ALL KNEWTON TESTS with Questions
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Which of the following correctly describes how a scintillation counter works? - Answer
A material called a scintillator emits light on exposure to ionizing radiation, and the light
is further converted to an electrical signal by an optical sensor.
Lead-212 decays into bismuth-212 by emitting which particle? - Answer A beta particle
Which of the following is included in a nuclide symbol? - Answer all of the above
, Which of the following is directly controlled in a nuclear power plant? - Answer NOT
CORRECT!!!!! The number of neutrons produced by each nucleus undergoing fission
in the nuclear fuel
NOT CORRECT!!!!!
A sample of technetium-99 was used in a procedure to image the heart muscle of
a patient 18 hours ago and now 2.50 mCi remain. What was the size of the original
sample? (Technetium-99 has a half life of 6 hours.) - Answer 20.0 mCi
Convert an absorbed dose of 5.05rad of neutron radiation into Sv units. Use an RBE
of 2.00 for neutron radiation. - Answer NOT CORRECT!!!!!!!!
101.1Sv
NOT CORRECT!!!!!!!!
Which of the following statements comparing beta decay and positron emission
are NOT true? - Answer Particles released during both types of decay processes are
deflected the same way in an electric field
Supercritical mass is: - Answer NOT CORRECT!!!!!!
the amount of fissionable material that cannot sustain a chain reaction.
NOT CORRECT!!!!!!
Radiometric dating has been responsible for breakthrough discoveries in:
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