Basic Radiation Safety Exam Questions and Answers

___ have the same mass as an electron - Answer-Alpha particles >Beta particles< Gamma rays X-rays Which of the following is a substance composed of different elements bound in fixed proportions? - Answer-Element >Compound< Atom Proton Which atom is an ion? 1: 3 blue, 3 red, 2 green 2: 3 blue, 3 red, 3 green 3: 4 blue, 4 red, 4 green - Answer->Option 1< Option 2 Option 3 Which loses energy each time ionization occurs, has a range of a few feet in the air, and can penetrate a sheet of paper but not a thin sheet of aluminum? - Answer-Alpha particle >Beta particle< Gamma ray Which category of biological effects of ionizing radiation only affects the exposed individual? - Answer-Acute Embryological Genetic >Somatic< Which category of biological effects of ionizing radiation only affects the embryo? - Answer-Acute >Embryological< Genetic Somatic Background radiation plus the amount of occupational radiation is - Answer->Technogenic radiation< Cosmic radiation Occupational dose Total exposure