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The atoms that have excess energy and are unstable are knO™’
a Laser
b. Radiation
. Electromagnetic waves
© Radioactive ervctions (
Written emergency procedures are in place to handle specific '"*
radiation boundaries.
1) tical
b. False gays) under ide
You make 120 minutes exposure every day for 1 week (5 working 99". ig 72 MSW.
Conditions. The dose rate at your location during each of these &XP° a
would your total dose be at the end of the week? p= oex%
@ 720msv as
b. 690msv Ww V od
¢. 680 mSv vs
d. 740 msv
‘An Ir-192 source was last assayed on March 1 with an activity of 160 CU!
of the source on July 28 of the same year?
ries. What is the activity
a. 160i
b. 20Ci
< 80¢i
@ 4c
Which of the following detects, measures, or in some way records ionizing radiation?
a. TLD
b. Pocket Dosimeter
c. Rate Alarm
@ Allof the above
The safety of source being transported from storage to a field location is the sole responsibility
of the :
© Radiographer
b. RPO
c. The manager of the company
d. Job supervisor
If the source to film distance increased from 5
factor of
a. 2.67
® 289
c. 2.41
d. 2.52
30 40 85 cm, the exposure time increases bya8.
The field at 3.5 m from tr-192 source was measured as 7 Gy/hr, what distance could you
2PProach before the field will be 28 Gy/hr?
2D 1.75m
b. 150m
© 125m
4. 2.00m
8: When the radioactive source is in its shielded postion inside the radiographic projector, the
dose at the surface and one meter from the surface should not exceed the following:
2. 2 mSv/hr and 0.01 mSv/hr respectively.
® 2msv/hrand 100 hSv/hr respectively
© 20 Rem and 1 Rem respectively
d. 200 uSv/hr and 10 pSv/hr respectively
10. The maximum dose limit to extremities (forearms, hand or feet) for industrial radiographers is
150 msv/year.
a True
() False
14. Your cobalt source of 22570 MBq is exposed for one single 30-min exposure. This is the only
exposure that will be made that day. Assume gamma factor of 0.351 uSv/MBq.hr. standing at
22.58 m, what will your total dose be?
a 6.8 uSv
b. 17.48 sv
15.53 usv
D 7.77 sv
12. A cobalt source has decayed from its original activity after 3 half-lives. Originally it was 2738 Ci
Its current activity is:
a. 382.55 Ci
b. 328.25¢i
cc. 368.35 Ci
@ 342.25Ci
13. The maximum permissible speed f6r vehicular of radiographic equipment or shi
90 Km/hr or the posted speed limit whichever is higher.
a. True
© False
14, Providing the necessary personnel monitoring and protection measures prior to allow an
employee to be exposed to ionizing radiation is the responsibility of:
a. The secretary of the company
b. The radiographer
© Radiation protection officer of the user
dd. The manager of the user company
15. During radiographic operations, the radiographer or his assistant do not need to maintain direct
surveillance of the operation as long as the area is barricaded with ropes and radiation warning
signs:
a. True
® False
ping package isyries remain
many ©
w
16. A radiographer source of wo
Dher source of iridium.192 wi yurce strength oft
after 150 days? es nati
a 36.5c
b 295c)
© 335c
7 @ wsa cee
The first operational ch 7
eck to be . ae
cua be performed on a survey rm
b. Calibrations date
oO Battery
d. Scale
18. Gamma radiation can cause damage to skin, bone marrow, and internal rans:
@ True :
b. False
19. The assurance about the right operation of the radiation survey meters
the responsibility of Radiation Protection Officer of the user:
@ Tue
b. False
20. The HVL of lead to control leakage from an X-ray tube operating at 200 Kv is 10.9 m
thickness of lead would be required to reduce this leakage by a factor of 16?
3. 459mm
and their calibration iS
m. what
® 436mm
¢, 463mm
d. 41.7mm
21. Your survey meter reads 152 pSv/hr. how much radiation would you receive if you stood at the
location for 25 minutes?
@ 63.33 usv
b. 58.29 uSv
76.64 uSv
d. 69.48 Sv
22. While performing radiography job, radiographer should keep the survey meter next to the
radiographic projector inorder to observe if the Source retuned tothe shielded position after
exposure.
a. Tre
(0) False
23, During industrial radiography conducting t 2J00 Ste the controled area bong
exceed 7.5 uSv/hr. lary shall not
(2) Tue
b. False.
24. The time required for one half of the amo
material is called half-time.
a True
0) False
unt of unstable m,
“eral degrade into a
more stableat periods not exceed
d
25. 11D badges worn by workers in industrial radiography must be replace
@
® Three months
b. Four months
One months
4. Two month:
s
storag!
26. The dose rate at the surface and one meter from the vehicle radioactive
Used for industrial radiography device(s) shall not exceed:
0.05 mSv/hr and 100 ySv/hr respectively.
b. 5 mRem/hr and 10 pSv/hr respectively.
(© 500 psv/hr and 10 usv/hr respectively.
d. 50 uSv/hr and 0.1 mSv/hr respectively
27. The principle gamma ray energies emitted by cobalt 60 are:
a. 1,06 and 2.91 Mev.
b. 1.35 and 2.21 Mev.
¢. 1.05 and 1.66 Mev.
@) 1.17 and 1.33 Mev.
28. Given 160 GBq of Co-60 what amount of the time elapsed before it is only 40 GBq,
e compartment
a, 5.3 years
b. 15.9 years
c. years
@ 106 years
29. Your survey meter has become inoperable. You must:
(2) Follow company operating and emergency procedures.
b. Continue working and replace inoperable survey meter later.
c. Replace the radiography machine.
d. None of the above.
30. What area(s) require posting to alert individuals to the presence of radiation?
a. Supervised areas
(D Controlled areas
¢. Both supervised and controlled area
d. None of the above.
31. Survey meters are designed to measure:
) the radiation dose rate in the area
b. the radiation dose half life
c. personal radiation dose levels
d. all of the above.
32. The maximum dose level for an alarm ratemeter use in industrial radiography is 2 mSv/hr.
True
br False
33. Any operational test of the survey meter shall be performed:
(® Each day prior to use
b. Two days prior to use
cc. Three days prior to use
d. None of the aboveeater than
tue BF
urn ava
4. Aleak test would be Considered passed should the sample tested ret™
SuCi
a True
riod
b) False era 24 hour Pel
ov
25 Avtose of 175 usv over a 1 Year period is less damaging than 175 HS”
True
b. False
36. Exposure to Xray and gamma ray
3. Will have no effect on human beings
b. Will be beneficial
© May have a cumu
4. Will have only a st
37.4 radiation area is def
could be 2.5 usv/hr.
since they build up immunity to radiation poisonin&
lative effect which must be considered.
hort term effect on human tissues lic, in which the dose rate
fined as “an area inaccessible to the general public,
a. True ee
b) False what
38. 2 HVL of lead to contro! leakage from an X-ray tube operating at 200 Kv is 40° mm.
thickness of lead would be required to reduce this leakage by a factor of 16?
@ 16mm
b. 8mm
c. 12mm
d. 4mm
respectively.
@ True
b. False
40. Working in area where the radiation dose rate is 80.86
USv/h, ifthe job took 5 hours and 24
minutes to be completed, what is the radiation dose
Ou will receive in msy
a. 4.37
b. 43.7
c. 0.0437
@ 0.437
41. Using the ICRP recommended whole body dose eee Whats the dose pal
worker will be exposed to in a day working 8 hour: 4 88 per Week ang my padi
year?
a, 1.25 mSv/day
b. 12.5 mSv/day
(0.125 msv/day
d. 125 mSv/day see
42. Radioactive sources used for radiography
months.
G@ True
b. False
k tested a ery; to exceed
be leak t tint Als not.
Xceed 12a one hour exposure. What dose
43. If you received a dose of 46 mSv from Ir-192 source during a one hour exposur a)
would you have received if your distance from the source increased by a 3 times for
time?
a. 17.7 msv
b. 14.1 msv
19.5 msv
@ 15.3 msv
6
44. You are required to work in area where the radiation dose rate is 126 mSv/h. if the job took
2
hours and 40 minutes to be completed, what is the radiation dose you will receive
a. 960 msv
W 240 msv
© 820msv
d. 768 msv
45. The general public is not expected to receive more than 0.5 mSv in a year from external
radiation in any unrestricted area.
a. True
@® False
46. The principle gamma ray energies emitted by cobalt 60 are 1.17 and 1.33 MeV.
(a. True
b. False
47. The field at 3.5 m from an Ir-192 source was measured as 7 Gy/h, what distance could you
approach before the field will be 66 Gy/h?
@ 114m
b. 162m
c. 138m
d. 125m
48. You are required to work in area where the radiation dose rate is 93 uSv/h, if the job took 4 hr
and 12 min to be completed, what is the radiation dose you will receive?
a. 39.06 mSv
Xb) 0.3906 msv
c. 0.3906 Sv
d. 3.906 mSv
49. When the distance from the source of radiation is doubled, the amount of radiation received
will be:
a. Tripled
@ Reduced by %
¢. Doubled
d. Reduced by %
50. Your survey meter reads 149 mSv/h. How much radiation would you receive if you stood at that
location for 12 minutes and 30 seconds?
a. 29.42 mSv
{© 31.04 msv
Cc. 32.98 mSv
d. 36.36 msyd atleast
: must'be calibrates
51. Pocket dosimeter and rate alarms used for industrial radiograph¥
every twelve months
W True
b. False fn shall be calibrated within
52. All radiation survey meter approved for use in industrial radiogrPhY ‘
and shall have a oc. affixed 10 it
a. Twelve months, calibration agency
b. Twelve months, calibration label
(©) Six months, calibration label
4. Twenty four months, calibration label ice of 64m?
53. You are using 40 G8q of cobalt 60, what is your radiation dose at distam
a. 3.40 mSv/h
(2 3.40 psv/h
340 Sv/h
d. 340 usv/h , i
54. A Co-60 source was last assayed on January 2001 with an activity of 20 curies, what is the
activity of the source in April 2006?
a. 13.5Ci
® 1w0c
c 20.0Ci
d. 12.5Ci
55. In making an isotope exposure in an unshielded area, you find the dose rate at 6 m from the
source is 3920 mSv/hr. What would be the dose rate at 24 m?
{® 245 msv/h
b. 224mSv/h
c. 204 mSv/h
d. 285 mSv/h
56. Making 3 exposures at 80 seconds each and at a distance of 4 m. How much dose you will
receive if the dose rate at the same distance will be 186 mSv/h?
a. 1240 msv
b. 1.240 msv
© 12.40msv
d, 0.1240 Sv
57. The acronym for ALARA is As Low As Reachable Achievable,
a. True
@, False
58. After three half-lives have elapsed, what will be the strength of a gamma source relative to its
original strength?
a. 25%
b. 33%
c 11%
D 125%be exposed to ata distance
59. Working with 740 GBq of Ir-192. How much radiation will a worker be exP!
of 1.77 m2.
{30.71 msv/h
b. 3071 msv/h G1) msu/n
3.071 msv/h
d. 0.3071 mSv/h it is 3.5
; a certain point wa:
60. Cobalt 60 source is used in radiography operation. The radiation ee a eee
mSv/h. How much shielding of concrete is required to reduce the level to +
Concrete HVL of 0.87 inches
a. 7.97cm
(&) 6.86 cm
€. 8.23.cm
d. 5.28.cm
61. The working team with a radioactive source of Co-60 is 2
@) True
b. False
62. Assume 7.83 mm of steel 1 half value layer, and you have a total of 3 half value layers of steel
between you and 137 mSv/h. what would your dose rate be?
a. 20.57 mSv/h
b. 18.95 mSv/h
€. 16.25 mSv/h
(@ 17.31 msv/h
63. The strength of a source is called:
a. Refraction
b. Curies
© Activity
d. Sequence radiation
64. Transport index (Tl) is determined by:
a. Calling the source manufacturer
) Surveying the transport package
c. Checking the decay chart
d. Checking the ID tag on the camera.
65. When the radioactive source is in its shielded position inside the radiographic projector, the
dose at the surface and one meter from the surface should not exceed 2 mSv/h and 100 uSv/h
respectively
@ True
b. False,
66. Ir-190 source of 1768 GBq is used with a gamma factor of 0.13 USv/MBq.h. at what distance a
radiographer will receive radiation 5 mSv/h?
a. 5.73m
b. 6.13m
© 673m
d. 603m e°ust have allof the
67. Vehicle used for transporting sources from storage to field location
following except
a. Emergency contact information
Xb) Radiation projector log
©. Vehicle placard
4. Radiation survey meter. and you're showing
68. You have 30 exposures to make. Your shot time is 4 min per exposure
$5 uSv/h. what will be your total dose at the end of the shift?
@ v0 usv
b. 124 psv
ce. 138 usv
a. 99 usv
69. Assume 5.83 mm of lead 1 half value layer, and you have a total of 4 half value layers oflead
between you and 161 mSv/h. what would your dose rate be?
a. 13.98 mSv/h
2 10.06 msv/n
©. 12.48 mSv/h
d. 11.66 mSv/h
70. if the radiographer has 400 mSv/h at 5.93 m, the exposure rate at 38.08 m would be
~- With 1 half-value of shielding between the radiographer and the source.
en Angwer sreidbe G37 mSv/h-
c. 11.93 mSv/h
d. 8.22 mSv/h
71, Survey meters are designed to measure the radiation dose rate in the area.
D True
b. False
72. Exposure rate of 12 mSv/h was measured just outside the lead door to a radiography room. The
half value layer in lead for the transmitted x-rays is 2.07 em. what thickness of lead would have
to be added to the door to reduce the exposure rate to 4 mSv/h?
a. 5.19cm
b. 4.28cm
© 3.28em
d. 6.42cm
73. A radioactive Yellow Ill warning label is applied to Packages with trang,
and 10.
@® True
b. False
74. A shipping container is surveyed and found to be 30 HSV/h at 1m, Radioactive yet)
would be required, ooo
a. True
D False
"Port index of between 1Hiati nce with dose rate of 50 mSv/h at 30.48 m from the source. Moving to
Pa radiation source
75. You hav d
3.05 m would increase your dose rate by a factor of what
a. 169
6 10 @
Q 100
4. 64 2
e aphy is 2 mSv/h,
76. The minimum dose level for an alarm rate meter use in industrial radiography '
a True
() False
ctivity is
77. The label on the radiographic projector must state the date for which the radioactivity
estimated radiation levels:
4. Inside the transporti
b. Outside the guide tube
©) Outside the transporting container
d, Outside the exit point of the source ;
78. A cobalt source has decayed from its original activity after 3 half-lives, Originally it was 1582
GBq. Its activity now is:
a. 169.75 GBq
® 197.75 GBq
c. 148.75 GBq
d. 225.25 GBq
79. The radioactive container that is designed to survive normal transportation, normal handling is
type B container
@ te
b. False
80. A radiation survey meter measured a dose rate of 32 mSv/h from a source at 1 meter. What is
the dose rate at a distance of 97.71 meter in pSv/h?
container
a 33.5
b, 335
( 3.35
d. 0,335
81, What does a collimator do?
a. Itreduces the exposure time by ionizing the radiation before it hits the film
6. Itholds the film in place during an exposure
© tt provides shielding from radiation
d. Allof the above
82, The manager is not responsible for checking radiographic projectors prior to each job,
@) True
b. False
83. A radioactive Yellow Ill warning label is applied to packages with transport index of:
a. Between 10 and 100
b. 0
Cc. Between 0 and 1
@) Between 1 and 10ue of
return ava
84. A leak test would be considered failed should the sample tested
a Sui , vet
(0.005 pei ~ fF A Cm
©. 0.05 ci ei
pee din a container called
is carrie
85. Radioisotope such as Ir-192 is used in industrial radiography and is
a. Vault
b. Safe
© Projector
d. Overpack
indication lights and warning
86. The radiographer shall perform visual and operability checks of indication lie
signs:
(@) Before use on each day the equipment is to be used
b. After each week the equipment has been used
c. After the end of the shift
d. Before each week the equipment is to be used
87. Two sources (A and 8) of Co-60 are prepared on the same day. Source A has a mass of 5 grams
while Source B has a mass of 10 grams. Choose the right answer about their half-lives:
a. Half-life of source A will be greater
b. Half-life of source B will be greater
(©) Both sources have the same half-life
d. None of the above
88. The technician should always use a film badge to verify the radiation level.
a. True
®) False
89. What are the three classifications of exposure devices 7
a. Mobile, Rigid and Fixed :
b. Portable, Mobile and Fixed —te coRescy 7
c._ Fixed, Rigid and Mobile
@ Portable, Rigid and Fixed
90. To penetrate a thicker or denser material, you Would need a source with:
a, Same penetration
b. Less penetration
© More penetration
d. None of the above
91. Ir-192 source with 10 Ci produces a dose rate of 7606 msy,
That
will 100 Ci produce at the same distance? 0.3 meters, how many mSv/h
a. 760600
b. 7606
© 76060
d. 760.60Cars
ied to a package containing radioactive materials. The
i ring label is appli
92 ‘ fadtoacive veer package is 1, The yellow labelling and the dose rate at one meter are
ransport index
respectively as follows: yellow II label, 10 pSv/h.
(a) True
b. False | “
93. Radiation dose at a distance of 3 meters from Co-60 source in 2 hrs is 6 mSv. What is the
radiation dose at a distance of 4.0 m for 4 hrs?
a. 5.33 mSv
©). 6.75 msv
c. 7.05 mSv
d. 7.23 mSv
94. What is used to visually indicate the type of hazard contained in a package?
a, Audible alarms 4
(©) Labels qe pe:
—~c. Placards -
All of the above
95. You have an Ir-192 source whose strength was 11.3 TBq on July 1%, approximately what will be
its strength on September 13"?
a. 4.907Bq
b. 4.75 1Bq
c. 4.25 78q
@) 5.50 Tbq
U