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ASRT -1 fluoroscopy radiation protection and safety test with 100- correct answers.
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ASRT #1 fluoroscopy:radiation protection
and safety test with
100% correct answers
what represents the largest contributers to natural (bacjgriund
radiation)? - answer radon and decay products
what delivers the largest amount of artificial radiation to the public? -
answer medical procedures
medical radiation comes from what 3 sources? - answer the treatment
of benign deseases, diagnostic exams, and the treatment of malignant
deseases.
on average, how many x ray exams does each person recieve? - answer
2
,radioactivity is expressed using the ___ (Bq), or the ___ (Ci) - answer
becquerel (Bq), or the Curie (Ci)
radiation exposure units unclude the ___(c/kg) and the ___(R) - answer
coulomb/kilogram, Roentgen
the ___ is a unit of electrostatic charge - answer coulomb
___ is defined as energy imparted to matter by ionizing radiation per
unit mass of irradiated material. - answer absorbed dose
the measurement of absorbed dose is expressed in ___ or ___. - answer
gray (Gy) or rad
___ gy equals ___ rad, and ___ rad equals ___ Gy - answer 1gy =
100rad, 1rad = 0.01Gy
dose equivalent is a measeurement used to indicate the biological
damage to living tissue from an absorbed radiation dose. - answer
dose equivalent is expressed in ___ - answer seivert, SV
1 sv = ___ rem - answer 100 rem
, effective dose is expressed in ___ - answer mSv
radiation doses can be described as ___ or ___. - answer acute or
chronic
acute radiation dose is ___ Gy or ___ rad and is delivered to the whole
body during a short period of time, causing observable biological effects
within hours to weeks - answer 0.1 Gy, or 10 rad
___ radiation doses are relatively small amounts of radiation that are
delivered over a long period of time. - answer chronic
late effects can be catagorized as ___ or___. - answer somatic or
genetic
somatic is effects that occur ___ - answer within in an exposed
individual
What is the primary risk from the low radiation doses received in a
medical or an occupational setting? - answer
genetic effects are observed in ___ ___. - answer future generations
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