Table of Contents
Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 6th Edition
by Terri L. Fauber
Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
Chapter 02: The X-ray Beam
Chapter 03: Image Formation and Radiographic Quality
Chapter 04: Digital Imaging
Chapter 05: Film-Screen Imaging
Chapter 06: Exposure Technique Factors
Chapter 07: Scatter Control
Chapter 08: Exposure Technique Selection
Chapter 09: Image Evaluation
Chapter 10: Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
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Test Bank 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
a. 15 s.
Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery b. 150 s.
c. 15 min.
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d. 150 min.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
ANS: C
1. When were X-rays discovered? It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
a. October 8, 1985
b. November 8, 1895 REFFERENCE: p.3
c. January 23, 1896
d. August 15, 1902 6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
a. electricity.
CORRECT ANSWER: B b. the unknown.
X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895. c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
REFFERENCE: p.1
ANS: B
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rays were discovered? The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
a. Crookes tube
b. Fluorescent tube REFFERENCE: p.3
c. High-vacuum tube
d. Wurzburg tube 7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
a. Marie Curie.
CORRECT ANSWER: A b. William Crookes.
Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube. c. Wilhelm Roentgen.
d. Albert Einstein.
REFFERENCE: p.2
ANS: C
3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901.
during an interaction between a type of energy and some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence REFFERENCE: p.4
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing 8. X-rays were at one time called:
d. Fluorescence a. Becquerel rays.
b. Roentgen rays.
CORRECT ANSWER: D c. Z-rays.
Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the interaction with d. none of the above.
some type of energy.
ANS: B
REFFERENCE: p.2 X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays.
4. Barium platinocyanide was the: REFFERENCE: p.4
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. 9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube. a. reddening of the skin.
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. b. a malignant tumor.
c. a chromosomal change.
CORRECT ANSWER: D d. one of the most serious effects of x-ray exposure.
A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his
tube. ANS: A
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, Erythema is reddening and burning of the skin, an early and less serious effect of exposure to REFFERENCE: p.6
large doses of x-radiation.
14. Which of the following is a correct description of the relationship between the wavelength and
REFFERENCE: p.5 frequency of the x-ray photon?
a. Wavelength and frequency are directly proportional.
10. X-rays have which of the following properties? b. Wavelength and frequency are inversely related by the square root of lambda.
a. Electrical c. Frequency and wavelength are inversely related.
b. Magnetic d. Wavelength and frequency have no relationship to each other.
c. Chemical
d. A and B CORRECT ANSWER: C
e. A and C Wavelength and frequency are inversely related; as one increases, the other decreases.
CORRECT ANSWER: D REFFERENCE: p.6
X-rays, a type of electromagnetic radiation, have both electrical and magnetic properties.
15. A is a small, discrete bundle of energy.
REFFERENCE: p.5 a. phaser
b. quark
11. The distance between two successive crests of a sine wave is known as: c. photon
a. an angstrom. d. mesion
b. frequency.
c. the Greek letter nu. CORRECT ANSWER: C
d. wavelength A photon, or quantum, is a small, discrete bundle of energy.
CORRECT ANSWER: D REFFERENCE: p.7
The distance between two successive crests or troughs of a sine wave is the measure of its
wavelength. 16. The speed of light is:
a. 3 108 meters per second
REFFERENCE: p.6 b. 3 108 miles per seconTd
c. 186,000 miles per second
12. X-rays used in radiography have wavelengths that are measured in: d. A and B
a. angstroms. e. A and C
b. millimeters.
c. centimeters. CORRECT ANSWER: E
d. hertz. The speed of light can be described as either 3 108 meters per second or 186,000 miles per
second.
CORRECT ANSWER: A
X-rays in the range used in radiography have wavelengths that are so short that they are REFFERENCE: p.8
measured in angstroms.
17. When first developed, the branch of medicine using X-rays was called:
REFFERENCE: p.6 a. radiology.
b. radiography.
13. The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a given point per given unit of time. c. roentgenology.
Frequency is measured in: d. imaging sciences.
a. angstroms.
b. hertz. CORRECT ANSWER: C
c. inches. What we now call radiology was first called roentgenology.
d. eV.
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CORRECT ANSWER: B
The unit of frequency is hertz. The frequency of X-rays in the radiography range varies from 18. The electrical energy applied to an x-ray tube will be transformed to:
about 3 1019 to 3 1018 Hz. a. heat.
b. light.
, c. x-rays.
d. A and B.
e. A and C.
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d. quantity.
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Lambda () is the Greek symbol that represents wavelength.
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