Faults

Question 1

Elongation, reason?

Answer 1

Collimator placed too shallow

Question 2

Foreshortening, reason?

Answer 2

Collimator placed too steep

Question 3

Blurred, reason?

Answer 3

Collimator or patient moved

Question 4

Crystalline marks, reason?

Answer 4

Not rinsed correctly after fixing

Question 5

Brown/green stains, reason?

Answer 5

Out of date or old fixer

Question 6

Scratches, reason?

Answer 6

Fingernails caught on film

Question 7

Conning, reason?

Answer 7

Collimator not central

Question 8

Fogged, reason?

Answer 8

Exposure to light before exposure to radiation or out of date film used

Question 9

Blank, reason?

Answer 9

X-ray machine not turned on/unexposed film/placed in fixer first

Question 10

Dark, reason?

Answer 10

Overdeveloped/overexposed

In developer for too long, developer too hot

Wrong setting on machine etc

Question 11

Light, reason?

Answer 11

Underdeveloped/underexposed or too low temperature

Question 12

Blank spots, reason?

Answer 12

Splashed with fixer

Question 13

Black spots, reason?

Answer 13

Splashed with developer

Question 14

Partly blank, reason?

Answer 14

Partly dipped in fixer before developer (will look similar to conning)

Question 15

Black line, reason?

Answer 15

Bent film

Question 16

Faint pattern, reason?

Answer 16

Film placed wrong way round and pattern from lead foil showing