TESTBANK
Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography
9th Edition by Sherer
all Chapters 1-14
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
r r
1.rIntroductionrtorRadiationrProtection
2.rRadiation:rTypes,rSources,randrDosesrReceived
3.rInteractionrofrX-RadiationrwithrMatter
4.rRadiationrQuantitiesrandrUnits
5.rRadiationrMonitoring
6.rOverviewrofrCellrBiology
7.rMolecularrandrCellularrRadiationrBiology
8.rEarlyrTissuerReactionsrandrTheirrEffectsronrOrganrSystems
9.rStochasticrEffectsrandrLaterTissuerReactionsrofrRadiationrinrOrganrSystems
10.rEquipmentrDesignrforrRadiationrProtection
11.rManagementrofrPatientrRadiationrDoserDuringrDiagnosticrX-RayrProcedures
12.rRadiationrSafetyrinrComputedrTomographyrandrMammography
13.rManagementrofrImagingrPersonnelrRadiationrDoserDuringrDiagnosticrX-RayrProcedures
14.rRadioisotopesrandrRadiationrProtection
,Chapterr01:rIntroductionrtorRadiationrProtection
Sherer:rRadiationrProtectionrinrMedicalrRadiography,r9thrEdition
MULTIPLEr CHOICE
1. Consequencesrofrionizationrinrhumanrcellsrinclude
1. creationrofrunstableratoms.
2. productionrofrfreerelectrons.
3. creationrofrhighlyrreactiverfreerradicalsrcapablerofrproducingrsubstancesrpoisonousrtort
hercell.
4. creationrofrnewrbiologicrmoleculesrdetrimentalrtortherlivingrcell.
5. injuryrtorthercellrthatrmayrmanifestritselfrasrabnormalrfunctionrorrlossrofrfunction.
a. 1,r2,randr3ronly
b. 2,r3,randr4ronly
c. 3,r4,randr5ronly
d.r 1,r2,r3,r4,randr5
ANSWER:r D
2. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisrarformrofrradiationrthatrisrcapablerofrcreatingrelectricallyrcharge
drparticlesrbyrremovingrorbitalrelectronsrfromrtheratomrofrnormalrmatterrthroughrwhichritr
passes?
a. Ionizingrradiation
b. Nonionizingrradiation
c. Subatomicrradiation
d. Ultrasonicrradiation
ANSWER:r A
3. Regardingrexposurertorionizingrradiation,rpatientsrwhorarereducatedrtorunderstandrthermedi
calrbenefitrofranrimagingrprocedurerarermorerlikelyrto
a. assumerarsmallrchancerofrbiologicrdamagerbutrnotrsuppressranyrradiationrpho
biartheyrmayrhave.
b. cancelrtheirrscheduledrprocedurerbecausertheyrarernotrwillingrtorassumerarsm
allrchancerofrbiologicrdamage.
c. suppressranyrradiationrphobiarbutrnotrriskrarsmallrchancerofrpossiblerbiolog
icrdamage.
d. suppressranyrradiationrphobiarandrberwillingrtorassumerarsmallrchancerofrpossib
lerbiologicrdamage.
ANSWER:r D
4. Thermillisievertr(mSv)risrequalrto
a. 1/10rofrarsievert.
b. 1/100rofrarsievert.
c. 1/1000rofrarsievert.
d. 1/10,000rofrarsievert.
ANSWER:r C
, RadiationrProtectionrinrMedicalrRadiographyr8thrEditionrShererrTestrBank
5. TheradvantagesrofrtherBERTrmethodrare
1. itrdoesrnotrimplyrradiationrrisk;ritrisrsimplyrarmeansrforrcomparison.
2. itremphasizesrthatrradiationrisranrinnaterpartrofrourrenvironment.
3. itrprovidesranranswerrthatrisreasyrforrtherpatientrtorcomprehend.
a. 1randr2ronly
b. 1randr3ronly
c. 2randr3ronly
d. 1,r2,randr3
ANSWER:r D
6. Ifrarpatientrasksrarradiographerrarquestionraboutrhowrmuchrradiationrherorrsherwillrreceiv
erfromrarspecificrx-rayrprocedure,rtherradiographerrcan
a. respondrbyrusingranrestimationrbasedronrthercomparisonrofrradiationrreceivedrfro
mrtherx-rayrtornaturalrbackgroundrradiationrreceived.
b. avoidrtherpatient’srquestionrbyrchangingrthersubject.
c. tellrtherpatientrthatritrisrunethicalrtordiscussrsuchrconcerns.
d. refusertoranswerrtherquestionrandrrecommendrthatrherorrsherspeakrwithrt
herreferringrphysician.
ANSWER:r A
7. Whyrshouldrtherselectionrofrtechnicalrexposurerfactorsrforrallrmedicalrimagingrprocedures
alwaysrfollowrALARA? Sorthatrradiographersrandrradiologistsrdornotrhaver
a
a.rSorthatrreferringrphysiciansrorderingrimagingrproceduresrdornotrhavertoracceptrrespon
sibilityrforrpatientrradiationrsafety.
b.
patientrradiationrsafety.
c. Becauserradiation-
inducedrcancerrdoesrnotrappearrtorhaverardoserlevelrbelowrwhichrindividual
srwouldrhavernorchancerofrdevelopingrthisrdisease.
d. Becauserradiation-
inducedrcancerrdoesrhaverardoserlevelratrwhichrindividualsrwouldrhaverarcha
ncerofrdevelopingrthisrdisease.
ANSWER:r C
8. Thercardinalrprinciplesrofrradiationrprotectionrincluderwhichrofrtherfollowing?
1. Time
2. Distance
3. Shielding
a. 1ronly
b. 2ronly
c. 3ronly
d. 1,r2,randr3
ANSWER:r D
9. Inrarhospitalrsetting,rwhichrofrtherfollowingrprofessionalsrisrexpresslyrchargedrbyrtherhospit
alradministrationrwithrbeingrdirectlyrresponsiblerforrtherexecution,renforcement,randrmaint
enancerofrtherALARArprogram?
a. Assistantradministratorrofrtherfacility
b. Chiefrofrstaff
