TEST BANK FOR RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE 7TH EDITION FAUBER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (CH 1-10)

, Table of Contents
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Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
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Chapter 02: The X-ray Beam
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Chapter 03: Image Formation and Radiographic Quality Chapter
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04: Digital Imaging
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Chapter 05: Film-Screen Imaging Chapter
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06: Exposure Technique Factors Chapter
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07: Scatter Control
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Chapter08: Exposure Technique Selection Chapter
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09: Image Evaluation
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Chapter 10: Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
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Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
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Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE B




1. When were X-rays discovered?
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a. October 8, 1985 B B




b. November 8, 1895 B B




c. January 23, 1896 B B




d. August 15, 1902 B B




CORRECT ANSWER: B B B




X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895.
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REFFERENCE: p.1 B




2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube B




b. Fluorescent tube B




c. High-vacuum tube B




d. Wurzburg tube B




CORRECT ANSWER: A B B




Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 B




3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only
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during an interaction between a type of energy and some element or compound?
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a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
CORRECT ANSWER: D B B




Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the interaction with some
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type of energy.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 B




4. Barium platinocyanide was the: B B B




a. type of dark paper Roentgen used to darken his laboratory.
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b. material Roentgen used to produce the first radiograph of his wife’s hand.
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c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube. B B B B B B




d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. B B B B B B B B




CORRECT ANSWER: D B B




A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his tube.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 B

, 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s. B




b. 150 s. B




c. 15 min. B




d. 150 min. B




ANS: C B




It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
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REFFERENCE: p.3 B




6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
b. the unknown. B




c. penetrating.
d. discovery.

ANS: B B




The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
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REFFERENCE: p.3 B




7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
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a. Marie Curie. B




b. William Crookes. B




c. Wilhelm Roentgen. B




d. Albert Einstein. B




ANS: C B




Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901.
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REFFERENCE: p.4 B




8. X-rays were at one time called:
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a. Becquerel rays. B




b. Roentgen rays. B




c. Z-rays.
d. none of the above. B B B




ANS: B B




X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays.
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REFFERENCE: p.4 B




9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
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a. reddening of the skin. B B B




b. a malignant tumor.
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c. a chromosomal change.
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d. one of the most serious effects of x-ray exposure.
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ANS: A B