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Author: Terri L. Fauber with Verified Questions & Answers
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All Chapters {1-10}
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, TableofContents
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Chapter 01:Radiation and ItsDiscovery
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Chapter 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-Screen Imaging Chapter 06:
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n7 Exposure Technique Factors Chapter 07:
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n7 Scatter Control
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Chapter08:Exposure TechniqueSelection Chapter 09:
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n7 Image Evaluation
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Chapter10: Dynamic Imaging: Fluoroscopy
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,Chapter01:RadiationandItsDiscovery
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Fauber:Radiographic Imaging andExposure, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE n7
1. Whenwere X-rays discovered? n7 n7 n 7
a. October8, 1985 n7 n7
b. November8, 1895 n7 n7
c. January 23, 1896 n7 n7
d. August 15, 1902 n7 n7
CORRECT ANSWER: B n7 n7
X-rays werediscovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgenon November8, 1895.
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2. Whattypeof tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube n7
b. Fluorescent tube n7
c. High-vacuum tube n7
d. Wurzburg tube n7
CORRECT ANSWER: A n7 n7
Roentgenwas working witha low-vacuum tube known as aCrookes tube.
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3. Whichofthe following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only
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a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
CORRECT ANSWER: D n7 n7
Fluorescence is the instantaneousemission oflightfrom a material duetothe interaction withsome type
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of energy.
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4. Bariumplatinocyanide was the: n7 n7 n7
a. type ofdark 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. n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7
c. metal used to produce thelow-vacuum tube. n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7 n7
CORRECT ANSWER: D n7 n7
Apieceofpaper coated with bariumplatinocyanide glowedeachtime Roentgenenergizedhis tube.
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REFFERENCE: p.2 n7
, 5. Thefirst radiograph produced byRoentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposuretime of:
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a. 15 s. n7
b. 150 s. n7
c. 15 min. n7
d. 150 min. n7
ANS: C n 7
Ittook a15-min exposuretime to produce the first radiograph.
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REFFERENCE: p.3 n7
6. Theletter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
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c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS: B n 7
Theletterx representsthe mathematical symbol of the unknown.
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7. Thefirst Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
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a. MarieCurie. n7
b. William Crookes. n7
c. WilhelmRoentgen. n
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d. AlbertEinstein. n7
ANS: C n7
Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize forphysics in 1901.
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8. X-rays were at onetime called: n 7 n7 n7 n7 n7
a. Becquerel rays. n7
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c. Z-rays.
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ANS: B n 7
X-rays were atone time called Roentgen rays.
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REFFERENCE: p.4 n7
9. Erythema,an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
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a. reddening of the skin. n7 n7 n7
b. a malignant tumor.
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c. achromosomal change.
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d. oneofthe most seriouseffectsof x-ray exposure.
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ANS: A n 7