Preliminary Steps in Radiography Workbook questions
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| show | A radiologic technologist who administers ionizing radiation to perform radiographeic procedures.
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| Explain ALARA. | show 🗑
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| Define: ARRT | show 🗑
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| Define: ASRT | show 🗑
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| show | The ASRT wrote the Radiography Practice Standards, They define the practice of radiography, describe necessary education and certification, and include Clinical Performance Standards, Quality Performance Standards, and Professional Performance Standards.
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| What do the ARRT do for the radiologic technology profession? | show 🗑
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| How often should the radiographic table be cleaned? | show 🗑
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| show | By following Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions
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| show | washing the hands
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| show | under
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| What protective apparel should radiographers wear if the possibility of touching blood exists? | show 🗑
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| What procedure should be followed to dispose of used hypodermic needles properly? | show 🗑
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| List procedures that require aseptic technique when performed in the radiology department. | show 🗑
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| show | False, position on the side opposite
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| Before beginning a radiographic examination, what should the radiographer do to gain the cooperation of a coherent patient? | show 🗑
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| show | four
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| When the radiologist is unable to see the patient, who is responsible for ensuring that an adequate clinical history accompanies the radiographs? | show 🗑
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| show | Interpretations of images is outside the scope of practice for radiographers. Requests for interpretations must be referred to a qualified physician.
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| List the three ways a patient's colon may be cleansed for an abdominal examination. | show 🗑
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| show | False, starch is radiopaque which means it shows up on x-rays
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| Why is it necessary to ensure that any folds in cloth gowns are straightened out before making the radiographic exposure? | show 🗑
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| What devices must be removed from the patient within the area of interest when the skull is examined? | show 🗑
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| Identify the three types of muscular tissue and state the type of motion (voluntary or involuntary) associated with each. | show 🗑
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| The rhythmic motion of smooth muscle structures is called _________. | show 🗑
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| What exposure factor is used to control involuntary motion? | show 🗑
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| show | Central nervous system
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| What are the four ways voluntary motion can be controlled by a radiographer? | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| Define Image Receptor (IR) | show 🗑
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| show | Solid State Digital Detector
Photostimulable Storage Phosphor Image Plate
Fluoroscopic IR
Cassette with film
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| show | Evaluate the radiograph
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| What are the prime technical factors under control of the radiographer? | show 🗑
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| What patient conditions require a decrease in radiation exposure? | show 🗑
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| show | Ascites
Edema
Pneumonia
Enlarged heart
Hydrocephalus
Pleural effusion
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| In cases where patients or their caregivers express anxiety about having imaging studies without the use of gonadal shielding, technologists are advised to: | show 🗑
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| show | Lengthwise, crosswise, diagonal; lengthwise
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| show | Collimate
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| What adjustment can be made by the radiographer to compensate for an increase in OID? | show 🗑
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| show | To avoid the superimposition of overlying or underlying structures.
To avoid superimposing a curved structure on itself.
To project through angled joints.
To project through angled structures without foreshortening or elongation.
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| show | SID
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| show | Magnification of anatomy
Spatial resolution
Dose to patient
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| show | 40 inches (102 cm); 44-48 inches (112-122 cm)
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| show | 72 inches (183 cm)
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| show | minimizes dose to patient
reduces scatter radiation
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| T/F Creating an image using a larger than required (necessary) field size is a violation of the ARRT Code of Ethics. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| Define and describe the anatomical position. | show 🗑
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| Describe how a posteroanterior (PA) projection radiograph of the chest should be oriented on the display monitor. | show 🗑
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| show | As though the viewer sees the patient from the perspective of the x-ray tube.
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| Describe how hand and foot radiographs should be displayed. | show 🗑
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| show | Patient's name
Date of examination
Institutional Identity
Side marker (right or left)
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| show | cumulative time
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| show | anteroposterior
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| Define the abbreviation AEC | show 🗑
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| show | image receptor
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| Define the abbreviation CR (IR type) | show 🗑
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| Define the abbreviation CR (x-ray field reference) | show 🗑
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| Define the abbreviation mAs | show 🗑
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| Define the abbreviation DR | show 🗑
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| Define the abbreviation APR | show 🗑
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| show | anterior superior iliac spine
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| Define the abbreviation BMI | show 🗑
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| show | Radiographic and fluoroscopic table weight limits have been doubled to 700 lbs. CT and MRI table weights and aperture openings have also increased.
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| show | Risk of injury to radiographers, other healthcare workers, and the patient.
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| Which body parts are most affected, in terms of increased size, by morbid obesity? | show 🗑
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| What bony landmark(s) are usually palpable on obese patients? 1. Jugular notch 2. Xiphoid process 3. ASIS 4. Iliac crest | show 🗑
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| show | 22 inches
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| ____________ elevates the diaphragm and abdominal viscera, shortens the lung fields, depresses the sternum, and lowers the ribs and increases their angle near the spine. | show 🗑
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| ____________ depresses the diaphragm and abdominal viscera, lengthens and expands the lung fields, elevates the sternum and pushes it anteriorly, and elevates the ribs. | show 🗑
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| Which factor will minimize distortion? 1. CR-part alignment 2. Collimation 3. Milliampere-time (mAs) 4. SID | show 🗑
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| When imaging an obese patient, which landmarks are difficult to palpate? 1. Jugular notch 2. ASIS 3. Iliac crest 4. Greater trochanter | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | from the perspective of the x-ray tube and with the fingers pointing upward.
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| show | radiographer
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| show | placed in a puncture-proof container
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| Which of the following technical factors is most important to adjust and increase when imaging an obese patient? 1. mAs 2. kVp 3. Focal Spot 4. AEC | show 🗑
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| Within the OR, who should remove sterile items that are in the way of the radiographer? | show 🗑
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| To prepare the patient for radiographic examination of the abdomen, what are the three methods used for cleansing the patient's bowel? | show 🗑
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| Which type of muscle tissue produces peristalsis? | show 🗑
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| show | Striated
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| show | 3. emphysema
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| show | Decrease the exposure time
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| Which procedure best reduces the possibility of patient-controlled motion? | show 🗑
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| show | Always mark the side closest to the IR
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| Which piece of information is NOT required as part of the identification of radiographs? 1. Name of the Patient 2. Date of the examination 3. Name of the radiographer 4. Name of the medical facility | show 🗑
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| show | Reduces patient exposure
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| show | Increased radiographic contrast resolution
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| show | 1. a bra
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| Which change most improves spatial resolution when the sternum is imaged? 1. Increasing the OID 2. Decreasing the SID 3. Decreasing the Source-to-object distance 4. Increasing the SID | show 🗑
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| The most common IR position is: | show 🗑
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| show | Imaging plate
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| What is the IR in direct digital radiography? | show 🗑
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| show | manually by the radiographer
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| Reasons to avoid using electronic side marker placement (annotation) in digital imaging include: 1. Increased potential for errors in marking the correct side. 2. increased legal implications. 3. eliminating anatomy being obscured by the marker | show 🗑
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| show | age-specific competence
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| show | 24 inches (61 cm)
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| show | ASRT
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| show | ARRT
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| What organization describes necessary education and certification? | show 🗑
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| show | ASRT
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| show | CDC
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