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ARRT REVIEW RADIATION PROTECTION COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS A+ GRADED

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Low mAs with high kV - ANS What combination of kV and mAs is recommended to decrease patient exposure? Flat contact shields, shaped contact shields, shadow shields, and breast shields - ANS List at least three types of patient shields. Restriction of the useful beam - ANS What is the...

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ARRT REVIEW RADIATION PROTECTION
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
A+ GRADED

, Low mAs with high kV - ANS What combination of kV and mAs is recommended to decrease
patient exposure?

Flat contact shields, shaped contact shields, shadow shields, and breast shields - ANS List at
least three types of patient shields.

Restriction of the useful beam - ANS What is the single most important way to reduce patient
exposure?




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Collimators, cones, and aperture diaphragms - ANS List three types of beam restrictors.

Inherent filtration - ANS The x-ray tube glass envelope and its insulating oil function as what




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kind of filtration?

2.5 mm aluminum equivalent - ANS How much total filtration is required for equipment




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operating above 70 KV?

To reduce patient skin dose - ANS What is the primary purpose of filtration of the useful x-ray
beam?
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The average energy is increased - ANS How does added filtration affect the average energy
of the x-ray beam?

Added filtration has no effect on the minimum wavelength of the x-ray beam - ANS How does
added filtration affect the minimum wavelength of the x-ray beam?
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kv and HVL (half value layer) - ANS What are the two ways used to express x-ray beam
quality?
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Greater - ANS Because the primary x-ray beam is polyenergetic, the entrance dose is often
significantly ____ then the exit dose.
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PA - ANS To reduce exposure to the lens, the reproductive organs, and the breasts, it is
helpful to perform these examinations in what position?

ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) - ANS What is the concept employed every day,
with every examination, in order to achieve optimal radiation protection?

1-year-old child - ANS Who of the following is likely to be most radiosensitive: 1-year-old child,
20-year-old young adult, 50-year-old adult?

Automatic exposure control (AEC) - ANS What is the feature of most x-ray imaging systems
that terminates the x-ray exposure once adequate exposure reaches the image receptor?

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