| Question | Answer |
| What is used to account for the differences in tissue sensitivity to ionizing radiation when determining effective dose? | Tissue weighting factors
Buschong p556 |
| What is the monthly gestational dose-equivalent limit for a fetus of a pregnant radiographer? | 5 mSv
Buschong p557 |
| Indirect effect is the interaction most likely to occur between ionizing radiation and _________. | target molecules
Buschong p507 |
| Would an AP skull or PA chest deliver more radiation to the thyroid? | AP skull
Bontrager p67 |
| Occupational radiation monitoring is required when an individual might receive more than a ______ of the annual dose limit. | tenth
Buschong p593 |
| Radiolysis is the irradiation of _____ molecules within the body and their resulting breakdown. | water
Buschong p506 |
| Which x-ray interaction is responsible for the majority of scattered radiation reaching the IR? | Compton scatter
Buschong p176 |
| Medical and dental radiation account for ____ of the general public's exposure to human-made radiation. | 90%
Buschong p6 |
| An optically stimulated luminescence dosimeter uses what type of detector? | Aluminum oxide
Buschong p594 |
| The skin response to radiation exposure that appears as hair loss is called? | epilation
Buschong p522 |
| Late effects of radiation are also called? | stochastic
Buschong p517 |
| Occupational exposure is received by the radiologic technologist mainly from: | Compton scatter
Buschong p116 |
| The source-to-table distance is at least 15 inches in: | fixed fluoroscopy
Buschong p569 |
| Linear energy transfer (LET) can be described as: | the amount of energy delivered per distance traveled in tissue
Buschong p495 |
| Tribondeau and Bergonie theorized that what cells were highly radiosensitive? | undifferentiated
Buschong 495 |
| What is the minimum lead requirement for lead aprons? | 0.5mm Pb
Buschong p560 |
| What is the annual occupational dose-equivalent limit for the eye lens? | 150 mSv
Buschong p557 |
| Would an AP abdomen or AP lumbar, both set at 80 kVp, deliver more radiation to the ovaries? | AP abdomen
Bontrager p557 |
| Target theory applies to: | DNA molecules
Buschong p507 |
| Radiation output from a diagnostic x-ray tube is measured in what units? | Roentgen
Buschong p588 |
| Leakage radiation is radiation that passes through the _______ in directions other than the useful beam. | tube housing
Buschong p130 |
| What is the dose of radiation that will cause a noticeable skin reaction? | SED
Buschong 521 |
| The photoelectric effect is an interaction between a x-ray photon and _________. | inner-shell electron
Buschong p176 |
| Bucky slot covers are in place to protect what three individuals? | patient, radiographer, radiologist
Buschong p570 |
| Isotopes are atoms that have the same______ but a different________. | atomic number, mass number
Buschong p47 |
