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WorksheetsRad Bio Section 1
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What does ALARA Stand for?
As Low As Reliably Achievable
As Low as You can go
As Low as reasonably achievable
as low as reasonably able
What is the largest source of natural environmental radiation?
Cosmic Rays
Radon
Uranium
Airport scanners
The Atomic mass number is representative of what?
number of protons in the nucleus
# of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
Neutrons
electrons + protons
The Atomic number is representative of what?
protons + neutrons
protons
electrons and protons
neutrons
An element that has the same # of protons but have a different # of neutrons is called a (an)
isotone
isotope
isobar
isomer
Name two types of ionizing particulate radiation.
gamma and beta
alpha and beta
x-ray and gamma
x-ray and beta
Name two types of ionizing electromagnetic radiation?
alpha and beta
gamma and beta
x-ray and gamma
alpha and gamma
What procedure that we discussed in class has the longest BERT ?
chest xray
PET CT
Bone Scan
Panorex Dental x-ray
An isotone refers to atoms that have the .................
same number of protons
same number of neutrons
same Atomic mass
same configuration
Medical imaging accounts for approximately what annual dose to the public each year?
3.0 mGy
2.0 mSv
2.5 mGy
3.2 mSv
What type of particulate radiation cannot penetrate a piece of paper?
gamma
x-ray
alpha
beta
Natural Background radiation results in an annual dose to the general public of ____________.
3 mGy
3 mSv
3 mrem
3 Gy
What happens to the atomic # during beta emission with a negatron emission?
it increases by 2
it decreases by 2
it increases by 1
it decreases by 1
A Beta particle with a charge of +1 (one unit of positive charge) is called a.......
negatron
proton
positron
animatronic
Compton interactions affect the image by:
Increasing contrast
Decreasing contrast
No change on contrast
What is the SI unit of measuring exposure in air (Air KERMA)?
Gya
Gyt
Roentgen
Sv
If the half life of Technetium is 6 hrs and we start with 100 mCi how much will be left after 12 hrs?
50 mCi
25 mCi
75 mCi
12.5 mCi
Convert 157 mGy to Gy
15.7 Gy
1.57 Gy
.157 Gy
157,000 Gy
In which of the x-ray matter interactions does the photon interact with an inner shell electron and become totally absorbed?
Photoelectric
Photodisintegration
Compton
Pair Production
What is the SI unit of measuring effective dose and occupational exposure?
Bq
Gya
Gy
Sv
In which of the x-ray matter interactions does the photon interact with nucleus of an atom? The energy of the x-ray photon is converted into two electrons, one with a positive charge (positron) and one with a negative charge. When the positron interacts with a free electron, they annihilate each other and release 2 photons with an energy of .51 meV.
Pair production
Photodisintegration
Photoelectric effect
Compton
Which of the following interactions is most likely to occur with photons with an energy of 10keV or less?
Compton
Photoelectric
Coherent
Pair Production
In which of the x-ray matter interactions does the photon become totally absorbed by the nucleus causing the nucleus to become radioactive?
photoelectric
pair production
photodisintegration
compton
The probability of a PE interaction occurring is largely dependent on what property of the matter it will interact with?
number of neutrons
Z of element
number of electrons
water content in cell
Which of the following effect the probability of a Compton interaction?
Z of element
mass density
energy of photon
number of protons
mass density
energy of photon
mass density
energy of photon
Z of element
mass density
From which of the x-ray matter interactions does the radiographer get most of their occupational exposure?
photoelectric
compton
pair production
photodisintegration
In which of the x-ray matter interactions does the photon interact with an outer shell electron and eject the electron. The photon continues but with less energy and in a different direction?
photoelectric
compton
photodisintegration
pair production
The incoming photon must have an energy of ______ MeV for photodisintegration to occur?
1.02 MeV
1.02 keV
.511 keV
10 MeV
In order for pair production to occur, the incoming photon must have an energy of at least______.
10 Mev
1.02 MeV
.511 keV
.5 Mev
A 75 keV photon interacts with an oxygen atom. What is the energy of the photoelectron produced if a photoelectric interaction occurs? The Binding energy of the k shell electron in an oxygen atom is .5 keV.
75.5 keV
80 keV
74.5 keV
70 keV
The probability of a photoelectric interaction is affected by the following....
Z 3
1/E3
1/Z 3
E3
1/Z
E3
Z 2
1/E2
If we were measuring the output of room 3 what unit would we put our report in?
Sv
Gyt
Ci
Gya
A photoelectric interaction can occur with which of the following atoms if the incoming photon has an energy of 34 keV.
atom with a K shell binding energy of 40
atom with a K shell binding energy of 33
atom with a K shell binding energy of 35
atom with a K shell binding energy of 78
What SI Unit is used to measure radioactivity?
Curie
Becquerel
Gray
Seivert
As mass density increases, x-ray transmission to the IR.........
decreases
increases
is unaffected
The probability of a Compton interaction is........
directly proportional to the energy of the incoming x-ray photon
indirectly proportional to the energy of the incoming x-ray photon
not affected by the energy of the incoming photon
indirectly proportional to the 3rd power of the energy of the incoming photon
