Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 6th Edition
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by Terri L. Fauber
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, 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
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Chapter 04: Digital Imaging
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Chapter 05: Film-Screen Imaging
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g Chapter 06: Exposure Technique Factors
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Chapter 07: Scatter Control
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Chapter 08: Exposure Technique SelectionChapter
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09: Image Evaluation
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Chapter 10: Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
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Test Bank g g
Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
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Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 6th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE g
1. When were X-rays discovered?
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a. October 8, 1985 g g
b. November 8, 1895 g g
c. January 23, 1896 g g
d. August 15, 1902 g g
CORRECT ANSWER: B g g
X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 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 g
b. Fluorescent tube g
c. High-vacuum tube g
d. Wurzburg tube g
CORRECT ANSWER: A g g
Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube.
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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 g g
Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the interaction with
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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. g g g g g g g g
CORRECT ANSWER: D g g
A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his
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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. g
b. 150 s.
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c. 15 min. g
d. 150 min. g
ANS: C
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. g
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS: B
The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
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7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
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a. Marie Curie. g
b. William Crookes. g
c. Wilhelm Roentgen. g
d. Albert Einstein. g
ANS: C
Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901.
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8. X-rays were at one time called:
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a. Becquerel rays. g
b. Roentgen rays. g
c. Z-rays.
d. none of the above. g g g
ANS: B
X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays.
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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. g g g
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