Comprehensive Radiography Practice Test V1 Questions and Answers Updated 2026

Comprehensive Radiography
Practice Test V1 Questions and
Answers Updated 2026
WhereAisAedgeAenhancementApostAprocessingAmostAhelpfulAinAdigitalAradiography?A-
AAnswerALowAcontrastAsituations


WhichAtechniqueAproducesAaA3AmRAexposureAtoAanAIRAplateAifA70AkVpAatA25AmAsAproduc
esA1.6AmR?


(Hint:ATimesA25AbyA1.25AbecauseA2AmRAisA25%AgreaterAthanA1.6AmR)A-
AAnswerA70AkVpAatA31.25AmAs


WhichAfactorAwillAdecreaseAtheApatient'sAdoseAduringAfluoroscopy?A-
AAnswerABringAtheAimageAintensifierAasAcloseAasApossibleAtoAtheApatient


WhereAisAtheAsafestAplaceAforAtheAradiographerAtoAstandAduringAfluoroscopy?A-
AAnswerA90AdegreesAandAoneAmeterAfromAtheApatient


WhichAdeviceAtemporarilyAstoresAandAelectricAcharge?A-AAnswerACapacitor


WhatAisAtheAmaximumAspeedAofAfilamentAelectronsAasAtheyAtravelAtowardAtheAanode?A-
AAnswerAHalfAtheAspeedAofAlight


OnAwhichAsystemAdoesAhospitalAstaffAinputAnewAordersAforAradiologicAexaminations?A-
AAnswerAHospitalAInformationASystem


WhatAmayAbeAeffectsAofAfetalAirradiation?


(FourAApply)A-AAnswerAPrenatalADeath
GrowthARetardation
ChildhoodAandAearlyAadultAcancers
SpontaneousAAbortion

,InAanAx-rayAtube,AwhatAisAtheAsourceAofAelectronsAusedAtoAmakeAx-rays?A-
AAnswerAFilament


WhatACRAangleAisAbestAforAheavy,Awide-
hippedApatientsAforAlateralAlumbarAspineAprojections?A-AAnswerA5AdegreesAcaudad


WhatAelbowAprojectionAwillAshowAtheAradialAheadAfreestAofAsuperimposition?A-
AAnswerAAP,AExternalAOblique


PriorAtoAperformingAaAPAAchestAprojectionsAwithAautomaticAexposureAcontrolA(AEC),AtheAradi
ographerAdiscoversAthatAtheApatientAhasAhadAaArightAtotalApneumonectomy.AWhatAtechnical
AconsiderationAshouldAbeAconsidered?A-AAnswerASelectingAonlyAtheAdetectorAonAtheAleftAside


WhatAisAtheAminimumAthicknessAofAleadArequiredAforAprotectiveAleadAcurtains?A-
AAnswerA.25AmmAleadAequivalence


WhichApositioningAmethodAisAprescribedAtoAdemonstrateAtheArightAzygomaticAarchAfreeAofAs
uperimpositionAonAanAinferosuperiorAtangentialAprojection?A-
AAnswerARotateAtheAheadAtoAtheArightAwithAtheAchinAtiltedAtoAtheAright


WhatAisAtheAmagnitudeAofAtheAangleAformedAbyAtheAintervertebralAforaminaAandAtheAMSPA
inAtheAthoracicAspine?A-AAnswerA90Adegrees


WhichAdigitalAcommunicationAnetworkAisAusedAtoAstoreApatientAbillingAinformation?A-
AAnswerAHIS


AAradiographicAratingAchartAisAprovidedAforAaAportableAunit.AWhatAcombinationAofAmA,Asec
onds,AandAkVpAisApermissibleAforAaAsingleAexposureAaccordingAtoAtheAchart?A-
AAnswerA100AmA,A1/20Asecond,A110AkVp


WhyAshouldACRAIR'sAbeAerasedAifAtheyAhaven'tAbeenAused?A-
AAnswerARemoveAfogAfromAbackgroundAradiation


WhichAtermArefersAtoAtheAradiationAthatAexitsAtheAx-rayAtubeAthroughAtheAcollimator?A-
AAnswerAPrimary

, PlaceAtheAtypesAofAcontrastAmediaAinAorderAofAdecreasingAopacity:A-
AAnswerAThickAbariumAsulfate
ThinAbariumAsulfate
Ionic,AwaterAsoluble
CarbonADioxide


HowAmuchAcanAexposureAtoAtheAlensAofAtheAeyesAbeAreducedAbyAutilizingAtheAPAAprojectio
nAofAtheAcraniumAoverAtheAAPAprojection?A-AAnswerA95%


HowAcanAaAradiographerAreduceAaApatient'sAexposureAduringAaAlumbarAspineAseries?A-
AAnswerACarefullyAexplainAtheAprocedure


WhatAisAanAadvantageAofAusingAanAopticallyAstimulatedAluminescentA(OSL)AdosimeterAasAop
posedAtoAaAfilmAbadge?A-AAnswerANotAfoggedAbyAheat


AAradiographerAmakesAanAexposureAusingAanA8:1,A100AlineAperAinchAgrid.AWhenAprocessin
gAtheAIPAthroughAtheAreader,AtheAradiographerAnoticesAthatAaAMoireApatternAisAseenAonAt
heAdisplayedAimage.AWhatAisAtheAprobableAcauseAofAthisAartifact?A-
AAnswerATheAgridAhadAaAfrequencyAsimilarAtoAtheAreader'sAsamplingAfrequency


HowAdoesAanAincreaseAinAnoiseAaffectAtheAqualityAofAaAdigitalAimage?A-
AAnswerAContrastAisAdecreased


TheAhighestApotentialAdoseAtoAtheAradiographerAduringAC-
armAfluoroscopyAoriginatesAfromAwhatAsource?A-AAnswerATheAsideAwhereAx-
raysAenterAtheApatient


IfAaAradiographerAreceivedAanAexposureAofA.05AmsvAatAaAdistanceAofA1.5AfeetAfromAtheAtu
beAofAaAportableAx-
rayAunit,AwhatAwillAtheAexposureAbeAatAaAdistanceAofA6AfeetAfromAtheAtube?


(InverseASquareALawAFormula)
oldAintensityAxAoldAdistanceAsquaredA/AnewAdistanceAsquaredA-AAnswerA.003Amsv


WhichAcarpalAboneAisAmostAcommonlyAfractured?A-AAnswerAScaphoid