complete test bank
radiographic imaging and exposure 6th edition fauber
questions & answers with rationales (chapter 1-10)
,table of contents
chapter 01: radiation and its discovery ................................... 3
chapter 02: the x-ray beam .................................................. 14
chapter 03: image formation and radiographic quality......... 35
chapter 04: digital imaging .................................................. 56
chapter 05: film-screen imaging ........................................... 87
chapter 06: exposure technique factors .............................. 110
chapter 07: scatter control ................................................. 131
chapter 08: exposure technique selection ........................... 148
chapter 09: image evaluation ............................................. 167
chapter 10: dynamic imaging: fluoroscopy ......................... 176
,complete test bank radiographic imaging and exposure 6th edition fauber questions & answers with
rationales (chapter 1-10)
chapter 01: radiation and its discovery
fauber: radiographic imaging and exposure, 6th 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
answer: 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
answer: 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
answer: 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.
answer: 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.
answer: 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.
b. the unknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
answer: b
the letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
radiographic imaging and exposure 6th edition fauber
questions & answers with rationales (chapter 1-10)
,table of contents
chapter 01: radiation and its discovery ................................... 3
chapter 02: the x-ray beam .................................................. 14
chapter 03: image formation and radiographic quality......... 35
chapter 04: digital imaging .................................................. 56
chapter 05: film-screen imaging ........................................... 87
chapter 06: exposure technique factors .............................. 110
chapter 07: scatter control ................................................. 131
chapter 08: exposure technique selection ........................... 148
chapter 09: image evaluation ............................................. 167
chapter 10: dynamic imaging: fluoroscopy ......................... 176
,complete test bank radiographic imaging and exposure 6th edition fauber questions & answers with
rationales (chapter 1-10)
chapter 01: radiation and its discovery
fauber: radiographic imaging and exposure, 6th 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
answer: 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
answer: 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
answer: 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.
answer: 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.
answer: 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.
b. the unknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
answer: b
the letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
