PROPHECY ASSESSMENTS CORE MANDATORY
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ When working with or near radiation, which of the following
statements is incorrect?
a. If you cannot locate your badge monitor, you should borrow one
from your co-worker
b. A 0.5-mm thick lead apron reduces scattered radiation by
approximately 10 times
c. Doubling the distance between a person and the radiation source
reduces the radiation exposure by a factor of 4
d. Before you attempt a procedure, think ahead how you will
accomplish it. Answer: a. If you cannot locate your badge monitor,
you should borrow one from your co-worker
◉ When moving a patient from bed to wheelchair, which technique
should you avoid at all times?
a. Bending at your knees to lower the patient to the chair
b. Having the patient hold onto your neck or shoulders
, c. Placing yourself in front of the patient and blocking the patient's
leg closest to the chair with your foot and leg
d. Positioning the wheelchair at a slight angle close to the bed.
Answer: b. Having the patient hold onto your neck or shoulders
◉ If patients need to be evacuated, it should be in this order:
a. Ambulatory patients, then wheelchair patients, then bedfast
patients
b. Whichever patients you can get to first
c. Ambulatory patients, then bedfast patients, then wheelchair
patients
d. Bedfast patients, then wheelchair patients, then ambulatory
patients. Answer: a. Ambulatory patients, then wheelchair patients,
then bedfast patients
◉ Under the Safe Medical Devices Act, your responsibility as a
healthcare worker is to:
a. Return the device to the company vendor
b. Remove the suspected device from service
c. Clean the device in question
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ When working with or near radiation, which of the following
statements is incorrect?
a. If you cannot locate your badge monitor, you should borrow one
from your co-worker
b. A 0.5-mm thick lead apron reduces scattered radiation by
approximately 10 times
c. Doubling the distance between a person and the radiation source
reduces the radiation exposure by a factor of 4
d. Before you attempt a procedure, think ahead how you will
accomplish it. Answer: a. If you cannot locate your badge monitor,
you should borrow one from your co-worker
◉ When moving a patient from bed to wheelchair, which technique
should you avoid at all times?
a. Bending at your knees to lower the patient to the chair
b. Having the patient hold onto your neck or shoulders
, c. Placing yourself in front of the patient and blocking the patient's
leg closest to the chair with your foot and leg
d. Positioning the wheelchair at a slight angle close to the bed.
Answer: b. Having the patient hold onto your neck or shoulders
◉ If patients need to be evacuated, it should be in this order:
a. Ambulatory patients, then wheelchair patients, then bedfast
patients
b. Whichever patients you can get to first
c. Ambulatory patients, then bedfast patients, then wheelchair
patients
d. Bedfast patients, then wheelchair patients, then ambulatory
patients. Answer: a. Ambulatory patients, then wheelchair patients,
then bedfast patients
◉ Under the Safe Medical Devices Act, your responsibility as a
healthcare worker is to:
a. Return the device to the company vendor
b. Remove the suspected device from service
c. Clean the device in question
