RADON Exam Practice Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
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Radon
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Radon
RADON Exam Practice Questions and
Answers | 100% Pass
EPA currently estimates that how many homes have elevated radon levels? -
Answer️️ -1 out of every 15 homes.
What is the average outdoor radon concentration in the US? - Answer️️ -.4 pCi/l.
2pCi/l indicates that in a 1 liter volume ...
RADON Exam Practice Questions and
Answers | 100% Pass
EPA currently estimates that how many homes have elevated radon levels? -
Answer✔️✔️-1 out of every 15 homes.
What is the average outdoor radon concentration in the US? - Answer✔️✔️-.4 pCi/l.
2pCi/l indicates that in a 1 liter volume of air there is how many decays per minute? -
Answer✔️✔️-4.4 decays per minute.
What does a working level measure? - Answer✔️✔️-Energy released by Radon
daughters.
What method of radon testing can be used for the longest period on time? - Answer✔️✔️-
Alpha Tracks (months - year).
Why is radon in homes generally higher in winter than in summer? - Answer✔️✔️-There
is less ventilation in a home in the winter than in summer.
Known affects of high dose radiation leads us to prudently assume that for low does of
radiation, what? - Answer✔️✔️-A straight line hypothesis without a threshold is most
acceptable.
What does the concept of a threshold of radiation mean? - Answer✔️✔️-There is a value
below which radiation doses are harmless.
Risks of days lost associated with 1 pCi/l of radon exposure over a lifetime is equivelant
to what? - Answer✔️✔️-Smoking 1 cigarette/day.
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