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Radiation Protection Unit 1 Exam
Questions with Latest Update
What is Ionizing radiation? - Answer-Radiation that produces positively and negatively
charged particles (ions)

What is radiation protection? - Answer-Effective measures employed by radiation
workers to safeguard patients, personnel, and the general public from unnecessary
exposure to ionizing radiation.

What happens when radiation safety principles are correctly applied? - Answer--The
energy deposited in living tissue by the radiation can be limited
-Reduces the potential for adverse biologic effects

Diagnostic Efficacy - Answer-Degree to which the diagnostic study accuracy reveals the
presence or absence of disease.

Risk can be defined as: - Answer-The probability of injury, ailment, or death resulting
from an activity.

ALARA is synomymous with what? - Answer-ORP (Optimization for Radiation
Protection)

What are the 3 Cardinal rules? - Answer--Time
-Distance
-Shielding

What is the responsibility of the Radiation Safety Officer? - Answer-Execution,
enforcement and maintenance of records and maintaining ALARA

ALARA Examples for Patients: - Answer--Reduce the beam on time
-Use as much SSD as possible
-Shield

ALARA Examples for Personnel: - Answer--Reduce time in room
-Increase distance from source
-Wear shield

What is BERT? - Answer--Background
-Equivalent
-Radiation
-Time

, What is the purpose of the Toshiba Dose Tracking system? - Answer-Gives clinicians
the flexibility to track X-ray skin dose exposure in real time during interventional
procedures.

Phase 1 for Patients - Answer--Informational posters placed
-Brochures describing imaging procedures: simple terms
-Basic information on website designed for patient education
-Wallet size card for radiation exposure to be recorded and tracked

Phase 2 - in order to accommodate technologic enhancements - Answer--Operational /
capital budget e.g. acquiring CT dose reduction technology
-Utilization of tools for recording and reporting dose
-Providing notification for excessive radiation dose

For Non Radiologist Physicians - Answer--Through discussions, create increased
awareness of radiation dose for specific procedures
-Establish goals for lowering radiation dose for patients, assisting personnel and self.
-Radiographers informing physicians when they have reached specific dose:
fluoroscopist decide to continue or stop procedure

For Staff - Answer--In-service education on radiation safety topics
-Facts-to-remember sheets
-Emails highlighting most important topics

ALARA - Answer-Acronym for as low as reasonably achievable

Fallout - Answer-Radiation produced as a consequence of nuclear weapons testing and
chemical explosions in nuclear power plants

Electromagnetic wave - Answer-Electric and magnetic fields that fluctuate rapidly as
they travel through space

Rem - Answer-Traditional unit of measure for EqD

BERT - Answer-Method for comparing the amount of radiation received compared with
natural background radiation received over a given period

Radiation protection - Answer-Effective measures employed by radiation workers to
safegaurd patient, personnel from unnecessary exposure

EqD - Answer-Radiation quantity used for radiation purposes when a person receives
exposure from various types of radiation

Organic Damage - Answer-Genetic or somatic changes in a living organism caused by
excessive cellular damage from exposure to radiation

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