Chapter 2

Question 1

Radiation

Answer 1

Kenetic energy that passes from one location to another and can have many manifestations

Question 2

Mechanical vibrations

Answer 2

Travel through air or materials to interact with structures in human ear to produce sound

Question 3

Ultrasound

Answer 3

Mechanical vibrations of material rate of vibration does not stimulate the human ear sensors

Question 4

Electromagnetic spectrum

Answer 4

Full range of frequencies and wavelengths

Question 5

Ionization

Answer 5

Electromagnetic radiation is of a high enough frequency transfer energy to orbit electron to remove from atom

Question 6

Equivalent dose

Answer 6

Quantity used for radiation protection purposes when a person receives exposure from various types of ionizing radiation

Question 7

Effective dose

Answer 7

Manufactured quantity all dose of all types of ionizing radiation “weighting factors”

Question 8

Genetic damage

Answer 8

Damage to generations not yet born

Question 9

Terrestrial radiation

Answer 9

Radioactive materials from the crust of the earth

Question 10

Cosmic radiation

Answer 10

Sun solar and beyond solar system

Question 11

Internal radiation

Answer 11

Radioactive Atoms that make up percent of body tissue

Question 12

Radiation dose

Answer 12

Amount of radiation absorbed by body

Question 13

Radiation considered ionizing

Answer 13

X-rays. gamma rays. high energy ultraviolet radiation (higher than 10ev)

Question 14

Radiation considered non-ionizing

Answer 14

Low energy UV. Visible light. infrared rays. microwaves. radio waves

Question 15

Foundation of interactions of x-rays and human

Answer 15

Ionization

Question 16

What makes up particulate radiation

Answer 16

Alpha particles and beta particles

Question 17

Know the difference between electrons and beta particles

Answer 17

Their origin

Question 18

What equivalent dose attempts to do

Answer 18

Specify numerically differences in transferred energy and potential biologic harm produced by different types of radiation

Question 19

Occupational and nonoccupational dose limits are expressed in

Answer 19

Effective dose and stated in sieverts

Question 20

What is cellular damage

Answer 20

Abnormal cell function loss of cell function

Question 21

Two categories of ionizing radiation

Answer 21

Natural man-made

Question 22

Examples of man-made radiation

Answer 22

CT nuclear medicine powerplants

Question 23

When and where three-mile accident occurred

Answer 23

15 miles south east of Harrisburg Pennsylvania March 28, 1979

Question 24

When and where Chernobyl accident happened

Answer 24

Near Kiev in Ukraine April 26 1986

Question 25

Where and when Fukushima happens

Answer 25

March 11, 2011 coast of Japan

Question 26

Percent of total collective effective dose that medical radiation makes up on the population

Answer 26

48%

Question 27

Ways the amount of radiation received by a patient can be expressed

Answer 27

Entrance skin exposure
Bone marrow dose
Gonadal dose

Question 28

Energy

Answer 28

Ability to do work