GXMO State Board exam Latest Update -

GXMO State Board exam Latest Update - 100 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor A device for removing long wavelength radiation from the primary x-ray beam is a:

• collimator
• rheostat
• rectifier

D. filter - CORRECT ANSWER: D. filter

A device to protect the film from being fogged by scatter radiation is called a(n):

• collimator
• detent
• grid

D. IR - CORRECT ANSWER: C. grid

A device used to measure the current flowing in a series circuit is a(n):

• voltmeter
• ammeter
• transformer

D. rectifier - CORRECT ANSWER: B. ammeter

A film that has been exposed but has not yet been processed has a pattern of exposure

that is called the: 1 / 3

• latent image
• visible image
• remnant radiation

D. radiation field - CORRECT ANSWER: A. latent image

A larger actual focal spot yields:

• greater image sharpness
• greater tube heat capacity
• lower patient dose
• more characteristic radiation - CORRECT ANSWER: B. greater tube heat capacity

A line in the center of the x-ray beam and perpendicular to the long axis of the x-ray

tube is called the:

• radiation field
• primary X-ray beam
• x-ray tube

D. central Ray - CORRECT ANSWER: D. central ray

A mechanism that tends to stop a moving part in a specific location is called a:

• collimator
• control console
• transformer

D. detent - CORRECT ANSWER: D. detent 2 / 3

A photon is a minute quantity of:

• electromagnetic energy
• electric energy
• nuclear energy

D. matter - CORRECT ANSWER: A. electromagnetic energy

A smaller effective focal spot yields:

• greater tube heat capacity
• lower patient dose
• more characteristic radiation

D. greater image sharpness - CORRECT ANSWER: D. greater image sharpness

A steeper target angle provides:

• more heat capacity
• lower patient dose
• less anode heel effect
• smaller effective focal spot - CORRECT ANSWER: D. smaller effective focal spot

A tilting table will allow the head end to be lowered at least 15 degrees into the:

• Trendelenburg position
• Sims position
• Fowler position
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