c87th c8Edition
Author: c8Terri c8L. c8Fauber c8with c8Verified
c8Questions c8& c8Answers
c8All c8Chapters c8{1-10}
, Table c8of c8Contents
Chapter c801: c8Radiation c8and c8Its
c8Discovery c8Chapter c802: c8The c8X-
ray c8Beam
Chapter c803: c8Image c8Formation c8and c8Radiographic c8Quality c8Chapter
04: c8Digital c8Imaging
Chapter c805: c8Film-Screen c8Imaging
c8Chapter c806: c8Exposure c8Technique
c8Factors c8Chapter c807: c8Scatter
c8Control
Chapter c808: c8Exposure c8Technique c8Selection
c8Chapter c809: c8Image c8Evaluation
Chapter c810: c8Dynamic c8Imaging: c8Fluoroscopy
,Chapter c801: c8Radiation c8and c8Its c8Discovery
Fauber: c8Radiographic c8Imaging c8and c8Exposure, c87th c8Edition
MULTIPLE c8CHOICE
1. When c8were c8X-rays c 8 discovered?
a. October c88, c81985
b. November c88, c81895
c. January c823, c81896
d. August c815, c81902
CORRECT c8ANSWER: c8B
X-rays c8were c8discovered c8by c8Wilhelm c8Conrad c8Roentgen c8on c8November c88, c81895.
REFFERENCE: c8p.1
2. What c8type c8of c8tube c8was c8Roentgen c8working c8with c8in c8his c8lab c8when c8X-rays c 8 were
c8discovered?
a. Crookes c8tube
b. Fluorescent c8tube
c. High-vacuum c8tube
d. Wurzburg c8tube
CORRECT c8ANSWER: c8A
Roentgen c8was c8working c8with c8a c8low-vacuum c8tube c8known c8as c8a c8Crookes c8tube.
REFFERENCE: c8p.2
3. Which c8of c8the c8following c8terms c8could c8be c8defined c8as c8the c8instantaneous
c8production c8of c8light c8only c8during c8an c8interaction c8between c8a c8type c8of
c8energy c8and c8some c8element c8or c8compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
CORRECT c8ANSWER: c8D
Fluorescence c8is c8the c8instantaneous c8emission c8of c8light c8from c8a c8material c8due c8to
c8the c8interaction c8with c8some c8type c8of c8energy.
REFFERENCE: c8p.2
4. Barium c8platinocyanide c8was c8the:
a. type c8of c8dark c8paper c8Roentgen c8used c8to c8darken c8his c8laboratory.
b. material c8Roentgen c8used c8to c8produce c8the c8first c8radiograph c8of c8his c8wife’s c8hand.
c. metal c8used c8to c8produce c8the c8low-vacuum c8tube.
d. fluorescent c8material c8that c8glowed c8when c8the c8tube c8was c8energized.
CORRECT c8ANSWER: c8D
A c8piece c8of c8paper c8coated c8with c8barium c8platinocyanide c8glowed c8each c8time c8Roentgen
c8energized c8his c8tube.
REFFERENCE: c8p.2
, 5. The c8first c8radiograph c8produced c8by c8Roentgen, c8of c8his c8wife’s c8hand, c8required c8an
c8exposure c8time c8of:
a. 15 c8s.
b. 150 c8s.
c. 15 c8min.
d. 150 c8min.
ANS: c8C
It c8took c8a c815-min c8exposure c8time c8to c8produce c8the c8first c8radiograph.
REFFERENCE: c8p.3
6. The c8letter c8x c8in c8x-ray c8is c8the c8symbol c8for:
a. electricity.
b. the c8unknown.
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
ANS: c8B
The c8letter c8x c8represents c8the c8mathematical c8symbol c8of c8the c8unknown.
REFFERENCE: c8p.3
7. The c8first c8Nobel c8Prize c8for c8physics c8was c8received c8in c81901 c8by:
a. Marie c8Curie.
b. William c8Crookes.
c. Wilhelm c8Roentgen.
d. Albert c8Einstein.
ANS: c8C
Wilhelm c8Roentgen c8received c8the c8first c8Nobel c8Prize c8for c8physics c8in c81901.
REFFERENCE: c8p.4
8. X-rays c 8 were c8at c8one c8time c8called:
a. Becquerel c8rays.
b. Roentgen c8rays.
c. Z-rays.
d. none c8of c8the c8above.
ANS: c8B
X-rays c 8 were c8at c8one c8time c8called c8Roentgen c8rays.
REFFERENCE: c8p.4
9. Erythema, c8an c8early c8sign c8of c8biologic c8damage c8due c8to c8x-ray c8exposure, c8is:
a. reddening c8of c8the c8skin.
b. a c8malignant c8tumor.
c. a c8chromosomal c8change.
d. one c8of c8the c8most c8serious c8effects c8of c8x-ray c8exposure.
ANS: c8A