Radon Test - Quiz Questions With Correct Answers

Radon Test - Quiz Questions With Correct
Answers


Which of the following are characteristics of Radon?
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a. Has no static charge, solid particle, does not react chemically
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b. Is a gas, radioactive, can be detected by human senses
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c. Is manmade, does not chemically react, is a gas
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d. Is not detected by human senses, is naturally occurring, does not
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chemically react - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Is not detected by human
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senses, is naturally occurring, does not chemically react
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The nucleus of an atom consists of
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a. electrons and protons
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b. neutrons and electrons
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c. protons and neutrons
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d. protons, neutrons, and electrons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. protons
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and neutrons
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The characteristic of an atom that determines which element it is
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,a. number of electrons
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b. number of neutrons
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c. number of protons
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d. number of protons and neutrons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. number
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of protons
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The annual average of outdoor and indoor Radon levels are
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a. 0.4 pCi/L outdoors; 1.3 pCi/L indoors
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b. 0.5 pCi/L outdoors; 4.0 pCi/L indoors
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c. 0.6 pCi/L outdoors; 4.0 pCi/L indoors
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d. 0.7 pCi/L outdoors; 1.3 pCi/L indoors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. 0.4
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pCi/L outdoors; 1.3 pCi/L indoors
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An ion is an atom that
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a. cannot accept additional electrons
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b. cannot eliminate additional electrons
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c. has lost or gained electrons
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d. has no electrons - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. has lost or gained
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electrons

,One picocurie per liter of Radon is defined as
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a. one billionth of a curie
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b. 2.22 disintegrations per minute per gram of air
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c. 2.22 disintegrations per minute within a liter of air
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d. 37 billion disintegrations per second - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. 2.22
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disintegrations per minute within a liter of air | | | | | | |




It takes ________ hours for Radon to reach secular equilibrium with its
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short lived decay products.
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a. 4 hours
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b. 12 hours
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c. 24 hours
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d. 48 hours - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. 4 hours
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If the Radon concentration is 8 pCi/L what is the working level of Radon
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Decay Products using common assumptions of equilibrium?
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a. 0.02 WL
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b. 0.04 WL
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, c. 0.50 WL
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d. 1.00 WL - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. 0.04 WL
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If the Working Level concentration is 0.03 WL, using common
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assumptions of equilibrium what is the Radon concentration in the
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room?


a. 0.5 pCi/L
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b. 2.0 pCi/L
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c. 4.0 pCi/L
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d. 6.0 pCi/L - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. 6.0 pCi/L
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If the Working Level concentration is 0.06 and the Radon concentration
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is 10 pCi/L, what is the equilibrium ratio?
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a. 0.4
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b. 0.6
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c. 1.0
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d. 4.0 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. 0.6
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Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
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