Test Bank For Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography 8th Edition by Sherer
Test Bank For Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography 8th Edition by Sherer
Test Bank For Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography 8th Edition by Sherer
9. In a hospital setting, which of the following professionals is expressly charged by the hospital administration with being directly
responsible for the execution, enforcement, and maintenance of the ALARA program?
a. Assistant administrator of the facility
b. Chief of staff
c. Radiation Safety Officer
d. Student radiologic technologist
ANS: C
10. Why is a question concerning the amount of radiation a patient will receive during a specific x-ray procedure difficult to answer?
1. Because the received dose is specified in a number of different units of measure
2. Because the scientific units for radiation dose are normally not comprehensible by a patient
3. Because the patient should not receive any information about radiation dose
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
ANS: A
12. What unit is used to measure radiation exposure in the metric International System of Units?
a. Coulomb per kilogram
b. Milligray
c. Millisievert
d. Sievert
ANS: A
13. What organization was founded in 2007 that continues their pursuit to raise awareness of the need for dose reduction protocols by
promoting pediatric-specified scan protocols to be used for both radiology and nonradiology users of CT?
a. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
b. Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging.
c. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
d. The Joint Commission
ANS: B
14. Which of the following provides the basis for determining whether an imaging procedure or practice is justified?
a. ALARA concept
b. BERT method
c. Diagnostic efficacy
d. NEXT program
ANS: C
16. Radiology departments or individual radiologic technologists can “pledge” to image gently. The pledge includes which of the
following?
1. Make the image gently message a priority in staff communications each year.
2. Review the protocol recommendations and, when necessary, implement adjustments to practice processes.
3. Communicate openly with parents.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
ANS: D
18. Which of the following radiation quantities is intended to be the best overall measure of the biologic effects of ionizing radiation?
a. Exposure
b. Effective dose
c. Absorbed dose
d. There is no radiation quantity that is intended to be the best overall measure of the
biologic effects of ionizing radiation.
ANS: B
19. Typically, people are more willing to accept a risk if they perceive that the potential benefit to be obtained is
a. greater than the risk involved.
b. equal to the risk involved.
c. less than the risk involved.
d. typically, people are not willing to accept risk no matter how great the benefit
may be.
ANS: A
21. The ALARA principle provides a method for comparing the amount of radiation used in various health care facilities in a particular
area for specific imaging procedures. This information may be helpful to many
a. accrediting bodies.
b. advisory groups.
c. radiation standards organizations.
d. regulatory agencies.
ANS: D
22. The term as low as reasonable achievable (ALARA) is synonymous with the term
a. background equivalent radiation time (BERT).
b. equivalent dose (EqD).
c. diagnostic efficacy.
d. optimization for radiation protection (ORP).
ANS: D
24. Which of the following are required by The Joint Commission for CT?
1. Annual education of staff in dose reduction techniques
2. Minimum qualifications for medical physicists
3. Documentation of CT radiation doses
4. Management of CT protocols to minimize radiation dose
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: D