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Category: Image Production-6If you were using an automatic exposure control (AEC) device to make an exposure, which of these would be adjusted to ensure a proper optical density from patient to patient?Set timeSet ionization chamberSet density compensation

Category: Procedures-51What will be demonstrated if the patient places the hand in an extended lateral position, and the central ray enters the first metacarpophalangeal joint?

Category: Patient Care-1The definition of implied consent refers to:

Category: Image Production-15An exposure was made using 12 mAs and 60 kVp and resulted in an acceptable density. If the kVp was changed to 69 to obtain longer-scale contrast, what new mAs should be used?

Category: Procedures-33 Which baseline should be adjusted perpendicular to the IR when performing the following projection?   Exam I Procedures-33.gif

Category: Image Production-28The “latent image” in a CR imaging plate is stored by the

Category: Pilot-26You receive an ambulatory patient for a small bowel series. As he is seated on the x-ray table, he feels faint. What should you do?Lay the patient down on the x-ray tableElevate the patient’s legs or place the table slightly TrendelenburgLeave quickly and call for help

Category: Patient Care-27Which of the following are true when radiography is performed on a trauma patient?Work quickly and efficientlyPatient may be left alone if unconsciousSpinal cord injury may be ruled out if patient is not on backboard or wearing a cervical collarObserve for changes in wound dressing while performing radiographyDocument, in writing, changes in patient condition

Category: Pilot-24The ASIS is found at the same level as:

Category: Safety-36The random interaction of x-rays with matter produces a variety of structural changes in biologic tissue, including:A single-strand break in one chromosomeMore than one break in the same chromosomeStickiness, or clumping together, of chromosomes