IMAGE PRODUCTION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL

COMPILATION

1. SID misalignment must not exceed;

a.10%
b. 5%
c. 2%
d. 3%
2. Standard measurement of effective focal spot size?
a. Pinhole
b. Slit
c. Star
d. Focal
3. A tool in measuring focal spot size thet requires excessive exposure time.
a. Pinhole
b. Slit
c. Star
d. Focal
4. A tool used in measuring focal spot size that has significant limitation for sizes less than
0.3mm
a. Pinhole
b. Slit
c. Star
d. Focal
5. For adjacent mA stations exposure linearity must be within
a. 10%
b. 2%
c. 5%
d. 3%
6. Static electricity
a. produces overall gray fog on processed film
b. produces black lighting like marks on processed film
c. produces electrical shock to RT on duty
d. reduces the effect of intensity screens
7. 3 steps of QC, except;
a. Acceptance
b. Error correction
c. Monitoring
d. Error correction
8. Important patient protection characteristics?
a. Filtration
b. Collimation
c. kVp
d. Exposure time
9. Its use to oberve the protection for wear and attachment belt, etc.
a. Schedule maintenance
b.Nonpreventive maintenance
c. nonschedule maintenance
d. preventive maintenance
10. Its determined by precise radiation dosimeter that measures the combined mA and
exposure time
a. Exposure accuracy
b. exposure uniformity
c. exposure linearity
d. exposure calibrated

11. General purpose of radiation imaging system have a minimum total filtration of?
a. 2mm Al
b. 5mm Pb
c. 2.5mm Rb
d. 2mmRb
12. To compensate for loss of film density when a grid used the mAs should be?
a. Decrease
b. mAs should be multipled by 4
c. Increase
d. mAs should be divided by 4
13. A stationary grid is?
Answer: fix in the bucky
14. to test for poor screen film contact is?
a. open the cassette and look
b. place a sheet of fine wire mesh inside the cassette a film and make exposure
c. x ray a lot of paper clips
d. place a sheet of fine wire mesh and exposure together with paper clips
15. How to check x-ray field alignment?
a. look in the collimator mirror
b. open close shutter rapidy
c. place the cassette adjacent to the light field measuring tools and expose
d. place metal markers on the face of cassette and expose
16. Coincidence of x ray and light field
a. 15mm inside the light field
b. 8mm inside the light field
c. 10mm outside the light field
d. 3mm outside the light field
17. Fixing time in manual processing
b. twice the clearing time
18. Automatic processor developer temperature
c. 35
19. Manual processing film should be
a. agitated every 30 seconds in developer
20. When transferring the film from the rinse to fixer, film should be drained
a. rinse
b. fixer
c. doesn’t matter
d. drip drying
21. When the lid has accidentally left off of box of unexposed film in white light
a. throw away all the films
b. put the lid back on and do nothing
c. process film and inspect
d. developed exposed film and inspect
22. The test to developed optimum time
 a. develop test strings for different time and compare
b. devlelop test strips for the same length of time
c. develop test strips for the same length of time
d. develop an exposed film and inspect
23. Developer temperature should be checked
a. only when film densities look different
b. once a week
c. annually
d. daily
26. To test alignment of xray beam to grid the ff. test should be done?
a. Sheet of perforated zinc
b. Lead strip and series of 1cm holes on it
c. 8peso coins
d. All of the above
27. Film screen contact test tool must be?
a. Plastic sheet
b. Perforated aluminum sheet
c. Fine mesh metal
d. Perforated lead sheet
28. The indicated level of tomographic section and actual level of section must corresponds to
plus minus __ mm
a. 2
b. 5
c. 10
d. 15
29. Requires sheet of lead to be placed on cassette and exposed.
a. point speed function (PSF)
b line speed function (LSF)
c. Edge speed function (ESF)
d. modulation transfer function (MTF)
32. Is a graph that is more accurate and easily to obtain than the PSF graph?
a. PSF
b. LSF
c. ESF
d. MTF
33. Any variation of kVp in the panel and measured kVp must be plus minus __%?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20
34. Which type of x ray generator has the least amount of voltage ripple?
a. Single phase - half wave rectified
b. Single phase- full wave rectified
c. 3phase- 6pulse
d. 3phase- 12 pulse
35. The 8 or 9 penny test is used to evaluate
a. Image receptor- radiation field alignment
b. X-ray beam- central ray congruency
c. X-ray field rad congruency
d. SID indicator
36. Collimator should be assessed?
 a. Semi annual
b. Weekly
c. Monthly
d. Never
37. QC evaluation performance of camera system without collimator/
a. Extrinsic
b. Intrinsic
c. Phantom
d. deadtime
38. Required darkroom ventilation?
a. 6-8 air changes
b. 8-10 " "
c. 10-12 " "
d. 12-15
39. Required kVp for knee?
a. Daily
b. Weekly
c. Monthly
d. Annually (ANSWER)
40. Spatial resolution can be improved by increasing
a. FOV
b. matrix
c.
d. slice thickness
41. Filtration should be evaluated
a. daily
b. weekly
c. monthly
d. annually
42. The 2 most importance QC procedure in scintillation camera?
43. When the films are stored in high temperatureplace, it will produce?
*fog
44. If the film is stored in 10’C, how long can it be utilized
a. 3 months
b. 2 months
c. 12 months
d. 6 months
45. If the film is stored in 15.6’C, how long can it be utilized?
a. 3 months
b. 2 months
c. 12 months
d. 6 months

48. Developer specific gravity should vary?

a. +/- 0.003
b. +/- 0.004
c. 0.001
d. 0.005
49. Boxes of film should be stored?
a. 30-40%
b. 20-30%
 c. 50-60%
d. 40-60%
52. Grid cut-off centering results in...
A. Overall lost of density
B. Both sides of film underexposed
C. Overexposure under tge anode end
D. Underexposre under the anode end
53. A 15% increase in kVp accompanied by 50% decrease will result in....
A. Short scale of contrast
B. Increase in radiographic density
C. Increase exposure latitude
D. Decrease recorded detail
54. Foreshortening can caused by?
a. Angled object
55. Major function of filtration?
c. reduced scatter radiation
56. The relationship between the intensity of light striking the film and the light transmitted
through the film
a. radiographic contrast
b. recorded detail
c. radiographic density
d. radiographic filtration
57. characteristic/s of mammography film emulsion
1. high contrast 2. Small grain 3. Single emulsion
a. 1 only
b. 2&3
c. 1&3
d. 1,2&3
58. If a 4in collimated field is changed to a 14in collimated field with no other changes, the
radiographic image will posses?
a. More density
b. More detail
c. Less density
d. Less detail
59. The exposure factors of 120mA, 0.05s and 95kVp were used to procedure with particular
radiographic density and contrast. A similar radiograph can be procedured using 325mA,
80kVp and;
a. 0.02s
b. 0.08s
c. 0.04s
d. 0.016s
60. Which of the ff exposure factors will produce great radiographic density?
a. 100mAs, 0.30sec
b. 400mAs, 0.03sec
c. 200mAs, 0.10ses
d. 600mAs, 0.03sec
61. The absorption of useful radiation by grid?
Answer: grid cutoff
62. the ff contributes to contrast in radiograph
1. atomic density 2. Tissues 3. Muscular development
Answer: 1&2 only
65. base plus fog is result of?
*DUE TO MANUFACTURING PROCESS PLUS FOG PRODUCED BY SPONTANEOUS DEVELOPMENT
OF SILVER HALIDE CRYSTALS, WITHOUT EXPOSURE.

66. a radiographic is made using 300mA 0.01s 75kVp resulting unsharpness motion. Otherwise
statisfactory technical, the radiograph repeated using 86mA 500kV, What is the new exposure
time?
a. 0.12
b. 0.03
c. 0.06
d. 0.01
67. The stepper the straight line portion of characteristic curve for a particular.
i. Slower the film
ii. Higher the film
iii. Greater exposure
a) 1 only
b) 2&3 only
c) 1&3
d) All of the above
68. A change from 200 speed screen would require what change in?
a. mAs should be increased by 15
b. mAs should be increased by 30
c.mAs should be doubled
d. mAs should be haved
69. a particular mAs regardless of the combination of mA & time will reproduce the same
radiographic density?
a. line focus principle
b. reciprocity law
c. inverse square law
d.lack of a ______ of energy

71. Effect of stained internsifying screen

*decreased density
72. 40 mas, 50 screen speed. What happen to mas if 200 screenspeed.
a. 10
b. c
c. 20
d. 160
73. Purpose of thin layer lead behind the intensifying screen in the IR.
*prevent scattered radiation fog
78. Greater latitude is available to the radiographer in w/c of the ff?
1. Using high kvp technical factors
2. Using a slow film/ screen combination
3. Using a high ratio grid
a. 1 only
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 2
d. 1,2&3
79. Slow speed screens are used
a. To minimize patient dose
b. To image fine anatomical details
 c. to keep in minimum
d. In pediatric radiography
83.) Exposure factor and Screen speed combination to reduce Quantum Mottle?
(ANS.) increased mAs,decreased kVp,slow screen speed.
84.) Focal spot blur greatest?
(ANS.) Toward the cathode of x-ray beam
85. an unexposed and processed film will have a density of?
a. Zero
b. 1.0
c. 0.1
d. 2.5
87.what is the primary rule in changes kvp in variable kvp radiographic technique system.
a.2kvp per cm
b.5kvp per cm
c.kvp x 15% cm
d.kvp x cm x 3
88.which technique exposure factor has an advantage of maintaining contrast from one to
another.
a.APR
b.fixed kvp
c.high kvp
d.variable kvp
89. Projection to reduced distortion?
1. AP lumbar
2. PA lumbar
3. L5-S1 spot
90. Minimum change for an accepted radiographic density?
a. 5%
b. 15%
c. 30%
d. 75%
91. which kvp ranges is appropriate on imaging the knee
a. 40-50
b. 60-70
c. 80-90
d. 110-120
92. What statisfactory changes in mAs with 18mAs at 72’’ SID ……… to 40”
a. 6
b. 10
c. 16
d. 58
95. In which kVp range does 15% works best?
1. 30-50 ; 2. 50-80 ; 3. 80-120
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. 3 only
d. 1,2&3
96. Which decreases when part thickness increases
a. contrast
b. density
c. distortion
 d. recorded detail
99. What cause a black, crescent, halfmoon artifact on a radiograph
a. bending of film
b. improperly aligned guideshoe detectors
c. handling with dry hands
d. static discharge
100. Which of the ff. physical interaction between radiation and matter most assist in producing
a longer scale radiographic contrast
a. Compton effect
b. pair production
c. photodisintegration
d. photoelectric