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What dose response relationship is used for skin erythema and hematologic depression?

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Linear, threshold

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The model for ALARA has what type of dose-response relationship?

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Linear, nonthreshold

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What does response relationship is used for radiation therapy?

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Nonlinear, threshold

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When performing a portable x-ray, the patient’s skin should be at least ______ below the collimator/

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30 cm

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Studies consist of observations and statistical analysis of data, such as the incidence of disease within groups of people.

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Epidemiology

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Carcinogenesis is

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the formation of cancer

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Who reviews regulations formulated by the ICRP and decides to include those recommendations in US radiation protection criteria?

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NCRP

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There are ____ major organizations responsible for evaluating the relationship between radiation EqD and induced biologic effects.

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Four

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Every diagnostic imaging system must have a protective tube housing and

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correctly functioning control panel

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Who provides limits for occupational dose limits and public dose limits?

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ICRP

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_______ is the most significant late stochastic effects caused by exposure to ionizing radiation.

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Cancer

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Diagnostic x-rays are considered to have a

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Linear, nothreshold

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A lead-lined metal diagnostic-type protective tube housing is required to protect the patient and imaging personnel from

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Off-focus

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Which organization reviews studies of biologic effects of ionizing radiation and risk assessment?

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NRC-BEIR

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The housing enclosing the x-ray tube must be constructed so that the radiation leakage through any portion of the housing away from the useful beam, measured at a distance of ____m from the x-ray source, does not exceed ____ mGy/hr when the tube is operated at its highest voltage at the highest current that allows continuous operation.

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1.0. 0.88

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_______ means that below a certain radiation level or dose, no biologic effects are observed.

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Threshold

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Which organization mandates that every facility have a Radiation Safety Committee

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NRC

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Who develops the Radiation Safety Program?

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Radiation Safety Officer

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The radiographic examination table must be

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As radiolucent as possible

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Cancer and genetic defects are examples of?

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Stochastic effects

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When a prediction is made that the number of excess cancers will increase as the natural incidence of cancer increase with advancing age in the population, the risk sis considered to be?

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Relative

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______ indicates that a radiation absorbed dose of any magnitude has the capability of producing a biologic effect.

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Nonthreshold

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Biologic response is not directly related to radiation dose.

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Nonlinear

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Most types of cancer have this type of dose-response relationship.

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Nonlinear

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Most types of cancer have this type of dose-response relationship.
Linear, nonthreshold
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______ is currently the predominant x-ray beam limitation device.
Collimator
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Which type of radiation is not useful for imaging?
Compton
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This portion helps prevent electric shock.
Protective tube housing
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The protective tube housing helps prevent what from leaking.
Off-focus radiation
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This portion helps prevent excess radiation form reaching the patient.
X-ray tube window
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This radiation is emitted from the tube after passing through an aperture
Primary useful beam
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The code of standards for diagnostic x-ray equipment states that a machine must have which of the following?
Beam limitation devices for spot films on fluoroscopy
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T/F: The control panel or console must have visible mA and kVp digital readouts that permits the operator to assess exposure conditions.
True
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To minimize skin exposure using a standard x-ray unit, a patients skin should be at least ______ form the collimator.
15cm
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Alignment differences between x-ray light and light beams must not exceed _______ of the SID.
2%
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"Indicates the ratio of the risk of stochastic effects attributable to irradiation of a given organ or tissue (T) to the total risk when the whole body is uniformly irradiated."
Tissue weighting factor
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___________ restricts the size and shape of the x-ray beam so it doesn't exceed the size of the selected image receptor.
Positive beam limitation
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Grids
increase the energy of the beam
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Insulating oil surrounding the tube is an example of
inherent filtration
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T/F: Embryologic effects is an example of late effect ionizing radiation.
True
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The is a high probability that as single dose of approximately _____ will induce the formation of cataracts.
2.0 Gy
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_______ is a late tissue reaction.
Organ atrophy
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Radiation induced genetic abnormalities are caused by unrepaired damage to
DNA molecules on the sperm or ova of an adult
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This is an example of a late tissue reaction to ionizing radiation.
Cataract formation
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During Compton scattering, an incident x-ray photon strikes which type of electron?
Outer
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During Compton, after an incident x-ray interacts with an atom the x-ray then
Continues in a different direction
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In a collimator, one set of shutters are placed as close to the actual focal spot as possible reduction of?
Off-focus radiation
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No conclusive proof exists that low-level ionizing radiation exposure below _______ causes a significant increase in the risk of malignancy.
0.1 GY
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T/F: Any organ in the human body is vulnerable to damage from exposure to ionizing radiation.
True
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T/F: All tissues and organs have the same sensitivity to ionizing radiation.
False
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Radiation induced cataracts follow a _______ type of dose response.
Nonlinear, threshold
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T/F: If an organ has a higher tissue weighting factor, it means that organ is less sensitive to radiation.
False
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Inherent filtration provides the same amount of filtration as how many millimeters of aluminum?
0.5mm
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The collimator mirror is equal to how many millimeters of aluminum?
1.0mm
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T/F: Inherent and added filtration combine to meet required amount necessary, called total filtration.
True
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A minimum of _____ aluminum equivalent total filtration is required for fixed radiographic units operating at above 70 kVp.
2.5mm
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A mathematical equation is done to find the cumulative effective dose for a radiation worker, what is that equation?
Age x 10 mSv
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The the embryo receives a high-dose of radiation during the first 12 weeks to equivalent doses above _____, fetal death or severe congenital abnormalities may occur.
200 mSv
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What defines beam quality numerically?
Half value layer
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Radiation induced cancer may take ______ or more years to develop in humans.
5
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T/F: The physical appearance of cancer induced by ionizing radiation does not appear different than a cancer caused by other agents.
True
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When using a compensating filter such as a wedge filter, do you put the thicker end of the filter towards the less dense or more dense portion of the part?
Less dense
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Leukemia occurs approximately _____ years after exposure to ionizing radiation.
2
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The ALARA concept adopts an extremely conservative middle concerning the relationship between
Ionizing radiation and potential risk
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If a certain dose of radiation produces a skin burn, a higher dose of radiation will cause the skin to burn more severely, however; a dose below the threshold level for skin burn will
Not demonstrate the effect
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Radiation workers annual occupational effective dose limit is ______ in any given year.
50 mSv
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When looking at SI numbers, a low SI number out of range indicates?
The image is overexposed
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In a fluoro unit, the input phosphor does what?
converts x-rays to light
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In a fluoro unit, what receives electrons from the photocathode?
Output phosphor
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In magnification mode on a fluoro unit the voltage on the electrostatic lens is _______.
Increased
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________ is the ratio of input area to the output area of the image intensifier.
Minification gain
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During a fluoro exam the radiologist uses pulsed fluoroscopy, this will of what to patient dose?
Decrease patient dose
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What is the limit for nonoccupational exposed personnel per year?
5 mSv
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Grids with higher ratios contain more lead strips, they also _____ patient dose and ______ scatter.
Increase; Decrease
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For an 8:1 grid, the conversion factor used is?
4
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What is the minimum SSD for a mobile radiography unit?
30 cm
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Aliasing is an image artifact that
has a jagged or sawtooth appearance of curved or diagonal lines
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This is made of amorphous silicon, converts x-ray energy into visible light.
Scintillator
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T/F: When using a CR reader, the x-ray beam passes through the patient and deposited onto a PSP and then the absorbed energy produces a latent image composed of PSP molecules and excited electrons.
True
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For non-digital fluoroscopic unit a HVL of 3 to 4.5 mm aluminum is considered acceptable when kVp ranges from _______.
80-100
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Pregnant female radiation workers can not exceed ______ per month and no more than ______ throughout the entire pregnancy.
0.5 mSv, 5.0 mSv
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During fluoro procedures with extended time, the FDA has recommended that a notation can be placed on the patient's record if a skin dose in the range of _______ is received.
1-2 Gy
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A Fluoro unit must have this type of switch
Deadman switch
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For fluoroscopic units the current federal standard limit for entrance skin exposure rates have a maximum of _________.
88 mGy/min
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According to the Health Effects article on Deterministic and Stochastic effects, deterministic effects occur after a _______ dose is reached, meaning that a dose below this are not expected to cause the particular effect.
Threshold
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According to the Health Effects article on deterministic and stochastcis effects "the severity of the effect does not depend on the dose. It has an all-or-none response"
Stochastic
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In 1929 a US Department of Labor study reported 33 cases of radium poisoning among this job. These worker put bristles in their mouths to bring the bristles to a point for painting.
Radium dial painters

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