Deck 10: Picture Archiving and Communication System Archiving and Peripherals

Question 1

Which term describes the act of keeping a complete copy of the archive in another remote location?

A) ASP
B) SAN
C) Disaster recovery
D) All of the above

Answer 1

Disaster recovery

Question 2

In which RAID level are all data and error corrections (parity)striped across all connected disks?

A) RAID 0
B) RAID 1
C) RAID 3
D) RAID 5

Answer 2

RAID 5

Question 3

Which term is used to describe when data are broken up into pieces and each disk receives a "piece" of the data?

A) Mirror
B) Striping
C) Tier
D) RAID

Answer 3

Striping

Question 4

What term is used to describe a database that is running two identical databases simultaneously?

A) Image manager
B) Server
C) Mirrored
D) Striped

Question 5

Most of the ___ levels of RAID are a combination of the original five.

A) 9
B) 11
C) 13
D) 15

Question 6

In which RAID level are all data mirrored on two disks?

A) RAID 0
B) RAID 1
C) RAID 3
D) RAID 5

Question 7

A database that keeps track of how the images are related and provides search capability is a(n)

A) workflow manager.
B) security manager.
C) image storage.
D) image manager.

Question 8

Which term describes the technology that allows a film to be digitized and then analyzed by a computer to alert the radiologist of possible questionable areas on a radiograph?

A) CAD
B) TFT
C) CCD
D) Teleradiology

Question 9

The acronym for RAID is redundant

A) array of inexpensive disks.
B) archive of independent databases.
C) array of independent disks.
D) Both A and C

Question 10

Which device scans an analog film and produces numeric signals based on the appearance of the film?

A) Film digitizer
B) Film imager
C) Burner
D) Archive server

Question 11

The place where records or documents are preserved for historic purposes is the

A) workstation.
B) archive.
C) file cabinet.
D) redundant array of independent disks (RAID).

Question 12

Which term is used to describe the process of transferring images to remote locations for reading by a radiologist?

A) Long-range image viewing
B) Teleradiology
C) Computed radiology
D) Distance reading

Question 13

Any supplemental device connected to a PACS that performs a specific function is known as a(n)

A) archive.
B) peripheral.
C) workstation.
D) digital imaging modality.

Question 14

A level,layer,or division of something is known as a

A) tier.
B) RAID.
C) stripe.
D) mirror.

Question 15

Which of the following is an archive storage configuration that links different kinds of data storage devices on a special-purpose network?

A) SAN
B) DAS
C) NAS
D) All of the above

Question 16

Which picture archival and communication system (PACS)component interfaces with the radiology information system and hospital information system?

A) Image storage
B) Archive server
C) Application service provider (ASP)
D) Image manager

Question 17

A category of disk drives that uses two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance is

A) hard drive.
B) UDO.
C) DLT.
D) RAID.

Question 18

Which of the following is an archive storage configuration that has RAID arrays directly attached to the network?

A) SAN
B) DAS
C) NAS
D) All of the above

Question 19

In which RAID level are all data striped across all connected disks and error correction (parity)is contained on one disk?

A) RAID 0
B) RAID 1
C) RAID 3
D) RAID 5

Question 20

Which component of the archive consists of the physical storage devices?

A) Image storage
B) Archive server
C) Image manager
D) Both A and B

Question 21

The greatest advantage of a laser digitizer is its expense and service needs.

Question 22

What do dry imagers use to develop the image on the film?

A) Heat
B) Developer
C) Fixer
D) Water

Question 23

A film imager is also known as a film

A) digitizer.
B) printer.
C) duplicator.
D) None of the above

Question 24

Disks are much cheaper to distribute than laser film.

Question 25

The greatest disadvantage when using tape as a long-term archive solution is its unreliability over multiple uses throughout the years.

Question 26

CCD digitizers are slower than laser digitizers.

Question 27

Other than printing films,another alternative would be to

A) digitize the image into the PACS.
B) have the physician come to the hospital to view the images.
C) burn images to an optical disk.
D) do both A and B.

Question 28

Wet imagers use chemicals to process films.

Question 29

Striping of data decreases the reliability and performance of the archive.

Question 30

Dry imagers use chemicals to process the films.

Question 31

One major advantage of wet imagers is that they only require an electrical outlet and a network connection.