RADIATION SAFETY

RADIATION SAFETY EXAMINATION

1. The Atomic number of an atom is: 2. High energy gamma radiation-

a. Number of protons in the nucleus 3. 25Kev x-rays -
b. The number of neutrons in the nucleus 4. Alpha Radiation -
c. The sum of the number of protons and number of
Neutrons in the nucleus A. 5cm lead
d. The number of protons minus the number of neutrons B. 1cm aluminum
In the nucleus. C. Paper
D. 1cm plastic
2. Ionizing radiation has sufficient energy to a. 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B
a. break up the nuclei of atoms along its path b. 1-b, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C
b. Strip electrons from atoms along its path c. 1-D, 2-B, 3-A, 4-C
c. Cause atoms to vibrate along its path d. 1-D, 2-A, 3-B, 4-C
d. Cause mater to be radioactive
8. Ir.192 is a radioactive isotope of Iridium. It has a half life
3. Indicate below which of the following types of of 74days. If there are 1000 atoms of Ir.192 initially, how

Radiation are capable of causing ionization? Many atoms of Ir.192 will be left at the end of 148 days?
1. Gamma rays a. 125
2. Visible light b. 500
3. Ultraviolet light c. 250
4. X-rays d. 2000
5. Laser e. 4000
a. 1,3,4
b. 1,3,5 9. From the following date, the half life of isotope is:
c. 1,4
d. 2,3 Time 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
e. 1,2,3,4,5 (days)

4. Ionization causes the formation of--------- Activity

a. Positive ions only (counts/
b. Positive and negative ions min) 1200 1069 953 850 757 674 600 535 477
c. Negative ions only
d. Atoms and Molecules

5. Activity-----------------
a. 2 days
a. Remain constant with time b. 4 days
b. Change in no fixed manner with time c. 6 days
c. Decrease in fixed manner with time d. 8 days
d. Increase in a fixed manner with time
10. What effect would you expect, if a person receives in a
6. Which radiation come radioactive materials and which short period of time a whole body dose of 10-µSv
From machines? a. Death within hours
1. Machine – Xray b. death within days
2. Radioactive material – gamma rays c. radiation sickness
3. Machine – gamma ray d. no detectable effect
4. Radioactive material - Xray
a. 1,2 11. What effect would you expect, if a person receives in a
b. 3,4 short period of time a whole body dose of 1 Sv.
c. 1,3 a. death within hours
d. 2,4 b. death within days
c. Radiation sickness
7. Different types of radiation have different penetration d. no detectable effect.

Power through materials. What you would use to shield

The following types of radiation> 12. What effect would you expect, if a person receives in a
1. Beta Radiation - short period of time a whole body dose of 10 Sv.

a. death within hours

b. death within days 21. The effects on the hands of a person who held the
c. radiation sickness source in his hand are:
d. no detectable effect a. redness
b. long lasting sores
13. What effect would you expect, if a person receives in c. fingers drop off due to cell death
a short period of time a whole body dose of 100 Sv. d. all of the above
a. death with hours
b. death within days 22. Eventually the hand of a person held the source for

c. radiation sickness long time_________

d. no detectable effect a. will recover completely
b. will constantly itch
14. Would you consider the activity of the 2TBq c. will develop cancer
radioactive source as: d. may need amputation
a. non hazardous
b. moderately hazardous 23. The threshold for stochastic effect of ionizing radiation is:
c. highly hazardous a. 1mSv
d. extremely hazardous b. no threshold
c. 1Sv
15. Would you consider the activity of the 5KBq d. 20mSv
radioactive source as:
a. non hazardous 24. The probability of death from an exposure of 10mSv is:
b. moderately hazardous a. 1 in 100
c. highly hazardous b. zero
d. extremely hazardous c. 1 in 10,000
d. 1 in 10 million
16. Would you consider the activity of the 20GBq
radioactive source as: 25. The stochastic effect frequently produces is:
a. non hazardous a. skin burn
b. moderately hazardous b. vomiting
c. highly hazardous c. cancer
d. extremely hazardous d. hunger

17. Would you consider the activity of the 100TBq 26. Irradiation of the genital organs may lead to_______

radioactive source as: a. defective offspring

a. non hazardous b. rashes
b. moderately hazardous c. VD
c. highly hazardous d. impatience
d. extremely hazardous
27. The radiation dose at any point varies according to ______
18. If person holds a 74TBq (20Ci) Ir-192 source in his of the distance from the source.
hands, the dose received by his hand: a. square root
a. It can be ignored b. inverse square
b. It is quite common c. cube
c. It is quite serious d. square
d. It is very serious
28. The dose rate at 1 m is 1mSv/hr, the dose rate at 10cm is__
19. When the person is holding the source in his hand will feel a. 10mSv/hr
a. no pain immediately b. 100 mSv/hr
b. pain immediately c. 1000 mSv/hr
c. Pain after few minutes d. 10000 mSv/hr
d. Faint and collapse
29. If the dose rate at 1m is 20 mSv/hr, the dose rate at 2m is_
20. When a person who held the source in his hand feels a. 5mSv/hr
that will last for--------------- b. 10mSv/hr
a. few minutes c. 30mSv/hr
b. few hours d. 40mSv/hr
c. few months
d. many months

30. If the dose rate at 1 m is 250mSv/hr, at what distance from

the source will the dose rate be 10mSv/hr? 37. Under the radiation protection regulations (Ionizing

a. 2m Radiation Regulations 2000), the limit on effective does

b. 10m to the whole body for occupationally exposed persons is
c. 5m a. 100 mSv per year
e. 25m b. 20 mSv per year
c. 50 mSv per year
31. If the density of a beam of gamma rays passing d. 10 mSv per year
through 0.5cm of lead is reduced from 10 to 5, the same
beam of gamma rays passing through 1cm of lead will be 38. The occupationally exposed person shall not receive
reduced to ___________ whole body effective dose more than ___________ in
a. 1 consequent 5 years.
b. 2 a. 1000 mSv
c. 1.5 b. 250 mSv
d. 2.5 c. 500 mSv
d. 100 mSv
32. If 1mm of lead reduces the intensity of a beam of x-rays
from 1 to 0.1, the 1mm of steel (assumed to be 5 times less 39. In any single year the effective dose to the whole body
dense than lead_ will reduce the intensity of the same beam shall not exceed_______
of x-rays to _____________ a. 100 mSv
a. 0.5 b. 20 mSv
b. 0.05 c. 50 mSv
c. 0.15 d. 10 mSv
d. 0.005
40. Persons below ______ years of age are not allowed to be
33. If you had to work in an area where the radiation field is engaged in radiation work.
6mSv/h, what dose would you receive if you took 20 a. 21
minutes to complete the job? b. 15
a. 1mSv c. 18
b. 2mSv d. 12
c. 3mSv
d. 4mSv 41. For members of the public, the dose limit on effective dose
to the whole body is:
34. If you had to work in an area where the radiation field is a. 10 mSv per year
6mSv/h, How long you can stay (work) in the area if you b. 2 mSv per year
want to restrict the dose to 0.5mSv? c. 5 mSv per year
a. 5 min d. 1 mSv per year
b. 10 min
c. 15 min 42. The purpose of wearing a personnel dosimeter (TLD)
d. 20 min badge is:
a. to detect the amount of radiation received by the worker
35. What is the most important thing to do after each in the course of his work.
exposure? b. to protect the person from radiation
a. ensure that the warning signal stops. c. to enable on the spot measurement of radiation dose
b. ensure the return of source by checking with a received
radiation survey meter. d. to measure the dose rate
c. see what is the reading on your pen dosimeter
d. check the radiographic equipment to see if 43. What type of radiation can TLD dosimeter measure?

anything has gone wrong. a. all types of ionizing radiation

36. How can you sure that an x-ray machine is off,
when it say ‘Off’?
a. by looking to see if the read light on the tube head
is off.
b. x-ray and gamma radiation only
c. alpha and beta radiation only.
d. x-ray, beta and gamma radiations
44. The principle behind the dosimeter is:
b. by disconnecting power or high voltage
c. by checking that the switch was tested when the x-ray
machine was last serviced.
d. there is no need to check because the switch works
properly most of the time.
d.The radiation heats the TLD and the light given off
is measured.
45. What kind of dosimeter would you wear if you had to
enter a room where the radiation level is known to be
relatively high?
a. TLD badge
b. Quartz fiber electrometer/ pen dosimeter
c. Film badge
d. TLD or Film badge
46. You wear TLD of Film Badge, when you enter a room
where the radiation level is known to be relatively high.
The reason is________
a. it is good for measuring high doses
b. it is very sensitive to high doses of radiation
c. it from an image by the interaction of high radiation
field.
d. no need to wear any thing just have a glass of milk
and enter into the room.
47. A survey meter which reads in µSv/hr is used to____
a. measure radiation dose
b. measure absorbed dose
c. measure radiation level
d. measure the contamination level
48. The response time of a survey meter is________
a. the time taken to reach full scale deflection
b. the time taken to warm up the instrument
c. the time taken to reach 90% of the final reading
d. the time taken to reach the final reading
49. The scale reading on a survey meter is from 0 to 10µSv/hr
and the range is set at X10. The survey meter is switched on and
the needle points at 3, on the scale. What the actual reading?
a. 0.3µSv/hr
b. 3 µSv/hr
c. 30 µSv/hr
d. 300µSv/hr
50. If the radiation dose rate is much higher than the maximum
scale reading on the highest range (1000µSv/hr) the survey
meter will become saturate and the reading will________
a. remain at 1000µSv/hr
b. fall slightly
c. more beyond the maximum scale reading
d. fall to zero
51. If a radiation worker finds that his survey meter is reading
a. It is exposed on the TLD and the heat produced is
measured.
b. The TLD is heated and the light produced is measured
c. The TLD is exposed to the light and heat and the residual
Electrical change is measured.
walled enclosure, when x-ray machine is energized or
Radioactive source is exposed inside the walled enclosure?
a. 0.5µSv/hr
b. 10µSv/hr
c. 25µSv/hr
d. 50µSv/hr
53. If the entrance to the walled enclosure has an interlock, it
means that:
a. a lock is needed to open the entrance
b. the x-ray machine will cut off or the radioactive source
will return to its shielded position when the entrance is opened
c. the entrance cannot be opened once the radiation source is
exposed
d. the entrance is open all the time
54. When making an exposure, how would you ensure that
Nobody is inside the walled enclosure?
a. run in and out all around the walled enclosure telling people
to stay away.
b. use dogs to search for any body inside the enclosure.
c. restrict entry to unauthorized people, blow siren or any
other audio warning before locking the door and make sure
everybody involved in the work come out before switch on
radiation
d. no need to check because the radiation hazard logo is
displayed
e. no need to check because the radiation is beneficial to
human body.
55. What should you carry when going into the enclosure
after each exposure?
a. an emergency whistle
b. a radiation sign board
c. a large umbrella
d. a survey meter
e. an onion, because of its therapeutic value against radiation
56. For field and site radiography, the boundary is set up such
that the maximum radiation level outside the boundary is:
a. 0.5µSv/hr
b. 10µSv/hr
c. 25µSv/hr
d. 30µSv/hr
57. What is the most important thing to do after each
exposure?
a. check all around the projector visually
b. check all around the projector with a survey meter
c. check all around the job with survey meter for induced
4mSv/hr at the position where he is working. How much dose radioactivity
he will receive, if he continues to stand there for 15 minutes? d. check all around your body for any contamination
a. 0.60µSv/hr
b. 3.75µSv/hr 58. When not in use, every sealed source or x-ray machine
c. 1µSv/hr should be______
d. 15µSv/hr a. left in the ‘on’ position ready for use
b. kept under water
52. What is the maximum radiation level permitted outside a c. locked in the ‘off’ position
d. covered with pieces of lead sheet
e. left with a sign saying ‘do not touch’

59. The radiation level outside the defined area of a

radioactive store, at any location accessible to any
individual shall not be more than
a. 0.5µSv/hr
b. 25µSv/hr
c. 10µSv/hr
d. 50µSv/hr

60. During the transport of the gamma ray projector to and

from the field site:
a. the source container shall be placed as close to the driver
as possible so that he can guard it.
b. the source container shall be secured to the vehicle to prevent
any accidental shift under conditions normally incident to transport
and under accident conditions
c. the source container need not be kept locked in the closed
position at all times during transportation because it is already
secured to the vehicle.
d. the source container can be treated as just another piece of
equipment
e. it does not matter where the source container is placed in the
vehicle as long as the radiation hazard placards are placed on
on the both sides of the vehicle.

61. To prevent radioactive materials from being stolen or

tampered with when they are in a parked vehicle:
a. an enclosed vehicle rather than a pickup should be
used and the doors locked when unattended
b. the radioactive material container should be locked
and chained to the vehicle when unattended.
c. the radioactive material should be kept in a locked
box inside the vehicle when unattended.
d. the vehicle should never be left unguarded while
parked with radioactive materials inside.
e. radioactive hazard logos should be placed all around
the parked vehicle when unattended.
1. a 12. b 23. b 34. a 45. d 56. c
2. b 13. a 24. b 35. b 46. a 57. b
3. c 14. c 25. c 36. b 47. c 58. c
4. b 15. a 26. a 37. b 48. d (refer) 59. a
5. c 16. b 27. b 38. d 49. c 60. b
6. a 17. d 28. b 39. c 50. d (refer) 61. d
7. d 18. d 29. a 40. c 51. b
8. c 19. a 30. c 41. d 52. c (refer)
9. c 20. d 31. d 42. a 53. b
10. d 21. d 32. a 43. a 54. c
11. c 22. d 33. b 44. b 55. d