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ASRT MAMMOGRAPHY MODULE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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ASRT MAMMOGRAPHY MODULEQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Using iikVp iisettings iiof ii20 iito ii40 iicreates iia iilower-energy iix-ray iibeam iithat iiresults iiin
iiincreased:
1. iiScatter iiRadiation ii2. iiRadiographic iiContrast ii3. iiRadiation iiDose
A. ii1 iiand ii2
B. ii1 iiand ii3
C. ii2 iiand ii3
D. ii1, ii2, iiand ii3 ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-C. ii2 iiand ii3
All iiof iithe iifollowing iiare iitypes iiof iifilter iimaterials iiused iiin iimammography, iiexcept:
A) iimolybdenum.
B) iirhodium.
C) iisilver.
D) iitungsten. ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-D. iiTungsten
Mammography iix-ray iitubes iiare iioriented iiso iithat iithe iistrongest iipart iiof iithe iix-ray
iibeam iiis iidirected iito iithe iipatient's:
A. iinipple iiside
B. iichest iiwall iiside
C. iilateral iiside
D. iimedial iiside ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-B. iichest iiwall iiside
The iifocal iispot iisizes iiused iiin iimammography iirange iibetween ii______ iiand ii_____mm.
A. ii0.1;0.3
B. ii0.3;0.6
C. ii0.6;0.9
D. ii0.9;1.2 ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A. ii0.1;0.3
Manual iitechnique iiare iiused iiinstead iiof iiautomatic iiexposure iionly iiwhen iithe iipatient
iihas:
A. iidense iibreast
B. iifatty iibreast
C. iia iipalpable iilump
D. iibreast iiimplants ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-D. iibreast iiimplants
Which iiof iithe iifollowing iiare iibenefits iiof iiusing iicompression iiin iimammography? ii
,1. iiIncreased iispatial iiresolution ii2. iiUniform iiradiation iiexposure ii3. iiDecreased iitissue
iioverlap
A. ii1 iiand ii2
B. ii1 iiand ii3
C. ii2 iiand ii3
D. ii1, ii2, iiand ii3 ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-D. ii1, ii2, iiand ii3
Which iiof iithe iifollowing iiis iinot iia iistandard iifunction iiof iia iipicture iiarchiving iiand
iicommunication iisystem ii(PACS)?
A. iiimage iiacquisition ii
B. iiimage iitransfer
C. iiimage iievaluation
D. iiimage iimanagement ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-C. iiimage iievaluation
The iiACR iimammography iiphantom iicontains iia iiwax iiinsert iithat iisimulates ii______cm
iiof iibreast iitissue.
A. ii2.2
B. ii3.4
C. ii4.2
D. ii5.4 ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-C. ii4.2
Which iiof iithe iifollowing iiis iinot iia iirequirement iifor iimammographers iiunder iiMQSA?
A. iipassing iia iicriminal iibackground iicheck
B. iiholding iia iistate iilicense
C. iicompleting ii40 iihours iiof iimammography iiinstruction
D. iiperforming ii200 iimammograms iievery ii2 iiyears ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A. iipassing iia
iicriminal iibackground iicheck
Diagnostic iimammography iiis iiused iito iiconfirm iia iidiagnosis iiof iibreast iicancer.
A. iiTrue
B. iiFalse ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-B. iiFalse
________ iiis iiespecially iiuseful iiin iidetermining iiwhether iia iilesion iiis iia iisolid iimass iior iia
iifluid-filled iicyst.
A. iibreast iiultrasound
B. iibreast iiMR
C. iibreast-specific iigamma iiimaging
D. iidigital iibreast iitomosynthesis ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A. iibreast iiultrasound
A iimajor iidisadvantage iiof ii_________ iiin iibreast iievaluation iiis iithe iihigh iifalse-positive
iirate iifrom iithe iiexams.
A. iidigital iibreast iitomosynthesis
B. iiultrasound
C. iimagnetic iiresonance ii(MR) iiimaging
D. iimolecular iiimaging ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-C. iimagnetic iiresonance ii(MR) iiimaging
, A iimilliamperage iisetting iiof ii_____mA iiis iioutside iiof iithe iinormal iioutput iirange iiof iia
iitypical iimammography iiunit.
A. ii20
B. ii40
C. ii100
D. ii200 ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-D. ii200
An iiinteraction iiwith iian iiatom's ii______ iiis iimost iilikely iito iiresult iiin iiphotoelectric
iiabsorption.
A. iiK-shell
B. iiL-shell
C. iiM-shell
D. iiN-shell ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A. iiK-shell
Compared iito iimolybdenum, iirhodium iiis iiless iidesirable iifor iiroutine iiuse iias iia
iimammography iitarget iimaterial iibecause iirhodium:
A. iihas iia iilower iik-edge
B. iiproduces iimore iilow-energy iibremsstrahlung iiphotons
C. iihas iia iihigher iiheat iiload iicapacity
D. iiproduces iifewer iicharacteristic iiphotons ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-B. iiproduces iimore
iilow-energy iibremsstrahlung iiphotons
The iitotal iifiltration iirequirement iiof iia iimammographic iitube iioperating iiat ii30 iikVp iimust
iibe ii______mm iialuminum ii(Al) iiequivalent.
A. ii0.25
B. ii0.30
C. ii0.35
D. ii0.40 ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-B. ii0.30
To iicompensate iifor iithe iirelatively iishort iisource-to-image iidistance ii(SID) iiused iiin
iimammography, iidedicated iimammography iiequipment iitakes iiadvantage iiof:
A. iithe iianode iiheel iieffect
B. iia iilonger iiobject-to-image iidistance ii(OID)
C. iia iismaller iianode iitarget iiangle
D. iifractional iifocal iispots ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-D. iifractional iifocal iispots
According iito iiMammography iiQuality iiStandards iiAct ii(MQSA) iirequirements,
iicompression iiforce iishould iinot iiexceed ii_____lbs.
A. ii25
B. ii35
C. ii45
D. ii55` ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-C. ii45
Which iiof iithe iifollowing iiare iitypical iiinterspace iimaterials iifor iimammography iigrids?
1. iiWood ii2. iiCarbon iifiber ii3. iiAluminum
A. ii1 iiand ii2
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