X-Ray Practice Test UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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X-Ray Practice Test UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What term is used to describe the patient's report of his/her perception of the condition?
a) lesions
b) syndromes
c) signs
d) symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER- Symptoms
The radiation that exits the x-ray tube and travels in-air to t...
X-Ray Practice Test UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What term is used to describe the patient's report of his/her perception of the condition?
a) lesions
b) syndromes
c) signs
d) symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Symptoms
The radiation that exits the x-ray tube and travels in-air to the patient is called:
a) latent
b) primary
c) remnant
d) scatter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Primary
Which type of technique chart has a specific mAs value for each projection and uses small
changes in kVp to compensate for variances in patient or part size?
a) Fixed SID
b) Fixed kVp
c) Variable kVp
d) Variable SID - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Variable kVp
In which bone can the foramen magnum be found?
a) temporal
b) occipital
c) frontal
d) ethmoid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Occipital
Contast is directly influenced by: 1. SID 2. fog 3. collimation
a) 1 and 2
,b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1,2, and 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fog and Collimation
What is the proper relationship of the humeral epicondyles with the IR for the lateral
projection of the humerus?
a) from true anatomic position, 45-degree media rotation
b) parallel
c) perpendicular
What positioning landmark is located at the inner corner of the eye?
a) inner canthus
b) nasion
c) acanthion
d) EAM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Inner Canthus
Which category of patient seldom requires a compensating filter for general radiographic
examinations?
a) geriatric
b) pediatric
c) age 18 to 35
d) age 18 to 24 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pediatric
How many detectors are built in to the AEC system and can be activated to determine the
exposure technique?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 1
d) 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3
, A scattered photon has_____energy than the incoming primary beam photon.
a) more
b) more, if the kVp is over 80
c) less, if the kVp is over 80
d) less - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- less
What are the four essential elements required for x-ray production?
a) a target, a source of electrons, an inert gas environment, and a high potential difference
b) a source of electrons, a magnetic field, a resistance-free path, and a target
c) a source of electrons, and electric field, a circuit, and a target
d) a target, a vacuum, an electron source, and a high potential difference - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A target, a vacuum, an electron source, and a high potential difference
A gonad shield should be used whenever the edge of the radiation field is within____cm of
the gonads.
a) 6
b) 8
c) 5
d) 3 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 5
Which of the following can be found on a dual-focus x-ray tube? 1. Two filaments 2. Two
focal spot sizes 3. Two anodes
a) 1, 2, and 3
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1 and 3 only - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1 and 2 only
Two filaments and Two focal spot sizes
A tilting table will allow the head end to be lowered at least 15 degrees into
the______position.
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