Radiation Health and Safety Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
A thermometer should be suspended in which solution during conventional dental image
processing?
A. Developer
B. Fixer
C. Rinse
D. Water Bath - ANSWER-A.
Question: The ideal temperature for the developer solution when manually processing dental
images should be:
A. 62
B. 64
C. 66
D. 68 - ANSWER-D.
,Question: The warmer the developer solution:
A. the better the quality of the image receptor will be.
B. the slower the visible image will occur.
C. the faster the image receptor will develop.
D. the longer the image receptor will need to remain in the fixer - ANSWER-C.
Question: Which of the following is a correct characteristic of the developing solution?
A. The developer removes any non-energized silver bromide crystals from the image receptor.
B. The developer solution reduces the silver bromide crystals to black metallic silver.
C. The developer solution causes the radiopaque areas on the image receptor to appear.
D. The developer solution hardens the protective layer of the image receptor covering the
emulsion. - ANSWER-B.
Question: When processing conventional dental images, when is the dental auxiliary able to first
view the image on the image receptor under white light without causing distortion?
A. After the developer solution.
B. After the initial rinse.
C. After the image receptor has been washed and dried.
,D. After a few minutes in the fixer solution. - ANSWER-D.
Question: How should the dental auxiliary compensate if the developer solution is 10 degrees
too warm when processing image receptors?
A. Increase the fixing time.
B. Increase the developing time.
C. Decrease the fixing time.
D. Decrease the developing time. - ANSWER-D.
Question: How will image receptors appear if they have been left in the fixer solution overnight?
A. Clear.
B. Dark.
C. Fogged.
D. Yellow-brown. - ANSWER-A.
Question: A straight radiopaque border on the upper edge of an image receptor is the result of:
A. fixer solution cutoff.
, B. developer solution cutoff.
C. an image receptor not being developed for the proper time.
D. too little water in the water bath. - ANSWER-B.
Question: Which of the following causes reticulation
A. removing the image receptor too quickly from the outer packet.
B. Drastic temperature changes between the developer and the rinse.
C. Allowing the image receptors to touch during the drying cycle.
D. An imbalance of the chemicals in the developer solution. - ANSWER-B.
Question: How would a light leak in the darkroom be detected?
A. Annual inspection check by the State Board of Health.
B. By performing a coin-fog test.
C. By conducting a crabtree test.
D. by performing a visual comparison test. - ANSWER-B.
Question: When the dental auxiliary is performing a wet reading, which of the following steps
must be followed in order to avoid causing distortion?
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
A thermometer should be suspended in which solution during conventional dental image
processing?
A. Developer
B. Fixer
C. Rinse
D. Water Bath - ANSWER-A.
Question: The ideal temperature for the developer solution when manually processing dental
images should be:
A. 62
B. 64
C. 66
D. 68 - ANSWER-D.
,Question: The warmer the developer solution:
A. the better the quality of the image receptor will be.
B. the slower the visible image will occur.
C. the faster the image receptor will develop.
D. the longer the image receptor will need to remain in the fixer - ANSWER-C.
Question: Which of the following is a correct characteristic of the developing solution?
A. The developer removes any non-energized silver bromide crystals from the image receptor.
B. The developer solution reduces the silver bromide crystals to black metallic silver.
C. The developer solution causes the radiopaque areas on the image receptor to appear.
D. The developer solution hardens the protective layer of the image receptor covering the
emulsion. - ANSWER-B.
Question: When processing conventional dental images, when is the dental auxiliary able to first
view the image on the image receptor under white light without causing distortion?
A. After the developer solution.
B. After the initial rinse.
C. After the image receptor has been washed and dried.
,D. After a few minutes in the fixer solution. - ANSWER-D.
Question: How should the dental auxiliary compensate if the developer solution is 10 degrees
too warm when processing image receptors?
A. Increase the fixing time.
B. Increase the developing time.
C. Decrease the fixing time.
D. Decrease the developing time. - ANSWER-D.
Question: How will image receptors appear if they have been left in the fixer solution overnight?
A. Clear.
B. Dark.
C. Fogged.
D. Yellow-brown. - ANSWER-A.
Question: A straight radiopaque border on the upper edge of an image receptor is the result of:
A. fixer solution cutoff.
, B. developer solution cutoff.
C. an image receptor not being developed for the proper time.
D. too little water in the water bath. - ANSWER-B.
Question: Which of the following causes reticulation
A. removing the image receptor too quickly from the outer packet.
B. Drastic temperature changes between the developer and the rinse.
C. Allowing the image receptors to touch during the drying cycle.
D. An imbalance of the chemicals in the developer solution. - ANSWER-B.
Question: How would a light leak in the darkroom be detected?
A. Annual inspection check by the State Board of Health.
B. By performing a coin-fog test.
C. By conducting a crabtree test.
D. by performing a visual comparison test. - ANSWER-B.
Question: When the dental auxiliary is performing a wet reading, which of the following steps
must be followed in order to avoid causing distortion?
