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Author: Terri L.Fauber with Verified Questions& Answers
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All Chapters{1-10}
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Chapter01:RadiationandItsDiscovery
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Chapter 02: The X-ray Beam br br br br
Chapter03: Image Formation and RadiographicQuality Chapter 04:
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Chapter 05: Film-Screen Imaging Chapter
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Chapter08:ExposureTechniqueSelection Chapter
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Chapter10:DynamicImaging:Fluoroscopy
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,Chapter01:RadiationandItsDiscovery
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Fauber:RadiographicImagingandExposure,7thEdition
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1. When were X-rays discovered? br br b r
a. October8, 1985 br br
b. November8, 1895 br br
c. January 23, 1896 br br
d. August 15, 1902 br br
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X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November8,1895.
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2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab when X-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube br
b. Fluorescenttube rb
c. High-vacuumtube rb
d. Wurzburgtube br
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Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube known as aCrookes tube. br br br br br br br br br br br
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3. Which of the following terms could be defined asthe instantaneous production of light only
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a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
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Fluorescenceis the instantaneous emission oflight from amaterial dueto the interaction with some type br br br br br br br br br br br br br br br b r
of energy.
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4. Barium platinocyanide was the: br br br
a. type ofdark paper Roentgen used to darken his laboratory. br br br br br br br br br
b. material Roentgen used to produce the first radiograph of his wife’s hand. br br br br br br br br br br br
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube. br br br br br br
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was energized. br br br br br br br br
CORRECT ANSWER: D br br
Apiece ofpaper coated with barium platinocyanide glowedeachtime Roentgen energized his tube.
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, 5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, ofhis wife’s hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s. br
b. 150 s. b r br
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It took a15-min exposure time to produce the first radiograph.
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6. The letter x in x-ray is the symbol for:
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a. electricity.
b. the unknown. br
c. penetrating.
d. discovery.
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Theletter x represents the 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. rb
b. WilliamCrookes. br
c. WilhelmRoentgen. rb
d. AlbertEinstein. rb
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Wilhelm Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize forphysics in 1901.
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8. X-rays were at one time called: b r br br br br
a. Becquerelrays. rb
b. Roentgenrays. rb
c. Z-rays.
d. none of the above. br br br
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X-rays were at one timecalled Roentgen rays.b r br br br br br br
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9. Erythema, an early sign of biologic damage due to x-ray exposure, is: br br br br br br br br br br br
a. reddening of theskin. br br br
b. a malignant tumor. br br
c. achromosomal change. rb br
d. one ofthe most serious effects of x-ray exposure. br br br br br br br br
ANS: A b r