Radiography Test

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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
The distance between two consecutive corresponding points on a wave is?
Respuesta
  • Frequency
  • Cycles
  • Wave
  • Wavelength

Pregunta 2

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X-rays are?
Respuesta
  • Visible with ultraviolet light
  • Visible while in the dark room
  • Only visible when it is being shot
  • They are like JOHN CENA and you cant see them

Pregunta 3

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The higher that the frequency of x-ray waves are...
Respuesta
  • The higher the penetration
  • The lower the penetration

Pregunta 4

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Wave length is?
Respuesta
  • Variable
  • Does not change since it goes in only a straight line

Pregunta 5

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X-ray penetration depends on atomic number, x-ray energy, and density
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

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Waves that are longer have___?
Respuesta
  • Lower frequency
  • Higher frequency

Pregunta 7

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The lower the frequency the _____ the penetration power
Respuesta
  • Lower
  • Higher

Pregunta 8

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The cathode is?
Respuesta
  • Negative
  • Positive

Pregunta 9

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The anode is?
Respuesta
  • Positive
  • Negative

Pregunta 10

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Which consists of the wire filament and focusing cup?
Respuesta
  • Anode
  • Cathode

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
X-rays are?
Respuesta
  • 90% heat and 9% X-rays
  • 99% heat and 1% X-rays
  • 1% heat and 99% X-rays
  • 50% heat and 50% X-rays

Pregunta 12

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What provides and houses the vacuum environment?
Respuesta
  • Anode
  • Cathode
  • Glass envelope
  • Focusing cup
  • Wire filament
  • Aluminum filter

Pregunta 13

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Produces electrons when heated
Respuesta
  • Anode
  • Cathode
  • Wire filament
  • Focusing cup

Pregunta 14

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What is the wire filament made of and why?
Respuesta
  • Tungsten; high atomic number and high melting point
  • Molybdenum; low atomic number and high melting point
  • Copper; high atomic number and low melting point necessary for electron production
  • Aluminum; high atomic number, high melting point

Pregunta 15

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mA is?
Respuesta
  • How many electrons
  • Speed of the electrons

Pregunta 16

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kVp is?
Respuesta
  • Speed of electrons
  • How many electrons

Pregunta 17

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The higher that an atomic number is....
Respuesta
  • The more dense it is
  • The less dense it is

Pregunta 18

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If x-ray beams went all the way to the film..
Respuesta
  • You would see black
  • You would see white

Pregunta 19

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If you see white on the finished radiograph, this tells you?
Respuesta
  • The x-ray beams were absorbed
  • The x-rays beams penetrated and reached the film

Pregunta 20

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What is the wire filament heated by?
Respuesta
  • Low energy circuit
  • High energy circuit

Pregunta 21

Pregunta
X-rays beams can cause cataracts in humans
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 22

Pregunta
Objects that fluoresce or emit light after an x-ray has been shot indicates that the x -ray machine wire filament is faulty
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 23

Pregunta
The focusing cup is made of what material and why?
Respuesta
  • Molybdenum; high melting point and poor conductor of heat
  • Tungsten; high melting point and great conductor of heat

Pregunta 24

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The target of the anode is made of what material and why?
Respuesta
  • Tungsten; dissipates heat
  • Molybdenum; high melting point

Pregunta 25

Pregunta
What would tell you that heat damage have occurred in a dental anode?
Respuesta
  • Cathode will not make a cloud of electrons
  • Finished radiograph is too light
  • There will be no radiograph made
  • You will hear a loud machinery noise inside of the anode side

Pregunta 26

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The heel effect is more prominent in?
Respuesta
  • Rotating anodes
  • Stationary anodes

Pregunta 27

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What is the heel effect?
Respuesta
  • causes increased absorption of x-ray photons by target before can reach patient due to decreased intensity at anode side
  • causes increased absorption of x-ray electrons by the cathode
  • Results in crazing which is when glass pieces fall and can "arch" the current
  • Results in decreased absorption of quanta at the target before can reach patient and image receptor due to increased intensity on cathode side

Pregunta 28

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The most common focal spot in a veterinary machine is?
Respuesta
  • 2mm squared
  • 3mm squared
  • 7-8mm squared
  • 10mm squared

Pregunta 29

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In regards to x-ray, pneumbra is?
Respuesta
  • 1996 band formed in France and wrote the song "Tragical Memories"
  • Lighter than normal x-ray phenomon
  • Larger focal spots that form halo effect on finished radiograph
  • Darker than normal x-ray phenomon

Pregunta 30

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During the heel effect, there is?
Respuesta
  • Decreased intensity at anode side
  • Decrease intensity at cathode side
  • Increased intensity at cathode side
  • Increased intensity at anode side

Pregunta 31

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In most situations, larger focal spots produce images with?
Respuesta
  • Greater detail
  • Reduction of detail

Pregunta 32

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The ____ the anode, the more severe that the heel effect becomes
Respuesta
  • faster
  • slower
  • larger
  • steeper

Pregunta 33

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Which would have the larger focal spot to dissipate heat?
Respuesta
  • Rotating anode
  • Stationary anodes

Pregunta 34

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Is a tightly focused x-ray beam that exits the tube window
Respuesta
  • Effective focal spot
  • Focal spot
  • Line focus principle
  • Anode beam
  • Focusing cup

Pregunta 35

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Which is larger?
Respuesta
  • Actual focal spot
  • Effective focal spot

Pregunta 36

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In an x-ray, the dog's head is usually towards the?
Respuesta
  • Cathode
  • Anode

Pregunta 37

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Outer edges of focal spot become so hot that the size of the focal spot is enlarged, a phenomenon referred to as?
Respuesta
  • Line focus principle
  • Focal spot bloom
  • Effective focal spot
  • Heel effect

Pregunta 38

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Net result of focal spot bloom is?
Respuesta
  • Increase in quality
  • Loss in sharpness
  • Loss in sharpness and definition
  • increase in sharpness

Pregunta 39

Pregunta
Most tube failures happen because of?
Respuesta
  • Cathode failure
  • Anode failure
  • Filament failure
  • Focusing cup failure

Pregunta 40

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The x-ray does not have to cool between x-rays
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 41

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Which is not true of the standby current?
Respuesta
  • Prolongs life of the tube
  • Produces an electron cloud prior to an actual x-ray (good for inhalation and exhalation)
  • Preheats filament to a low temperature when X-ray machine is turned on

Pregunta 42

Pregunta
You are going to take an x-ray of the abdomen with the use of the preexposure button. You are waiting until?
Respuesta
  • Expiration
  • Inspiration

Pregunta 43

Pregunta
You are going to take an x-ray of the thorax with the use of the preexposure button. You are waiting until?
Respuesta
  • Expiration
  • Inspiration

Pregunta 44

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If the film is transparent or light after processing, there is most likely an issue with the?
Respuesta
  • Anode
  • Cathode
  • Filament
  • Preexposure button

Pregunta 45

Pregunta
Firm blackness that is not uniform could be due to?
Respuesta
  • Anode target failure
  • Anode bearings failure
  • Glass envelop damage
  • Filament failure
  • Cathode failure

Pregunta 46

Pregunta
Which is most likely to fail with the use of preexposure button over an extended period of time?
Respuesta
  • Anode bearings
  • Anode target
  • Cathode
  • Glass envelope
  • Filament

Pregunta 47

Pregunta
The mAs meter on the machine is stuck. You suspect?
Respuesta
  • Filament failure
  • Anode target failure
  • Cathode failure
  • Preexposure button failure
  • Anode bearings failure

Pregunta 48

Pregunta
You should use ___ mAs techniques when possible
Respuesta
  • high
  • low

Pregunta 49

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What may cause arcing?
Respuesta
  • Glass envelop damage
  • Cathode failure
  • Anode failure
  • Effective focal spot bloom

Pregunta 50

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Provides the electrical potential to drive the electron cloud in stream from cathode to anode
Respuesta
  • high voltage circuit
  • Low voltage circuit

Pregunta 51

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Provides electricity to heat the filament
Respuesta
  • High voltage circuit
  • Low voltage circuit

Pregunta 52

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Reduces voltage of incoming line to about 10 volts
Respuesta
  • Autotransformer
  • Step-up transformer
  • Step-down transformer
  • Biotransformer

Pregunta 53

Pregunta
In general, what part of the x-ray dissipates heat for the entire machine?
Respuesta
  • Oil
  • Glass envelope
  • Anode
  • Focusing cup
  • Filament

Pregunta 54

Pregunta
Controls amount of kVP across the x-ray tube
Respuesta
  • Autotransformer
  • Step-up transformer
  • Step-down transformer
  • Biotransformer

Pregunta 55

Pregunta
Which circuit is connected to the mA control on the console
Respuesta
  • Low voltage circuit
  • High voltage circuit
  • Autotransformer
  • Step-up transformer

Pregunta 56

Pregunta
You want to keep exposure times of 1/30 second or longer
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 57

Pregunta
Which is used for portable units
Respuesta
  • Half wave rectification
  • Full wave rectification

Pregunta 58

Pregunta
If you want to decrease potential of x-ray exposure to the technician, use a timer switch
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 59

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Which only uses the positive part of the electrical current in regards to half way rectification?
Respuesta
  • Dental units
  • Stationary units

Pregunta 60

Pregunta
Why are rectifiers used?
Respuesta
  • When anode gets too hot, electrons can flow back to filament and damage it
  • When cathode gets too hot, electrons can cause damage to the glass envelope
  • "crazing" and "arcing" can both occur
  • X-rays that are constantly used can result in anode bearing damage which results in lighter x-rays

Pregunta 61

Pregunta
What does a colimator do?
Respuesta
  • Controls size of x-ray
  • Controls heat of x-ray
  • Controls strength of x-ray
  • Helps prevent focal spot blooming

Pregunta 62

Pregunta
Scatter radiation is a negative result of an uncontrolled beam that can result in?
Respuesta
  • Cathode damage and failure
  • Anode bearing failure
  • Oil leakage and overheating
  • Fogs the film

Pregunta 63

Pregunta
Coning down prevents?
Respuesta
  • Damage to the cathode
  • Damage to personnel
  • Damage to the filament
  • Overheating

Pregunta 64

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You are working in California and the X-ray machine you are using has an output of 75 kVp. The state law in California says that you are required to have which of the following on your x-ray machine?
Respuesta
  • 2.5mm aluminum filter
  • Collimator (AKA: Coning down)
  • Focusing cup
  • Filament

Pregunta 65

Pregunta
What is the #1 cause of artifacts on a radiograph?
Respuesta
  • Motion
  • Filament failure
  • Cathode failure
  • Glass window cracking (crazing and arcing)

Pregunta 66

Pregunta
What does the control panel not include?
Respuesta
  • Warning light
  • kVp and mA selector
  • voltage compensator
  • Exposure button
  • Timer
  • Emergency turn off switch

Pregunta 67

Pregunta
Which is not a factor of X-ray tube rating?
Respuesta
  • Focal spot size
  • Target angle
  • Anode speed
  • Electrical current
  • Alloy composition

Pregunta 68

Pregunta
What do X-ray tube ratings determine?
Respuesta
  • kVP
  • mA
  • How long can be used without overloading the tube
  • All of the above

Pregunta 69

Pregunta
What adjusts the transformer if needed when electrical output from incoming line is inconsistent?
Respuesta
  • Rectification
  • Voltage compensator
  • Aluminum filter
  • Colimator

Pregunta 70

Pregunta
A three phase generator is more powerful than a single phase generator because there is an almost always constant current between anode and cathode since it superimposes three single phase currents out of phase with each other
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 71

Pregunta
The mA cannot be controlled when air molecules interfere with the electron flow following glass envelope damage because there is less x-rays produced at the target area
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 72

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The negatively charged particle of an atom is?
Respuesta
  • Electron
  • Proton

Pregunta 73

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A radiograph is synonymous with an x-ray
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 74

Pregunta
Frequency is measured how?
Respuesta
  • Cycles of the wave that pass stationary point per second
  • Cycles of the wave that pass stationary point per minute
  • Cycles of the wave that pass stationary point per hour

Pregunta 75

Pregunta
Atoms consist of?
Respuesta
  • Particles
  • Electrons
  • Neutrons
  • All of the above

Pregunta 76

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X-ray machine rays can bend and turn corners as needed which is why safety glasses are required
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 77

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The actual beam from a machine is called?
Respuesta
  • X-ray
  • Radiograph

Pregunta 78

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X-rays can excite or ionize atoms which can be a source of tumors and tissue damage if precautions are not taken
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 79

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The guy that discovered x-rays and documented them in 1895 is: [blank_start]Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen[blank_end]
Respuesta
  • Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Pregunta 80

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Which of the following do we need to produce an x-ray
Respuesta
  • Source of electrons
  • Way to accelerate electrons from one side of the tube to the other
  • Vacuum environment to remove air molecules and prevent oxidation
  • Target for electrons to collide with and interact with to produce x-rays
  • All of the above

Pregunta 81

Pregunta
A mammography machine is likely to be made of?
Respuesta
  • Tungsten
  • Molybdenum

Pregunta 82

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Why is the base of the anode copper?
Respuesta
  • Draws heat away from target
  • Used to help make electrons and shoot them forward
  • Prevent scatter radiation as a result of stray electrons on their way from the cathode side
  • All of the above are true

Pregunta 83

Pregunta
Which of the following anodes will rotate on its axis through the center of the tube
Respuesta
  • Stationary anode
  • Portable anode
  • Dental anode
  • Disk shaped anode
  • Portable units and dental units both rotate on their axis

Pregunta 84

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What is the red arrow pointing to?
Respuesta
  • Cathode
  • Anode

Pregunta 85

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What is the red arrow pointing to?
Respuesta
  • Cathode
  • Anode

Pregunta 86

Pregunta
What is the red arrow?
Respuesta
  • Oil
  • Glass envelope
  • Window
  • Filter

Pregunta 87

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What is the red arrow pointing to?
Respuesta
  • Filament
  • Focusing cup
  • Window
  • Filter
  • Both Filament and focusing cup

Pregunta 88

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The red arrow is pointing towards?
Respuesta
  • Target
  • Cathode filament and focusing cup
  • Glass envelope
  • Window
  • Filter

Pregunta 89

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Radiation is emitted from the target area in a ___ shape with the heel effect
Respuesta
  • Conical
  • Square

Pregunta 90

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Which is the most limited in mA and has limited use on large body parts?
Respuesta
  • Portable anodes
  • Disk shaped anodes

Pregunta 91

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How do you get mAs?
Respuesta
  • mA x time
  • mA x kVp
  • mA x time divided by kVp

Pregunta 92

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Waves from high frequency generators are usually?
Respuesta
  • Square
  • Circular
  • Conical

Pregunta 93

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Watery with lots of air require?
Respuesta
  • Higher mA
  • Lower mA

Pregunta 94

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Which is a normal mA setting?
Respuesta
  • 100
  • 44

Pregunta 95

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Which is a normal Kvp setting?
Respuesta
  • 46
  • 200

Pregunta 96

Pregunta
The primary purpose of the x-ray tube is to stop stray radiation AND prevent damage to internal components
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 97

Pregunta
Do shorter or longer wave lengths have better penetration?
Respuesta
  • Shorter
  • Longer

Pregunta 98

Pregunta
Bundles of energy that are carried by the wave in an x-ray beam are called?
Respuesta
  • Photons
  • Quanta
  • Neutrons
  • Both Quanta and Photons

Pregunta 99

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Specific target angle that produces effective focal spot that will be square and much smaller than the actual focal spot
Respuesta
  • Heel effect
  • Line focus principle
  • Focal spot zoom
  • Focal spot bloom

Pregunta 100

Pregunta
Which produces more heat?
Respuesta
  • 500 mA
  • 300 mA

Pregunta 101

Pregunta
The kilovoltage applied between the anode and cathode will later translate into penetrating power
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 102

Pregunta
If anode bearings fail completely in a machine, you will hear a loud noise almost like a machinery noise from the anode side when attempting to use the exposure or pre-exposure button
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 103

Pregunta
Aluminum filters help to?
Respuesta
  • Remove low energy photons
  • Remove high energy photons
  • Remove high energy electrons
  • Remove low energy electrons

Pregunta 104

Pregunta
If the warning light turns on during the x-ray exposure, this indicates an issue with the machine and requires immediate technical support
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 105

Pregunta
Which has more filaments
Respuesta
  • Portable machines
  • Floor models

Pregunta 106

Pregunta
The heel effect is the result of?
Respuesta
  • X-ray emission that is nearly parallel to the target itself
  • X-ray emission that is nowhere near the target but is actually arced away
  • X-ray emission that is nearly perpendicular to the target itself

Pregunta 107

Pregunta
What kind of anode would you choose to decrease the heel effect?
Respuesta
  • 25 degrees angled anode
  • 15 degrees angled anode
  • 18 degrees angled anode

Pregunta 108

Pregunta
To withstand heat from electron bombardment, focal spot has to be larger than what is perfect for great detail so you find a medium between detail and size
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 109

Pregunta
IS the rotating anode, the filament is angled to direct electrons toward the beveled target area of the rotating disk to distribute heat
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 110

Pregunta
In stationary anodes, the face of the target is angled toward the window and cannot withstand high heats
Respuesta
  • true
  • false

Pregunta 111

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Which will better absorb photons
Respuesta
  • More dense
  • Less dense

Pregunta 112

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Rotating anodes can have smaller focal spots than stationary anodes
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 113

Pregunta
Anode bearing failure is most often seen in?
Respuesta
  • Rotating anodes
  • Stationary anodes

Pregunta 114

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The majority of tube failure is user error
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 115

Pregunta
Rectifiers are placed in series in high voltage part of circuit to prevent conduction during negative phase
Respuesta
  • true
  • false

Pregunta 116

Pregunta
High-frequency generators often have hills and valleys
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 117

Pregunta
Full wave rectification current pulses 120 times/second and is twice the x-ray production and decreased exposure times
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 118

Pregunta
Which does not use tungsten?
Respuesta
  • Wire filament
  • Focusing cup
  • Anode
  • Target

Pregunta 119

Pregunta
The spindle which dissipates heat for the rotating anode is made up?
Respuesta
  • Tungsten
  • Molybdenum

Pregunta 120

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Which is a poor conductor of heat?
Respuesta
  • Molybdenum
  • Tungsten

Pregunta 121

Pregunta
Which is better at dissipating heat?
Respuesta
  • Tungsten
  • Molybdenum

Pregunta 122

Pregunta
If the anode bearings are just starting to go bad, you will hear a machinery like noise and target will overheat
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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