Responsibilities of a medical facility’s radiation safety officer (RSO) include which of the following? Developing an appropriate radiation safety program Maintaining radiation monitoring records for all personnel Repairing all broken or defective imaging equipment

Cancer and genetic effects are examples of _______ effects.

A diagnostic-type protective tube housing must be constructed so that leakage radiation measured at a distance of 1 meter from the x-ray source does not exceed _____ when the tube is operated at its highest voltage.

Which of the following are not part of the inherent filtration portion within the X-ray tube?

To decrease patient exposure during fluoroscopic procedures, the fluoroscopist can: limit the size of the fluoroscopic field to include only the anatomy of clinical interest employ the practice of intermittent, or pulsed, fluoroscopy to reduce the overall length of exposure choose to use a conventional fluoroscope instead of an image intensification fluoroscope

Determine the cumulative effective dose to the whole body of an occupationally exposed person who is 27 years old.

As a consequence of their anatomic location, the female reproductive organs receive about _______ exposure during a radiographic procedure involving the pelvic region than do the male reproductive organs.

Which of the following describes the comparative capabilities of radiation with differing LETs to produce a particular biologic reaction?

What is the minimum requirement for lead aprons, according to CFR 20?

According to Hobbes, what is the state of nature?