Radiographic vbImaging vband vbExposure
vb6th vbEdition
by vbTerri vbL. vbFauber
, Table vbof vbContents
Chapter vb01: vbRadiation vband vbIts
vbDiscoveryvbChapter vb02: vbThe vbX-
ray vbBeam
Chapter vb03: vbImage vbFormation vband
vbRadiographic vbQualityvbChapter vb04: vbDigital
vbImaging
Chapter vb05: vbFilm-Screen
vbImaging vbChapter vb06: vbExposure
vbTechnique vbFactorsvbChapter vb07:
vbScatter vbControl
Chapter vb08: vbExposure vbTechnique
vbSelectionvbChapter vb09: vbImage vbEvaluation
Chapter vb10: vbDynamic vbImaging: vbFluoroscopy
, Radiographic vbImaging vband vbExposure vb6th
vbEdition vbFaubervbTest
vbBank
Chapter vb01: vbRadiation vband vbIts vbDiscovery
Fauber: vbRadiographic vbImaging vband vbExposure, vb6th vbEdition
MULTIPLE vbCHOICE
1. When vbwere vbX-rays v b discovered?
a. October vb8, vb1985
b. November vb8, vb1895
c. January vb23, vb1896
d. August vb15, vb1902
CORRECT vbANSWER: vbB
X-rays v b were vbdiscovered vbby vbWilhelm vbConrad vbRoentgen vbon vbNovember vb8,
vb1895.
REFFERENCE: vbp.1
2. What vbtype vbof vbtube vbwas vbRoentgen vbworking vbwith vbin vbhis vblab vbwhen vbX-rays
v b were vbdiscovered?
a. Crookes vbtube
b. Fluorescent vbtube
c. High-vacuum vbtube
d. Wurzburg vbtube
CORRECT vbANSWER: vbA
Roentgen vbwas vbworking vbwith vba vblow-vacuum vbtube vbknown vbas vba vbCrookes
vbtube.
REFFERENCE: vbp.2
3. Which vbof vbthe vbfollowing vbterms vbcould vbbe vbdefined vbas vbthe
vbinstantaneous vbproduction vbof vblight vbonlyvbduring vban vbinteraction vbbetween
vba vbtype vbof vbenergy vband vbsome vbelement vbor vbcompound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
CORRECT vbANSWER: vbD
Fluorescence vbis vbthe vbinstantaneous vbemission vbof vblight vbfrom vba vbmaterial vbdue
vbto vbthe vbinteraction vbwithvbsome vbtype vbof vbenergy.
REFFERENCE: vbp.2
4. Barium vbplatinocyanide vbwas vbthe:
a. type vbof vbdark vbpaper vbRoentgen vbused vbto vbdarken vbhis vblaboratory.
b. material vbRoentgen vbused vbto vbproduce vbthe vbfirst vbradiograph vbof vbhis vbwife’s
vbhand.
c. metal vbused vbto vbproduce vbthe vblow-vacuum vbtube.
d. fluorescent vbmaterial vbthat vbglowed vbwhen vbthe vbtube vbwas vbenergized.
CORRECT vbANSWER: vbD
A vbpiece vbof vbpaper vbcoated vbwith vbbarium vbplatinocyanide vbglowed vbeach vbtime
vbRoentgen vbenergized vbhisvbtube.
REFFERENCE: vbp.2
, 5. The vbfirst vbradiograph vbproduced vbby vbRoentgen, vbof vbhis vbwife’s vbhand, vbrequired
vban vbexposure vbtime vbof:
a. 15 vbs.
b. v b 150 vbs.
c. 15 vbmin.
d. 150 vbmin.
ANS: C
It vbtook vba vb15-min vbexposure vbtime vbto vbproduce vbthe vbfirst vbradiograph.
REFFERENCE: vbp.3
6. The vbletter vbx vbin vbx-ray vbis vbthe vbsymbol vbfor:
a. electricity.
b. the vbunknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS: B
The vbletter vbx vbrepresents vbthe vbmathematical vbsymbol vbof vbthe vbunknown.
REFFERENCE: vbp.3
7. The vbfirst vbNobel vbPrize vbfor vbphysics vbwas vbreceived vbin vb1901 vbby:
a. Marie vbCurie.
b. William vbCrookes.
c. Wilhelm vbRoentgen.
d. Albert vbEinstein.
ANS: C
Wilhelm vbRoentgen vbreceived vbthe vbfirst vbNobel vbPrize vbfor vbphysics vbin vb1901.
REFFERENCE: vbp.4
8. X-rays v b were vbat vbone vbtime vbcalled:
a. Becquerel vbrays.
b. Roentgen vbrays.
c. Z-rays.
d. none vbof vbthe vbabove.
ANS: B
X-rays v b were vbat vbone vbtime vbcalled vbRoentgen vbrays.
REFFERENCE: vbp.4
9. Erythema, vban vbearly vbsign vbof vbbiologic vbdamage vbdue vbto vbx-ray vbexposure, vbis:
a. reddening vbof vbthe vbskin.
b. a vbmalignant vbtumor.
c. a vbchromosomal vbchange.
d. one vbof vbthe vbmost vbserious vbeffects vbof vbx-ray vbexposure.
ANS: A