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Radiation Protection Final Exam Questions
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Which of the following is a form of radiation that is capable of creating electrically charged
particles by removing orbital electrons from the atom of normal matter through which it
passes?
Ionizing radiation
Nonionizing radiation
Subatomic radiation
Ultrasonic radiation - Answer✔Ionizing radiation
The term as low as reasonable achievable (ALARA) is synonymous with the term
background equivalent radiation time (BERT).
equivalent dose (EqD).
diagnostic efficacy.
optimization for radiation protection (ORP). - Answer✔optimization for radiation protection
(ORP).
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Why should the selection of technical exposure factors for all medical imaging procedures
always follow ALARA?
So that referring physicians ordering imaging procedures do not have to accept responsibility
for patient radiation safety.
So that radiographers and radiologists do not have to accept responsibility for patient radiation
safety.
Because radiation-induced cancer does not appear to have a dose level below which individuals
would have no chance of developing this disease.
Because radiation-induced cancer does have a dose level at which individuals would have a
chance of developing this disease. - Answer✔Because radiation-induced cancer does not
appear to have a dose level below which individuals would have no chance of developing this
disease.
Which of the following elements is responsible for most of the public's radiation dose from
natural background sources?
Thoron
Thallium
Uranium
Radon - Answer✔Radon
The millisievert (mSv) is equal to
1/10 of a sievert.
1/100 of a sievert.
1/1000 of a sievert.
1/10,000 of a sievert. - Answer✔1/1000 of a sievert.
Which of the following provides the basis for determining whether an imaging procedure or
practice is justified?
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ALARA concept
BERT method
Diagnostic efficacy
NEXT program - Answer✔Diagnostic efficacy
The cardinal principles of radiation protection include which of the following?1. Time2.
Distance3. Shielding
1 only
2 only
3 only
1, 2, and 3 - Answer✔1, 2, and 3
Which of the following is a method of used to explain radiation dose to the public?
ALARA
BERT
ORP
NEXT - Answer✔BERT
Typically, people are more willing to accept a risk if they perceive that the potential benefit to
be obtained is
greater than the risk involved.
equal to the risk involved.
less than the risk involved.
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typically, people are not willing to accept risk no matter how great the benefit may be. -
Answer✔greater than the risk involved
If a patient asks a radiographer a question about how much radiation he or she will receive
from a specific x-ray procedure, the radiographer can
respond by using an estimation based on the comparison of radiation received from the x-ray
to natural background radiation received.
avoid the patient's question by changing the subject.
tell the patient that it is unethical to discuss such concerns.
refuse to answer the question and recommend that he or she speak with the referring
physician. - Answer✔respond by using an estimation based on the comparison of radiation
received from the x-ray to natural background radiation received.
In a hospital setting, which of the following professionals is expressly charged by the hospital
administration with being directly responsible for the execution, enforcement, and
maintenance of the ALARA program?
Assistant administrator of the facility
Chief of staff
Radiation Safety Officer
Student radiologic technologist - Answer✔Radiation Safety Officer
What organization was founded in 2007 that continues their pursuit to raise awareness of the
need for dose reduction protocols by promoting pediatric-specified scan protocols to be used
for both radiology and nonradiology users of CT?
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Radiation Protection Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers 100% Verified.
Which of the following is a form of radiation that is capable of creating electrically charged
particles by removing orbital electrons from the atom of normal matter through which it
passes?
Ionizing radiation
Nonionizing radiation
Subatomic radiation
Ultrasonic radiation - Answer✔Ionizing radiation
The term as low as reasonable achievable (ALARA) is synonymous with the term
background equivalent radiation time (BERT).
equivalent dose (EqD).
diagnostic efficacy.
optimization for radiation protection (ORP). - Answer✔optimization for radiation protection
(ORP).
1
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Why should the selection of technical exposure factors for all medical imaging procedures
always follow ALARA?
So that referring physicians ordering imaging procedures do not have to accept responsibility
for patient radiation safety.
So that radiographers and radiologists do not have to accept responsibility for patient radiation
safety.
Because radiation-induced cancer does not appear to have a dose level below which individuals
would have no chance of developing this disease.
Because radiation-induced cancer does have a dose level at which individuals would have a
chance of developing this disease. - Answer✔Because radiation-induced cancer does not
appear to have a dose level below which individuals would have no chance of developing this
disease.
Which of the following elements is responsible for most of the public's radiation dose from
natural background sources?
Thoron
Thallium
Uranium
Radon - Answer✔Radon
The millisievert (mSv) is equal to
1/10 of a sievert.
1/100 of a sievert.
1/1000 of a sievert.
1/10,000 of a sievert. - Answer✔1/1000 of a sievert.
Which of the following provides the basis for determining whether an imaging procedure or
practice is justified?
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ALARA concept
BERT method
Diagnostic efficacy
NEXT program - Answer✔Diagnostic efficacy
The cardinal principles of radiation protection include which of the following?1. Time2.
Distance3. Shielding
1 only
2 only
3 only
1, 2, and 3 - Answer✔1, 2, and 3
Which of the following is a method of used to explain radiation dose to the public?
ALARA
BERT
ORP
NEXT - Answer✔BERT
Typically, people are more willing to accept a risk if they perceive that the potential benefit to
be obtained is
greater than the risk involved.
equal to the risk involved.
less than the risk involved.
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typically, people are not willing to accept risk no matter how great the benefit may be. -
Answer✔greater than the risk involved
If a patient asks a radiographer a question about how much radiation he or she will receive
from a specific x-ray procedure, the radiographer can
respond by using an estimation based on the comparison of radiation received from the x-ray
to natural background radiation received.
avoid the patient's question by changing the subject.
tell the patient that it is unethical to discuss such concerns.
refuse to answer the question and recommend that he or she speak with the referring
physician. - Answer✔respond by using an estimation based on the comparison of radiation
received from the x-ray to natural background radiation received.
In a hospital setting, which of the following professionals is expressly charged by the hospital
administration with being directly responsible for the execution, enforcement, and
maintenance of the ALARA program?
Assistant administrator of the facility
Chief of staff
Radiation Safety Officer
Student radiologic technologist - Answer✔Radiation Safety Officer
What organization was founded in 2007 that continues their pursuit to raise awareness of the
need for dose reduction protocols by promoting pediatric-specified scan protocols to be used
for both radiology and nonradiology users of CT?
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