Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography
9th Edition by Sherer | Chapters 1 - 14 | Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
42 42
1.42Introduction42to42Radiation42Protection
2.42Radiation:42Types,42Sources,42and42Doses42Received
3.42Interaction42of42X-Radiation42with42Matter
4.42Radiation42Quantities42and42Units
5.42Radiation42Monitoring
6.42Overview42of42Cell42Biology
7.42Molecular42and42Cellular42Radiation42Biology
8.42Early42Tissue42Reactions42and42Their42Effects42on42Organ42Systems
9.42Stochastic42Effects42and42Late42Tissue42Reactions42of42Radiation42in42Organ42Systems
10.42Equipment42Design42for42Radiation42Protection
11.42Management42of42Patient42Radiation42Dose42During42Diagnostic42X-Ray42Procedures
12.42Radiation42Safety42in42Computed42Tomography42and42Mammography
13.42Management42of42Imaging42Personnel42Radiation42Dose42During42Diagnostic42X-Ray42Procedures
14.42Radioisotopes42and42Radiation42Protection
,Chapter4201:42Introduction42to42Radiation42Protection
Sherer:42Radiation42Protection42in42Medical42Radiography,429th42Edition
MULTIPLE42 CHOICE
1. Consequences42of42ionization42in42human42cells42include
1. creation42of42unstable42atoms.
2. production42of42free42electrons.
3. creation42of42highly42reactive42free42radicals42capable42of42producing42substances42po
isonous42to42the42cell.
4. creation42of42new42biologic42molecules42detrimental42to42the42living42cell.
5. injury42to42the42cell42that42may42manifest42itself42as42abnormal42function42or42loss42of42funct
n.
a. 1,422,42and42342only
b. 2,423,42and42442only
c. 3,424,42and42542only
d.4 2 1,422,423,424,42and425
ANSWER:4 2 D
2. Which42of42the42following42is42a42form42of42radiation42that42is42capable42of42creating42e
lectrically42charged42particles42by42removing42orbital42electrons42from42the42atom42of42n
ormal42matter42through42which42it42passes?
a. Ionizing42radiation
b. Nonionizing42radiation
c. Subatomic42radiation
d. Ultrasonic42radiation
ANSWER:4 2 A
3. Regarding42exposure42to42ionizing42radiation,42patients42who42are42educated42to42underst
and42the42medical42benefit42of42an42imaging42procedure42are42more42likely42to
a. assume42a42small42chance42of42biologic42damage42but42not42suppress42any42r
adiation42phobia42they42may42have.
b. cancel42their42scheduled42procedure42because42they42are42not42willing42to42
assume42a42small42chance42of42biologic42damage.
c. suppress42any42radiation42phobia42but42not42risk42a42small42chance42of42p
ossible42biologic42damage.
d. suppress42any42radiation42phobia42and42be42willing42to42assume42a42small42ch
ance42of42possible42biologic42damage.
ANSWER:4 2 D
4. The42millisievert42(mSv)42is42equal42to
a. 1/1042of42a42sievert.
b. 1/10042of42a42sievert.
c. 1/100042of42a42sievert.
d. 1/10,00042of42a42sievert.
ANSWER:4 2 C
, Radiation42Protection42in42Medical42Radiography428th42Edition42Sherer42
Test42Bank
5. The42advantages42of42the42BERT42method42are
1. it42does42not42imply42radiation42risk;42it42is42simply42a42means42for42comparison.
2. it42emphasizes42that42radiation42is42an42innate42part42of42our42environment.
3. it42provides42an42answer42that42is42easy42for42the42patient42to42comprehend.
a. 142and42242only
b. 142and42342only
c. 242and42342only
d. 1,422,42and423
ANSWER:4 2 D
6. If42a42patient42asks42a42radiographer42a42question42about42how42much42radiation42he4
2or42she42will42receive42from42a42specific42x-ray42procedure,42the42radiographer42can
a. respond42by42using42an42estimation42based42on42the42comparison42of42radiatio
n42received42from42the42x-ray42to42natural42background42radiation42received.
b. avoid42the42patient’s42question42by42changing42the42subject.
c. tell42the42patient42that42it42is42unethical42to42discuss42such42concerns.
d. refuse42to42answer42the42question42and42recommend42that42he42or42sh
e42speak42with42the42referring42physician.
ANSWER:4 2 A
7. Why42should42the42selection42of42technical42exposure42factors42for42all42medical42imaging42proc
ures
always42follow42ALARA? So42that42radiographers42and42radiologists42do42n
2have42to42a
a.42So42that42referring42physicians42ordering42imaging42procedures42do42not42have42to
42accept42responsibility42for42patient42radiation42safety.
b.
patient42radiation42safety.
c. Because42radiation-
induced42cancer42does42not42appear42to42have42a42dose42level42below42wh
ich42individuals42would42have42no42chance42of42developing42this42disease.
d. Because42radiation-
induced42cancer42does42have42a42dose42level42at42which42individuals42woul
d42have42a42chance42of42developing42this42disease.
ANSWER:4 2 C
8. The42cardinal42principles42of42radiation42protection42include42which42of42the42following?
1. Time
2. Distance
3. Shielding
a. 142only
b. 242only
c. 342only
d. 1,422,42and423
ANSWER:4 2 D
9. In42a42hospital42setting,42which42of42the42following42professionals42is42expressly42charged4
2by42the42hospital42administration42with42being42directly42responsible42for42the42execution
,42enforcement,42and42maintenance42of42the42ALARA42program?
a. Assistant42administrator42of42the42facility
b. Chief42of42staff