Radiation Biology Chapter 6 Questions and
Answers| Latest Update
1. The total filtration of fluoroscopic equipment must be at least _____ Al equivalent.
a. 0.0025 c. 2.5
b. 0.25 d. 25 ANS: C
2. The image intensifier component of a fluoroscopic unit acts as a primary protective barrier
and should be at least _____ Pb equivalent.
a. 0.002 c. 0.2
b. 0.02 d. 2.0 ANS: D
3. When wearing a lead apron, a personnel dosimeter must be worn
a. outside the lead apron at the collar level
b. inside the lead apron at the collar level
c. inside the lead apron at the waist level
d. it is not necessary to wear a personnel dosimeter when wearing a lead apron ANS: A
4. When wearing a lead apron, a pregnant radiographer is required to wear their fetal dosimeter
a. outside the lead apron at the collar level
b. inside the lead apron at the collar level
c. inside the lead apron at the waist level
d. it is not necessary to wear a fetal dosimeter when wearing a lead apron ANS: C
5. Radiation survey instruments, such as the _____, are used to detect and measure radiation.
a. TLD
b. OSL
, c. film badge
d. Geiger-Muller counter and cutie pie meter ANS: D
6. Modern radiation protection guidelines are established on the philosophy of keeping
exposures
a. within reason
b. minimal
c. negligible
d. as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) ANS: D
7. Those states that have agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take
responsibility to enforce radiation protection guidelines through the state's department of
health are termed
a. regulatory states c. agreement states
b. protective states d. ALARA states ANS: C
8. The general public has an annual effective dose limit of _____ rem.
a. 0.005 c. 0.5
b. 0.05 d. 5.0 ANS: C
29. The annual effective dose limit for the lens of the eye is _____ rem, and for all other organs
is 50 rem.
a. 1 c. 15
b. 5 d. 30 ANS: C
30. Student radiographers under 18 years of age have an annual effective dose limit of _____
rem.
a. 0.1 c. 5.0
Answers| Latest Update
1. The total filtration of fluoroscopic equipment must be at least _____ Al equivalent.
a. 0.0025 c. 2.5
b. 0.25 d. 25 ANS: C
2. The image intensifier component of a fluoroscopic unit acts as a primary protective barrier
and should be at least _____ Pb equivalent.
a. 0.002 c. 0.2
b. 0.02 d. 2.0 ANS: D
3. When wearing a lead apron, a personnel dosimeter must be worn
a. outside the lead apron at the collar level
b. inside the lead apron at the collar level
c. inside the lead apron at the waist level
d. it is not necessary to wear a personnel dosimeter when wearing a lead apron ANS: A
4. When wearing a lead apron, a pregnant radiographer is required to wear their fetal dosimeter
a. outside the lead apron at the collar level
b. inside the lead apron at the collar level
c. inside the lead apron at the waist level
d. it is not necessary to wear a fetal dosimeter when wearing a lead apron ANS: C
5. Radiation survey instruments, such as the _____, are used to detect and measure radiation.
a. TLD
b. OSL
, c. film badge
d. Geiger-Muller counter and cutie pie meter ANS: D
6. Modern radiation protection guidelines are established on the philosophy of keeping
exposures
a. within reason
b. minimal
c. negligible
d. as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) ANS: D
7. Those states that have agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take
responsibility to enforce radiation protection guidelines through the state's department of
health are termed
a. regulatory states c. agreement states
b. protective states d. ALARA states ANS: C
8. The general public has an annual effective dose limit of _____ rem.
a. 0.005 c. 0.5
b. 0.05 d. 5.0 ANS: C
29. The annual effective dose limit for the lens of the eye is _____ rem, and for all other organs
is 50 rem.
a. 1 c. 15
b. 5 d. 30 ANS: C
30. Student radiographers under 18 years of age have an annual effective dose limit of _____
rem.
a. 0.1 c. 5.0
