Examination for Limited Scope of Practice in Radiography (CORE) Questions with Correct Answers

Examination for Limited Scope of
Practice in Radiography (CORE)
Questions with Correct Answers
whichAofAtheAfollowingAstatementsAareAcorrectAregardingAtheAlinkAbetweenAradiationAdoseAa
ndAgeneticAeffects?A-
AAnswer✓ATheAlinkAhasAbeenAdemonstratedAinAanimalAstudies.AIncreasedAriskAtoAhumans
AcannotAbeApredictedAwithArespectAtoAanAindividual.


WhichAofAtheAfollowingAchangesAinAkilovoltageA(kVp)AwillAresultAinAtheAgreatestAreductionA
ofApatientAdose,AwhenAmiliampere-
secondsA(mAs)AisAadjustedAtoAcompensateAforAtheAchange?A-
AAnswer✓AincreaseAkVpAbyA30%


WhichAradiographicAimagingAsystemAusesAstorageAphosphorsAtoAtemporarilyAstoreAenergyAre
presentingAtheAimageAsignal?A-AAnswer✓AcomputerAradiography


WhatAisAtheAprimaryApurposeAofAusingAgonadAshieldsAduringAradiography?A-
AAnswer✓AReduceAtheAlikelihoodAofAgeneticAeffects.


whichAofAtheAfollowingAareAtypesAofAgonadAshields?A-AAnswer✓AContactAandAshadow


whenAshouldAgonadAshieldingAbeAused?A-
AAnswer✓AwhenAtheAgonadsAareAwithinA5Acm.AofAtheAradiationAfield.


TheAgreatestAcauseAofAunnecessaryAradiationAtoApatientsAthatAcanAbeAcontrolledAbyAtheAlimi
tedAoperatorAis:A-AAnswer✓ArepeatAexposure


TheAlimitedAoperatorAcanAreduceArepeatAexposuresAbyA:A-
AAnswer✓AclearlyAinstructingAtheApatients.


HowAdoesAtheAx-rayAbeamArestrictionAminimizeApatientAexposureA-
AAnswer✓AItAlimitsAtheAradiationAfieldAtoAtheAareaAofAinterest.

, WhatAisAtheAdeviceAthatAallowsAtheAlimitedAoperatorAtoAvaryAtheAsizeAofAtheAradiationAfiel
d?A-AAnswer✓Acollimator


HowAdoesAfiltrationAreduceApatientAexposureA-AAnswer✓ARemovesAlonger-
wavelengthAphotons


WhatAisAtheANationalACouncilAonARadiationAProtectionAandAMeasurementsA(NCRP)Arecommen
dationAforAtheAamountAofAtotalAfiltration?A-AAnswer✓A2.5AmmAAlAequiv


WhatAareAtheAthreeAprincipalAmethodsAusedAtoAprotectAlimitedAoperatorsAfromAunnecessaryA
radiationAexposure?A-AAnswer✓ATime,ADistance,AandAShielding


WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisANOTAaAtypeAofApersonnelAradiationAshielding?A-
AAnswer✓AShadow


PersonnelAshieldingAmustAbeAwornAinAtheArareAoccasionAduringAwhichAtheAlimitedAoperator
AmayAneedAtoAremainAinAtheAradiographicAroomAduringAanAexposureAtoAassistAtheApatient
AinAmaintainingAtheAproperAposition.AWhatAisAtheAsourceAofAtheAgreatestAradiationAhazard
AunderAthisAcircumstance?A-AAnswer✓AscatteredAradiationAfromAtheApatient


WhatAisAtheAtermAforAradiationAthatAescapesAfromAtheAx-rayAtubeAhousing?A-
AAnswer✓AleakageAradiation


WhyAareAlimitedAoperatorsAprohibitedAfromAactivitiesAthatAresultAinAdirectAexposureAtoAtheA
primaryAx-rayAbeam?A-AAnswer✓ATheyAareAconsideredAoccupationallyAexposedAindividuals


Distance,AasAaAmethodAusedAtoAlimitAoperatorAexposure,AmeansAthat?A-
AAnswer✓ATheAoperatorAshouldAmaximizeAtheAdistanceAfromAtheAsourceAduringAtheAexpo
sure


ShieldingAwornAforApersonnelAprotectionAisAdesignedAtoAattenuateAwhatAsourceAofAexposure
?A-AAnswer✓AScatterAradiation


WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAanAacronymAforAaAcommonAtypeAofApersonnelAdosimeterA-
AAnswer✓ATLD