Test Bank Complete_ Radiation Protection in Medical
Radiography 9th Edition, (2021) By Mary Alice
Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour
& Kelli Welch Haynes| All Chapters 1-16| Latest
Version| Answers With Detailed Explanations
The use of radiation in the healing arts did not begin until the discovery of x-rays in
what year? - ANSWER1895
What is defined as the effective measures employed by radiation workers to
safeguard patients, personnel, and general public from unnecessary exposure to
ionizing radiation? - ANSWERRadiation protection
The need for safeguarding against significant and continuing radiation exposure is
based on evidence of harmful _______________. - ANSWERBiologic effects
What is the degree to which the diagnostic study accurately reveals the presence or
absence of disease in the patient? - ANSWERDiagnostic efficacy
The philosophy of as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) should be what part of
every health care facility's personnel radiation control program? - ANSWERMain
What are the three basic principles of radiation protection? - ANSWERTime, distance
and shielding
Who is responsible for providing the necessary resources and appropriate
environment in which to execute an ALARA program? - ANSWEREmployer
In a hospital setting who is expressly charged by the administration to be directly
responsible for the ALARA program? - ANSWERRadiation Safety Officer
Radiation refers to ______________energy that passes from one location to another
and can have many manifestations. - ANSWERkinetic
The amount of energy transferred to electrons by ionizing radiation is the basic
concept for radiation dose. - ANSWERTrue
What form of radiation includes alpha and beta particles? - ANSWERParticulate
radiation
Equivalent dose is a radiation __________ used for radiation protection purposes
when a person receives exposure from various types of ionizing radiation. -
ANSWERQuantity
, What is a classic example of organic damage that results from non-negligible
exposure to ionizing radiation? - ANSWERChanges in blood count
Radon is the __________decay product of radium and is produced as radium decays
in the soil. - ANSWERFirst
According to the Environmental Protection Agency radon is the second leading cause
of what type of cancer in the United States? - ANSWERLung
What was the average dose received by the population living within a 50-mile radius
of the Three Mile Island plant? - ANSWER0.08 mSv
What was the amount of radiation released at Chernobyl when compared to the
radioactivity of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined? - ANSWER30-40 times
A diagnostic x-ray beam is produced when a stream of high-speed __________
bombard a positively charged target. - ANSWERElectrons
What is the most common method to eliminate the effects of indirectly transmitted
x-ray photons? - ANSWERAir gap technique & Radiographic grids
What are the two important types of interactions between x-ray radiation and
matter important in diagnostic radiology? - ANSWERCompton scattering,
photoelectric absorption
Photoelectric absorption is an interaction between an x-ray photon and an inner-
shell electron. - ANSWERTrue
Characteristic x-rays are also known as: - ANSWERFluorescent radiation
What is the effective atomic number of bone? - ANSWER13.8
If two structures have the same density and atomic number, but one is twice as thick
as the other, the thicker one will absorb how many more photons? - ANSWER2
Times
Contrast media is used to visualize similar structures or tissues because it consists of
solutions containing elements having what difference compared to the surrounding
soft tissue? - ANSWERHigher atomic number
In the Compton process which name does not refer to the freed electron? -
ANSWERKinetic electron
In November 1895 William Roentgen took the world's first x-ray of his wife's
____________. - ANSWERHand
Radiography 9th Edition, (2021) By Mary Alice
Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour
& Kelli Welch Haynes| All Chapters 1-16| Latest
Version| Answers With Detailed Explanations
The use of radiation in the healing arts did not begin until the discovery of x-rays in
what year? - ANSWER1895
What is defined as the effective measures employed by radiation workers to
safeguard patients, personnel, and general public from unnecessary exposure to
ionizing radiation? - ANSWERRadiation protection
The need for safeguarding against significant and continuing radiation exposure is
based on evidence of harmful _______________. - ANSWERBiologic effects
What is the degree to which the diagnostic study accurately reveals the presence or
absence of disease in the patient? - ANSWERDiagnostic efficacy
The philosophy of as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) should be what part of
every health care facility's personnel radiation control program? - ANSWERMain
What are the three basic principles of radiation protection? - ANSWERTime, distance
and shielding
Who is responsible for providing the necessary resources and appropriate
environment in which to execute an ALARA program? - ANSWEREmployer
In a hospital setting who is expressly charged by the administration to be directly
responsible for the ALARA program? - ANSWERRadiation Safety Officer
Radiation refers to ______________energy that passes from one location to another
and can have many manifestations. - ANSWERkinetic
The amount of energy transferred to electrons by ionizing radiation is the basic
concept for radiation dose. - ANSWERTrue
What form of radiation includes alpha and beta particles? - ANSWERParticulate
radiation
Equivalent dose is a radiation __________ used for radiation protection purposes
when a person receives exposure from various types of ionizing radiation. -
ANSWERQuantity
, What is a classic example of organic damage that results from non-negligible
exposure to ionizing radiation? - ANSWERChanges in blood count
Radon is the __________decay product of radium and is produced as radium decays
in the soil. - ANSWERFirst
According to the Environmental Protection Agency radon is the second leading cause
of what type of cancer in the United States? - ANSWERLung
What was the average dose received by the population living within a 50-mile radius
of the Three Mile Island plant? - ANSWER0.08 mSv
What was the amount of radiation released at Chernobyl when compared to the
radioactivity of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined? - ANSWER30-40 times
A diagnostic x-ray beam is produced when a stream of high-speed __________
bombard a positively charged target. - ANSWERElectrons
What is the most common method to eliminate the effects of indirectly transmitted
x-ray photons? - ANSWERAir gap technique & Radiographic grids
What are the two important types of interactions between x-ray radiation and
matter important in diagnostic radiology? - ANSWERCompton scattering,
photoelectric absorption
Photoelectric absorption is an interaction between an x-ray photon and an inner-
shell electron. - ANSWERTrue
Characteristic x-rays are also known as: - ANSWERFluorescent radiation
What is the effective atomic number of bone? - ANSWER13.8
If two structures have the same density and atomic number, but one is twice as thick
as the other, the thicker one will absorb how many more photons? - ANSWER2
Times
Contrast media is used to visualize similar structures or tissues because it consists of
solutions containing elements having what difference compared to the surrounding
soft tissue? - ANSWERHigher atomic number
In the Compton process which name does not refer to the freed electron? -
ANSWERKinetic electron
In November 1895 William Roentgen took the world's first x-ray of his wife's
____________. - ANSWERHand
