C632 Radiation Monitors and Personal Radiation Detectors Unit 1

Question 1

What is the purpose of the Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM)?

Answer 1

It detects small amounts (or low levels) of radiation It is our most sensitive detector, more sensitive than the Personal Radiation Detector (PRD) or the RadSeeker

Question 2

What types of radiation does the RPM detect?

Answer 2

Gamma and Neutron

Question 3

What are the two reasons a Primary officer would reset the RPM?

Answer 3

Following an alert. This will silence the alarm and prepare for the next vehicle. Following an “Instrument Failure”, Some instrument failure indications will reset. For example, if the failure was caused by a sensor blockage and the blockage has been removed, the RPM will usually reset

Question 4

Under what two conditions would the officer be unable to reset the RPM?

Answer 4

-While the sensor is blocked (by a vehicle, debris etc.) * Instrument Failure. Some instrument failure indications will not reset, but they may rebaot. Some instrument failure indications will not allow a reboot. They must be reported to the Integrated Logistics Branch (ILB) help desk (Formerly the Enforcement Technology Program ETP) Help Desk)

Question 5

What locations of potential radiations sources are illustrated on an RPM printout?

Answer 5

The front or back of a vehicle and the passenger or drivers side

Question 6

Put the following steps in order after an RPM alert:
Conduct system query
Refer and document decisions
Acknowledge alert
Ask M.O.M. questions
Motion vehicle forward
Conduct imposter check
Query license plate
Secure travel documents

Answer 6

1. Acknowledge alert
2. Query license plate
3. Motion vehicle forward
4. Secure travel documents
5. Conduct imposter check
6. Conduct system query
7. Ask MOM questions
8. Refer and document decisions