COMPLETE TEST BANK RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING AND
EXPOSURE 7TH EDITION FAUBER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (CH 1-10)
,CH 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
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Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7TH Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE P
1. When were x-rays discovered?
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a. October 8, 1985 P P
b. November 8, 1895 P P
c. January 23, 1896 P P
d. August 15, 1902 P P
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, P P P P P P P P P
1895.
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REFERENCE: Page.1 P
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when x-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube P
b. Fluorescent tube P
c. High-vacuum tube P
d. Wurzburg tube P
ACCURATE ANS:-A P
REASONING:->>>Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube. P P P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: P Page.2
3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only
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during an interaction between a type of energy and some element or compound?
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a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to P P P P P P P P P P P
the interaction with some type of energy.
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REFERENCE: Page.2 P
4. Barium platinocyanide was the:P P P
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.
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d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. P P P P P P P P
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time P P P P P P P P P P
Roentgen energized his tube.
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REFERENCE: Page.2 P
,5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s. P
b. 150 s.
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c. 15 min. P
d. 150 min. P
ACCURATE ANS:-C P
REASONING:->>>It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph. P P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.3 P
6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
b. the unknown. P
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown. P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.3 P
7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
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a. Marie Curie. P
b. William Crookes. P
c. Wilhelm Roentgen. P
d. Albert Einstein. P
ACCURATE ANS:-C P
REASONING:->>>Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901. P P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.4 P
8. X-rays were at one time called:
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a. Becquerel rays. P
b. Roentgen rays. P
c. Z-rays.
d. none of the above. P P P
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays. P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.4 P
9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
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a. reddening of the skin. P P P
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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ACCURATE ANS:-A P
, REASONING:->>>Erythema is reddening and burning of the skin, an early and less seriouseffect P P P P P P P P P P P P P
of exposure to large doses of x-radiation.
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REFERENCE: Page.5 P
10. X-rays have which of the following properties?
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a. Electrical
b. Magnetic
c. Chemical
d. A and B P P
e. A and C P P
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>X-rays, a type of electromagnetic radiation, have both electrical and P P P P P P P P P
magnetic properties.
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REFERENCE: Page.5 P
11. The distance between two successive crests of a sine wave is known as:
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a. an angstrom. P
b. frequency.
c. the Greek letter nu.
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d. wavelength
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>The distance between two successive crests or troughs of a sine wave is the P P P P P P P P P P P P P
measure of its wavelength.
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REFERENCE: P Page.6
12. X-rays used in radiography have wavelengths that are measured in:
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a. angstroms.
b. millimeters.
c. centimeters.
d. hertz.
ACCURATE ANS:-A P
X-rays in the range used in radiography have wavelengths that are so short that they are
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measured in angstroms.
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REFERENCE: Page.6 P
13. The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a given point per given unit of time.
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Frequency is measured in:
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a. angstroms.
b. hertz.
c. inches.
d. eV.
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>The unit of frequency is hertz. The frequency of x-rays in theradiography P P P P P P P P P P P P
range varies from about 3 1019 to 3 1018 Hz.
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EXPOSURE 7TH EDITION FAUBER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (CH 1-10)
,CH 01: Radiation and Its Discovery
P P P P P
Fauber: Radiographic Imaging and Exposure, 7TH Edition
P P P P P P
MULTIPLE CHOICE P
1. When were x-rays discovered?
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a. October 8, 1985 P P
b. November 8, 1895 P P
c. January 23, 1896 P P
d. August 15, 1902 P P
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, P P P P P P P P P
1895.
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REFERENCE: Page.1 P
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when x-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube P
b. Fluorescent tube P
c. High-vacuum tube P
d. Wurzburg tube P
ACCURATE ANS:-A P
REASONING:->>>Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as a Crookes tube. P P P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: P Page.2
3. Which of the following terms could be defined as the instantaneous production of light only
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during an interaction between a type of energy and some element or compound?
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a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light from a material due to P P P P P P P P P P P
the interaction with some type of energy.
P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.2 P
4. Barium platinocyanide was the:P P P
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.
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d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. P P P P P P P P
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>A piece of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glowed each time P P P P P P P P P P
Roentgen energized his tube.
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REFERENCE: Page.2 P
,5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s. P
b. 150 s.
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c. 15 min. P
d. 150 min. P
ACCURATE ANS:-C P
REASONING:->>>It took a 15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph. P P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.3 P
6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
b. the unknown. P
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>The letter x represents the mathematical symbol of the unknown. P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.3 P
7. The first Nobel Prize for physics was received in 1901 by:
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a. Marie Curie. P
b. William Crookes. P
c. Wilhelm Roentgen. P
d. Albert Einstein. P
ACCURATE ANS:-C P
REASONING:->>>Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901. P P P P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.4 P
8. X-rays were at one time called:
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a. Becquerel rays. P
b. Roentgen rays. P
c. Z-rays.
d. none of the above. P P P
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>X-rays were at one time called Roentgen rays. P P P P P P P
REFERENCE: Page.4 P
9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is:
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a. reddening of the skin. P P P
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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ACCURATE ANS:-A P
, REASONING:->>>Erythema is reddening and burning of the skin, an early and less seriouseffect P P P P P P P P P P P P P
of exposure to large doses of x-radiation.
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REFERENCE: Page.5 P
10. X-rays have which of the following properties?
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a. Electrical
b. Magnetic
c. Chemical
d. A and B P P
e. A and C P P
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>X-rays, a type of electromagnetic radiation, have both electrical and P P P P P P P P P
magnetic properties.
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REFERENCE: Page.5 P
11. The distance between two successive crests of a sine wave is known as:
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a. an angstrom. P
b. frequency.
c. the Greek letter nu.
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d. wavelength
ACCURATE ANS:-D P
REASONING:->>>The distance between two successive crests or troughs of a sine wave is the P P P P P P P P P P P P P
measure of its wavelength.
P P P P
REFERENCE: P Page.6
12. X-rays used in radiography have wavelengths that are measured in:
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a. angstroms.
b. millimeters.
c. centimeters.
d. hertz.
ACCURATE ANS:-A P
X-rays in the range used in radiography have wavelengths that are so short that they are
P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
measured in angstroms.
P P P
REFERENCE: Page.6 P
13. The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a given point per given unit of time.
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Frequency is measured in:
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a. angstroms.
b. hertz.
c. inches.
d. eV.
ACCURATE ANS:-B P
REASONING:->>>The unit of frequency is hertz. The frequency of x-rays in theradiography P P P P P P P P P P P P
range varies from about 3 1019 to 3 1018 Hz.
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