X-RAY PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
What term is used to describe the patient's report of their perception of a condition?
A. Lesions
B. Syndromes
C. Signs
D. Symptoms
✔✔ Answer: D. Symptoms
The radiation that exits the X-ray tube and travels through air to the patient is
called:
A. Latent
B. Primary
C. Remnant
D. Scatter
✔✔ Answer: B. Primary
Which technique chart uses a specific mAs for each projection and adjusts kVp for
patient or part size differences?
A. Fixed SID
B. Fixed kVp
C. Variable kVp
D. Variable SID
✔✔ Answer: C. Variable kVp
In which bone can the foramen magnum be found?
a) temporal
b) occipital
,c) frontal
d) ethmoid -ANSWER ✔✔Occipital
Contast is directly influenced by: 1. SID 2. fog 3. collimation
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1,2, and 3 -ANSWER ✔✔Fog and Collimation
What is the proper relationship of the humeral epicondyles with the IR for the
lateral projection of the humerus?
a) from true anatomic position, 45-degree media rotation
b) parallel
c) perpendicular
d) from true anatomic position, 45-degree lateral rotation -ANSWER
✔✔Perpendicular
What positioning landmark is located at the inner corner of the eye?
a) inner canthus
b) nasion
c) acanthion
d) EAM -ANSWER ✔✔Inner Canthus
Which category of patient seldom requires a compensating filter for general
radiographic examinations?
a) geriatric
, b) pediatric
c) age 18 to 35
d) age 18 to 24 -ANSWER ✔✔Pediatric
How many detectors are built in to the AEC system and can be activated to
determine the exposure technique?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 1
d) 3 -ANSWER ✔✔3
A scattered photon has_____energy than the incoming primary beam photon.
a) more
b) more, if the kVp is over 80
c) less, if the kVp is over 80
d) less -ANSWER ✔✔less
What are the four essential elements required for x-ray production?
a) a target, a source of electrons, an inert gas environment, and a high potential
difference
b) a source of electrons, a magnetic field, a resistance-free path, and a target
c) a source of electrons, and electric field, a circuit, and a target
d) a target, a vacuum, an electron source, and a high potential difference -
ANSWER ✔✔A target, a vacuum, an electron source, and a high potential
difference
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED A+
What term is used to describe the patient's report of their perception of a condition?
A. Lesions
B. Syndromes
C. Signs
D. Symptoms
✔✔ Answer: D. Symptoms
The radiation that exits the X-ray tube and travels through air to the patient is
called:
A. Latent
B. Primary
C. Remnant
D. Scatter
✔✔ Answer: B. Primary
Which technique chart uses a specific mAs for each projection and adjusts kVp for
patient or part size differences?
A. Fixed SID
B. Fixed kVp
C. Variable kVp
D. Variable SID
✔✔ Answer: C. Variable kVp
In which bone can the foramen magnum be found?
a) temporal
b) occipital
,c) frontal
d) ethmoid -ANSWER ✔✔Occipital
Contast is directly influenced by: 1. SID 2. fog 3. collimation
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1,2, and 3 -ANSWER ✔✔Fog and Collimation
What is the proper relationship of the humeral epicondyles with the IR for the
lateral projection of the humerus?
a) from true anatomic position, 45-degree media rotation
b) parallel
c) perpendicular
d) from true anatomic position, 45-degree lateral rotation -ANSWER
✔✔Perpendicular
What positioning landmark is located at the inner corner of the eye?
a) inner canthus
b) nasion
c) acanthion
d) EAM -ANSWER ✔✔Inner Canthus
Which category of patient seldom requires a compensating filter for general
radiographic examinations?
a) geriatric
, b) pediatric
c) age 18 to 35
d) age 18 to 24 -ANSWER ✔✔Pediatric
How many detectors are built in to the AEC system and can be activated to
determine the exposure technique?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 1
d) 3 -ANSWER ✔✔3
A scattered photon has_____energy than the incoming primary beam photon.
a) more
b) more, if the kVp is over 80
c) less, if the kVp is over 80
d) less -ANSWER ✔✔less
What are the four essential elements required for x-ray production?
a) a target, a source of electrons, an inert gas environment, and a high potential
difference
b) a source of electrons, a magnetic field, a resistance-free path, and a target
c) a source of electrons, and electric field, a circuit, and a target
d) a target, a vacuum, an electron source, and a high potential difference -
ANSWER ✔✔A target, a vacuum, an electron source, and a high potential
difference
