Bushong Midterm Exam questions well
answered to pass
Computer hardware includes all of the following except: - correct answer
✔✔Programs
Members of the mammography quality assurance team include all except: -
correct answer ✔✔Security officer
The best digital image viewing is: - correct answer ✔✔Straight on facing the
screen and under low ambient light
The device controlling data transfer between main memory and input and output
hardware is: - correct answer ✔✔Central processing unit (CPU)
Environmental radiation can cause: - correct answer ✔✔Ghost artifacts
Quality issues in x-ray imaging include checks on all of the following except: -
correct answer ✔✔Patients arriving on time
Mac-OS, Windows, and Unix are: - correct answer ✔✔Operating systems
Pi lines on an image are also known as: - correct answer ✔✔Guide shoe (or roller)
marks
, Static will show on an x-ray image as: - correct answer ✔✔Lightning-bolt shaped
artifacts
a major advantage of PACS is
a. decreased storage space for large amounts of images
b. archiving of images
c. easy retrieval of images
d. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔d. all of the above (decreased storage
space for large amounts of images, archiving of images, and easy retrieval of
images)
All of the following cause artifact on an x-ray image except - correct answer
✔✔visitors in the x-ray room
What workload step is omitted when converting from film-screen to computed
radiography? - correct answer ✔✔Reloading the cassette
Spatial resolution improves with: - correct answer ✔✔High megapixel digital
display devices
Image noise in computed radiography is caused by all of the following except
a. mechanical defects in processing
b. optical defects in processing
c. computer defects in processing
answered to pass
Computer hardware includes all of the following except: - correct answer
✔✔Programs
Members of the mammography quality assurance team include all except: -
correct answer ✔✔Security officer
The best digital image viewing is: - correct answer ✔✔Straight on facing the
screen and under low ambient light
The device controlling data transfer between main memory and input and output
hardware is: - correct answer ✔✔Central processing unit (CPU)
Environmental radiation can cause: - correct answer ✔✔Ghost artifacts
Quality issues in x-ray imaging include checks on all of the following except: -
correct answer ✔✔Patients arriving on time
Mac-OS, Windows, and Unix are: - correct answer ✔✔Operating systems
Pi lines on an image are also known as: - correct answer ✔✔Guide shoe (or roller)
marks
, Static will show on an x-ray image as: - correct answer ✔✔Lightning-bolt shaped
artifacts
a major advantage of PACS is
a. decreased storage space for large amounts of images
b. archiving of images
c. easy retrieval of images
d. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔d. all of the above (decreased storage
space for large amounts of images, archiving of images, and easy retrieval of
images)
All of the following cause artifact on an x-ray image except - correct answer
✔✔visitors in the x-ray room
What workload step is omitted when converting from film-screen to computed
radiography? - correct answer ✔✔Reloading the cassette
Spatial resolution improves with: - correct answer ✔✔High megapixel digital
display devices
Image noise in computed radiography is caused by all of the following except
a. mechanical defects in processing
b. optical defects in processing
c. computer defects in processing
