GXMO STUDY GUIDE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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GXMO STUDY GUIDE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Advantages of digital radiography over film/screen imaging systems include: - ANSWER Access, portability, and storage
The development of digital radiography grew out of experimentation with - ANSWER Ultrasound
The device that ...
GXMO STUDY GUIDE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Advantages of digital radiography over film/screen imaging systems include: - ANSWER Access,
portability, and storage
The development of digital radiography grew out of experimentation with - ANSWER Ultrasound
The device that includes a tray to hold the image receptor - ANSWER Bucky
What removes scatter radiation and prevents it from reaching the image receptor? - ANSWER
Grid
The device that limits the size of the radiation field - ANSWER Collimator
The special mechanism that stops tube movement at a specific location is - ANSWER Detent
The device that receives the remnant beam and forms the latent or invisible image - ANSWER
Image receptor
What are the three types of image receptors - ANSWER Film based, CR, and DR
A _____cassette containing film receives the x-ray beam. - ANSWER Film based
A film based cassette containing film receives the x-ray beam. The film now contains a ____
image. - ANSWER Latent
The latent image will become visible after the film is chemically processed in a - ANSWER
Darkroom
,A _____ cassette containing a phosphor plate receives the x-ray beam - ANSWER CR
In a ______ image receptor system and electronic plate receives the x-ray beam and produces
an electronic signal that is sent directly to a computer for processing and digital image
formation. - ANSWER DR
The correct term for movement of the x-ray tube from the foot end toward the head end of the
patient - ANSWER Longitudinal
The movement of the x-ray tube from 30" to 40" above the image receptor is called____ -
ANSWER Vertical
The term from tilting the x-ray table so that the head is lower than the feet - ANSWER
Trendelenburg
________ controls the quantity of x-rays produced - ANSWER mAs
_________ controls the penetrating ability of x-rays - ANSWER kVp
What are the cardinal principles of radiation protection? - ANSWER Time, Distance, and
Shielding
Before making an x-ray exposure, the operator should ensure - ANSWER that non-essential
persons are out of the x-ray room and the door is closed
The radiation that exits the X-ray tube port is called - ANSWER primary radiation
A _______ is negatively charged and is found in an orbital shell around the nucleus of an atom. -
ANSWER Electron
, A _______ is positively charges and is in the nucleus of an atom. - ANSWER Proton
A ______ has no electrical charge and is in the nucleus of an atom. - ANSWER Neutron
A charged particle is a ______ - ANSWER Ion
What is the term for two oppositely charged particles? - ANSWER Ion Pair
_______ is the process of an electron leaving its orbit around a neutral atom. - ANSWER
Ionization
________ means equal in all directions - ANSWER Isotropic
_________ is the ability to do work. - ANSWER Energy
________ is anything that occupies space and has mass. - ANSWER Matter
________ is the quantity or amount of matter. - ANSWER Mass
Electromagnetic radiation travels at ______ miles/second - ANSWER 186,000
Electromagnetic radiation has no_________ - ANSWER mass
The electromagnetic radiation with the highest energy - ANSWER gamma rays
x-rays have a higher energy than - ANSWER visible light
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