RADIATION PROTECTION IN MEDICALRADIOGRAPHY 9TH EDITION
By Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer
, TABLEOF CONTENT
Chapter 1. Introduction to Radiation Protection
Chapter5h2.5hRadiation:5hTypes,5hSources,5hand5hDoses5hReceived 5 h C ig
hapter5h3.5hInteraction5hof5hX-Radiation5hwith5hMatter
Chapter5h4.5hRadiation5hQuantities5hand5hUnits 5 h Cha ig
pter5h5.5hRadiation5hMonitoring
Chapter5h6.5 h Overview5hof5hCell5hBiology
Chapter5h7.5hMolecular5hand5hCellular5hRadiation5hBiology
Chapter5h8.5hEarly5hTissue5hReactions5hand5hTheir5hEffects5hon5hOrgan5hSystems5hC
hapte5hr5h9.5hStochastic5hEffects5hand5hLate5hTissue5hReactions5hof5hRadiation5hin5hOr
gan System5hs
ig
Chapter5h10.5hDose5hLimits5hfor5hExposure5hto5hIonizing5hRadiation 5 h C ig
hapter5h11.5hEquipmentDesign5hfor5hRadiation5hProtection
Chapter5h12.5hManagement5hof5hPatient5hRadiation5hDose5hDuring5hDiagnostic5hX-
RayProcedures
5h
Chapter5h13.5hRadiation5hSafety5hin5hComputed5hTomography5hand5hMammograp
hy 5 h Chapter5h14.5hManagement5hof5hImaging5hPersonnel5hRadiation5hDose5hDur
ig
ing5hDiag5hnostic5hX-Ray5hProcedures
Chapter5h15.5hRadioisotopes5hand5hRadiation5h Protection
Chapter 01:5 h Introduction5 h to5 h Radiation5 h Protection
Sherer:5 h Radiation5 h Protection5hin5hMedical5 h Radiography, 9th5 h Edition
MULTIPLE5 h CHOICE
1. Consequences5hof5hionization5 h in5hhuman5 h cells5 h include
1. creation5hof5hunstable5 h atoms.
2. production5 h of5hfree5 h electrons.
3. creation5hof5hhighly5hreactive free5hmolecules5h(called5hfree5hradicals)5hcapable5hof5hproducin
gi
g subs5htances5 h poisonous5 h to5hthe5hcell.
ig
4. creation5hof5hnew5hbiologic5 h molecules5 h detrimental5 h to5hthe5hliving5 h cell.
5. injury5hto5hthe5hcell5hthat5hmay5hmanifest5 h itself5 h as5habnormal5 h function5 h or5hloss5 h of5hfunction.
6. production5hof5hlow-energy5 h x-ray5hphotons.
a. 1,5h2,5h3,5hand5h45honly
b. 2,5h3,5h4,5hand5h55honly
c. 3,5h4,5h5,5hand5h65honly
d. All5hthe5hoptions
ANS:5hD
,2. Which5hof5hthe5hfollowing5his5ha5hform5hof5hradiation that5his5hcapable5 h of5hcreating5helectrically5hc
gi
harged p5harticles by5hremoving5horbital5helectrons5hfrom the5hatom5hof5hnormal5hmatter5hthrough5h
ig gi gi
which5hit5hpasses?
a. Ionizing5hradiation
b. Nonionizing5hradiation
c. Subatomic5 h radiation
d. Ultrasonic5h radiation
ANS:5hA
3. Regarding5 h exposure5h to5hionizing5 h radiation,5hpatients5 h who5hare5heducated5hto5hunderstand5 h th
e5hmedic5hal benefit5 h of5han5himaging5 h procedure5 h are5hmore5hlikely5 h to
gi
a. assume5ha5hsmall5hchance5hof5hbiologic damage5hbut5hnot suppress5hany5hradiation5hphob
gi gi
ia the5hy5hmay5hhave.
ig
b. cancel5 h their5 h scheduled5hprocedure5 h because5 h they5hare5hnot5hwilling5hto5hassum
e5 h asma5hll chance5 h of5hbiologic5hdamage.
gi
c. suppress5hany5hradiation5hphobia5 h but5hnot5hrisk5ha5hsmall5 h chance5hof5hpossible5h
biologi5hc damage. ig
d. suppress5h any5hradiation phobia5 h and5hbe5hwilling5hto5hassume5 h a5hsmall5hchance5 h of
gi
possibl5he biologic5hdamage.
ig
ANS:5hD
4. The5hmillisievert5 h (mSv)5h is5hequal5hto
a. 1/105hof5ha5hsievert.
b. 1/1005hof5ha5hsievert.
c. 1/10005hof5ha5hsievert.
d. 1/10,0005hof5ha5hsievert.
ANS:5hC
5. The5hadvantages5hof5hthe5 h BERT5 h method5 h are
1. BERT5hdoes5hnot5himply5hradiation5 h risk;5hit5 his5 h simply5 h a5hmeans5 h for5hcomparison.
2. BERT5h emphasizes5 h that5h radiation5 h is5 h an5hinnate5 h part5hof5hthe5henvironment.
3. BERT5 h provides5 h an5hanswer5 h that5 h is5 h easy5hfor5 h the5hpatient5 h to comprehend.
gi
a. 15hand5h25honly
b. 15hand5h35honly
c. 2 and 35honly
gi gi
d. All5hthe5hoptions
ANS:5hD
6. If5ha5hpatient5hasks5ha5hradiographer5ha5hquestion5habout5hhow5hmuch5hradiation5hhe5hor5hshe5hwill5hre
ceive fro5hm5 h a5hspecific5hx-ray5hprocedure,5 h the5 h radiographer5 h can
ig
a. respond5 h by5husing5han5hestimation5hbased5hon5hthe5 h comparison5 h of5hradiation5hreceived
5 h from 5 h the5hx-ray5hto5hnatural5 h background5 h radiation5 h received.
ig
b. avoid5hthe5hpatient’s5 h question5 h by5hchanging5 h the5hsubject.
c. tell5hthe5hpatient5hthat5hit5his5hunethical5 h to5hdiscuss5 h such5hconcerns.
d. refuse5 h to5hanswer5 h the5hquestion5 h and recommend5hthat5h he5hor5hshe5 h speak
gi
5hwith5 h t5hhe referring5 h physician.
gi
ANS:5hA
7. Why5hshould5 h the5h selection5hof5htechnical5 h exposure5 h factors5 h for5hall5hmedical5 h imaging5
h procedu5hres always5 h follow5hALARA?
ig
a. So5hthat5hreferring5hphysicians5hordering imaging procedures5hdo5hnot5hhave5hto5hacc
gi gi
ept r5hesponsibility5 h for5hpatient5 h radiation5 h safety.
gi
b. So5hthat5hradiographers5hand5hradiologists do not5hhave5 h to5haccept5hresponsibility5 h for
gi
, patient5hradiation5 h safety.
c. Because5 h radiation-
induced5 h cancer5 h does5hnot5 h appear5hto5hhave5 h a fixed5 h threshold,
gi
that5 h is, a5hdose5hlevel5h
ig
bel5how5hwhich5ha5hperson5hwould5hhave5hno5hchance5hof5hdeveloping5hthis5hdisease.
d. Because5 h radiation-
induced5hcancer5h does5hhave5 h a5hdose level5 h at5hwhich5 h individuals would5 h have5
gi ig
h a5hc5hhance5 h of5hdeveloping5 h this5 h disease.
ANS:5hC
8. The5hcardinal5hprinciples5 h of radiation5hprotection5hinclude5 h which5hof5hthe following?
gi gi
a. Time
b. Distance
c. Shielding
d. All5hthe5hoptions
ANS:5hD
9. In5ha5hhospital5hsetting,5hwhich5 h of5hthe5hfollowing5hprofessionals5his5hexpressly5 h charged5 h by5hth
e5hhospit5hal administration5hwith5hbeing5hdirectly5hresponsible5hfor5hthe5hexecution,5henforcemen
gi
t,5hand5hmainten5hance5 h of5hthe5 h ALARA5 h program?
a. Assistant5hadministrator5 h of5hthe5 h facility
b. Chief5hof5hstaff
c. Radiation5h Safety5hOfficer
d. Student5hradiologic5htechnologist
ANS:5hC
10. Why5his5ha5hquestion5hconcerning5hthe5hamount5 h of5hradiation5ha5hpatient5 h will5 h receive5 h durin
g a5hspecifi5hc x-ray5hprocedure5 h difficult5hto5hanswer?
gi ig
1. Because5hthe5hreceived5 h dose5his5 h specified5hin5ha5hnumber5 h of5hdifferent5 h units5 h of5hmeasure.
2. Because5 h the5 h scientific5 h units5 h for5 h radiation5 h dose are5hnormally5 h not5 h comprehensible
gi
by5ha patie
gi
n5ht.
3. Because5hthe5h patient5 h should5 h not5hreceive5 h any5hinformation5 h about5hradiation5 h dose.
a. 15hand 25honly
gi
b. 15hand 35honly
gi
c. 2 and 35honly
gi gi
d. All5hthe5hoptions
ANS:5hA
11. X-rays5hare5ha5hform5h of5hwhich5 h of5hthe5hfollowing5 h kinds5 h of5hradiation?
a. Environmental
b. Ionizing
c. Internal
d. Nonionizing
ANS:5hB
12. What5hunit5 h is5h used5hto5hmeasure5 h radiation5 h exposure5 h in5 h the5hmetric5 h International5 h System5h
of5hUnits?
a. Coulomb5hper5hkilogram
b. Milligray
c. Millisievert
d. Sievert
ANS:5hA
13. What5horganization5hwas5hfounded5hin5h20075hthat5hcontinues5htheir5hpursuit5hto5hraise5hawareness5