LIMITED SCOPE X-RAY OPERATOR
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Supine
✔✔ Answer: Lying on the back
Prone
✔✔ Answer: Lying face down
Decubitus
✔✔ Answer: Lying down with a horizontal X-ray beam
Recumbent
✔✔ Answer: Lying down in any position
Anterior Position
✔✔ Answer: Facing the image receptor (film)
Posterior Position
✔✔ Answer: Facing the X-ray tube
Oblique Position
✔✔ Answer: Positioned at an angle, either erect or lying down
Left Anterior Oblique (LAO)
✔✔ Answer: Body rotated so the left anterior side is closest to the image receptor
, Right Anterior Oblique (RAO)
✔✔ Answer: Body rotated so the right anterior side is closest to the image receptor
Recorded Detail -ANSWER ✔✔sharpness of the structural lines as recorded in the
radiographic image
Density -ANSWER ✔✔The degree of blackening or opacity of an area in a
radiograph due to the accumulation of black metallic silver following exposure and
processing of a film
Contrast -ANSWER ✔✔visible differences between any two selected areas of
density levels within the radiographic image
Film Latitude -ANSWER ✔✔Inherent ability of the film to record a long range of
density levels on the radiograph
Film Contrast -ANSWER ✔✔Inherent ability of the film emulsion to react to
radiation and record a range of densities
Exposure Latitude -ANSWER ✔✔range of exposure factors which will produce a
diagnostic radiograph
Subject Contrast -ANSWER ✔✔difference in the quantity of radiation transmitted
by a particular part as a result of the difference absorption characteristics of the
tissues and structures making up that part
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Supine
✔✔ Answer: Lying on the back
Prone
✔✔ Answer: Lying face down
Decubitus
✔✔ Answer: Lying down with a horizontal X-ray beam
Recumbent
✔✔ Answer: Lying down in any position
Anterior Position
✔✔ Answer: Facing the image receptor (film)
Posterior Position
✔✔ Answer: Facing the X-ray tube
Oblique Position
✔✔ Answer: Positioned at an angle, either erect or lying down
Left Anterior Oblique (LAO)
✔✔ Answer: Body rotated so the left anterior side is closest to the image receptor
, Right Anterior Oblique (RAO)
✔✔ Answer: Body rotated so the right anterior side is closest to the image receptor
Recorded Detail -ANSWER ✔✔sharpness of the structural lines as recorded in the
radiographic image
Density -ANSWER ✔✔The degree of blackening or opacity of an area in a
radiograph due to the accumulation of black metallic silver following exposure and
processing of a film
Contrast -ANSWER ✔✔visible differences between any two selected areas of
density levels within the radiographic image
Film Latitude -ANSWER ✔✔Inherent ability of the film to record a long range of
density levels on the radiograph
Film Contrast -ANSWER ✔✔Inherent ability of the film emulsion to react to
radiation and record a range of densities
Exposure Latitude -ANSWER ✔✔range of exposure factors which will produce a
diagnostic radiograph
Subject Contrast -ANSWER ✔✔difference in the quantity of radiation transmitted
by a particular part as a result of the difference absorption characteristics of the
tissues and structures making up that part
