GXMO PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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GXMO
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GXMO
X-rays were discovered by... - Correct Answer Roentgen in 1895 in Germany
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) is the... - Correct Answer organization that accredits schools for radiologic technologists
The largest professional organization for radiolo...
GXMO PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
X-rays were discovered by... - Correct Answer Roentgen in 1895 in Germany
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) is the...
- Correct Answer organization that accredits schools for radiologic technologists
The largest professional organization for radiologic technologists is the... - Correct
Answer ASRT
The x-ray room has an area that protects the limited operator from scatter radiation and
is called... - Correct Answer the control booth
Mechanism on the x-ray tube that provides a stop in a specific location - Correct Answer
detent
The image that has been exposed on the IR but has not yet been processed is called -
Correct Answer latent image
The absorption of x-rays by matter is called - Correct Answer attenuation
The IR system consists of.. - Correct Answer cassette and phosphor plate
A type of filmless system that produces digital images is called - Correct Answer
computed radiography (CR)
The source of x-rays is - Correct Answer x-ray tube
Unwanted image exposure that is caused by scatter x-rays - Correct Answer radiation
fog
Surrounds the x-ray tube and is lined with lead - Correct Answer tube housing
Opening where the x-rays exit the tube - Correct Answer tube port
X-rays exit the tube port via - Correct Answer the tube window
What is the name of the radiation that exits the patient? - Correct Answer remnant
radiation
The x-ray beam that leaves the tube is called - Correct Answer primary radiation
Primary x-ray beams that leave the body and travel in all directions is called - Correct
Answer scatter radiation
, When a neutral atom gains or loses an electron, the atom is said to be... - Correct
Answer ionized
X-rays consist of what type of energy - Correct Answer electromagnetic energy
X-rays with greater energy have what size wavelengths - Correct Answer shorter
The smallest possible unit of electromagnetic energy is the - Correct Answer photon
The common unit of measure for the potential difference across an x-ray tube is the -
Correct Answer ohm
The purpose of a transformer is to - Correct Answer increase or decrease voltage
When an atom gains or loses an electron it is called an - Correct Answer ion
One of the most important elements in radiography that is used to create x-rays is -
Correct Answer tungsten
Roentgen discovered x-rays while working with a - Correct Answer crookes tube
Free electrons for x-ray production come from the - Correct Answer filament
The creation of the space charge in the x-ray tube produces - Correct Answer
thermionic emission
The majority of photons in the x-ray beam are created by which process? - Correct
Answer Bremsstrahlung interactions
More than 99% of the energy of the electron stream is converted to - Correct Answer
heat
The high speed rotation of the anode enables - Correct Answer greater dissipation of
heat from technical factors
The anode heel effect is a phenomenon of x-ray that results in - Correct Answer
uneven distribution of radiation, more towards cathode
The penetrating power of the x-ray beam is controlled by varying the - Correct Answer
kVp
The rate of current flow across the x-ray tube is measured by - Correct Answer mA
The unit used to indicate the total quantity of x-ray exposure is - Correct Answer mAs
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