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