Author: Terri L. Fauber with Verified Questions & Answers
All Chapters {1-10}
, TableofContents
Chapter01:RadiationandItsDiscovery
Chapter 02: The X-ray Beam
Chapter03: ImageFormation and RadiographicQuality Chapter
04: Digital Imaging
Chapter 05: Film-Screen Imaging Chapter
06: ExposureTechnique Factors Chapter
07: Scatter Control
Chapter08:ExposureTechniqueSelection Chapter
09: Image Evaluation
Chapter10:DynamicImaging: Fluoroscopy
,Chapter01:RadiationandItsDiscovery
Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7th Edition
MULTIPLECHOICE
1. WhenwereX-rays discovered?
a. October8, 1985
b. November8, 1895
c. January23,1896
d. August 15, 1902
CORRECT ANSWER: B
X-rays werediscovered byWilhelmConradRoentgenonNovember8,1895.
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2. WhattypeoftubewasRoentgenworking with in hislabwhen X-rays werediscovered?
a. Crookestube
b. Fluorescenttube
c. High-vacuumtube
d. Wurzburgtube
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Roentgenwasworking withalow-vacuumtubeknownasaCrookes tube.
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3. Whichofthefollowing termscouldbedefinedastheinstantaneousproductionoflightonly
during an interaction between a typeof energy and some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Fluorescenceistheinstantaneousemissionoflightfromamaterialduetotheinteractionwithsome
type of energy.
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4. Bariumplatinocyanidewasthe:
a. typeofdarkpaperRoentgenusedtodarkenhislaboratory.
b. material Roentgen usedto producethefirst radiographof hiswife’shand.
c. metalusedtoproducethelow-vacuumtube.
d. fluorescent material that glowedwhenthetubewas energized.
CORRECT ANSWER: D
ApieceofpapercoatedwithbariumplatinocyanideglowedeachtimeRoentgenenergizedhistube.
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, 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
a. 15s.
b. 150s.
c. 15min.
d. 150min.
ANS: C
Ittooka15-min exposuretimetoproducethefirstradiograph.
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6. Theletterx in x-ray isthesymbol for:
a. electricity.
b. theunknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS: B
Theletterxrepresentsthemathematicalsymboloftheunknown.
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7. ThefirstNobel Prizeforphysicswasreceivedin 1901by:
a. MarieCurie.
b. WilliamCrookes.
c. WilhelmRoentgen.
d. AlbertEinstein.
ANS: C
WilhelmRoentgenreceivedthefirstNobel Prizeforphysicsin 1901.
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8. X-rays wereatonetimecalled:
a. Becquerelrays.
b. Roentgenrays.
c. Z-rays.
d. noneof theabove.
ANS: B
X-rays wereatonetimecalledRoentgenrays.
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9. Erythema,anearlysign ofbiologicdamageduetox-rayexposure, is:
a. reddeningoftheskin.
b. amalignant tumor.
c. achromosomal change.
d. oneofthemostseriouseffectsofx-rayexposure.
ANS: A