Dose Limits exam 2

Question 1

guidelines established through prior research on the effects of radiation to human tissues

Answer 1

regulations
dose limits
cardinal principles
ALARA

Question 2

RSO oversees ____

Answer 2

effectiveness of radiation protection policies and to ensure adequate compliance

Question 3

radiation officer

Answer 3

oversees program
develops policies and procedures
authority to implement and enforce
maintains exposure records

Question 4

effective dose limiting is based off of _____

Answer 4

calculations of risk of cancer and genetic effects to tissues or organs exposed to radiation

Question 5

which is threshold related
not random
effect is directly tied to exposure
dose dependant

Answer 5

non-stochastic effects (deterministic effects)

Question 6

which is non- threshold related
randomly occuring
mutational
chances of effect increase with increased exposures
severity not dose dependant

Answer 6

stochastic effect (probabilistic effect)

Question 7

what is exposure dependent, not dose dependent

Answer 7

stochastic effect

Question 8

a mutation is

Answer 8

stochastic

Question 9

possibility of inducing a radiogenic cancer or genetic defect after irridation

Answer 9

risk

Question 10

risk estimated on research and reports developed by

Answer 10

ICRP
NCRP
UNSCEAR
NAS/BEIR

Question 11

dose equivalencies

Answer 11

H_t

Question 12

tissue weighting factors

Answer 12

W_t

Question 13

cumulative occupational effective dose

Answer 13

10 mSv x age
or
1 rem x age

Question 14

what is the annual OCCUPATIONAL effective dose limit (does not include bakground or medical procedures)

Answer 14

50 mSv or 5 rem

Question 15

OCCUPATIONAL cumulative dose limit

Answer 15

1 rem x age

Question 16

NON-OCCUPATIONAL effective dose limit

Answer 16

.5 rem or 5mSv

Question 17

NON-OCCUPATIONAL lens of eye

Answer 17

1.5 rem or 15 mSv

Question 18

NON-OCCUPATIONAL skin, hands, feet

Answer 18

5 rem or 50 mSv

Question 19

NON-OCCUPATIONAL localized tissues

Answer 19

5 rem or 50 mSv

Question 20

EDL frequently exposed dose limit

Answer 20

.1 rem or 1mSv

Question 21

student effective dose limit eye

Answer 21

1.5 rem or 15 mSv

Question 22

student localized tissue dose

Answer 22

.5 rem or 5 mSv

Question 23

embryo dose limit

Answer 23

.05 rem per month(.5mSv) or .5rem per year (5mSv)