Chapter 4 Radiation Biology Exam Questions
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The latent period in radiation biology is the time between - Answer✔Exposure to x-radiation
and clinical symptoms
A free radical: - Answer✔ALL, is an uncharged molecule, has a unpaired electron in the outer
shell , is highly reactive and unstable, combines with molecules to form toxins
What type of radiation injury is it when X-ray photons hit critical targets within a cell -
Answer✔Direct radiation
what type of radiation injury occurs when X-ray photons are absorbed and form toxins -
Answer✔Indirect radiation
Which of the following relationships describes the response of tissues to radiation? -
Answer✔linear nonthreshold
Which of the following factors contributes to radiation injury? a. total dose
b. dose rate
c. cell sensitivity
d. age
e. all of the above - Answer✔E.
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. short-term effects are seen with small amounts of radiation absorbed in a short period.
b. short-term effects are seen with small amounts of radiation absorbed in a lone period
c. long-term effects are seen with small amounts of radiation absorbed in short period
d. long-term effects are seen with small amounts of radiation absorbed in a long period
e. none of the above - Answer✔D
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Radiation injuries that are not seen in the person irradiated but that occur in future generations
are termed - Answer✔genetic effects
Which of the following is most susceptible to ionizing radiation? - Answer✔small lymphocyte
the sensitivity of tissues to radiation is determined by
a. mitotic activity
b. cell differentiation
c. cell metabolism
d. all of the above - Answer✔D.
Which of the following is considered radioresistant?
a. immature reproductive cells
b. young bone cell
c. mature bone cell
d. epithelial cells
e. none of the above - Answer✔C
An organ that, if damaged, diminishes the quality of an individual's life is termed:
a. critical organ
b. somatic organ
c. cumulative organ
d. radioresistant organ
e. none of the above - Answer✔A
The traditional unit for measuring x-ray exposure in air is termed:
a. the gray
b. coulombs per kilogram
c. the rem
d. the rad
e. the roentgen - Answer✔E
Which of the following radiation units is determined by the quality factor (QF)?
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