IRRSP Questions And Quality Solutions
The symbol R means:
a. Rem
b. Rad
c. Roentgen
d. Radiation - Correct Answer Roentgen
The acronym rad means:
a. Radiation Absorbed Dose
b. Roentgen Absorbed Dose
c. Roentgen Acquired Dose
d. Radiation At Death - Correct Answer Radiation Absorbed Dose
The roentgen (R) exposure is measured in:
a. Tissue
b. Water
c. A lab
d. Air - Correct Answer Air
The symbol mR means:
a. Milliroentgen
b. Microroentgen
c. Megaroentgen
d. Millirem - Correct Answer Milliroentgen
,One roentgen or 1 R is equal to:
a. 100 mR
b. 1000 mR
c. 0.001 mR
d. 1 mR - Correct Answer 1000 mR
The acronym rem stands for:
a. Radiation Equivalent Man
b. Radiation Effect Man
c. Roentgen Effect Man
d. Roentgen Equivalent Man - Correct Answer Roentgen Equivalent Man
The initialism QF stands for:
a. Quantity factor
b. Quality frequency
c. Quality factor
d. Quality effective factor - Correct Answer Quality factor
The quality factor for X-rays and gamma rays is:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 10
d. 20 - Correct Answer 1
The quality factor for alpha(ray) particles is:
,a. 1
b. 2
c. 10
d. 20 - Correct Answer 20
Activity of radioactive material is measured in:
a. Curies
b. Roentgens
c. Sieverts
d. Grays - Correct Answer Curies
Becquerels and Curies are units of measurement of:
a. Physical size of the source
b. Gray per hour
c. Decay rate
d. Roentgen per hour - Correct Answer Decay rate
Atoms that have excess energy and are unstable are known as:
a. Radioactive
b. Radioactivity
c. Balanced
d. Weighted - Correct Answer Radioactive
Elementary particle units with a negative electrical charge and a mass approximately equal to
1/1840 that of a proton are:
a. Electrons
, b. Protons
c. Neutrons
d. Valence shells - Correct Answer Electrons
Positively charged elementary particles with a mass approximately equal to 1840 times that of
an electron, or 1 AMU, are known as:
a. Electrons
b. Protons
c. Neutrons
d. Valence shells - Correct Answer Protons
Unchanged elementary particles with a mass nearly equal to that of a proton are called:
a. Electrons
b. Protons
c. Neutrons
d. Valence shells - Correct Answer Neutrons
The area known as the center of an atom is called the:
a. Electron
b. Nucleus
c. Proton
d. Neutron - Correct Answer Nucleus
Any byproduct material that is encased in a capsule designed to prevent leakage or escape of
the byproduct material is a:
a. Drum
b. Pig
The symbol R means:
a. Rem
b. Rad
c. Roentgen
d. Radiation - Correct Answer Roentgen
The acronym rad means:
a. Radiation Absorbed Dose
b. Roentgen Absorbed Dose
c. Roentgen Acquired Dose
d. Radiation At Death - Correct Answer Radiation Absorbed Dose
The roentgen (R) exposure is measured in:
a. Tissue
b. Water
c. A lab
d. Air - Correct Answer Air
The symbol mR means:
a. Milliroentgen
b. Microroentgen
c. Megaroentgen
d. Millirem - Correct Answer Milliroentgen
,One roentgen or 1 R is equal to:
a. 100 mR
b. 1000 mR
c. 0.001 mR
d. 1 mR - Correct Answer 1000 mR
The acronym rem stands for:
a. Radiation Equivalent Man
b. Radiation Effect Man
c. Roentgen Effect Man
d. Roentgen Equivalent Man - Correct Answer Roentgen Equivalent Man
The initialism QF stands for:
a. Quantity factor
b. Quality frequency
c. Quality factor
d. Quality effective factor - Correct Answer Quality factor
The quality factor for X-rays and gamma rays is:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 10
d. 20 - Correct Answer 1
The quality factor for alpha(ray) particles is:
,a. 1
b. 2
c. 10
d. 20 - Correct Answer 20
Activity of radioactive material is measured in:
a. Curies
b. Roentgens
c. Sieverts
d. Grays - Correct Answer Curies
Becquerels and Curies are units of measurement of:
a. Physical size of the source
b. Gray per hour
c. Decay rate
d. Roentgen per hour - Correct Answer Decay rate
Atoms that have excess energy and are unstable are known as:
a. Radioactive
b. Radioactivity
c. Balanced
d. Weighted - Correct Answer Radioactive
Elementary particle units with a negative electrical charge and a mass approximately equal to
1/1840 that of a proton are:
a. Electrons
, b. Protons
c. Neutrons
d. Valence shells - Correct Answer Electrons
Positively charged elementary particles with a mass approximately equal to 1840 times that of
an electron, or 1 AMU, are known as:
a. Electrons
b. Protons
c. Neutrons
d. Valence shells - Correct Answer Protons
Unchanged elementary particles with a mass nearly equal to that of a proton are called:
a. Electrons
b. Protons
c. Neutrons
d. Valence shells - Correct Answer Neutrons
The area known as the center of an atom is called the:
a. Electron
b. Nucleus
c. Proton
d. Neutron - Correct Answer Nucleus
Any byproduct material that is encased in a capsule designed to prevent leakage or escape of
the byproduct material is a:
a. Drum
b. Pig
