Radiation Protection Unit Test 1 Flashcards
Radiation damage to a cell can be visible under a microscope during which phase of mitosis?
a.) metaphase
b.) meiosis
c.) prophase
d.) anaphase
a.) metaphase
Acute radiation syndrome is a ___________ effect.
a.) late effect
b.) deterministic
c.) stochastic
d.) probablistic
b.) deterministic
Human cells contain which four major organic compounds?
a.) carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids
b.) nucleic acids, water, protein, electrolytes
c.) proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids
d.) electrolytes, carbohydrates, lipids and protein
c.) proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids
When LET increases, the chance of producing a significant biologic response in the radiosensitive DNA molecule:
a.) decreases slightly
b.) remains constant, not increasing or decreasing
c.) decreases considerably
d.) grows
d.) grows
Which of the following is/are considered low LET radiation?
1.) xrays
2.) alpha particles
3.) gamma rays
a.) 1 and 3 only
b.) 2 and 3 only
c.) 1 only
d.) 2 only
a.) 1 and 3 only
If the intensity of radiation in an ionization chamber were measured, which unit would be used to express the amount?
a.) Gyt
b.) rem
c.) sv
d.) c/kg
d.) c/kg
Moist and dry desquamation can be caused by:
a.) radiation doses received during routine diagnostic imaging procedures
b.) low radiation doses
c.) radiation dose received during annual testing of diagnostic equipment
d.) high radiation doses
d.) high radiation doses
During what phase of mitosis are the centromeres severed followed by the sister chromatids moving apart and are then subsequently pulled toward opposite poles of the mitotic spindle?
a.) prophase
b.) telophase
c.) metaphase
d.) anaphase
d.) anaphase
Direct transmission means that x-ray photons:
a.) are absorbed in biologic tissue on interaction
b.) are completely scattered within biologic tissue
c.) pass through biologic tissue with some interaction
d.) pass through biologic tissue without interaction
d.) pass through biologic tissue without interaction
Death will occur at:
a.) 10 GY
b.) 50GY
c.) 2 GY
d.) 12 GY
d.) 12 GY
Death from gastrointestinal ARS can occur with exposure as little as:
a.) 6 gy
b.) 1 gy
c.) 10 gy
d.) 2 gy
a.) 6 gy
Which interaction involves an x-ray photons and an outer shell electrons?
a.) thompson
b.) photoelectric
c.) coherent
d.) compton
d.) compton
Granddaughter cells form in:
a.) mitosis
b.) meiosis
b.) meiosis
Compton scatter decreases as:
a.) kvp decreases
b.) kvp increases
c.) mas decreases
d.) mas increases
a.) kvp decreases
Most radiation damage occurs due to:
a.) water ions
b.) protein alteration
c.) free radicals
d.) direct hits
c.) free radicals
Protein synthesis (making of proteins) occurs in which of the following locations?
a.) nucleus
b.) endoplasmic reticulum
c.) ribosomes
d.) mitochondria
c.) ribosomes
LET and biological damage are:
a.) directly proportional
b.) inversely proportional
c.) unrelated
d.) indirectly proportional
a.) directly proportional
The first stage of ARS is called:
a.) manifest
b.) repair
c.) latent
d.) prodormal
d.) prodormal
Chromosome produced radiation damage can be analyzed during which portion of the cell cycle?
a.) anaphase
b.) metaphase
c.) prophase
d.) telophase
b.) metaphase
What is the principal response of the blood caused by radiation exposure?
a.) decrease in cell number
b.) chromosome fragementation
c.) cell proliferation stimulation
d.) chromosome rearrangement
a.) decrease in cell number
The point or region on a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis and meiosis is termed the:
a.) chromatid
b.) chromatin
c.) nuclear membrane
d.) centromere
d.) centromere
Which of the following mean random in nature?
a.) nonstochastic
b.) stochastic
c.) deterministic
d.) epidemiologic
b.) stochastic
If platelets are affected by radiation exposure, which of the following may occur:
a.) the body cannot fight off infection
b.) blood clots will occur
c.) hemorrhage can occur
d.) organs will atrophy
c.) hemorrhage can occur
skeletal damage to the fetus is most likely to occur during:
a.) 10 days- 12 weeks
b.) 3rd trimester
c.) 3 week-20 weeks
d.) 1st trimester
c.) 3 week - 20 weeks
Based on current data, which of the following would be considered a safe radiation dose for the gonads of both males and females?
a.) 5 gyt
b.) 1 Gyt
c.) 0 Gyt
d.) 3 gyt
c.) 0 Gyt
Cataracts can occur with an exposure of ________Gy.
a.) 2
b.) 10
c.) 6
d.) 1
a.) 2
The amount of energy transferred from an x-ray beam to an object in its path is called:
a.) equivalent dose
b.) absorbed dose
c.) exposure
d.) effective dose
b.) absorbed dose
Which of the following means there is a safe level of radiation for certain effects and those effects are directly proportional to the dose received?
a.) linear, non threshold
b.) linear, threshold
c.) nonlinear, threshold
d.) nonlinear, nonthreshold
b.) linear, threshold
Which of the following cannot be seen with doses in diagnostic radiology
a.) thyroid cancer
b.) breast cancer
c.) genetic effects
d.) whole body syndromes
d.) whole body syndromes
If a quantity of ionizing radiation is delivered over a long period of time, the effect:
a.) will be greater than if it were delivered all at once
b.) depends solely on the radiation quality
c.) has no relation to the length of time it was delivered
d.) will be less than if it were delivered all at once
d.) will be less than if it were delivered all at once
Free radicals are usually caused by a _____________ interactions.
a.) indirect
b.) direct
a.) indirect
_______________ are a normal part of metabolism and immunity until they overwhelm the body’s system
a.) thrombocytes
b.) plateletes
c.) erythrocytes
d.) free radicals
d.) free radicals
Which portion of the GI system is most sensitive to radiation
a.) large intestine
b.) small intestine
c.) stomach
d.) esophagus
b.) small intestine
Direct action is more likely to occur with:
a.) high LET
b.) sparsely, ionizing
c.) high energy
d.) low LET
a.) high LET
Disassociation of water molecules following radiation is termed:
a.) cross linking
b.) point mutation
c.) ionization
d.) radiolysis
d.) radiolysis
Cells are most radiosensitve if they are:
1.) immature
2.) highly undifferentiated
3.) rapidly divide
a.) 1 and 3
b.) 2 and 3
c.) 1, 2 and 3
d.) 1 and 2
c.) 1, 2 and 3