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auber’s Radiographic Imaging and
Exposure 7th Edition Author Terri L. Fauber
All Chapters {1-10}with Verified Questions
& Answers .
1. When were X-rays discovered?
a. October 8, 1985
b. November 8, 1895
c. January 23, 1896
d. August 15, 1902
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad
Roentgen on November 8, 1895.
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab
when X-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube
b. Fluorescent tube
c. High-vacuum tube
d. Wurzburg tube
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube
known as a Crookes tube.
3. Which term is defined as the instantaneous production of
light only during an interaction between a type of energy
and some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
Correct Answer: D
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Rationale: Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light
from a material when it interacts with some type of energy.
4. Barium platinocyanide was the:
a. type of dark paper Roentgen used to darken his
laboratory.
b. material Roentgen used to produce the first radiograph
of his wife’s hand.
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube.
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was
energized.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A piece of paper coated with barium
platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his
tube.
5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s
hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s
b. 150 s
c. 15 min
d. 150 min
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: It took a 15-minute exposure time to produce the
first radiograph.
6. The letter “x” in x-ray is the symbol for:
a. electricity
b. the unknown
c. penetrating
d. discovery
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The letter “x” represents the mathematical symbol
of the unknown.
auber’s Radiographic Imaging and
Exposure 7th Edition Author Terri L. Fauber
All Chapters {1-10}with Verified Questions
& Answers .
1. When were X-rays discovered?
a. October 8, 1985
b. November 8, 1895
c. January 23, 1896
d. August 15, 1902
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad
Roentgen on November 8, 1895.
2. What type of tube was Roentgen working with in his lab
when X-rays were discovered?
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a. Crookes tube
b. Fluorescent tube
c. High-vacuum tube
d. Wurzburg tube
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Roentgen was working with a low-vacuum tube
known as a Crookes tube.
3. Which term is defined as the instantaneous production of
light only during an interaction between a type of energy
and some element or compound?
a. Phosphorescence
b. Afterglow
c. Glowing
d. Fluorescence
Correct Answer: D
,Page 3 of 105
Rationale: Fluorescence is the instantaneous emission of light
from a material when it interacts with some type of energy.
4. Barium platinocyanide was the:
a. type of dark paper Roentgen used to darken his
laboratory.
b. material Roentgen used to produce the first radiograph
of his wife’s hand.
c. metal used to produce the low-vacuum tube.
d. fluorescent material that glowed when the tube was
energized.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A piece of paper coated with barium
platinocyanide glowed each time Roentgen energized his
tube.
5. The first radiograph produced by Roentgen, of his wife’s
hand, required an exposure time of:
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a. 15 s
b. 150 s
c. 15 min
d. 150 min
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: It took a 15-minute exposure time to produce the
first radiograph.
6. The letter “x” in x-ray is the symbol for:
a. electricity
b. the unknown
c. penetrating
d. discovery
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The letter “x” represents the mathematical symbol
of the unknown.
