MEDICAL DOSIMETRY CORE MAIN EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Autoradiography - ✔✔Test for nonuniformity of radionuclide within a source capsule.
✔✔Proprietary - ✔✔Information in the Manual is confidential and copyrighted.
✔✔Dose Decrease - ✔✔Increasing energy leads to decreased dose at midplane.
✔✔Radiation Damage - ✔✔Tissues exhibit acute damage based on metabolizing cells
and blood flow.
✔✔Monitor Units - ✔✔Monitor units increase by approximately 25% with a change in
technique.
✔✔Effective Dose Limit - ✔✔NCRP sets the annual limit for public continuous exposure
at 0.5 mSv.
✔✔Leak Testing - ✔✔Brachytherapy needles must be leak tested at intervals not to
exceed 3 months.
✔✔Orthovoltage Beam - ✔✔Timer setting for delivering 350 cGy at 5 cm depth with
specified factors.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Autoradiography - ✔✔Test for nonuniformity of radionuclide within a source capsule.
✔✔Proprietary - ✔✔Information in the Manual is confidential and copyrighted.
✔✔Dose Decrease - ✔✔Increasing energy leads to decreased dose at midplane.
✔✔Radiation Damage - ✔✔Tissues exhibit acute damage based on metabolizing cells
and blood flow.
✔✔Monitor Units - ✔✔Monitor units increase by approximately 25% with a change in
technique.
✔✔Effective Dose Limit - ✔✔NCRP sets the annual limit for public continuous exposure
at 0.5 mSv.
✔✔Leak Testing - ✔✔Brachytherapy needles must be leak tested at intervals not to
exceed 3 months.
✔✔Orthovoltage Beam - ✔✔Timer setting for delivering 350 cGy at 5 cm depth with
specified factors.
