Safety 20 Questions Set (A) : Radiation
Safety 20 Questions Set (A) : Radiation
2. The time required for one half of the atoms in a particular sample of radioactive
material to disintegrate is called :
a. inverse square low
b. a curie
c. a half life
d. exposure time
5. If the half-life of IR 192 is 74 days, what will be the new strength on 222 days
when the original source 40 ci:
a. 5 ci
b. 10 ci
c. 20 ci
d. 30 ci
6. When gamma ray of intensity Io incident on a slab of thickness x, the intensity of the
transmitted radiation Ix is given by the following attenuation formula
a.
b.
c.
d.
7. The intensity of radiation source is 288 mR/ hr at 1 foot . at what distance will the
intensity be less than 2 mR/hr ?
e. 2 feet
f. 12 feet
g. 11.8 feet
h. 144 feet
9. Find the thickness of lead (HVL THK = 0 .19" ) to be used to reduce the
intensity from 32 mR/hr to 2 mR/hr for an IR 192 source :
a. 0.19"
b. 0.38"
c. 0.57"
d. 0.76"
10 . If on 2 May of this year you have anew 60 ci Ir -192 source , what will be its
activity after 300 days ?
2 ci
a. 3.75 ci
b. 11.8 ci
c. 14 ci
11. If an exposure time of 60 s was necessary using 1.2 m source –to – film distance
for a particular exposure, what time would be necessary if a 0.6 m source – to –
fim distance is used and all the other variables remain the same ?
a. 120 s
b. 15 s
c. 30 s
d. 40 s
a. thickness required to reduce radiation dose or intensity to half of its original value
b. effective shielding thickness
c.the thickness that require to reduce the intensity down to a permissible value
for member of public
d. the thickness that require to reduce the intensity down to a permissible value
for radiation worker
14. The dose rate at the control area must be :
a. 2.5 µsv per hour
b. 3.5 µsv per hour
c. 7.5 µsv per hour
d. 10 µsv per hour
17. The trefoil symbol which indicate the presence of nuclear radiation has the
following colours;
a. blue for the blade and white background
b. blue for the blade and yellow background
c. black for the blade and white background
d. black for the blade and yellow background