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Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography
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9th Edition by Sherer | Chapters 1 - 14 | Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.gIntroductiongtogRadiationgProtection

2.gRadiation:gTypes,gSources,gandgDosesgReceived

3.gInteractiongofgX-RadiationgwithgMatter

4.gRadiationgQuantitiesgandgUnits

5.gRadiationgMonitoring

6.gOverviewgofgCellgBiology

7.gMoleculargandgCellulargRadiationgBiology

8.gEarlygTissuegReactionsgandgTheirgEffectsgongOrgangSystems

9.gStochasticgEffectsgandgLategTissuegReactionsgofgRadiationgingOrgangSystems

10.gEquipmentgDesigngforgRadiationgProtection

11.gManagementgofgPatientgRadiationgDosegDuringgDiagnosticgX-RaygProcedures

12.gRadiationgSafetygingComputedgTomographygandgMammography

13.gManagementgofgImaginggPersonnelgRadiationgDosegDuringgDiagnosticgX-RaygProcedures

14.gRadioisotopesgandgRadiationgProtection

,Chapterg01:gIntroductiongtogRadiationgProtection
Sherer:gRadiationgProtectiongingMedicalgRadiography,g9thgEdition

MULTIPLEgCHOICE

1. Consequencesgofgionizationginghumangcellsginclude
1. creationgofgunstablegatoms.
2. productiongofgfreegelectrons.
3. creationgofghighlygreactivegfreegradicalsgcapablegofgproducinggsubstancesgpoisonousgtog
thegcell.
4. creationgofgnewgbiologicgmoleculesgdetrimentalgtogtheglivinggcell.
5. injurygtogthegcellgthatgmaygmanifestgitselfgasgabnormalgfunctiongorglossgofgfunction.
a. 1,g2,gandg3gonly
b. 2,g3,gandg4gonly
c. 3,g4,gandg5gonly
d.g 1,g2,g3,g4,gandg5
ANSWER:g D

2. Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgagformgofgradiationgthatgisgcapablegofgcreatinggelectricallygcharg
edgparticlesgbygremovinggorbitalgelectronsgfromgthegatomgofgnormalgmattergthroughgwhic
hgitgpasses?
a. Ionizinggradiation
b. Nonionizinggradiation
c. Subatomicgradiation
d. Ultrasonicgradiation
ANSWER:g A

3. Regardinggexposuregtogionizinggradiation,gpatientsgwhogaregeducatedgtogunderstandgthegme
dicalgbenefitgofgangimaginggproceduregaregmoreglikelygto
a. assumegagsmallgchancegofgbiologicgdamagegbutgnotgsuppressganygradiationgpho
biagtheygmayghave.
b. cancelgtheirgscheduledgproceduregbecausegtheygaregnotgwillinggtogassumegags
mallgchancegofgbiologicgdamage.
c. suppressganygradiationgphobiagbutgnotgriskgagsmallgchancegofgpossiblegbiolo
gicgdamage.
d. suppressganygradiationgphobiagandgbegwillinggtogassumegagsmallgchancegofgpossi
blegbiologicgdamage.
ANSWER:g D

4. Thegmillisievertg(mSv)gisgequalgto
a. 1/10gofgagsievert.
b. 1/100gofgagsievert.
c. 1/1000gofgagsievert.
d. 1/10,000gofgagsievert.
ANSWER:g C

, RadiationgProtectiongingMedicalgRadiographyg8thgEditiongSherergTestgBan
k
5. ThegadvantagesgofgthegBERTgmethodgare
1. itgdoesgnotgimplygradiationgrisk;gitgisgsimplygagmeansgforgcomparison.
2. itgemphasizesgthatgradiationgisganginnategpartgofgourgenvironment.
3. itgprovidesganganswergthatgisgeasygforgthegpatientgtogcomprehend.
a. 1gandg2gonly
b. 1gandg3gonly
c. 2gandg3gonly
d. 1,g2,gandg3
ANSWER:g D

6. Ifgagpatientgasksgagradiographergagquestiongaboutghowgmuchgradiationghegorgshegwillgrec
eivegfromgagspecificgx-raygprocedure,gthegradiographergcan
a. respondgbygusinggangestimationgbasedgongthegcomparisongofgradiationgreceivedgfr
omgthegx-raygtognaturalgbackgroundgradiationgreceived.
b. avoidgthegpatient’sgquestiongbygchanginggthegsubject.
c. tellgthegpatientgthatgitgisgunethicalgtogdiscussgsuchgconcerns.
d. refusegtoganswergthegquestiongandgrecommendgthatghegorgshegspeakgwit
hgthegreferringgphysician.
ANSWER:g A

7. Whygshouldgthegselectiongofgtechnicalgexposuregfactorsgforgallgmedicalgimaginggprocedures
alwaysgfollowgALARA? Sogthatgradiographersgandgradiologistsgdognotghave
ga
a.gSogthatgreferringgphysiciansgorderinggimaginggproceduresgdognotghavegtogacceptgrespo
nsibilitygforgpatientgradiationgsafety.
b.
patientgradiationgsafety.
c. Becausegradiation-
inducedgcancergdoesgnotgappeargtoghavegagdoseglevelgbelowgwhichgindividu
alsgwouldghavegnogchancegofgdevelopinggthisgdisease.
d. Becausegradiation-
inducedgcancergdoesghavegagdoseglevelgatgwhichgindividualsgwouldghavegagch
ancegofgdevelopinggthisgdisease.
ANSWER:g C

8. Thegcardinalgprinciplesgofgradiationgprotectiongincludegwhichgofgthegfollowing?
1. Time
2. Distance
3. Shielding
a. 1gonly
b. 2gonly
c. 3gonly
d. 1,g2,gandg3
ANSWER:g D

9. Ingaghospitalgsetting,gwhichgofgthegfollowinggprofessionalsgisgexpresslygchargedgbygtheghospi
talgadministrationgwithgbeinggdirectlygresponsiblegforgthegexecution,genforcement,gandgmain
tenancegofgthegALARAgprogram?
a. Assistantgadministratorgofgthegfacility
b. Chiefgofgstaff