Dose Limits
The tissue weighting factor for the gonads?
0.20
The term hormesis refers to:
Belief that throughout evolution advantageous genetic mutations caused by radiation exposure may have occurred.
You are observing your patient having difficulty breathing, this condition is known as:
Dyspnea
Dosimeters that allows for immediate occupational exposure readings?
Pocket Dosimeter
On termination of employment, a radiographer must be sure to receive a copy of:
His/her occupational exposure report
The RSO is typically a part-time employee. Their presence is not important in the daily operation of imaging facilities. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
False
Personnel dosimeters protect the wearer from exposure to ionizing radiation. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
False
Of the following types of electromagnetic energy, which has the shortest wavelength
Gamma rays
In addition to the annual occupational effective dose limit established for radiation workers, the NCRP recommends a lifetime effective dose limit, which is found by multiplying a person’s age in years by which of the following subunits?
10 mSv
Ionizing Radiation Cancer is an example of:
Stochastic Effects
An ionization chamber-type survey meter is also referred to as a:
Cutie Pie
Monitoring companies send a control monitor to health care facilities along with each batch of dosimeters. The control monitor should be:
Kept in a radiation-free area in the imaging facility
The ethical principal is related to the theory that patients have the right to decide if they will decline a procedure?
Autonomy
A densitometer is used to measure which of the following?
Optical density
The unit of choice for expressing the collective effective dose?
Person-sievert
The ALARA concept can be depicted in which of the following ways?
Linear non-threshold
Wearing a personnel dosimeter in a consistent location is the responsibility of the:
Individual wearing the device
When undressing a patient with an injury to the upper torso, the tech should:
Remove clothing from the unaffected side first
Currently, which of the following radiation monitors is the most commonly used for monitoring occupational exposure in diagnostic imaging?
OSL
Somatic effects of ionizing radiation that are typically nonthreshold, and randomly occurring can be classified as:
Stochastic effects
In keeping with the ALARA concept, most health care facilities issue dosimetry devices when personnel could receive about ___ of the annual occupational EfD limit in any month, or approximately 0.05 mSv (5mrem).
10%
A TLD badge dosimeter may be worn up to 1 year. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
False
The organization that accredits programs for education in Radiologic Technology is ___
JRCERT
The image densities cast by the filters in a film badge dosimeter permit:
Estimation of the energy of the radiation reaching the badge
Concerns the upper boundary dose of ionizing radiation that results in a negligible risk of bodily injury or genetic damage?
EfD limit