Introduction
Image Quality Factors
Radiation effects and safety
The Healthcare delivery System
Be professional
100
Roentgen’s discovery of x-ray occurred when he was experimenting with this item
Crookes Tube (also accept cathode rays)
100
WHen creating a radiographic image, what 3 factors must be aligned
IR, Anatomy, and X-ray Tube
100
This effect is also known as stochastic effect
Probabilistic
100
The following is a specialist who is often an internist and treats patients in a hospital:
Hopitalist
100
The following is a person responsible for implementing an ethical decision in a hospital
A moral agent
200
The arrows depicted on the following image are identifying what?
Wave length
200
This imaging system is known as a cassette based system
CR (computed radiography)
200
Stochastic effects are difficult to identify for what three reasons?
1- They are rare
2- They can also occur in the absence of radiation
3- There is a long lapse of time between exposure and effect
200
The following is a network based insurance plan where you must use a PCP within the network for referrals:
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
200
In legal matters the following is the person responsible for bringing a law suit.
Plaintiff
300
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is credited with the discovery of x-ray on what date
November 8, 1895
300
The following is the measure of the current flow rate within the xray tube circuit
mA
300
Genes that are expressed in the individual are said to be this:
Dominant
300
Which of the following organizations provides accreditation for healthcare institutions?
TJC
300
The following defines high principles of professional behavior and signifies a willingness by the profession to control its own conduct.
Code of ethics
400
The function of an x-ray grid is to:
increase radiographic contrast by reducing scatter radiation fog.
400
This is known as the distance between the shades of grey in 2 adjacent structures
image contrast
400
The effective dose limit of whole body radiation for a radiographer who is 7 months pregnant is ?
50 mSv
400
The following individual Schedules procedures, maintains equipment, assists in complex imaging tasks, and ensures protocols are followed for optimal image quality and patient safety.
Chief Radiographer
400
Double Jepardy (how much will you bet)
7 cs of malpractice are:
•Competence
•Compliance
•Charting
•Communications
•Confidentiality
•Courtesy
•Carefulness
500
The target of a radiographic unit is contained within this side of the x-ray tube
Anode (positive side)
500
Which of the following exposure factors will produce the greatest mAs:
200mA & 5 milliseconds
200 mA & 50 milliseconds
200 mA & .5 seconds
200 mA & .05 seconds
200 mA & .5 seconds will produce 100mAs
500
This measuring system is also known as the metric system
SI system (or systeme international)
500
Xrays, MRI and CT scans will all fall under this department in a hospital setting
Diagnostic Department
500
Radiographic images are legally considered to be owned by this party:
The institution where the images where made