7. When designing barriers it is important to remember that x-rays travel in _______ lines.
ANS: straight
REF: 6
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. If the useful beam is not centered on the film in the patient’s mouth, the result will be:
a. foreshortening
b. elongation
c. collimator cutoff
d. overlapping
ANS: C REF: 35
2. A diagnostic film is made at 10 mA and 4 impulses. The exposure that would produce the
same image at 5 mA would be:
a. 5 impulses
b. 10 impulses
c. 8 impulses
d. 45 impulses
ANS: C REF: 31
3. Collimator cutoff (cone cutting) is caused by:
a. improper horizontal angulation
b. over filtration
c. improper beam film alignment
d. improper vertical angulation
ANS: C REF: 35
4. If a radiograph is described as “underpenetrated,” then the error must be:
a. excessive kVp
b. too little mA
c. excessive mA
d. too little kVp
5. Which of the following is used in the high-voltage circuit?
a. a rectifier
b. a step-up transformer
c. a step-down transformer
d. a fuse
ANS: B REF: 25
6. Ionization occurs:
a. when an atom gains a neutron
b. when the atom has no charge
c. when an atom loses a proton
d. when an atom loses an electron
ANS: D REF: 12
7. Identify the physicist who discovered x-rays:
a. Hittorf-Crookes
b. Roentgen
c. Edison
d. Kells
ANS: B REF: 9
8. Examples of particulate radiation include:
a. alpha particles
b. electrons
c. neutrons
d. all of the above
ANS: D REF: 2
9. The difference in the electromagnetic spectrum between x-rays and visible light lies in
the:
a. wavelength
b. frequency
c. energy
d. subatomic particles
ANS: A REF: 2
10. All of the following are properties of x-rays EXCEPT:
a. x-rays are invisible
b. x-rays travel in wavy lines
c. x-rays can penetrate structures
d. x-rays can adversely affect human tissue
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