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

,CH 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
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Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7TH Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE T




1. When were x-rays discovered?
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a. October 8, 1985 T T


b. November 8, 1895 T T


c. January 23, 1896 T T


d. August 15, 1902 T T




ACCURATE ANS:-B T


REASONING:->>>X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, T T T T T T T T T


1895.
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2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when x-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube T


b. Fluorescent tube T


c. High-vacuum tube T


d. Wurzburg tube T




ACCURATE ANS:-A T


REASONING:->>>Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube. T T T T T T T T T T T




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3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light
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Tonlyduring an interaction between a type of energy and some element or compound?
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a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
ACCURATE ANS:-D T


REASONING:->>>Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to T T T T T T T T T T T


the interaction with some type of energy.
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4. Barium platinocyanide was the:
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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.
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d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. T T T T T T T T




ACCURATE ANS:-D T


REASONING:->>>A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time T T T T T T T T T T


Roentgen energized his tube.
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,5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s. T


b. 150 s.
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c. 15 min. T


d. 150 min. T




ACCURATE ANS:-C T


REASONING:->>>It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
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6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
b. the unknown.
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c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ACCURATE ANS:-B T


REASONING:->>>The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown. T T T T T T T T T




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


b. William Crookes. T


c. Wilhelm Roentgen. T


d. Albert Einstein. T




ACCURATE ANS:-C T


REASONING:->>>Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901. T T T T T T T T T T




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


b. Roentgen rays. T


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




ACCURATE ANS:-B T


REASONING:->>>X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays. T T T T T T T




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


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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ACCURATE ANS:-A T

, REASONING:->>>Erythema is reddening and burning of the skin, an early and less serious T T T T T T T T T T T T


effect of exposure to large doses of x-radiation.
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10. X-rays have which of the following properties?
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a. Electrical
b. Magnetic
c. Chemical
d. A and B
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e. A and C
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ACCURATE ANS:-D T


REASONING:->>>X-rays, a type of electromagnetic radiation, have both electrical and T T T T T T T T T


magnetic properties.
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11. The distance between two successive crests of a sine wave is known as:
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a. an angstrom.
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b. frequency.
c. the Greek letter nu.
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d. wavelength
ACCURATE ANS:-D T


REASONING:->>>The distance between two successive crests or troughs of a sine wave is the
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measure of its wavelength.
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12. X-rays used in radiography have wavelengths that are measured in:
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a. angstroms.
b. millimeters.
c. centimeters.
d. hertz.
ACCURATE ANS:-A T


X-rays in the range used in radiography have wavelengths that are so short that they are
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measured in angstroms.
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13. The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a given point per given unit of
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Ttime.Frequency is measured in:
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a. angstroms.
b. hertz.
c. inches.
d. eV.
ACCURATE ANS:-B T


REASONING:->>>The unit of frequency is hertz. The frequency of x-rays in the T T T T T T T T T T T


radiography range varies from about 3  1019 to 3  1018 Hz.
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