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,RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE 5TH EDITION FAUBER
CHAPTER 01: RADIATION AND ITS DISCOVERY
FAUBER: RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE, 5TH EDITION
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.
REF: P.1
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.
REF: P.2
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.
REF: P.2
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.
REF: P.2
5. The First Radiograph Produced By Roentgen, Of His Wife’s Hand, Required An Exposure Time
Of:
A. 15 S.
B. 150 S.
C. 15 Min.
D. 150 Min.
ANS: C
IT TOOK A 15-MIN EXPOSURE TIME TO PRODUCE THE FIRST RADIOGRAPH.
REF: P.3
, 6. THE LETTER X IN X-RAY IS THE SYMBOL FOR:
A. ELECTRICITY.