Radiation Therapy Final Exam Questions
with Latest Update
T/F: Examples of non-invasive diagnostic testing include:
x-ray imaging
ultrasound
endoscopy - Answer-False
Around 400 BC; ___________uses carcinoma to describe tumors
A. Plato
B. Hippocrates
C. Galen
D. Abul Kasim - Answer-B. Hippocrates
What phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
A. G0
B. G!
C. S
D. M - Answer-C. S Phase
What year did Conrad Wilhelm Roentgen discover x-rays?
A. 1895
B. 1896
C. 1897
D. Pick A - Answer-A. 1895
The term which means tending or threatening to produce death is:
A. benign
B. definitive
C. curative
D. malignant - Answer-D. malignant
T/F: Examples of palliation include:
pain
dyspnea
dysphagia
mole removal - Answer-False
Which Agency is responsible for licensing diagnostic professionals?d
A. JRCERT
B. ARRT
,C. ASRT
D. OSHA - Answer-B. ARRT
According to theory of tumor initiation:
A. results of abnormal cell proliferation
B. occurs because abnormal process of cellular differentiation takes place
C. cellular differentiation occurs when stem cell undergoes mitosis & divides into
daughter cells and matures
D. all of the above are correct - Answer-D. all of the above are correct
__________ is a surgical procedure used to obtain and diagnose tissue samples
A. biopsy
B. barium swallow
C. EKG
D. CT - Answer-A. biopsy
T/F: on the electromagnetic spectrum, x-rays and gamma rays appear on the part of the
spectrum where wavelength decreases as energy increases - Answer-True
which of the following is not a type of biopsy?
A. fine-needle aspiration
B. core needle
C. incisional
D. all are types of biopsies - Answer-D. all are types of biopsies
What does the medical term "erythema" mean?
A. A pink reaction which resembles sunburn
B. bleeding
C. to soothe
D. heat - Answer-A. A pink reaction which resembles sunburn
In the TNM staging system, what does the N represent?
A. nothing
B. lymph node involvement
C. nexus
D. knot - Answer-B. lymph node involvement
T/F: Supported by scientific research, viruses, chemicals, and radiation are known
carcinogens. - Answer-True
What year did Marie Curie get awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry?
, A. 1911
B. 1912
C. 1908
D. Pick A - Answer-A. 1911
The genes in the cancer process that control normal growth/ differentiation are:
A. oncogenes
B. antioncogenes
C. proto-oncogenes
D. lethal genes - Answer-C. proto-oncogenes
What does the R stand for in the pain assessment using the mnemonic SOCRATES
A. radiation
B. relativity
C. relaxation
D. reality - Answer-A. radiation
German pathologist Johannes Müller argued that cancer was made from cells, not
lymph and that cancer arose from________
A. chronic irritation
B. blastema
C. parasites
D. trauma - Answer-B. blastema
T/F: justification and optimization are two fundamental principles of radiation protection -
Answer-True
benign v. malignant define________________
A. tumor growth
B. Gompertzian growth curve
C. tumor classification
D. tumor staging - Answer-C. tumor classification
What does the letter E stand for in the mnemonic MJTHREADS?
A. exit
B. epilepsy
C. ear pain
D. eye pain - Answer-B. epilepsy
When discussing patient history, which of the following is NOT one of the five key steps
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T/F: Examples of non-invasive diagnostic testing include:
x-ray imaging
ultrasound
endoscopy - Answer-False
Around 400 BC; ___________uses carcinoma to describe tumors
A. Plato
B. Hippocrates
C. Galen
D. Abul Kasim - Answer-B. Hippocrates
What phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
A. G0
B. G!
C. S
D. M - Answer-C. S Phase
What year did Conrad Wilhelm Roentgen discover x-rays?
A. 1895
B. 1896
C. 1897
D. Pick A - Answer-A. 1895
The term which means tending or threatening to produce death is:
A. benign
B. definitive
C. curative
D. malignant - Answer-D. malignant
T/F: Examples of palliation include:
pain
dyspnea
dysphagia
mole removal - Answer-False
Which Agency is responsible for licensing diagnostic professionals?d
A. JRCERT
B. ARRT
,C. ASRT
D. OSHA - Answer-B. ARRT
According to theory of tumor initiation:
A. results of abnormal cell proliferation
B. occurs because abnormal process of cellular differentiation takes place
C. cellular differentiation occurs when stem cell undergoes mitosis & divides into
daughter cells and matures
D. all of the above are correct - Answer-D. all of the above are correct
__________ is a surgical procedure used to obtain and diagnose tissue samples
A. biopsy
B. barium swallow
C. EKG
D. CT - Answer-A. biopsy
T/F: on the electromagnetic spectrum, x-rays and gamma rays appear on the part of the
spectrum where wavelength decreases as energy increases - Answer-True
which of the following is not a type of biopsy?
A. fine-needle aspiration
B. core needle
C. incisional
D. all are types of biopsies - Answer-D. all are types of biopsies
What does the medical term "erythema" mean?
A. A pink reaction which resembles sunburn
B. bleeding
C. to soothe
D. heat - Answer-A. A pink reaction which resembles sunburn
In the TNM staging system, what does the N represent?
A. nothing
B. lymph node involvement
C. nexus
D. knot - Answer-B. lymph node involvement
T/F: Supported by scientific research, viruses, chemicals, and radiation are known
carcinogens. - Answer-True
What year did Marie Curie get awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry?
, A. 1911
B. 1912
C. 1908
D. Pick A - Answer-A. 1911
The genes in the cancer process that control normal growth/ differentiation are:
A. oncogenes
B. antioncogenes
C. proto-oncogenes
D. lethal genes - Answer-C. proto-oncogenes
What does the R stand for in the pain assessment using the mnemonic SOCRATES
A. radiation
B. relativity
C. relaxation
D. reality - Answer-A. radiation
German pathologist Johannes Müller argued that cancer was made from cells, not
lymph and that cancer arose from________
A. chronic irritation
B. blastema
C. parasites
D. trauma - Answer-B. blastema
T/F: justification and optimization are two fundamental principles of radiation protection -
Answer-True
benign v. malignant define________________
A. tumor growth
B. Gompertzian growth curve
C. tumor classification
D. tumor staging - Answer-C. tumor classification
What does the letter E stand for in the mnemonic MJTHREADS?
A. exit
B. epilepsy
C. ear pain
D. eye pain - Answer-B. epilepsy
When discussing patient history, which of the following is NOT one of the five key steps
