FAUBER'S RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE
7TH EDITION
BY TERRI L. FAUBER
ALL CHAPTERS 1-10 | LATEST VERSION ( 2026 )
|WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 01: RADIATION AND ITS DISCOVERY ........................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 02: THE X-RAY BEAM ................................................................................................. 16
CHAPTER 03: IMAGE FORMATION AND RADIOGRAPHIC QUALITY ........................................... 40
CHAPTER 04: DIGITAL IMAGING ................................................................................................ 64
CHAPTER 05: FILM-SCREEN IMAGING .................................................................................... 100
CHAPTER 06: EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE FACTORS ...................................................................... 126
CHAPTER 07: SCATTER CONTROL ............................................................................................ 151
CHAPTER 08: EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE SELECTION .................................................................. 171
CHAPTER 09: IMAGE EVALUATION .......................................................................................... 193
CHAPTER 10: DYNAMIC IMAGING: FLUOROSCOPY ................................................................ 204
,CHAPTER 01: RADIATION AND ITS DISCOVERY
FAUBER: RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND EXPOSURE, 7TH 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
CORRECT ANSWER: B
X-RAYS WERE DISCOVERED BY WILHELM CONRAD ROENTGEN ON NOVEMBER 8, 1895.
REFFERENCE: 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
CORRECT ANSWER: A
ROENTGEN WAS WORKING WITH A LOW-VACUUM TUBE KNOWN AS A CROOKES TUBE.
REFFERENCE: 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
CORRECT ANSWER: D
FLUORESCENCE IS THE INSTANTANEOUS EMISSION OF LIGHT FROM A MATERIAL DUE TO THE
INTERACTION WITH SOME TYPE OF ENERGY.
REFFERENCE: 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.
CORRECT ANSWER: D
A PIECE OF PAPER COATED WITH BARIUM PLATINOCYANIDE GLOWED EACH TIME ROENTGEN
ENERGIZED HIS TUBE.
REFFERENCE: 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.
ANS: C
IT TOOK A 15-MIN EXPOSURE TIME TO PRODUCE THE FIRST RADIOGRAPH.
REFFERENCE: P.3
6. THE LETTER X IN X-RAY IS THE SYMBOL FOR:
A. ELECTRICITY.
B. THE UNKNOWN.