Maintenance of X-RAY Devices ENG / Sayed Badawy

TECHNICAL HEALT INSTITUTE / ZAGAZIG

(MCQs sheet)

Q1: .......... are highly pentrating, ionizing radiation, due to that x-ray machines are used for taking
images of dense tissues such as bones and teeth
a) Computed Tomography
b) X-Ray

Q2: ............ is the process of examining and checking up on a piece of working equipment regularty, to
lessen the opportunity of it falling unexpectedly.

a) Preventive maintenance
b) Collimator

Q3: X-ray output linearity test, using a...........

a) Step width
b) Step wedge
c) Step way

Q4: All of these tools are requried for maintenance of the x-ray generator except..........

a) Step wedge
b) Cleaning solvent
c) Cable ties
d) Cloth

Q5: Collimator is a device that narrows abeam of particles or waves.

a) True
b) False

Q6: The anode is a heated filament

a) True
b) False

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Q7: The cathode is a heated filament

a) True
b) False

Q8: There are two types of radiation detectors

a) True
b) False

Q9: The basic parts of x-ray systems.................

a) Generator
b) Table and Bucky
c) Collimators
d) Control panel
e) All of above

Q10: The required tools for the maintenance of the x-ray tube...........

a) Basic tool kit

b) Cable ties
c) Both A and B

Q11: Three switches mainly operated by the technician are...........

a) The main switch

b) On-Off switch
c) Exposure switch
d) All of above

Q12; The machine that is used to see the movement inside a human body like swallowing …………

a) Fluoroscopy
b) CT
c) Mammography

Q13; Mammography consists of ……….

a) X-ray tube
b) X-ray generator
c) Collimator
d) All of above

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Q14; …………… is called a protective apron

a) Lead apron
b) Gloves
c) Glasses

Q15 ; conventional and digital fluoroscopy differ primarily in the imaging .

a) True
b) False

Q16 ; On the mammography film high density tissues appear whiter .

a) True
b) False

Q17 ; ………….. is a device for converting a low light level fluoroscopic image to one that can be seen by the
eye in a lighted environment .

a) Video camera
b) Monitor
c) Image intensifier

Q18 ; The required tools for the maintenance of the generator .

a) Stepwedge
b) 24/30 CM cassette
c) Both ( a) and ( b )

Q19 ; Portable X-ray consists of X-ray tube, generator , tube stand ,collimator ,film cassette ,wheels as a
base that carried an X-ray generator .

a) True
b) False

Q20 ; …………….. that transmits electronic signals to a computer to form a digital image.

a) Detector
b) Tube
c) Screen film

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Q21 ;……………. Is used to diagnose breast cancer .

a) Mammography
b) Portable X-ray
c) Fluoroscopy

Q22: The computer is the largest component of CT

a) True
b) False

Q23 ; There are two different control consoles one used by the CT and another by the physician .

a) True
b) False

Q24 ; CT is composed of ………

a) The gantry
b) Computer
c) The operating console
d) All of the above

Q25 ; to overcome the anode heating in spiral CT because the X-ray beam had to be contains …….

a) X-ray source with high heat capicty

b) X-ray source with low efficient cooling
c) X-ray source with low heat capicty
d) None of the above

Q26 ; Wave frequency between auditory and infrared ……….

a) Radio frequency
b) Echo time
c) Repetition time

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Q27 ; In the enema , the Dye is inserted into a vein .

a) True
b) False

Q28 ; ………….. is a false features in the image produced by imaging process .

a) Artifacts
b) Frequency
c) Bandwith
d) Eddy current

Q29; ………….. is a type of sampling frequency that uses signal processing that is define as half of the rate of
discrete signal processing .

a) Frequency
b) Nyquist frequency
c) Fourier transform
d) Radiofrequency

Q30; In multi-slice we can produce 24 slices of 1,2 mm thickness .

a) True
b) False

Q31; In conventional spiral CT we can image larger volumes in a shorter scan time .

a) True
b) False

Q32; In Multi-slice spiral CT , the effective slice thickness is directed by ………. Which allows thinner slices
to be acquired

a) Dimensions of the individual detectors

b) The collimated X-ray beam width
c) A;B together
d) All of the above

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Q33; IN enema the target of the scan is the ……..

a) Blood vessels
b) Digestive system
c) Intestine
d) Non of the above

Q34; Matrix size normally used for the ………… sampling .

a) 2D
b) 3D
c) 4D
d) All of the above

Q35 ; In Multi-slice CT there are up too 200 separate detectors .

a) True
b) False

Q36 ; the efficiency of spiral CT can be increased further by ……….

a) Incorporating an array of detectors

b) Have single detectors
c) A;B together
d) Non of the above

Q37; IN X-ray images soft tissue are not shown.

a) True
b) False

Q38; The detector in CT scanner do not measure X-ray directly .

a) True
b) False

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Q39 ; the medical uses of MRI are to......

a) detect musculoskeletal disorders

b) stage prostate, bladder and uterine cancer.
c) image the eyes and sinuses.
d) all of the above.

Q40; the permanent magnet is constructed out of.......

a) plastic material.
b) glass material.
c) metal material.
d) non of the above.

Q41; Gradient coils are made of.........

a) copper.
b) aluminium.
c) all of the above.
d) non of the above

Q42; / MRI provides better soft tissue contrast than CT.

a) True
b) False

Q43; / perment magnet always stay on and can't be turned off.

a) True
b) False

Q44 ;…............ determine how sharp image looks.

a) SNR.
b) CNR.
c) spatial resolution.
d) non of the above.

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Q45; the contrast material most commonly used for an MRI exam contains a metal called........

a) iodine.
b) barium
c) gadolinium.
d) none of the above.

Q46; MRI imaging method that is used to take detailed images of organs and tissues by using ionizing x-ray
radiation.

a) True
b) False

Q47; MRI machines can't take an image in any directions.

a) True
b) False

Q48 ; MRI machines work using a powerful magnetic field and radio waves

a) True
b) False

Q49; the types of the Ultra Sound are …….

a) 2D ultra sound
b) 3D ultra sound
c) 4D ultra sound
d) All of the above

Q50; the main types of examination that Ultra Sound imaging can perform and the medical usage of each ..
a) Internal examination
b) Specialized examination
c) Both a,b
d) None of the above

Q51; The Ultra Sound is using in imaging heart and blood vessels .

a) True
b) False

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Q52; ……………… is any feature which appear in an image which is not

a) Image artifacts
b) Scatter radiation
c) Vibration

Q53; other monitors can be used in parallel or instead of original .

a) True
b) False

Q54; …………… is the heart of Ultra Sound machine

a) CPU
b) Monitor
c) Disk storage

Q55; the main Parts of the Ultra Sound machine ….

a) Transducer probe
b) CPU
c) Transducer pulse control
d) All of the above

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