ASRT COMPLIANCE EXAM 180
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
1. Personnel monitoring is required when it's likely an individual will
receive more than ____ of the annual dose limit for radiation workers.
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 1/5
d. 1/10: d. 1/10
2. All radiation workers are required to wear personnel monitoring
devices when they are working with: medical dosimetrists.
patients. ionizing radiation.
patient monitoring systems.: ionizing radiation.
3. Personnel monitoring is required when it's likely an individual
will receive more than ____ of the annual dose limit for radiation
workers.: 1/10
4. All radiation workers are required to wear personnel monitoring
devices when they are working with:edical dosimetrists, patients,
ionizing radiation, patient monitoring systems: ionizing radiation
,5. Which personnel monitoring device delivers an immediate
reading?: pocket ionization chambers
6. The concept of half-value layer becomes important for choosing the
appropriate ____for each part of the unit.: shielding
7. According to The NCRP occupancy factors, which of the following
is not defined as a full occupancy area?: restrooms
8. The use factor for the walls of a radiation therapy suite is:: 1/4
9. The concept of time is more important with respect to which type
of equipment?: cobalt-60
10. In accordance with the radiation protection principle of distance,
radiation therapists must maximize the distance between:: the
radiation source and themselves
11. Reduction in radiation from the inverse square law is always more
effective than additional shielding.: true
12. To increase safety, brachytherapy treatment sources are now::
operated from a control panel outside of the room
13. The most rapidly growing segment of the national population is
people older than:
60.
70.
,80.: 80.
14. Caring for older Americans can cost up to _____ times more than
caring for younger patients.
3
5
10: 3
15. Since the 1990s, aging theory has been more focused on:
financing health care. improving
access to nursing homes. social
issues.: social issues.
16. Health care providers should make assumptions about diseases or
cognitive function based purely on age.
True
False: False
17. Tendons lose some of their _________ with age. water content fat
content mineralization: water content
18. At what age do progressive changes to optical components begin?
30
40
50: 40
, 19. Which of the following statements about cognitive changes in
elderly populations is accurate?
The elderly cannot retain knowledge.
Older adult learners can master material as quickly and easily as
younger adults.
Long-term memories tend to remain completely intact.: Long-term
memories tend to remain completely intact.
20. Which of the following is uncommon among older populations?
Mental disorders
Feelings of inadequacy
Isolation and withdrawal: Mental disorders
21. Approximately what percentage of U.S. women age 90 or older
likely have dementia?
30%
40%
50%: 40%
22. People older than 60 are ______ times less susceptible to radiation-
induced fatal cancers than those in the average population.
3 to 10
11 to 18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
1. Personnel monitoring is required when it's likely an individual will
receive more than ____ of the annual dose limit for radiation workers.
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 1/5
d. 1/10: d. 1/10
2. All radiation workers are required to wear personnel monitoring
devices when they are working with: medical dosimetrists.
patients. ionizing radiation.
patient monitoring systems.: ionizing radiation.
3. Personnel monitoring is required when it's likely an individual
will receive more than ____ of the annual dose limit for radiation
workers.: 1/10
4. All radiation workers are required to wear personnel monitoring
devices when they are working with:edical dosimetrists, patients,
ionizing radiation, patient monitoring systems: ionizing radiation
,5. Which personnel monitoring device delivers an immediate
reading?: pocket ionization chambers
6. The concept of half-value layer becomes important for choosing the
appropriate ____for each part of the unit.: shielding
7. According to The NCRP occupancy factors, which of the following
is not defined as a full occupancy area?: restrooms
8. The use factor for the walls of a radiation therapy suite is:: 1/4
9. The concept of time is more important with respect to which type
of equipment?: cobalt-60
10. In accordance with the radiation protection principle of distance,
radiation therapists must maximize the distance between:: the
radiation source and themselves
11. Reduction in radiation from the inverse square law is always more
effective than additional shielding.: true
12. To increase safety, brachytherapy treatment sources are now::
operated from a control panel outside of the room
13. The most rapidly growing segment of the national population is
people older than:
60.
70.
,80.: 80.
14. Caring for older Americans can cost up to _____ times more than
caring for younger patients.
3
5
10: 3
15. Since the 1990s, aging theory has been more focused on:
financing health care. improving
access to nursing homes. social
issues.: social issues.
16. Health care providers should make assumptions about diseases or
cognitive function based purely on age.
True
False: False
17. Tendons lose some of their _________ with age. water content fat
content mineralization: water content
18. At what age do progressive changes to optical components begin?
30
40
50: 40
, 19. Which of the following statements about cognitive changes in
elderly populations is accurate?
The elderly cannot retain knowledge.
Older adult learners can master material as quickly and easily as
younger adults.
Long-term memories tend to remain completely intact.: Long-term
memories tend to remain completely intact.
20. Which of the following is uncommon among older populations?
Mental disorders
Feelings of inadequacy
Isolation and withdrawal: Mental disorders
21. Approximately what percentage of U.S. women age 90 or older
likely have dementia?
30%
40%
50%: 40%
22. People older than 60 are ______ times less susceptible to radiation-
induced fatal cancers than those in the average population.
3 to 10
11 to 18
