Which of the following body parts is/are included in the whole-body dose? 1. gonads 2. blood-forming organs 3. extremities

Which of the following accounts for an x-ray beam’s heterogeneity? 1. Incident electrons interacting with several layers of tungsten target atoms 2.  Energy differences among incident electrons 3. electrons moving to fill different shell vacancies.

The effective atomic number (Zeff) of lithium fluoride (LiF) is equal to

Regarding exposure to ionizing radiation, patients who are educated to understand the medical benefit of an imaging procedure are more likely to

Which of the following terms refers to the radiation that occurs when an electron spontaneously drops down from an outer shell of an ionized atom to fill a vacancy in an inner shell of that atom?

Which of the following contributes most to patient dose?

In which type of monitoring device do photons release electrons by their interaction with air?

 Whenever the letter “M” appears under the current monitoring period or in the cumulative columns of a personnel monitoring report, it signifies that a (an)

A thermoluminescent dosimetry system uses which of the following crystals?

 The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeter is “read out” by using a (an)