Test 1

Question 1

What do you do if somebody is moving during an x-ray?

Answer 1

decrease exposure time by half, increase kVp by 15%

Question 2

What is the absorbed dose?

Answer 2

The amount of energy absorbed by a volume of matter when radiation passes through it

Question 3

What are the three components of professionalism?

Answer 3

respect, competence, empathy

Question 4

When does a child run forward? Pedal tricycle?

Answer 4

2 yo, 3 yo

Question 5

What are the schedule 2 drugs?

Answer 5

opium, morphine sulfate, codeine sulfate, codeine phosphate, hydromorphone HCl, hydrocodone, ritalin

Question 6

When does a child crawl? Pull itself to standing?

Answer 6

6 mo, 9 mo

Question 7

What is the difference between view and projection?

Answer 7

view is the part of the foot that is closest to the film cassette. Projection is the part of the foot that the beam enters

Question 8

What components are always in your plan?

Answer 8

future care

Question 9

What are bounding pulses associated with? and seen with?

Answer 9

wide pulse pressure (>60), FACTS fever, aortic insufficiency, complete heart block, thyrotoxicosis, systolic HTN

Question 10

What are the non-verbal communication skills that show professionalsm?

Answer 10

maintain eye contact, sit as soon as possible at a distance of 2-3 feet

Question 11

How do you position the patient for a fluoroscopy?

Answer 11

Patient placed as close to the image intensifier as possible with x-ray unit placed as far away from the patient as possible

Question 12

How do you compensate for a fiberglass cast during an x-ray?

Answer 12

increase mAs 1.5x nl

Question 13

How do you compensate for a plaster cast during an x-ray?

Answer 13

increase mAs 2x nl or increase by 10kVp

Question 14

What is effective dose equivalent?

Answer 14

Takes into account the absorbed dose, equivalent dose and the amount of biological damage caused by radiation to a specific organ

Question 15

What is short contrast? How does it relate to kVp?

Answer 15

low kVp produces high contrast but leads to increased radiation damage-used in foot and ankle x-rays

Question 16

Which drug schedule class can you write refills on one prescription for?

Answer 16

schedule 3 or 4 may be renewed no more than 5 times in 6 months

Question 17

What do you do if the film looks too white?

Answer 17

increase kVp by 15%, half mAs

Question 18

What are schedule 4 drugs?

Answer 18

V-Placks valium, phenobarbitol, librium, ativan, chloral hydrate, klonopin, serax

Question 19

What is the primary factor in controlling contrast?

Answer 19

kVp

Question 20

When does a child begin to prefer a hand?

Answer 20

2 yo

Question 21

When does a child balance or hop on one foot? Heel toe walk? Skip one foot at a time?

Answer 21

4 yo, 5 yo, 6 yo

Question 22

What separates a new patient from an established patient?

Answer 22

New patient if havent been seen in 3 years

Question 23

What is 4/5 muscle strength?

Answer 23

Movement against resistance, but less than nl

Question 24

When does a child lift their head? Control head position while sitting?

Answer 24

3 mo, 6 mo

Question 25

What are the parts of a prescription?

Answer 25

SISSY Superscription-Rx on bottle Inscription-name and strength Subscription-directions for pharmacist Signa-directions for pt Your signature

Question 26

What are schedule 5 drugs?

Answer 26

Buprenex, lomotil, codeine containing cough mixtures

Question 27

How do you set the x-ray to view soft tissue and foreign bodies?

Answer 27

Decrease kVp by 15% and double mAs=short (high contrast)

Question 28

What is a schedule 2 drug?

Answer 28

High abuse and psychological/physiological

Question 29

When does a child walk? Ascend stairs with 2 hands?

Answer 29

14 mo, 18 mo

Question 30

What is the difference between an AP and Mortise x-ray?

Answer 30

Mortise there is a clear demark of the fibula from the tibia

Question 31

What is 1/5 muscle strength?

Answer 31

Visible muscle movement, but no movement at the joint

Question 32

What is a schedule one drug? What are they?

Answer 32

high abuse and no medical use heroin, marijuana, LSD

Question 33

What is the kVp? What is the normal range? What does it control?

Answer 33

energy of the x-ray beam or the penetrability of the x-ray in matter, 50-70 kVp’s, quality and quantity (mostly quality)

Question 34

What are schedule 3 drugs? WHat are they?

Answer 34

Less abuse potential than 1 or 2, codeine phosphate and acetaminophen, anabolic steroids

Question 35

What do you adjust if the film looks too dark?

Answer 35

decrease kVp by 15%, double mAs

Question 36

What are the stages of developing an empathetic connection?

Answer 36

gain insight, identification, compassion, desire to alleviate the source of distress

Question 37

What is dose equivalent?

Answer 37

Measure of biological damage caused by radiation realizing that different types of radiation cause different amounts of biological damage

Question 38

What is exposure?

Answer 38

The amount of ionization that is produced when radiation passes through matter

Question 39

What is 2/5 muscle strength?

Answer 39

Movement at the joint, but not against gravity

Question 40

What is 3/5 muscle strength?

Answer 40

Movement against gravity but not resistance

Question 41

What is long contrast? How does it relate to kVp?

Answer 41

high kVp produces low contrast, going too fast to produce a good image-very grey x-ray

Question 42

What is mA? Range? Control?

Answer 42

tube current and controls the number of photons produced, 10-30, quantity