Mosby's Radiation Therapy Practice Board Exam 1 EXAM COMPLETE
REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) A NEW UPDATED VERSION
|GUARANTEED PASS
Which of the following foods should be avoided by patients
receiving radiation therapy to the pelvis?
1. corn
2. oatmeal
3. raw vegetables
a. 3
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
all of the above
Pelvic radiation should follow a low fiber diet, avoiding foods such as
corn, oatmeal, raw veggies and fruit
The cancer most commonly associated with previous ionizing radiation
exposure is:
a. leukemia
b. lung cancer
c. breast cancer
d. ovarian cancer
leukemia
,Patients who receive total body irradiation at an early age may
develop a second cancer such as:
a. osteochondroma
b. hepatocellular carcinoma
c. meningeoma
d. small cell lung carcinoma
osteochondroma
it is a latent effect of TBI in young patients
Which of the following is true of alpha particle decay?
a. the alpha particle consist of two protons and neutrons
b. the proton is converted to a neutron
c. it occurs in nuclides with atomic numbers greater than 82
d. a and c
a and c
, What type of dose response model applies to MR to address
biologic effects of the magnetic fields used to image patients?
a. linear, threshold
b. nonlinear, nonthreshold
c. linear, nonthreshold
d. nonlinear, threshold
nonlinear, threshold
The traditional unit of exposure is the roentgen, while the SI unit is the:
a. coulomb/kg of air
b. rad
c. rem
d. curie
coulomb/kg of air
Roentgen or coulomb/kg measures ionization of air molecules
REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) A NEW UPDATED VERSION
|GUARANTEED PASS
Which of the following foods should be avoided by patients
receiving radiation therapy to the pelvis?
1. corn
2. oatmeal
3. raw vegetables
a. 3
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
all of the above
Pelvic radiation should follow a low fiber diet, avoiding foods such as
corn, oatmeal, raw veggies and fruit
The cancer most commonly associated with previous ionizing radiation
exposure is:
a. leukemia
b. lung cancer
c. breast cancer
d. ovarian cancer
leukemia
,Patients who receive total body irradiation at an early age may
develop a second cancer such as:
a. osteochondroma
b. hepatocellular carcinoma
c. meningeoma
d. small cell lung carcinoma
osteochondroma
it is a latent effect of TBI in young patients
Which of the following is true of alpha particle decay?
a. the alpha particle consist of two protons and neutrons
b. the proton is converted to a neutron
c. it occurs in nuclides with atomic numbers greater than 82
d. a and c
a and c
, What type of dose response model applies to MR to address
biologic effects of the magnetic fields used to image patients?
a. linear, threshold
b. nonlinear, nonthreshold
c. linear, nonthreshold
d. nonlinear, threshold
nonlinear, threshold
The traditional unit of exposure is the roentgen, while the SI unit is the:
a. coulomb/kg of air
b. rad
c. rem
d. curie
coulomb/kg of air
Roentgen or coulomb/kg measures ionization of air molecules
