Test Bank for Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 6th Edition by Fauber

TEST BANK FOR RADIOGRAPHIC
IMAGING AND EXPOSURE 6TH
EDITION BY FAUBER

, Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. When were x-rays discovered?
a. October 8, 1985
b. November 8, 1895
c. January 23, 1896
d. August 15, 1902
ANS: B
X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895.

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2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when x-rays were discovered?
a. Crookes tube
b. Fluorescent tube
c. High-vacuum tube
d. Wurzburg tube

ANS: A
Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube.

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3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only
during an interaction between a type of energy and some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
ANS: D
Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the interaction with
some type of energy.

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4. Barium platinocyanide was the:
a. type of dark paper Roentgen used to darken his laboratory.
b. material Roentgen used to produce the first radiograph of his wife’s hand.
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube.
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized.

ANS: D
A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his
tube.

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