Chapter5901:59Radiation59and59Its59Discovery59Ch
apter5902:59The59X-ray59Beam
Chapter5903:59Image59Formation59and59Radiographic59Quality59C
hapt59er5904:59Digital59Imaging
Chapter5905:59 Film-
Screen59Imaging59Chapter5906:59Exposure
T59echnique59Factors59Chapter5907:59Sca
59
tter59Co59ntrol
Chapter5908:59Exposure59Technique59Selection59Ch
apt59er5909:59Image59Evaluation
Chapter5910:59Dynamic59Imaging:59Fluoroscopy
, Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 7th Edition Fauber T
est Bank
Chapter5901:59Radiation59and59Its59Discovery
Fauber:59Radiographic59Imaging59and59Exposure,597th59Edition
MULTIPLE59CHOICE
1. When59were59X-rays discovered?
a. October598,5 9 1985
b. November598,5 9 1895
c. January5923,5 9 1896
d. August5 9 15,5 9 1902
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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X-rays5 9 5 9 were59discovered5 9 by5 9 Wilhelm5 9 Conrad5 9 Roentgen59 on59 November59 8,5 9 1895.
REFFERENCE:59p.1
2. What59 type59of59 tube59 was5 9 Roentgen59 working5 9 with5 9 in59 his5 9 lab5 9 when5 9 X-rays
were5 9 discovered?
a. Crookes59 tube
b. Fluorescent59tube
c. High-vacuum59tube
d. Wurzburg59tube
CORRECT ANSWER: A
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Roentgen59 was5 9 working5 9 with5 9 a59 low-vacuum5 9 tube5 9 known59 as5 9 a59Crookes5 9 tube.
REFFERENCE:59p.2
3. Which59of59the59following59terms59could59be59defined5 9 as59the59instantaneous59production5
9of59light59o5 9 nly5 9 during5 9 an5 9 interaction5 9 between5 9 a5 9 type5 9 of5 9 energy5 9 and5 9 so
me5 9 element5 9 or5 9 compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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Fluorescence59is59the59instantaneous59emission59of59light59from59a59material59due59to59the59i
nteraction59wi59th59some59type59of59energy.
REFFERENCE:59 p.2
4. Barium59 platinocyanide5 9 was5 9 the:
a. type59of59 dark59 paper59 Roentgen5 9 used5 9 to5 9 darken5 9 his5 9 laboratory.
b. material59 Roentgen5 9 used59 to5 9 produce59the59 first5 9 radiograph59 of59 his5 9 wife’s59 hand.
c. metal5 9 used5 9 to5 9 produce59 the59low-vacuum5 9 tube.
d. fluorescent59 material5 9 that5 9 glowed59 when59the59 tube59 was5 9 energized.
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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A59piece59of59paper59coated59with59barium59platinocyanide59glowed59each59time59Roentgen5
9energized59his59tube.
REFFERENCE:59 p.2
, 5. The59first5 9 radiograph5 9 produced5 9 by5 9 Roentgen,59 of59his5 9 wife’s59 hand,5 9 required5 9 an5 9 exposur
e59time59 of:
a. 155 9 s.
b. 1505 9 s.
c. 155 9 min.
d. 1505 9 min.
ANS:5 9 C
It59 took5 9 a5915-min5 9 exposure59 time59 to59 produce59 the5 9 first5 9 radiograph.
REFFERENCE:59p.3
6. The59letter59 x5 9 in5 9 x-ray59 is5 9 the59 symbol5 9 for:
a. electricity.
b. the5 9 unknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS:5 9 B
The59letter59 x59 represents5 9 the5 9 mathematical5 9 symbol5 9 of5 9 the5 9 unknown.
REFFERENCE:59p.3
7. The59first5 9 Nobel5 9 Prize59 for5 9 physics5 9 was5 9 received5 9 in5 9 19015 9 by:
a. Marie59Curie.
b. William59 Crookes.
c. Wilhelm59 Roentgen.
d. Albert59Einstein.
ANS:5 9 C
Wilhelm5 9 Roentgen5 9 received5 9 the59 first5 9 Nobel5 9 Prize59 for59physics5 9 in5 9 1901.
REFFERENCE:59p.4
8. X-rays were59 at5 9 one59time59 called:
a. Becquerel59rays.
b. Roentgen59 rays.
c. Z-rays.
d. none59 of5 9 the59 above.
ANS:5 9 B
X-rays5 9 5 9 were59 at5 9 one59 time59called5 9 Roentgen5 9 rays.
REFFERENCE:59p.4
9. Erythema,5 9 an5 9 early5 9 sign5 9 of59 biologic5 9 damage59due59 to5 9 x-ray5 9 exposure,5 9 is:
a. reddening59 of59 the59 skin.
b. a5 9 malignant5 9 tumor.
c. a59chromosomal5 9 change.
d. one59of59 the59 most5 9 serious5 9 effects5 9 of59 x-ray5 9 exposure.
ANS:5 9 A