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RAD REVIEW MOCK EXAM D QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:183 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 183
The use of a 15% kVp rule in the maintenance of optical density as mAs is halved offers the
advantage of:
1.) Providing a lower patient dose
2.) Obtaining a greater exposure latitude
3.) Being able to employ a shorter exposure timer setting
D.) 1, 2, and 3
D.) Ligaments
D.) mAs employed
B.) 2 only
Term 2 of 183
Which of the normal tissues in the human body are most sensitive to the effects of an
equivalent of 200 rem irradiation?
A.) The ovaries
A.) cecum
C.) osteoporosis
D.) cilia
,Term 3 of 183
The radiation exposure which is received by the operator of the equipment standing at
position number 1 is substantially reduced by the use of:
1.) A stationary radiographic grid
2.) A bucky slot cover
3.) A protective drape
D.) 24 hours
C.) 2 and 3
D.) 1, 2, and 3
A.) 1 only
Term 4 of 183
Lead aprons and gloves should be checked periodically for cracks by performing a:
A.) Log relative exposure axis
C.) Long bones
A.) Radiographic inspection
A.) stoma
Term 5 of 183
Acute radiation lethality appears to follow a:
B.) a higher conversion efficiency
B.) Linear, threshold dose response relationship
B.) Defect in the ascending colon
B.) hands and wrist
,Term 6 of 183
A radiographer often encounters difficulties when performing portable radiographs; therefore,
it is acceptable to avoid using:
D.) 20 ml
D.) Size of the pixels
D.) High speed image receptors
B.) Improperly seated transport rollers
Term 7 of 183
A radiographic image of the hip is obtained in the axiolateral (clements) projection. The central
ray should be directed:
A.) Perpendicular to the neck of the femur
C.) Parallel to the neck of the femur
B.) towards the acetabulum
D.) obliquely across the femoral head
Term 8 of 183
A radiographic image of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder (KUB) is obtained in the AP
projection. When properly performed, radiographic images will NOT normally demonstrate
which of the following?
C.) Ureters
C.) 100 Cm (40")
C.) 88%
B.) Storage Phosphor
, Term 9 of 183
The principal effect associated with the use of improperly cleaned intensifying screens during
a radiographic exposure is the appearance of (a):
D.) dark spots on the images
A.) Series of low density artifacts on the resulting radiographic images.
B.) blurriness in the images
C.) increased sharpness in the images
Term 10 of 183
In order to evaluate free air in the left portion of the abdominal cavity, which of the following
radiographic images is most often requested?
B.) the addition of more diagnostic filtration
D.) the lateral malleolus
D.) The right lateral decubitus projection
D.) lateral projection
Term 11 of 183
A radiographic image of the knee is obtained in the PA axial posteroanterior (Homblad)
Projection. This projection is most often used to evaluate the:
C.) Fossa between the femoral condyles
B.) costophrenic recess
D.) Perpendicular to the image receptor
C.) pitting of the anode
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