California Fluoroscopy State Board Exam Questions and Answers- Updated 2024

EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 2/141 3. The energy of the radiation 4. The thickness of the absorber traversed - Answer-2. The specific mediums density 3. The energy or radiation 4. The thickness of the absorber traversed What recording medium will result in the least recorded resolution 1. Spot films using a spot film camera 2. video tape recording 3. spot films using conventional cassettes 4. video disc recording - Answer-2. video tape recording During the period when an individual receives an occupational dose, they are _ considered to be a "member of the public" 1. sometimes 2. always 3. it depends 4. never - Answer- A person wearing a _ apron will reduce transmitted exposure to approximately 99.9% of the incident scatter dose 1. 1.5 mm Pb equivalent EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 3/141 2. 0.50 mm Pb equivalent 3. 0.25 mm Pb equivalent 4. 1.0 mm Pb equivalent - Answer-2. 0.50 mm Pb equivalent If the input phosphor of an image intensifier measures 15 inches in diameter and the output phosphor measures 1.0 inches, the minification gain would be 1. 30 2. 225 3. 175 4. 300 - Answer-Minification Gain = {15(2) = 225} input screen diameter (2) / {1.0 (2) = 1} output screen diameter (2) = 225/1= 225 What electronic system is designed to help maintain a consistent level of image brightness 1. photo-emitter 2. automatic brightness stabilizer 3. camera control unit 4. vidicon - Answer-2. automatic brightness stabilizer Energy subtraction as used in digital fluoroscopy exhibits less _ than temporal subtraction 1. complexity 2. x-ray intensity EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 4/141 3. kVp 4. motion artifact - Answer-4. motion artifact Bone marrow dose is measured 1. directly from bone marrow 2. as estimate from gonadal dose 3. as an estimate from ESE 4. directly from the beam - Answer-3. as an estimate from the ESE The Privacy Rule is meant to ensure that there is/are 1. security of electronic personal health information 2. standardization of electronic patient health data 3. limits PHI to a "need to know.." basis to carry out medical treatment 4. all the listed answers - Answer-4. all the listed answers To provide illumination stability of the virtual image during fluoroscopy, most modern units will automatically adjust radiation levels for more dense and more radiolucent body parts. This functionality is known as: 1. velling glare 2. image flare 3. automatic adaption EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 5/141 4. automatic brightness control - Answer-4. automatic brightness control The electronic signal which carries image information from a television camera to a viewing monitor is termed the: 1. video signal 2. return beam 3. synchronization pulse 4. bandpass - Answer-1. video signal If only one personnel monitoring device is worn, it must be located 1. under the apron at the collar level 2. outside the apron at the gonad level 3. outside the apron at the collar level - Answer-3. outside the apron at the collar level The random pattern of incident radiation, which often results in the appearance of "snow" or "mottle" when viewing the virtual image is called 1. flicker effect 2. lens opacity 3. quantum noise d. vignetting - Answer-3. quantum noise When wearing a "film badge" as a personnel monitoring device, it must be positioned EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 6/141 1. at waist level 2. at collar level 3. under the protective apron 4. outside the protective apron - Answer-b. 2 and 4 Which of the following are considered to be advantages of using a film badge for radiation monitoring 1. inexpensive 2. reusable 3. provides a permanent record 4. provides an objective review of exposure history - Answer-c. 1 and 3 which of the following statements is true with respect to obtaining a medical history for a radiographic examination 1. should include any pertinent information about the patient and indicated the reason for the examination 2. is not considered confidential information 3. required only for inpatients 4. is always obtained by the radiologist - Answer-1. should include any pertinent information about the patient and indicated the reason for the examination EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 7/141 In a television system, the ratio between the vertical resolution and the number of horizontal scan lines is called the 1. line rate factor 2. kell factor 3. conversion factor 4. resolution factor - Answer-2. kell factor In an image intensification tube, to prevent light from scattering back towards the photo cathode layer, a thin sheet of aluminum is placed onto the : 1. output phosphor 2. accelerating anode 3. photo cathode 4. input phosphor - Answer-output phosphor Digital photo spot image recording provides which of the following advantages 1. instant image playback 2. electronic image enlargement 3. improved resolution over conventional spot film c. 1,2 and 3 d. 1 only - Answer-c. 1,2 and 3 EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 8/141 California state regulations state the target to panel or target to table 1. shall not be more than 18 inches 2. shall not be less than 12 inches 3. should not be less than 12 inches 4. should not be more than 18 inches - Answer-2. shall not be less then 12 inches which protective barrier is used to attenuate stray radiation 1. secondary protective barrier 2. x-ray tube housing 3. primary protective barrier 4. useful beam barrier - Answer-3. primary protective barrier During which period of time does a generator operating in the "pulse progressive fluoroscopy" mode produce usable xray photons 1. duty cycle 2. extinction phase 3. interrogation phase - Answer-1. duty cycle The squared ratio of an input screen diameter to an output screen diameter is called: 1. minification ratio EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 9/141 2. conversion ratio 3. magnification ratio 4. flux gain - Answer-1. minification ratio The electron beam of the television camera tube is _ with the television viewing monitor 1. synchronized 2. interpolated 3. interlaced 4. modulated - Answer-1. synchronized It is known the intensity of radiation varies inversely to the square of the distance. As one moves away from the source of scatter radiation, they will receive less radiation dose because _ 1. the air gap has a tendency to absorb some intensity 2. the scattered photons are much lower in energy 3. the photons are scattered in opposite directions 4. the scattered photons will diverge from the source tissues - Answer-1. the scattered photons are much lower in energy Which of the following will decrease the integral patient dose without decreasing image brightness 1. decreasing the x-ray field size EMILLECT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 EMILLECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER, 2024 Page 10/141 2. increase the distance of the image intensifier tube to the patient 3. increasing the kVp 4. decreasing the TPD (target to panel distance) - Answer-4. decreasing the TPD Mobile image intensified fluoroscopy used for diagnostic purposes must not exceed _ as measured at 30 cm from the input surface of the fluoroscopic assembly 1. 10 R/min ( 44 m/Gy per min.) 2. 1 R/min (mGy per min.) 3. 3 R/min (0.5m/Gy per min.) 4. 5 R/min (44 m/Gy per min.) - Answer-5 R/min (44 m/Gy per min.) Which of the following contributes to the "total" filtration of the useful x-ray beam 1. added filtration 2. inherent filtration 3. xray tube, table, and grid d. 2 only - Answer-c. 1,2 and 3 When performing a fluoroscopic procedure, the prima