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 C
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hapter 02: The X-ray Beam
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Chapter 03: Image Formation and Radiographic Quality Chapter
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04: Digital Imaging
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Chapter 05: Film-
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Screen Imaging Chapter 06: Exposure Tec
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hnique Factors Chapter 07: Scatter Contro
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Chapter 08: Exposure Technique Selection Chapter
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09: Image Evaluation
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Chapter 10: Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
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, Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 6th Edition Fauber Tes x x x x x x x
t Bank x
Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
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Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 6th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE x
1. When were X-rays discovered?
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a. October 8, 1985 x x
b. November 8, 1895 x x
c. January 23, 1896 x x
d. August 15, 1902 x x
CORRECT ANSWER: Bx x
X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895.
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REFFERENCE: p.1 x
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube x
b. Fluorescent tube x
c. High-vacuum tube x
d. Wurzburg tube x
CORRECT ANSWER: Ax x
Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 x
3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only du
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ring 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 x x
Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the interaction with some t
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ype of energy.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 x
4. Barium platinocyanide was the: x x x
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. x x x x x x
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. x x x x x x x x
CORRECT ANSWER: D x x
A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his tube.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 x
, 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s. x
b. 150 s. x
c. 15 min. x
d. 150 min. x
ANS: C x
It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
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REFFERENCE: p.3 x
6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
b. the unknown. x
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS: B x
The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
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REFFERENCE: p.3 x
7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
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a. Marie Curie. x
b. William Crookes. x
c. Wilhelm Roentgen. x
d. Albert Einstein. x
ANS: C x
Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901.
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REFFERENCE: p.4 x
8. X-rays were at one time called:
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a. Becquerel rays. x
b. Roentgen rays. x
c. Z-rays.
d. none of the above. x x x
ANS: B x
X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays.
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REFFERENCE: p.4 x
9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
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a. reddening of the skin. x x x
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 x