Exam 6 Flashcards
If one is receiving 20mR/hr exposure at a distance of 3m from a source, at what distance would one receive 500mR/hr exposure?
a. 0.36cm
b. 0.36m
c. 60cm
d. 0.60cm
c. 60cm
If an area survey reveals an ambient radiation level of 7mR/hr, which of the following radioactive signs would be the best choice to display on the door leading to this area?
a. “Caution: Radioactive Materials”
b. “Caution: Radiation Area”
c. “Caution: High Radiation Area”
d. “Grave Danger: Very High Radiation Area”
b. “Caution: Radiation Area”
An ionization chamber is left in integral mode for 10min and records a total dose of 3mR. Which of the following area posting signs should be used on the door leading into this area?
a. “Caution: Radioactive Materials”
b. “Caution: Radiation Area”
c. “Caution: High Radiation Area”
d. “Grave Danger: Very High Radiation Area”
b. “Caution: Radiation Area”
Which of the following area posting signs would not normally be found in a hospital?
a. “Caution: Radioactive Materials”
b. “Caution: Radiation Area”
c. “Caution: High Radiation Area”
d. “Grave Danger: Very High Radiation Area”
d. “Grave Danger: Very High Radiation Area”
Which of the following type of survey instruments would be best to use to survey a spill for removable contamination in a hot lab area where radioisotopes are being stored?
a. G-M detector
b. personal pocket dosimeter
c. dose calibrator with a wipe test
d. well counter with a wipe test
d. well counter with a wipe test
Four HVLs reduce the amount of incident radiation exposure to what?
a. 12.5%
b. 6.25%
c. 3.125%
d. none of the above
b. 6.25%
Which of the following is not required to be included in the records of a radioactive package receipt check in progress?
a. name of patient
b. name of radioisotope
c. amount of activity
d. both external and internal wipe checks
a. name of patient
A package is reading 2mR/hr at a distance of 2m, what is the appropriate DOT label for the package?
a. DOT I
b. DOT II
c. DOT III
d. no labeling is required
b. DOT II
The purpose of the transport index is?
a. to list the final destination of the package
b. to indicate the highest activity of the contents at 1m from the surface
c. not to give emergency personnel information about the contents of the package in an accident
d. not to list the radioisotopes in the package
b. to indicate the highest activity of the contents at 1m from the surface
If a patient who is having a bone scan urinates on the floor next to the camera, what would be the best course of action to reduce radiation exposure?
a. let the radioactive urine decay to background
b. move the camera away from the spill
c. remove the spill with some absorbent material and cover any residual activity with a lead plate or lead apron
d. notify the referring physician of a medical event
c. remove the spill with some absorbent material and cover any residual activity with a lead plate or lead apron
Which DOT radioactive labeling is entirely white?
a. DOT I
b. DOT II
c. DOT III
d. DOT IV
a. DOT I
Which absorber would be the best to use to shield strontium 89?
a. cardboard
b. plexiglass
c. lead
d. no shielding is required
b. plexiglass
Which of the following indicates the amount of radioactive substance present in a sample or source?
a. activity
b. exposure
c. absorbed dose
d. dose equivalent
a. activity
If the exposure rate is 25mR/hr and the person being exposed is present for 25min, what is his/her total exposure?
a. 25mR
b. 12.5mR
c. 10.4mR
d. 5.2mR
c. 10.4mR
What is 120Sv in millirads (quality factor = 1)?
a. 8.3 x 10 to the -8 mrad
b. 120,000 mrad
c. 1.2 million mrad
d. 12 million mrad
d. 12 million mrad
An alpha particle is similar to what?
a. an electron
b. a proton
c. a helium atom minus its electrons
d. a helium atom minus its neutrons
c. a helium atom minus its electrons
A higher or lower sensitivity is affected by all of the following except?
a. thickness of camera crystal
b. collimator design
c. properly set pulse-height analyzer and window width
d. instrument deadtime
c. properly set pulse-height analyzer and window width
Geometric variation, on a dose calibrator, should be preformed?
a. at installation and after repair
b. at installation and yearly
c. quarterly
d. daily
a. at installation and after repair
Photomultiplier tube drift is associated with which of the following?
a. auto-voltage stabilization
b. auto-gain stabilization
c. energy correction
d. linearity correction
b. auto-gain stabilization
A paralyzable counting system will?
a. decrease in count rate after some peak in count rate is obtained
b. never plateau and never obtain a peak count
c. plateau with no decrease in count rate as activity increases, which is the peak count
d. not exhibit any count rate difference
a. decrease in count rate after some peak in count rate is obtained
Sources of intrinsic nonuniformity include all of the following except?
a. “mistuned” PMTs
b. regional variations in Z-pulse amplitude
c. linearity
d. spatial distortion
c. linearity
What is added to NaI crystals to allow them to scintillate at room temperature?
a. Tl
b. Xe
c. Ce
d. Ag
a. Tl
What is the maximum percentage difference that is acceptable for most regulatory agencies for all four dose calibrator QC checks?
a. plus or minus 5%
b. plus or minus 7%
c. plus or minus 10%
d. plus or minus 15%
c. plus or minus 10%
Extrinsic quality control on a camera means quality control is done?
a. with the collimator on
b. without the collimator on
c. inside the camera
d. outside the camera
a. with the collimator on
Linearity correction involves?
a. diagonal lines
b. horizontal lines
c. vertical lines
d. horizontal and vertical lines
d. horizontal and vertical lines
Dose calibrator constancy should be performed?
a. monthly
b. quarterly
c. weekly
d. daily
d. daily
Which of the following quantitative renal techniques require (s) the calculation of kidney depth?
I. Schlegel technique
II. Gates’ method
III. Two compartment effective renal plasma flow (ERPF)
IV. Russell’s glomerular filtration rate (GFR) method
a. I
b. I and II
c. III and IV
d. II and IV
b. I and II
Which of the following functional images represents the magnitude of ventricular contraction?
a. amplitude image
b. paradox image
c. phase image
d. stroke-volume image
a. amplitude image
The background ROI used in determining percentage gastroesophageal (GE) reflux is placed over the?
a. lower left lung
b. small intestine
c. right hepatic lobe
d. upper esophagus
a. lower left lung
Geometric mean is sometimes used in quantization because it corrects for?
a. the size and shape of the organ
b. background activity
c. attenuation and organ depth
d. radioactive decay
c. attenuation and organ depth
Given a heart rate of 85 bpm, if a 24-frame gated heart study is acquired, the length of each frame in milliseconds is?
a. 0.06msecs
b. 0.3msecs
c. 29msecs
d. 705msecs
c. 29msecs
Concentric ring artifacts in a reconstructed SPECT image may be caused by?
a. improper collimation
b. large statistical fluctuations in the projection data
c. inadequate uniformity correction
d. too few angles of reconstruction
c. inadequate uniformity correction
In processing a myocardial perfusion study, a slice from which body axis is used to identify the degree to which the heart points to the left and is used to construct slices in the three opposing cardiac planes?
a. transaxial
b. horizontal long axis
c. vertical long axis
d. short axis
a. transaxial
The most important purpose of center of rotation offset correction is to?
a. eliminate the effects of detector tilt in the reconstructed images
b. minimize count sensitivity variations from one area of the crystal to another
c. ensure that all pixels are uniformly sized over the entire field of view
d. align the center of the computer matrix with the mechanical axis of the rotation
d. align the center of the computer matrix with the mechanical axis of the rotation
The x- and y- axes of a circumferential profile curve are, respectively?
a. x-axis: bull eye’s quadrant; y-axis: % maximum counts
b. x-axis: segment of the myocardium; y-axis: maximum counts
c. x-axis: time; y-axis: activity
d. x-axis: rest; y-axis: stress
b. x-axis: segment of the myocardium; y-axis: maximum counts
Diaphragmatic attenuation may be reduced by?
a. 360 degree acquisition
b. supine acquisition
c. prone acquisition
d. delayed imaging
c. prone acquisition
Which of the following is a definition of sensitivity of a diagnostic test?
a. how good the test is at detecting a true positive
b. how good the test is at detecting a true negative
c. how good the test is at detecting the difference between a true negative and a true positive
d. how good the test is at detecting something
a. how good the test is at detecting a true positive
In a patient with pulmonary embolism, the perfusion and xenon ventilation lung images will demonstrate the following findings:
a. normal perfusion and normal ventilation
b. normal perfusion and abnormal tracer retention
c. perfusion defects on perfusion and normal ventilation
d. perfusion defects on perfusion and abnormal tracer retention on ventilation
c. perfusion defects on perfusion and normal ventilation
Of the following, the biggest disadvantage of Xe133 (xenon gas) for performing ling ventilation studies is its?
a. rapid lung clearance
b. trapping and shielding required
c. high cost
d. unavailability
b. trapping and shielding required
Which of the following statements about radiolabeled aerosols used for lung ventilation imaging is true?
a. particle sizes range from 30-90um in diameter
b. it is necessary to trap any radiolabeled particles exhaled by the patient
c. the particles are deposited in ventilated areas of the lungs
d. deposition of particles in the central airway is never a problem with lung aerosol studies
c. the particles are deposited in ventilated areas of the lungs