HESI RADIOLOGY QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS ALREADY A+ PASS
Gray - correct answer ✔✔Which unit is a standard measurement of amount of radiation
absorbed by a tissue?
Instruct the patient to hold their leg in the air - correct answer ✔✔Which suggestion is helpful
when working with a patient that has hypersensitive gag reflex?
Ionization chamber recording - correct answer ✔✔Which method is used to protect the
operator by measuring radiation in dental office?
Bisecting - correct answer ✔✔What radiology technique should be used for a patient with a tori
and a small mouth?
Long - correct answer ✔✔The aluminum filter protects the patient by removing what type of
waves from the primary beam?
Mutations - correct answer ✔✔What may occur when the reproductive cells of an operator of a
dental x-ray machine are affected by radiation?
5 - correct answer ✔✔What is the yearly maximum permissible dose (MPD), in rem, for an
operator of radiographic equipment?
Protective clothing
Hand hygiene
, Utility gloves - correct answer ✔✔Which dental infection control area can the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration cite for non-compliance with the Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard? (Select the three that apply)
Short - correct answer ✔✔If the frequency of a wave is high, what is the effect on the
wavelength?
Patient movement
Size of the focal spot
Size of the silver halide crystals - correct answer ✔✔What factor(s) affect(s) the sharpness of a
radiographic image? (select all that apply)
Convey a confident attitude - correct answer ✔✔Which technique would be most helpful for a
patient with a gag reflex?
Fixer solution too weak - correct answer ✔✔Which error will produce a lighter radiographic
image?
80 - correct answer ✔✔By what percentage does using digital imaging reduce patient exposure
to radiation?
Becomes the same as the general public - correct answer ✔✔Which is true regarding the
maximum permissible does (MPD) of an occupationally exposed pregnant worker?
Red - correct answer ✔✔Which color Rinn XCP is used for bitewing placement?
Erythema - correct answer ✔✔Which is the first clinical sign of excessive exposure to radiation
in an operator of dental x-ray equipment or patients receiving radiation?
ANSWERS ALREADY A+ PASS
Gray - correct answer ✔✔Which unit is a standard measurement of amount of radiation
absorbed by a tissue?
Instruct the patient to hold their leg in the air - correct answer ✔✔Which suggestion is helpful
when working with a patient that has hypersensitive gag reflex?
Ionization chamber recording - correct answer ✔✔Which method is used to protect the
operator by measuring radiation in dental office?
Bisecting - correct answer ✔✔What radiology technique should be used for a patient with a tori
and a small mouth?
Long - correct answer ✔✔The aluminum filter protects the patient by removing what type of
waves from the primary beam?
Mutations - correct answer ✔✔What may occur when the reproductive cells of an operator of a
dental x-ray machine are affected by radiation?
5 - correct answer ✔✔What is the yearly maximum permissible dose (MPD), in rem, for an
operator of radiographic equipment?
Protective clothing
Hand hygiene
, Utility gloves - correct answer ✔✔Which dental infection control area can the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration cite for non-compliance with the Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard? (Select the three that apply)
Short - correct answer ✔✔If the frequency of a wave is high, what is the effect on the
wavelength?
Patient movement
Size of the focal spot
Size of the silver halide crystals - correct answer ✔✔What factor(s) affect(s) the sharpness of a
radiographic image? (select all that apply)
Convey a confident attitude - correct answer ✔✔Which technique would be most helpful for a
patient with a gag reflex?
Fixer solution too weak - correct answer ✔✔Which error will produce a lighter radiographic
image?
80 - correct answer ✔✔By what percentage does using digital imaging reduce patient exposure
to radiation?
Becomes the same as the general public - correct answer ✔✔Which is true regarding the
maximum permissible does (MPD) of an occupationally exposed pregnant worker?
Red - correct answer ✔✔Which color Rinn XCP is used for bitewing placement?
Erythema - correct answer ✔✔Which is the first clinical sign of excessive exposure to radiation
in an operator of dental x-ray equipment or patients receiving radiation?
