All of the following are true generalizations about radiation effects of living organisms EXCEPT:

Using SI units, solve the following problem: A patient received 15 gray of alpha particles. What equivalent dose did this patient receive?

The bladder has a tissue-weighting factor of 0.05. If the patient’s bladder receives an absorbed dose of 0.34 Gy from exposure to thermal neutrons, what is the effective dose in Sievert?

Which of the following cellular components functions as a barricade to protect cellular contents from their environment?

The master chemical, containing all the information the cell needs to function is

The radiation-weighting factor for x-ray, gamma rays and beta particles is:

Which of the following is used to adjust the absorbed dose value to measure biologic effects of different types of ionizing radiation?

The radiation-weighting factor for thermal neutrons is

In the human cell, which one of the cytoplasmic organelles is responsible for the manufacture of proteins? (Protein synthesis)

Compared with beta particles, alpha particles are ________ penetrating.