IBHRE CEPS Radiology and EP Lab Equipment Exam Questions and Answers Non-ionizing radiation - Correct Answers ✅electromagnetic waves given off by the sun and various electronic devices Most common form of radiation UV light, visible light, infrared radiation, RF radiation, microwaves - Correct Answers ✅Examples of non-ionizing radiation Ionizing Radiation - Correct Answers ✅radiation given off by the sun, radioactive materials, and high energy electronic devices (X-ray, etc)
- enough energy to cause atoms to lose electrons and
become charged Alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, X-rays - Correct Answers ✅Examples of ionizing radiation Lead apron - Correct Answers ✅Material that should be used in shields ALARA (As low as reasonably achievable) - Correct Answers ✅Maintaining radiation exposures at lowest level to achieve usable image Photon - Correct Answers ✅Energy "packets" with no mass/charge, travel at speed of light 1 / 2
IBHRE CEPS Radiology and EP Lab Equipment Exam Questions and Answers Rad - Correct Answers ✅Radiation absorbed dose, unit of absorbed dose 1/100 - Correct Answers ✅1 rad = ? Gray Radiation - Correct Answers ✅Emission and propagation of energy through matter or space -Exhibits both wave and particle-like behavior REM - Correct Answers ✅Unit of dose equivalent or occupational exposure Roentgen - Correct Answers ✅amount of radiation required to liberate positive and negative charges of one electrostatic unit in air at STP
- unit of radiation exposure/intensity
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milli-Roentgen - Correct Answers ✅Output of X-ray machines Scatter Radiation - Correct Answers ✅Incidental photon interacts with target atom, causes excitation Target atom releases excess energy with different direction