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Which camera type has the greatest lag? - correct answer✔✔vidcom
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This personnel monitoring device discharges a capacitor by the ionization of air when in
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the presence of radiation:
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a) Audible warning device.
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b) Thermoluminescent Dosimeter.
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c) Pocket chamber.
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d) Pocket ionization chamber. - correct answer✔✔c) Pocket chamber, and.
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d) Pocket ionization chamber.
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Explanation:
Pocket ionization chambers discharge a capacitor by ionization of air within a chamber
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when in the presence of ionizing radiation. The self-reading versions allow immediate
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reading of radiation exposure by the operator. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
The following may cause long-term effects from radiation exposure:
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a) Prior low-dose exposure (<25 rads).
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,b) Prior high-dose exposure.
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c) Chronic low-dose exposure over years. - correct answer✔✔Prior high-dose exposure,
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and.
Chronic low-dose exposure over years. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Explanation:
Long-term effects may result from high-dose exposures or chronic low-dose exposures. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Exposure to 25 rads or less of radiation is not thought to cause injury. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
In California, how frequently must tube potential k.V.p. and current m.A. must be
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monitored? - correct answer✔✔Weekly ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
This area is defined as one in which an individual could receive a dose equivalent greater
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than 1 m.S.v. in 1 hour. - correct answer✔✔High Radiation Area
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Explanation: A "high radiation area" is one in which there exists radiation levels that could ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
result in an individual receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 1 m.S.v. in 1 hour at 30 cm
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from the radiation source. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
If you decrease the target-to-panel distance for patients, Patients dose is: - correct
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answer✔✔Increase.,
Explanation: The target is the origin of the x-ray beam. Decreasing the target-to-panel ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
distance puts the patient closer to the x-ray beam source. Patient dose is inversely ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
proportional to the target-to-panel distance, such that decreasing this distance increases ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
the patient dose. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
,What documentation is necessary in order to expose human beings to X-rays for diagnostic
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purposes? - correct answer✔✔I. Technologist fluoroscopy permit. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
II. Supervisor and Operator radiology certificate.
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III. Supervisor and Operator fluoroscopy permit.
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Explanation: Only persons who possess proper, valid, and up-to-date Supervisor and ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Operator Radiology certificates, Supervisor and Operator Fluoroscopy permits or ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Technologists Fluoroscopy permits issued by the State. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
How many horizontal lines do television monitors typically have? - correct answer✔✔525
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lines
Explanation:
Horizontal scan lines represent the total number of lines in a picture and is generally fixed ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
at 525 lines. This number is independent of television size.
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Which of the following diseases was seen in early radiologists? ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Kidney cancer. ||\\|//||
Leukemia.
Osteosarcoma.
Neuroblastoma. - correct answer✔✔Leukemia ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Explanation:
Early radiologists manifested a significant increase in skin malignancies and leukemias.
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, Scatter radiation could be as high as 500 millirads per hour at how far from the patient.
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6 inches
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1 foot
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3 feet
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6 feet - correct answer✔✔1 foot
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Explanation:
At 1 foot from the patient typical exposure can be as high as 500
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How thick (in lead equivalent) must protective curtains be?
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0.25 mm ||\\|//||
0.5 mm ||\\|//||
2.0 mm ||\\|//||
5 mm - correct answer✔✔0.25 mm
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Explanation:
VERIFIED ANSWERS ||\\|//||
Which camera type has the greatest lag? - correct answer✔✔vidcom
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This personnel monitoring device discharges a capacitor by the ionization of air when in
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the presence of radiation:
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a) Audible warning device.
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b) Thermoluminescent Dosimeter.
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c) Pocket chamber.
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d) Pocket ionization chamber. - correct answer✔✔c) Pocket chamber, and.
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d) Pocket ionization chamber.
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Explanation:
Pocket ionization chambers discharge a capacitor by ionization of air within a chamber
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when in the presence of ionizing radiation. The self-reading versions allow immediate
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reading of radiation exposure by the operator. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
The following may cause long-term effects from radiation exposure:
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a) Prior low-dose exposure (<25 rads).
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,b) Prior high-dose exposure.
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c) Chronic low-dose exposure over years. - correct answer✔✔Prior high-dose exposure,
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and.
Chronic low-dose exposure over years. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Explanation:
Long-term effects may result from high-dose exposures or chronic low-dose exposures. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Exposure to 25 rads or less of radiation is not thought to cause injury. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
In California, how frequently must tube potential k.V.p. and current m.A. must be
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monitored? - correct answer✔✔Weekly ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
This area is defined as one in which an individual could receive a dose equivalent greater
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than 1 m.S.v. in 1 hour. - correct answer✔✔High Radiation Area
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Explanation: A "high radiation area" is one in which there exists radiation levels that could ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
result in an individual receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 1 m.S.v. in 1 hour at 30 cm
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from the radiation source. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
If you decrease the target-to-panel distance for patients, Patients dose is: - correct
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answer✔✔Increase.,
Explanation: The target is the origin of the x-ray beam. Decreasing the target-to-panel ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
distance puts the patient closer to the x-ray beam source. Patient dose is inversely ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
proportional to the target-to-panel distance, such that decreasing this distance increases ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
the patient dose. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
,What documentation is necessary in order to expose human beings to X-rays for diagnostic
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purposes? - correct answer✔✔I. Technologist fluoroscopy permit. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
II. Supervisor and Operator radiology certificate.
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III. Supervisor and Operator fluoroscopy permit.
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Explanation: Only persons who possess proper, valid, and up-to-date Supervisor and ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Operator Radiology certificates, Supervisor and Operator Fluoroscopy permits or ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Technologists Fluoroscopy permits issued by the State. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
How many horizontal lines do television monitors typically have? - correct answer✔✔525
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lines
Explanation:
Horizontal scan lines represent the total number of lines in a picture and is generally fixed ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
at 525 lines. This number is independent of television size.
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Which of the following diseases was seen in early radiologists? ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Kidney cancer. ||\\|//||
Leukemia.
Osteosarcoma.
Neuroblastoma. - correct answer✔✔Leukemia ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||
Explanation:
Early radiologists manifested a significant increase in skin malignancies and leukemias.
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, Scatter radiation could be as high as 500 millirads per hour at how far from the patient.
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6 inches
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1 foot
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3 feet
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6 feet - correct answer✔✔1 foot
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Explanation:
At 1 foot from the patient typical exposure can be as high as 500
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How thick (in lead equivalent) must protective curtains be?
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0.25 mm ||\\|//||
0.5 mm ||\\|//||
2.0 mm ||\\|//||
5 mm - correct answer✔✔0.25 mm
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Explanation:
