Test Bank For Essentials of Dental Radiography for Dental Assistants
and Hygienists 10th Edition Author: Evelyn Thomson, Orlen Johnson
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,Test Bank
CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
1. Who was awarded the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901, for his experimental work with radiation?
a. W. J. Morton
b. O. Walkhoff
c. W. D. Coolidge
d. W. C. Roentgen
2. Who is credited with introducing the bitewing radiograph?
a. F. W. McCormack
b. H. R. Raper
c. G. M. Fitzgerald
d. C. E. Kells
3. Who developed the hot cathode ray tube?
a. W. D. Coolidge
b. W. A. Price
c. H. R. Raper
d. W. H. Rollins
4. The development of radiation protection as a science is credited to:
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, a. A. Cieszyński.
b. W. D. Coolidge.
c. W. H. Rollins.
d. F. Mouyen.
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, 5. What New Orleans dentist first made practical use of x-rays in the treatment of
dental patients?
a. H. R. Raper
b. G. M. Fitzgerald
c. F. Mouyen
d. C. E. Kells
6. Early researchers working in the field of radiography were not aware that continued
exposure to x-rays produced accumulations of radiation effects in the body because x-rays
are invisible.
a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.
7. The most significant advancement in the early days of radiography came in 1913 when W. D. Coolidge:
a. became the first to alert the profession of the dangers of radiation exposure and advocated for the
science of radiation protection.
b. exposed a prototype of a dental radiograph, setting the stage for preventive oral health care.
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