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What is radiation? - Answer-the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves What is ionizing radiation? - Answer-any type of radiation that is capable of removing an orbital electron from the atom with which it interacts Types of ionizing radiation - Answer-x-rays and gamma rays What is th...

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Radiation Safety Exam Questions and
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What is radiation? - Answer-the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves

What is ionizing radiation? - Answer-any type of radiation that is capable of removing an
orbital electron from the atom with which it interacts

Types of ionizing radiation - Answer-x-rays and gamma rays

What is the most common type of man-made radiation? - Answer-Diagnostic x-rays, CT

What is the most common type of natural environment radiation? - Answer-Radon

ALARA - Answer-As Low As Reasonably Achievable

Filtration - Answer-Removing low energy x-rays before they reach the patient (metal
filters usually copper or aluminum), absorbs them

Intensifying Screens - Answer-Radiation to light conversion within the imaging device
(shortens exposure time and reduces patient dose), no overexposing

Collimation (field of view) - Answer-Use collimators to limit exposed areas, narrow down
rays

What is basic protection apparel? - Answer-lead aprons and gloves and personal
radiation monitoring devices (dosimeters)

What initiated basic protection apparel? - Answer-In 1904, there was the first radiation
fatality and radiologists were reported to have an increase in blood disorders (aplastic
anemia and leukemia)

Matter - Answer-Anything that occupies space, composed of fundamental building
blocks called atoms

What are the 3 cardinal rules of radiation protection? - Answer-time, distance, shielding

Gya - Answer-radiation dose in air, exposure

Gyt - Answer-radiation dose in tissue/absorbed dose, short term effects

Sv - Answer-effective dose, long term effects

Bq (Becquerel) - Answer-Radioactivity

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