OPG and Artifacts

1. The anatomic structures that located in front of or behind the focal

trough are:
a. blurred, magnified, and distorted
b. sharp, magnified, and distorted
c. sharp, less magnified, and distorted
d. sharp, magnified, and less distorted
e. None of above.

2. Objects that lie between the center of rotation and the receptor form
--------. Within this zone, objects are sharp images.
a. Real image
b. Double image
c. Ghost image
d. All of above
e. None of above.

3. ------ are objects are located between the x-ray source and the center
of rotation and appeared on the opposite side blurred and magnified.
a. Real image
b. Double image
c. Ghost image
d. All of above
e. None of above.

4. Objects that lie posterior to the center of rotation and that are
intercepted twice by the x-ray beam form:
a. Real image
b. Double image
c. Ghost image
d. All of above
e. None of above.

5. If the teeth are positioned in front of the notches in the bite block,
the anterior teeth will appear:
a. narrower and blurred
b. wide and blurred
c. narrower and sharp
d. wide and sharp
e. None of above.
6. If the Patient’s Head Turned to the Left Side the size of the
structures is:
a. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left side
appear larger than the right side.
b. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left side
appear smaller than the right side.
c. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the right side
appear smaller than the left side.
d. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left and right
sides appear equal.
e. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the right side
appear larger than the left side.

7. In a good panoramic radiograph include the following except one

which one is the exception:
a. The mandible is “U” shaped.
b. The condyles are positioned about an inch inside the edges of the film
and 1/3 of the way down from the top edge of the film.
c. The occlusal plane exhibits a reversed curve or “smile line,”
downwards.
d. The roots of the maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth are readily
visible with minimal distortion.
e. Magnification is equal on both sides of the midline.

8. If the teeth are positioned in front of the notches in the bite block,
the anterior teeth will appear ----------.
a. narrower and blurred
b. wide and blurred
c. narrower and sharp
d. wide and sharp

9. If the Patient’s Head Turned to the Left Side the size of the
structures is:
a. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left side appear
smaller than the right side.
b. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left side appear
larger than the right side.
c. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left and right
sides appear equal.
d. None of above
10. If the teeth are positioned behind the notches in the bite block, the
anterior teeth will appear:
a. narrower and blurred
b. wide and blurred
c. narrower and sharp
d. wide and sharp

11. If the Patient’s Head Turned to the Right Side the size of the
structures is:
a. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left side appear
smaller than the right side.
b. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left side appear
larger than the right side.
c. The size of the teeth and the ramus of the mandible in the left and right
sides appear equal.
d. None of above

12. If the Patient’s Head Tipped Down (Chin tilt down), the result
was:
a. Frankfort Plane is inclined downward
b. Decreased inter-condylar distance
c. The mandible will be V-shaped
d. The occlusal plane may appear (Exaggerated smile).
e. All of above

13. If the Patient’s Head Tipped up (Chin tilt up), the result was all the
following except one which one is the exception:
a. The Frankfort Plane is angled upward
b. The mandible will be “squared-off” (angle of the mandible
approximately 90 degrees)
c. The hard palate will be superimposed over the roots of the maxillary
teeth.
d. Decreased inter-condylar distance
e. Occlusal plane may have the appearance of a “reverse” smile.
14. Red arrow in the following image
represented:
a. palatoglossal air space due to Tongue not
touching palate.
b. palatoglossal air space due to Tongue
touching palate.
c. Hard palate superimposed over the roots of
the maxillary teeth.
d. None of above.

15. The red drawing line represented --------.

a. Nasal cavity
b. Maxillary sinus
c. Nasal spine
d. Orbital floor

16. The circles in zone 3 represented ---------.

a. Mandibular canal
b. Mental fossa
c. Inferior alveolar canal
d. Mental Foramen

17. The drawing line represented --------.

a. Mandibular canal
b. Mental fossa
c. Mental Foramen
d. Inferior alveolar canal
18. Red arrow in the following image
represented:
a. palatoglossal air space due to tongue
not touching palate.
b. palatoglossal air space due to tongue
touching palate.
c. Hard palate superimposed over the roots of the maxillary teeth.
d. None of above.

19. Image of air rings represented:

a. Real image
b. Double image
c. Ghost image
d. All of above

20. Images of hyoid bone, epiglottis, and cervical spine in OPG

represented:
a. Real image
b. Double image
c. Ghost image
d. All of above