Updated Latest Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography 9th Edition Test Bank Comprehensive Exam Questions and Verified Answers for Radiation Safety Mastery 2025–2026 This Complete Resource Covers ALARA Principles Dose Control Shielding and Imaging Saf

TEST BANK
RADIATION PROTECTION IN MEDICALRADIOGRAPHY 9TH EDITION
By Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer

, TABLEOF CONTENT
Chapter 1. Introduction to Radiation Protection
Chapter 2. Radiation: Types, Sources, and Doses Received ig




Chapter 3. Interaction of X-Radiation with Matter
Chapter 4. Radiation Quantities and Units ig




Chapter 5. Radiation Monitoring
Chapter 6. Overview of Cell Biology
Chapter 7. Molecular and Cellular Radiation Biology
Chapter 8. Early Tissue Reactions and Their Effects on Organ Systems Chapte
r 9. Stochastic Effects and Late Tissue Reactions of Radiation in Organ System ig




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Chapter 10. Dose Limits for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation ig




Chapter 11. EquipmentDesign for Radiation Protection
Chapter 12. Management of Patient Radiation Dose During Diagnostic X-
RayProcedures
Chapter 13. Radiation Safety in Computed Tomography and Mammography ig




Chapter 14. Management of Imaging Personnel Radiation Dose During Diag
nostic X-Ray Procedures
Chapter 15. Radioisotopes and Radiation Protection



Chapter 01: Introduction to Radiation Protection
Sherer: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 9th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

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tances poisonous to the cell.
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5. injury to the cell that may manifest itself as abnormal function or loss of function.
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articles by removing orbital electrons from the atom of normal matter through which it passes?
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c. Subatomic radiation T



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ANS: A T




3. Regarding exposure to ionizing radiation, patients who are educated to understand the medic
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al benefit of an imaging procedure are more likely to
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a. assume a small chance of biologic damage but not suppress any radiation phobia the y
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c. suppress any radiation phobia but not risk a small chance of possible biologi
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ANS: D T




4. The millisievert (mSv) is equal to
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5. The advantages of the BERT method are
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1. BERT does not imply radiation risk; it is simply a means for comparison.
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2. BERT emphasizes that radiation is an innate part of the environment.
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3. BERT provides an answer that is easy for the patient to comprehend.
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6. If a patient asks a radiographer a question about how much radiation he or she will receive fro m
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a specific x-ray procedure, the radiographer can
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a. respond byusing an estimation based on the comparison of radiation received from
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the x-ray to natural background radiation received.
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b. avoid the patient’s question bychanging the subject.
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7. Why should the selection of technical exposure factors for all medical imaging
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procedu res always follow ALARA? T ig T T



a. So that referring physicians ordering imaging procedures do not have to accept r
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esponsibility for patient radiation safety. T T T T



b. So that radiographers and radiologists do not have to accept responsibility for
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, patient radiation safety. T T



c. Because radiation- T



induced cancer does not appear to have a fixed threshold, that is, a dose level
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bel ow which a person would have no chance of developing this disease.
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induced cancer does have a dose level at which individuals would have a c
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hance of developing this disease. T T T T




ANS: C T




8. The cardinal principles of radiation protection include which of the following?
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a. Time
b. Distance
c. Shielding
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ANS: D T




9. In a hospital setting, which of the following professionals is expressly charged by the hospit
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al administration with being directly responsible for the execution, enforcement, and mainten
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ance of the ALARA program?
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b. Chief of staff T T



c. Radiation Safety Officer T T




d. Student radiologic technologist T T




ANS: C T




10. Why is a question concerning the amount of radiation a patient will receive during aspecifi
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c x-ray procedure difficult to answer?
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1. Because the received dose is specified in a number of different units of measure.
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2. Because the scientific units for radiation dose are normally not comprehensible
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ANS: A T




11. X-rays are a form of which ofthe following kinds of radiation?
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a. Environmental
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12. What unit is used to measure radiation exposure in the metric International System of Units?
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a. Coulomb per kilogram T T



b. Milligray
c. Millisievert
d. Sievert
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13. What organization was founded in 2007 that continues their pursuit to raise awareness of the
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need for dose reduction protocols by promoting pediatric-
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specified scan protocols to be used for both radiology and non-radiology users of CT?
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