BXMO EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026

BXMO EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026 Atom - Answers Most basic building block of all matter, made up of protons neutrons and electrons. Photon - Answers Smallest possible unit of electromagnetic energy; makes up of radiation being; produced by bremsstrahlung or characteristic interactions. Cathode - Answers Negatively charged Anode - Answers Positively charged Tungsten - Answers Metal used because it has a high melting point Focal spot - Answers Target area on the anode where electrons hit Glass envelope - Answers Made a Pyrex glass house the cathode and anode Focusing cup - Answers Surrounds cathode a small and large tons and filaments house focus direct aim electrons towards the anode. Initial stage - Answers Begins within 48 hours after exposure. Flu like symptoms set in ( nausea, fatigue, loss of appetite) Latent stage - Answers Last about a week initial symptoms disappear changes take place internally Manifest illness stage - Answers The potential so no fever, infection, hemorrhage, nausea, vomiting, shock and death may follow Recovery stage - Answers If those is not lethal body starts to heal may take weeks Long term somatic effects - Answers Latent effects, stochastic, repeat exposure. ( catarctogenesis, carcinogenesis, short life span) Lethal dose - Answers Radiation does that is fatal to 50% of irradiated human population within 30 days is called LD 50/30 Quantum mottle - Answers Caused by an adequate exposure technique.Can be caused by low mas or kvp Moire Pattern - Answers Occurred when grid lines are not aligned correctly Light spots - Answers Caused by dust Scratches or tears - Answers Caused by damage to CR plates Extraneous line patterns - Answers Caused by noise in the image reader Fogging - Answers Background or scatter radiation do to see our plates being more sensitive Equivalent dose - Answers Pregnant female worker must not exceed 0.05 rem/month and limit for 9 months pregnancy peroid=0.5 Rem 3 principle for protection - Answers Time, distant and shielding Air Karma-Roentgen - Answers Measured with ionization chamber Rad(radiation absorbed dose) - Answers Gray(gy) 1 Roentgens, measure tissue dose Rem( radiation equivalent) - Answers Sievert(Sv) measure occupational dose Roentgen - Answers Radiation exposure in the air Rad - Answers Absorb dose REM - Answers Equivalent dose ALARA - Answers as low as reasonably achievable Collimator - Answers Best device for restricting the primary beam. Positive beam limitation device Filtration - Answers Process of removing long wavelength photons from from x-ray beam place infiltration materials between x-ray tube and patient to absorb long wavelength photons KVP - Answers Density Quality Control the speed of electrons, energy of x-ray beam, and penetrating power mAs - Answers Controls total Quantity exposure Exposure time - Answers Quantity of x rays produced is directly proportional LET - Answers Energy is deposited in form of charged particles as it travels through matter RBE - Answers dose of test radiation to the dose of 250 kev( standard) Bergonie Tribondeau Law - Answers Age, Differentation, Metabolic rate, Mitotic rate Non stochastic - Answers Short term, predictable Stochastic - Answers Long term, unpredictable X-ray tube - Answers Lead line Pyrex glass enclosed the house anode and cathode Tube port - Answers X-rays exit tube housing Image receptor - Answers X-ray film and film holder Collimator - Answers Allows operator to very size of radiation field by adjusting light the indicates being size and location Bucky - Answers Grid device that hold and protects IR from being fogged Transformer - Answers Generate higher voltage needed to create x-ray beams Control booth - Answers Protects/Shields operator Control console/panel - Answers Control panel for controlling exposure factors Manual exposure controls - Answers Allow operator to terminate and exposure at any time Cassette - Answers Holds and protects film Automatic exposure control - Answers Terminate exposure time when a certain quantity of radiation has been detected at the IR Rotor switch - Answers Involved in making exposure Low-voltage subcircuit - Answers Device are all contained in the control console Compton effect - Answers Knox and electron out of the atom outer orbit Photoelectric absorption - Answers Knox and electric out of the atoms inner orbit Coherent scatter - Answers Atoms becomes excitable and produces a new x-ray photons Attenuation by various tissue - Answers X-rays that become a absorb by matter Thickness of body part(density) - Answers Thicker the body part the more radiation needed to penetrate Type of tissue - Answers Moves freely through air, less penetration of fat/oil, even less of water or muscle, less of bone X-rays - Answers Discovered on November 8, 1895 by wilhelm Roentgen American Society of radiologic technologist - Answers 1920, oldest and largest professional Science organization American Registry of radiologic technologist - Answers Formed in 1922 to establish standards and examinations necessary Joint review committee on education in radiologic technology - Answers Found in 1969, national organization for me to conduct accrediation of schools Radiograph - Answers X-ray picture Radiographer - Answers Register technologist who passed AART exam Filament sub circuit - Answers Divide into two parts step down transformer and supplies controls