Engineering Physics II - Ch. 2.4


Choose Correct Answers
1.         X-rays are:
(a) stream of electrons                                        (b) stream of neutral particles
(c) stream of positive ions                                  (d) electromagnetic radiations

2.         What happens when fast moving electrons are stopped and fall on a metallic target in an evacuated glass bulb?
(a) X-rays are produced                                     (b) g–rays are produced
(c) b–particles are produced                              (d) reflected back

3.         Bragg’s equation, 2d sin q = nl will have no solution if:
(a) l < 2d               (b) l > 2d               (c) l < d (d) l > d

4.         When objects placed in a room are exposed to X-rays, they appear:
(a) invisible           (b) blue                  (c) yellow               (d) red

5.         A direct X-ray photograph of the intestines not generally taken by the radiologistics because:
(a) intestines would burst on exposure to X-rays
(b) the X-rays would not pass through the intestines
(c) the X-rays will pass through the intestines without casting a good shadow for any useful diagnosis
(d) a very small exposure of X-rays causes cancer in the intestines

6.         If li, lx and lu are the wavelengths of the infrared, X-rays and ultraviolet rays respectively, then which of the following is correct:
(a) li < lu < lx       (b) li = lu = lx       (c) lx > li > lu       (d) li > lu > lx

7.         X-rays can be diffracted from crystals as the diffraction of light from a grating. The crystal grating for X-rays has a grating element:
(a) equal to the distance between any two nearest atoms
(b) equal to the size of the crystal
(c) that is, an integral multiple of the wavelength of X-rays.

(d) about 1/1000 of wavelength of X-rays.