RADIATION PROTECTION EXAM #3
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following agencies is responsible for enforcing radiation safety standards?
A. NRC
B. NCRP
C. ICRP
D. UNSCEAR - Answer-A.
What is the cumulative effective dose to the whole body of an occupationally exposed
person who is 27 years old?
A. 2700 mSv
B. 270 Sv
C. 270 mSv
D. 2.7 Sv - Answer-C.
Biological effects such as cataracts that result from exposure to ionizing radiation
appear to have which of the following?
A. sigmoid non-threshold dose response curve
B. sigmoid threshold dose response curve
C. linear non-threshold dose response curve
D. linear quadratic dose response curve - Answer-B.
Cataracts, fibrosis, and reduced fertility are all:
A. stochastic effects
B. early deterministic effects
C. late deterministic effects
D. genetic alterations - Answer-C.
When exposed to radiation as part of their educational experience, 18 year old students
should not exceed an effective dose limit of ___ annually.
A. 0.5 Sv
B. 0.5 mSv
C. 5 mSv
D. 1 mSv - Answer-D.
Responsibilities of the radiation safety officer include which of the following?
A. developing an appropriate radiation safety program
B. maintaining radiation monitoring records for all personnel
C. repairing broken or defective imaging equipment
D. all of the above
E. A and B only - Answer-E.
What is the annual effective dose limit for radiologic technologists?
, A. 50 Sv
B. 50 mSv
C. 50 rems
D. 50 Gy
E. both A and D are correct - Answer-B.
What is the annual effective dose limit to the lens of the eye for the general public?
A. 150 mSv
B. 150 Sv
C. 15 Sv
D. 1.5 rem
E. both B and D are correct - Answer-D.
What is the monthly equivalent dose limit for the fetus?
A. 0.5 Sv
B. 500 mrem
C. 0.5 mSv
D. 0.0005 Sv
E. both C and D are correct - Answer-E.
What is the equivalent dose limit for the entire gestation?
A. 50 mSv
B. 5 Sv
C. 0.005 Sv
D. 5 mrem
E. both C and D are correct - Answer-C.
What is the annual effective dose limit for infrequent exposure to the general public?
A. 0.005 Sv
B. 0.5 mSv
C. 0.5 Gy
D. 5 mSv
E. both A and D are correct - Answer-E.
Which of the following terms means "random in nature"?
A. deterministic
B. epidemiologic
C. nonstochastic
D. stochastic - Answer-D.
Which of the following agencies was previously known as the Atomic Energy
Commission?
A. FDA
B. ICRP
C. NCRP
D. NRC - Answer-D.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following agencies is responsible for enforcing radiation safety standards?
A. NRC
B. NCRP
C. ICRP
D. UNSCEAR - Answer-A.
What is the cumulative effective dose to the whole body of an occupationally exposed
person who is 27 years old?
A. 2700 mSv
B. 270 Sv
C. 270 mSv
D. 2.7 Sv - Answer-C.
Biological effects such as cataracts that result from exposure to ionizing radiation
appear to have which of the following?
A. sigmoid non-threshold dose response curve
B. sigmoid threshold dose response curve
C. linear non-threshold dose response curve
D. linear quadratic dose response curve - Answer-B.
Cataracts, fibrosis, and reduced fertility are all:
A. stochastic effects
B. early deterministic effects
C. late deterministic effects
D. genetic alterations - Answer-C.
When exposed to radiation as part of their educational experience, 18 year old students
should not exceed an effective dose limit of ___ annually.
A. 0.5 Sv
B. 0.5 mSv
C. 5 mSv
D. 1 mSv - Answer-D.
Responsibilities of the radiation safety officer include which of the following?
A. developing an appropriate radiation safety program
B. maintaining radiation monitoring records for all personnel
C. repairing broken or defective imaging equipment
D. all of the above
E. A and B only - Answer-E.
What is the annual effective dose limit for radiologic technologists?
, A. 50 Sv
B. 50 mSv
C. 50 rems
D. 50 Gy
E. both A and D are correct - Answer-B.
What is the annual effective dose limit to the lens of the eye for the general public?
A. 150 mSv
B. 150 Sv
C. 15 Sv
D. 1.5 rem
E. both B and D are correct - Answer-D.
What is the monthly equivalent dose limit for the fetus?
A. 0.5 Sv
B. 500 mrem
C. 0.5 mSv
D. 0.0005 Sv
E. both C and D are correct - Answer-E.
What is the equivalent dose limit for the entire gestation?
A. 50 mSv
B. 5 Sv
C. 0.005 Sv
D. 5 mrem
E. both C and D are correct - Answer-C.
What is the annual effective dose limit for infrequent exposure to the general public?
A. 0.005 Sv
B. 0.5 mSv
C. 0.5 Gy
D. 5 mSv
E. both A and D are correct - Answer-E.
Which of the following terms means "random in nature"?
A. deterministic
B. epidemiologic
C. nonstochastic
D. stochastic - Answer-D.
Which of the following agencies was previously known as the Atomic Energy
Commission?
A. FDA
B. ICRP
C. NCRP
D. NRC - Answer-D.
