TEST BANK
Radiation Protection in Medical
Radiography
9th Edition by Sherer | Chapters 1 - 14 | Complete
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Radiation Protection
2. Radiation: Types, Sources, and Doses Received
3. Interaction of X-Radiation with Matter
4. Radiation Quantities and Units
5. Radiation Monitoring
6. Overview of Cell Biology
7. Molecular and Cellular Radiation Biology
8. Early Tissue Reactions and Their Effects on Organ
Systems
9. Stochastic Effects and Late Tissue Reactions of Radiation
in Organ Systems
10. Equipment Design for Radiation Protection
11. Management of Patient Radiation Dose During
Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures
12. Radiation Safety in Computed Tomography and
Mammography
13. Management of Imaging Personnel Radiation Dose
During Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures
14. Radioisotopes and Radiation Protection
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Radiation Protection
Sherer: Radiation Protection in Medical
Radiography, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Consequences of ionization in human cells include
1. creation of unstable atoms.
2. production of free electrons.
3. creation of highly reactive free radicals
capable of producing substances poisonous
to the cell.
4. creation of new biologic molecules detrimental
to the living cell.
5. injury to the cell that may manifest itself as
abnormal function or loss of function.
a. 1, 2, and 3 only
b. 2, 3, and 4 only
c. 3, 4, and 5 only
d. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
ANSWER: D
2. 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?
a. Ionizing radiation
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