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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

Category: Procedures-2A right lateral decubitus radiograph of the chest is taken of a patient with the grid placed behind the patient. This is an example of a/an:

Category: Safety-38When calculating the annual effective dose for a technologist, which of the following exposures should be considered? The exposure received from:Your own bone scan studyYour own exposure while helping in a fluoroscopic roomNuclear falloutYour own dental radiographs

Category: Image Production-20Radiographers can decrease patient dose by using all of the following except:

Category: Image Production-31Which of the following SNRs will have the least amount of noise?

Category: Safety-37Most damage from exposure to radiation occurs as a result of:

Category: Image Production-3The current passing between the secondary side of the step-up transformer and the rectifiers is best described as a type of:

Category: Pilot-17The “reading” of the latent image on a photostimulable phosphor plate of a computed radiographic CR system is normally accomplished by a/an: