RTE 2457 - TEST 1 - Bushong Chapter 20

Quality assurance (QA) deal with what?

A. Instrumentation and equipment

B. People

B

Quality Control (QC) deal with what?

A. Instrumentation and equipment

B. People

A

What monitors proper patient scheduling?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

What monitors equipment conditions?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

B

What monitors reception?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

What monitors preparation?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

What monitors image processing facilities?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

B

What monitors appropriateness of the exams?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

What monitors image analysis for artifacts and deficiencies?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

B

What monitors whether proper instruction is given?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

What monitors whether patients condition agree with radiologist's diagnosis (outcome analysis)?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

What monitors repeat rate?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

B

What monitors radiation dose to the patient?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

B

What monitors if the radiology report was available in a timely manner for the ordering physician?

A. Quality Assurance (QA)

B. Quality Control (QC)

A

How often equipment performance should be monitored?

A. Annually

B. Monthly

C. Bi Weekly

D. Weekly

A

Who is principally responsible for Quality Control?

A. The Radiologist

B. IT

C. The Medical Physicist

D. Director of Radiology Department

C.

What program focuses on Spatial Resolution of the image?

A. QC

B. QA

A.

The guidelines of QC of screen film radiography are developed by who? (can be more then one)

A. ARST

B. ARRT

C. ACR (American College of Radiology)

D. American Association of Physicists in Medicine

C, D

What does Filtration do?

Ensures Patient Protection

What and how much Filtration is required by sthe state?

Al 2.5mm

What program focuses on Contrast Resolution of the image?

A. QC

B. QA

A

How often shoud Filtration be evaluated?

A. Weekly

B. Annually

C. Bi Weekly

D. Monthly

B

In Collimation the distance indicator must be accurate to ___% of SID

A. 1%

B. 2%

C. 4%

D. 5%

B.

What program focuses on Temporal Resolution of the image?

A. QC

B. QA

A

In Collimation the centering indicator must be accurate to ___% of SID

A. 1%

B. 2%

C. 4%

D. 5%

A

What program focuses on Signal to noise ratio of the image?

A. QC

B. QA

A

What program focuses on Artifacts of the image?

A. QC

B. QA

A

In Collimation the misalignment should not exceed ___% of SID

A. 1%

B. 2%

C. 4%

D. 5%

B

How often should Collimation be evaluated?

A. Weekly

B. Annually

C. Semi monthly

D. Semi annually

D

___% change in kVp is required for a visible change in OD.

A. 2%

B. 3%

C. 4%

D. 5%

C

How often should kVp Calibration be evaluated?

A. Weekly

B. Annually

C. Semi monthly

D. Semi annually

B

Measured kVp should be within ____% of the indicated kVp.

A. 3%

B. 6%

C. 10%

D. 25%

C.

Exposure Timer Accuracy is accuracy of ____% of the indicated exposure time for the exposures greater than ____ms

5%, 10ms

Exposure Timer Accuracy is accuracy of ____% for the exposures less than ___ms

20%, 10ms

What provides constant OD regardless of tissure thickness, composition and exposure time.

Automatic Exposure Control (AEC)

The backup timer should terminate the exposure at ___s or ___mAsj

6s, 600mAs

Exposure linearity must be within ___% of the adjacent mA stations

10%

mR/mAs value mustbe within ___% between adjacent mA stations.............

10%

In Exposure Reproducibility radation exposure should be reproducible to within ___%

5%

In Exposure Reproducibility output radiation intensity should not vary more than ___%

5%

How often should Exposure Reproducibility be evaluated?

A. Weekly

B. Annually

C. Semi monthly

D. Semi annually

B.

What should be cleaned with a soft, lint-free cloth and a cleaning solution provided by the manufacturer?

Intensifying Screen

How often should Intensifying screen be evaluated?

A. every other week

B. every other month

C. every other day

D. Semi annually

B.

How often should screen film contact be evaluated?

A. Once or Twice a week

B. Once or Twice a month

C. Once or Twice a year

D. Semi annually

C

What test should you use to evaluate the screen film contact?

Wire mesh test

Film illuminator should not vary more than __%

A. 5%

B. 10%

C. 25%

D. 30%

B

The Film illuminator intensity should be at least ______cd/square

A. 15

B. 150

C. 1500

D. 15000

C

If a bulb in a film illuminator needs replaced, all bulbs must be replaced and matched to the type fo bulb used in the adjacent illuminators. Trur or False

True

The bulbs in the film illiminator can be miss matched. True or Flase

False

Developer temperature = ___ F (__ C)

95F (37C)

Developer immersion time __ seconds.

22

Wash water temperature = __F (__C)

87F (31C)