RTE1000 Final Exam Review Questions
With Verified Answers
Who is credited with the discovery of x-rays? - answer✔Wilhelm C. Röngten
What type of energy is used to produce the CT images? - answer✔X-ray
What type of energy is used to produce the MRI images? - answer✔Radio waves and magnetic
field
Identify steps in the problem-solving process - answer✔1) Identify the problem 2) Investigate
the problem
3) Formulate viable solutions to the problem
4) Select the best solution
Which specialty is involved in the treatment of disease rather than its diagnosis? -
answer✔Radiation therapy
What are the three phases of clinical learning? - answer✔Observation, Assistance, Performance
Physician who specializes in the interpretation of medical images is known as? -
answer✔Radiologist
Microwave X-ray Sound wave Gamma wave
Which one does not belong? Why? - answer✔Sound Wave- because it's not electromagnetic
radiation. It is mechanical energy.
What is a difference between didactic and clinical education? - answer✔The difference
between didactic education and clinical education is that in Didactic education a faculty
member teaches students through classroom lectures and laboratory activities. Where as in
clinical education the instructor teaches students primarily on a one-to-one basis in the clinical
setting.
Professional certification of medical imaging practitioners, such as radiographers, is offered by?
- answer✔American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT)
X-ray Gamma rays Infrared rays Cosmic rays
Which one does not belong? Why? - answer✔Infrared rays- Because they are Non-Ionizing
radiation waves.
Any process by which a neutral atom gains or loses an electron, thus acquiring a net charge, is
called ? - answer✔Ionization
What modality is associated with osteoporosis? - answer✔Bone Densitometry (BD)
What are the qualities of critical thinkers? - answer✔Critical thinkers acknowledge personal
limitations, they see problems as exciting challenges, have understanding as a goal, use
evidence to make judgments, are interested in other's ideas, are skeptical of extreme views,
think before acting, avoid emotionalism and keep an open mind.
Define accreditation - answer✔Voluntary peer review process through which an agency grants
recognition to an institution for a program of study that meets specific criteria.
Define certification - answer✔Voluntary process through which an agency grants recognition to
an individual on demonstration, usually by examination.
Which title is granted to a radiographer after successful completion of the American Registry of
Radiologic Technologist's examination in radiography? - answer✔RT(R)- Registered
Technologist, Radiographer
Ultrasound modality does not involve ionization (True/False) - answer✔True
Skilled person who performs radiographic procedures as directed by physician is known as? -
answer✔Radiographer
When were x-rays discovered? - answer✔November 8, 1895
Radiation - answer✔energy transmitted through matter
Radiographer - answer✔An individual who specializes in using x-rays to create images of the
body
computed tomography (CT) - answer✔a discipline that visualizes sectional anatomy by the
recording of a predetermined plane in the body
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