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Review Questions With Correct Answers
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radiation //is //defined //as //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔a //form //of //energy //carried //by //waves //or //streams //of //particles
a //radiograph //is //defined //as //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔a //picture //on //film //produced //by //the //passage //of //x-rays //through //an //object //or //body
why //are //dental //images //important //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔many /
/dental //diseases //are //typically //discovered //only //through //the //use //of //dental //images
who //modified //the //paralleling //technique //with //the //introduction //of //the //long-
cone //technique //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔F. //Gordon //Fitzgerald
which /
/of //the //following //would //you //place //in //the //patients //mouth //in //order //to //take //dental //x-
rays //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔image //receptor
the /
/orbiting //shell //closest //to //the //nucleus //has //the //highest //energy //level //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔true
,the //binding //energy //or //binding //force //of //an //electron //is //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔determined //by //the //distance //between //the //orbiting //electrons //and //the //nucleus
ionization //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔an /
/atom //that //gains //an //electron //has //a //negative //charge, //and //an //atom //that //loses //an //electron
//has //a //positive //charge
ionizing //radiation //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔radiation /
/that //is //capable //of //producing //ions //by //removing //or //adding //an //electron //to //an //atom
Heat //is //a //byproduct //of //x-ray //production. //Which //component //of //the //x-
ray //tubehead //dissipates //the //heat //created //by //the //production //of //x-
rays? //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔insulation //oil
the //head //collimator //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔restricts //the //size //of //the //x-ray //beam
which /
/would //you //adjust //if //you //wanted //to //create //a //larger //electron //cloud //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔mA
in /
/dental /
/radiography, /
/the //term //.......... //is //used //to //describe //the //mean //energy //or //penetrating //ability //of //the //x-
ray //beam //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔quality
(1) /
/density //is //the //overall //darkness //or //blackness //of //a //dental //image //(2) //when //the //kilovoltage
//is /
/increased /
, /while /
/other /
/exposure /
/factors /
/rain /
/constant, /
/the /
/resultant //image //exhibits //a //decreased //density //and //appears //lighter //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔first //statement //is //true; //the //second //statement //is //false
mA /
/regulates /
/the //........... //of //electrons //produced //at //the //cathode //filament //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔quantity
according /
/to /
/the /
/inverse /
/square /
/law, /
/if /
/the /
/length /
/of //the //PID //is //halved, //the //resultant //beam //............. //as //intense //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔one //quarter
(1) //as //kV, //mA, //and //time //increases, //x-
ray /
/beam //intensity //decreases //(2) //as //distance //and //filtration //increase, //the //intensity //of //the //x-
ray //beam //increase //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔both //statements //are //fals