SCDA Radiation Safety Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Wilhelm Rontgen - CORRECT ANSWER -Who discovered the X-ray?
Decay damage, change in bone patterns, impacted teeth, cysts, and tumors - CORRECT
ANSWER -What can X-rays identify?
Ionizing radiation - CORRECT ANSWER -X rays are a form of what?
Ionizing Radiation - CORRECT ANSWER -We can't see or feel this energy but as it moves through
the body, it disrupts atoms in its path, causing them to separate into ions
Sickness, cancer, birth defects, and even death. - CORRECT ANSWER -Too much ionization can
cause what?
FALSE. Radiation damage is cumulative. - CORRECT ANSWER -T or F: Radiation damage
happens immediately.
TRUE - CORRECT ANSWER -T or F: Any amount of radiation may produce some damage in a
person's body
FALSE. Long term effects take years to develop. - CORRECT ANSWER -T or F: Long term
effects of radiation may take days to develop
Maximum Permissable Dose (MPD guidelines) for general populaion, radiation workers, and pregnant
women - CORRECT ANSWER -How much radiation should a person limit themselves to?
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Wilhelm Rontgen - CORRECT ANSWER -Who discovered the X-ray?
Decay damage, change in bone patterns, impacted teeth, cysts, and tumors - CORRECT
ANSWER -What can X-rays identify?
Ionizing radiation - CORRECT ANSWER -X rays are a form of what?
Ionizing Radiation - CORRECT ANSWER -We can't see or feel this energy but as it moves through
the body, it disrupts atoms in its path, causing them to separate into ions
Sickness, cancer, birth defects, and even death. - CORRECT ANSWER -Too much ionization can
cause what?
FALSE. Radiation damage is cumulative. - CORRECT ANSWER -T or F: Radiation damage
happens immediately.
TRUE - CORRECT ANSWER -T or F: Any amount of radiation may produce some damage in a
person's body
FALSE. Long term effects take years to develop. - CORRECT ANSWER -T or F: Long term
effects of radiation may take days to develop
Maximum Permissable Dose (MPD guidelines) for general populaion, radiation workers, and pregnant
women - CORRECT ANSWER -How much radiation should a person limit themselves to?
