REVIEW QUESTIONS CHAPTER 5

1. Marie Curie is best known for her work with which one of the following?
a. Radiation-absorbed dose standards
b. Cyclotron and nuclear particle acceleration
c. Radium and the refinement of radium
d. Electric capacitance and induction

2. The scientist most closely associated with the atomic bomb is:
a. Pierre Curie.
b. Michael Faraday.
c. Thomas Edison.
d. Enrico Fermi.

3. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is credited with:

a. Discovering the x-ray.
b. Developing silver bromide–coated film.
c. Establishing the international unit of x-ray quantity.
d. All of the above.

4. Which three scientists are credited with early research in the cathode rays of the x-ray tube?
a. Hittorf, Faraday, and Fermi
b. Crookes, Hittorf, and Goodspeed
c. Crookes, Hittorf, and Lenard
d. Hittorf, Goodspeed, and Fermi

5. In the field of radiology, Edison’s chief contribution was which one of the following?
a. Platinocyanide coating for fluoroscopic screens
b. Promotion of a vacuum tube for generating x-rays
c. Use of lithium fluoride for fluoroscopic screen coating
d. Use of calcium tungstate for fluoroscopic screen coating

6. The World War II military experiments resulted in a new radiology discipline called:
a. Computed tomographic scanning.
b. Nuclear medicine imaging.
c. Magnetic resonance imaging.
d. Cardiovascular radiography.

7. The first radiograph produced in the United States is believed to have occurred _____ after the discovery of the x-
ray.
a. 6 months
b. 6 weeks
c. 2 months
d. 2 weeks

8. The early experiments with fluoroscopy were made by whom?

a. Michael Idvorsky Pupin
b. Thomas Edison
c. Marie Curie
d. William Crookes

9. The Army School of Roentgenology was established to aid in the war effort of which one of the following?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. The Spanish-American War
d. The Korean War

10. Who is credited with the development of mobile x-ray units for military medical
service in World War I?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Albert Einstein
c. Marie Curie
d. Ernest Lawrence

REVIEW QUESTIONS CHAPTER 6

1. What kind of information is necessary to identify a radiographic image? (Check the answer that is appropriate for
your facility, state, and country.)
a. R or L marker, complete name, identification number, physician’s name, date, name and address of medical
facility
b. R or L marker, date, identification number
c. R or L marker, date, identification number, physician’s name, medical facility
d. R or L marker, identification number, physician’s name, name and address of medical facility, technologist’s
identification
e. None of the above
f. Combination of the above choices (List all that apply.)

2. What other information may be required or useful for the image? (Check all that apply.)
a. Angle of tube (e.g., degree of angle, vertical or horizontal orientation)
b. Position of the patient (e.g., erect, supine, prone, angle of obliquity)
c. Radiographic room number
d. Equipment used
e. Techniques used
f. Collimator number
g. Amount of contrast media injected
h. Time of day
i. Processor number
j. Stretcher or wheelchair number (or both)
k. Bed and room numbers

3. Where can you obtain specific and accurate information about the content of the curriculum used \in approved
programs in radiologic technology?
a. American Hospital Association
b. Joint Review Committee on Hospital Accreditation
c. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
d. American Society of Radiologic Technologists

4. Understanding the process of radiographic image production and the specific equipment used in the processes is
generally taught in which section of the curriculum?
a. Principles of radiographic exposure
b. Imaging equipment
c. Radiographic processing
d. Radiographic film evaluation

5. To help the student radiologic technologist understand how to work with sick and injured patients of all ages and
sizes, regardless of their ethnic or cultural background, the student will study information presented in which of the
following course work?
a. Radiobiology
b. Quality assurance
c. Methods of patient care 3
d. Human structure and function

6. Pathology is the study of the:

a. Normal structure and function of the various anatomic structures of the body
b. Abnormal structure and/or function of the various anatomic structures of the body
c. Abnormal structures found on any resulting radiographic image
d. Abnormalities associated with any radiographic procedure

7. The written and spoken language of medicine is taught in which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Radiographic procedures
b. Medical terminology
c. In the clinical radiology laboratory only

8. Which one of the following areas of study is included in quality assurance?

a. Quality assurance procedures and regulations
b. Principles of cost accounting procedures for containment of department costs
c. Radiographic anatomy and positioning
d. Radiographic evaluation of pathologic diagnostic procedures

9. The three most important specific aspects in evaluating a student’s clinical performance are which of the
following?
a. Radiographic positioning, anatomy, and psychomotor learning
b. Effective understanding, clinical participation, and radiation physics
c. Cognitive, affective, and psychomotor levels
d. Cognitive and affective performance levels and quality assurance

10. Passive participation occurs when the student is:

a. Performing and assisting the practicing radiologic technologist during a radiographic procedure.
b. Taking notes about the performance and execution of the work as performed by the practicing radiologic
technologist.
c. Assisting the radiologic technologist and radiologist in conducting the radiographic examinations.
d. Performing the various tasks associated with specific radiographic procedures.

11. Interaction with the patient and with coworkers includes which one of the following?
a. Using intuition to figure out what the other person is saying and wishing to have done
b. Referring to textbooks to assess the psychologic state of the patient and coworkers
c. Evaluation of the radiographic procedure based on directions from co-workers and the condition of the patient
d. Listening, understanding, and responding appropriately to information exchanges with the patient and with co-
workers

12. Classroom lectures and demonstrations of theories and facts relating to a specific body of knowledge can usually
be considered which one of the following?
a. Psychomotor knowledge
b. Affective learning
c. Cognitive learning
d. Memorization only

REVIEW QUESTIONS CHAPTER 7

1. Most medical terms have their origin in what languages?
a. English and French
b. Greek and Latin
c. Egyptian and Middle Eastern
d. English only

2. “CXR R/O COPD, HX MI” is an example of the use of which of the following?
a. Suffixes and prefixes
b. Greek in medicine
c. Medical abbreviations that the radiologic technologist must know
d. Medical abbreviations that are used only by physicians and nurses

3. RT® stands for which one of the following?

a. Radiologic technologist
b. Radiologic technologist in radiography
c. Registered technologist in radiography
d. Routine radiography

4. A procedure that has been ordered “STAT” should be performed:

a. Only by a physician
b. Immediately
c. Only when the patient has been held NPO
d. Twice each day

5. A cassette containing an imaging plate would be used in which one of the following?
a. CR
b. DR
c. Film-screen
d. CT

6. An organization to which radiologic tech- nologists may belong is which one of the following?
a. TJC
b. CDC
c. ACR
d. ASRT

7. A CXR would likely be performed for which one of the following?

a. URI
b. UTI
c. ROM
d. PID

8. Because some imaging modalities do not use film, what term is preferred when referring to the destination of the
image?
a. Intensifying screen
b. Processor
c. Image receptor
d. Radiograph

9. Electricity moves through the x-ray tube as a function of which of the following?
a. SID and OID
b. kVp and mAs
c. PBL
d. SOD

10. The visual radiographic image is made up of

Which of the following?
a. SID and OID
b. Film and intensifying screens
c. Density and contrast
d. Recorded detail and processing
REVIEW QUESTIONS CHAPTER 8
1. What are the two main parts of the x-ray tube?
a. Glass bulb and cathode
b. Cathode and electrode
c. Anode and cathode
d. Collimator and glass bulb
2. The conversion of energy that produces x-rays is a result of _____ striking the _____.
a. Protons; cathode
b. X-rays; anode
c. Electrons; cathode
d. Electrons; anode
3. Most of the image produced on radiographic film comes from which of the following?
a. Electrons
b. X-rays
c. Light from intensifying screens
d. Protons
4. Live-action radiography describes which of the following?
a. CT scanning
b. MRI
c. PET
d. Fluoroscopy
5. Using telecommunications, digital imaging, and total management of radiologic services describes which one
of the following systems?
a. Total quality management (TQM)
b. PACS
c. Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
d. Quality circles
6. Which one of the following imaging modalities uses sound to see?
a. MRI
b. PACS
c. Sonography
d. PET
7. Substances that emit visible light when struck by radiation are called which of the following?
a. Image receptors
b. Phosphors
c. Contrast agents
d. Electrodes
8. The energy conversion that takes place in the x-ray tube primarily produces which one of the following?
a. X-rays
b. Sound waves
c. Visible light
d. Heat
9. Radioactive materials are used in which one of the following imaging modalities?
a. X-ray production
b. MRI
c. CT
d. Nuclear medicine
10. Imaging equipment that allows for the manipulation of the image after exposure is called what?
a. Image intensifier
b. Intensifying screen
c. X-ray film
d. Digital imaging