NEW JERSEY RADON TECHNICIAN REVIEW QUESTIONS

d) is not detected by human senses, is naturally occurring, does not chemically react - Answer-Which of the following are characteristics of radon? (a) has no static charge, solid particle, does not react chemically (b) is a gas, radioactive, can be detected by human senses (c) is man-made, does not chemically react, is a gas (d) is not detected by human senses, is naturally occurring, does not chemically react (c) protons and neutrons - Answer-The nucleus of an atom consists of: (a) electrons and protons (b) neutrons and electrons (c) protons and neutrons (d) protons, neutrons and electrons (c) the number of protons - Answer-The characteristic of an atom that determines which element it is is: (a) the number of electrons (b) the number of neutrons (c) the number of protons (d) the number of protons and neutrons (a) 0.4 pCi/L outdoors and 1.3 pCi/L indoors - Answer-The annual average U.S. outdoor and indoor radon levels are: (a) 0.4 pCi/L outdoors and 1.3 pCi/L indoors (b) 0.5 pCi/L outdoors and 4.0 pCi/L indoors (c) 0.6 pCi/L outdoors and 4.0 pCi/L indoors (d) 0.7 pCi/L outdoors and 1.3 pCi/L indoors (c) has lost or gained electrons - Answer-An ion is an atom that: (a) cannot accept additional electrons (b) cannot eliminate additional electrons (c) has lost or gained electrons (d) has no electrons (c) 2.22 disintegrations per minute within a liter of air - Answer-One picoCurie per liter of radon is defined as: (a) one billionth of a Curie (b) 2.22 disintegrations per minute per gram of air (c) 2.22 disintegrations per minute within a liter of air (d) 37 billion disintegrations per second (a) 4 hours - Answer-It takes _____ hours for radon to reach secular equilibrium with its short-liv