Fauber's Radiographic Imaging and Exposure 7th
Edition – Test Bank
by Terri L. Fauber EdD RT(R)(M) (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Radiation and Its Discovery
2. Fundamentals of Radiation Production
3. The X-ray Beam
4. Image Formation and Radiographic Quality
5. Digital Image Characteristics, Receptors, and Image Acquisition
6. Digital Image Processing, Display, and Health Information Management
7. Exposure Technique Factors
8. Scatter Control
9. Exposure Technique Selection
10. Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
,Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When were X-raysdiscovered?
a. October 8, 1985
b. November 8, 1895
c. January 23, 1896
d. August 15, 1902
ANSWER;B
X-rayswere discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895.
REF: p.1
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rayswere discovered?
a. Crookes tube
b. Fluorescent tube
c. High-vacuum tube
d. Wurzburg tube
ANSWER;A
Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube.
REF: p.2
3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous
production of light only during an interaction between a type of energy and
some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
ANSWER;D
Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the
interaction with some type of energy.
REF: p.2
4. Barium platinocyanide was the:
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.
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube.
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized.
ANSWER;D
A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized
his tube.
REF: p.2
, 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure
time of:
a. 15 s.
b. 150 s.
c. 15 min.
d. 150 min.
ANSWER;C
It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
REF: p.3
6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
a. electricity.
b. the unknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANSWER;B
The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
REF: p.3
7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
a. Marie Curie.
b. William Crookes.
c. Wilhelm Roentgen.
d. Albert Einstein.
ANSWER;C
Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901.
REF: p.4
8. X-rayswere at one time called:
a.Becquerel rays.
b.Roentgen rays.
c.Z-rays.
d.none of the above.
ANSWER;B
X-rayswere at one time called Roentgen rays.
REF: p.4
9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
a. reddening of the skin.
b. a malignant tumor.
c. a chromosomal change.
d. one of the most serious effects of x-ray exposure.
ANSWER;A
Edition – Test Bank
by Terri L. Fauber EdD RT(R)(M) (Author)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Radiation and Its Discovery
2. Fundamentals of Radiation Production
3. The X-ray Beam
4. Image Formation and Radiographic Quality
5. Digital Image Characteristics, Receptors, and Image Acquisition
6. Digital Image Processing, Display, and Health Information Management
7. Exposure Technique Factors
8. Scatter Control
9. Exposure Technique Selection
10. Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
,Chapter 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When were X-raysdiscovered?
a. October 8, 1985
b. November 8, 1895
c. January 23, 1896
d. August 15, 1902
ANSWER;B
X-rayswere discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895.
REF: p.1
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rayswere discovered?
a. Crookes tube
b. Fluorescent tube
c. High-vacuum tube
d. Wurzburg tube
ANSWER;A
Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube.
REF: p.2
3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous
production of light only during an interaction between a type of energy and
some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
ANSWER;D
Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to the
interaction with some type of energy.
REF: p.2
4. Barium platinocyanide was the:
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.
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube.
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized.
ANSWER;D
A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized
his tube.
REF: p.2
, 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure
time of:
a. 15 s.
b. 150 s.
c. 15 min.
d. 150 min.
ANSWER;C
It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
REF: p.3
6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
a. electricity.
b. the unknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANSWER;B
The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown.
REF: p.3
7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
a. Marie Curie.
b. William Crookes.
c. Wilhelm Roentgen.
d. Albert Einstein.
ANSWER;C
Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901.
REF: p.4
8. X-rayswere at one time called:
a.Becquerel rays.
b.Roentgen rays.
c.Z-rays.
d.none of the above.
ANSWER;B
X-rayswere at one time called Roentgen rays.
REF: p.4
9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
a. reddening of the skin.
b. a malignant tumor.
c. a chromosomal change.
d. one of the most serious effects of x-ray exposure.
ANSWER;A
