ Edison. Answer: Who invented the fluoroscope?
◉ 1896. Answer: When was the fluoroscope invented?
◉ GI tract studies and angiograms. Answer: What are 2 types of
functional studies commonly preformed using fluoroscopy?
◉ GI tract. Answer: Video swallows, esophagrams, upper GIs, small
bowels, and barium enimas are all used to view what?
◉ C-arm. Answer: What type of modern equipment/tube is used for
fluroscopy exams?
,◉ under table and over table units. Answer: What are the two types of
C-arm units?
◉ full beam intercept. Answer: That carriage of a C-arm has to be in
position before an exam to ensure ___ ____ ____.
◉ cathode-ray tube. Answer: What is the older type of fluroscopy tube
called that used an old tv screen type monitor?
◉ .5-5. Answer: What is the diagnostic mA range for fluroscopy?
◉ 15". Answer: What is the minimum SOD in fixed fluroscopic
eqipment?
◉ foot switch. Answer: What allows the "hands free" feature for the
radiologist?
◉ longer time. Answer: Why is less mA used for fluroscopy than regular
x-ray?
◉ early fluoroscopic screens. Answer: What involved a very dim lit
room that required dark adapted viewing and low visual acuity?
◉ low visual acuity. Answer: ___ ___ ___ uses scotopic vision.
, ◉ scotopic vision. Answer: What type of vision involves the use of rods;
night vision
◉ image intensification. Answer: What used a higher visual acuity than
fluroscopic screens?
◉ 1948. Answer: When was image intesification introduced?
◉ High visual acuity. Answer: ___ ___ ___ uses photopic vision.
◉ Photopic vision. Answer: What type of vision involves the use of
cones; day vision
◉ 3. Answer: How many conversions are there in an image
intensification tube?
◉ Input screen. Answer: Which image intensification component
absorbs the x-ray photons and emits light photons; .1-.2 mm layer of
sodium activated Csl?
◉ Photocathode. Answer: Which image intensification component
absorbs the light phtons and emits electrons?
