Deck 1: Radiation History

Question 1

What physicist discovered x-rays?

A) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
B) W.D. Coolidge
C) Otto Walkhoff
D) C. Edmund Kells

Answer 1

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Question 2

What term indicates a form of energy carried by waves or a stream of particles?

A) Radiology
B) Fluorescence
C) Cathode ray
D) Radiation

Answer 2

Radiation

Question 3

Who was the German dentist responsible for creating the first dental radiograph?

A) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
B) William H. Rollins
C) Otto Walkhoff
D) C. Edmund Kells

Answer 3

Otto Walkhoff

Question 4

A(n) ________ is a beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on photographic film.

A) radiation
B) x-ray
C) vacuum tube
D) cathode ray

Question 5

________ is the production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of film to x-rays.

A) X-ray
B) Radiation
C) Fluorescence
D) Dental radiography

Question 6

What is the art and science of making radiographs by the exposure of film to x-rays?

A) Radiography
B) X-ray
C) Dental radiographer
D) Radiology

Question 7

A picture on a film produced by the passage of x-rays through an object or body is termed:

A) radiology.
B) an x-ray.
C) a radiograph.
D) fluorescence.

Question 8

A person who positions, exposes, and processes dental x-ray film is called a(n):

A) dental radiographer.
B) x-ray radiographer.
C) radiologist.
D) radiographer.