Electrical Currents Quiz

Which of the following is the fundamental unit of matter?

What are the components of an atom?

Which shell is located closest to the nucleus and has the highest energy level?

Which type of radiation is responsible for producing the majority of x-rays in a dental x-ray machine?

What is the primary beam of x-rays often referred to as?

Which type of radiation is less penetrating than primary radiation?

What is the term used to describe x-radiation that has been deflected from its path by the interaction with matter?

Which interaction accounts for 30% of the interactions of the dental x-ray beam with matter?

What does the Compton effect account for at the atomic level?

What happens to a new, weaker x-ray photon after it undergoes Compton scatter?

Which shell requires more energy to remove an electron from, the K-shell or the M-shell?

What is the simplest atom?

What is the definition of a molecule?

What happens to an atom when it gains or loses an electron?

Which one of the following statements is true about wavelength and energy?

Which one of the following statements is true about frequency and wavelength?

Which one of the following statements is true about low-frequency electromagnetic radiations?

Which one of the following statements is true about high-frequency electromagnetic radiations?

Which type of electrical current describes the flow of electrons in one direction through a conductor?

What is the measurement of the number of electrons moving through a conductor?

What is the measurement of electrical force that causes electrons to move from a negative pole to a positive one?

Which transformer is used to decrease the voltage from the incoming line voltage to the 3 to 5 V used by the filament circuit?

Which interaction accounts for most of the scatter radiation at the atomic level?

What percentage of the interactions of the dental x-ray beam with matter does the photoelectric effect account for?

What happens to a new, weaker x-ray photon after it undergoes Compton scatter?

Which type of electrical current describes the flow of electrons in two opposite directions?

What is the measurement of electrical force that causes electrons to move from a negative pole to a positive one?

Which transformer is used to increase the voltage from the incoming line voltage to the 65,000 to 100,000 volts used by the high-voltage circuit?

What is the measurement of the number of electrons moving through a conductor?

Which type of radiation is capable of producing ions by removing or adding an electron to an atom?

What are cathode rays?

What are protons?

What are neutrons?

Which one of the following is true about the components of an atom?

Which one of the following is true about the binding energy of an electron?

Which one of the following is true about the shells of an atom?

Which one of the following statements is true about the x-ray tubehead?

What is the purpose of the cathode in the x-ray tube?

Which one of the following statements is true about the anode in the x-ray tube?

What is the purpose of the lead collimator in the x-ray tubehead?

Which type of radiation is responsible for producing the majority of x-rays in a dental x-ray machine?

What is the term used to describe x-radiation that is created when the primary beam interacts with matter?

What is the term used to describe x-radiation that has been deflected from its path by the interaction with matter?

What is the term used to describe the sudden stopping of high-speed electrons when they hit the tungsten target in the anode?