LESSON 5
PRACTICE EXERCISE
The following items will test you grasp of the material covered in this
lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. When you complete
the exercise, check you answer with the answer key that follows.
If you
answer any item incorrectly, study again that part of the lesson which
contains the portion involved.
Situation: While operating in a radiologically contaminated area, your unit
is required to determine dose rates and transmission factors and convert
them to operational terms.
1.
Before fallout begins near ground zero, which can cause the time to
vary?
A.
Yield, weather, and terrain
B.
Delivery methods and amount
C.
Type of munitions
D.
Terrain and atmospheric conditions
2.
In the Total Dose Nomogram, what does D equal?
A.
Dose rate before entering
B.
Total dose in rad
C.
Dose rate after fallout
D.
Total dose in cGy
3.
When using the Total Dose Nomogram, always start the problem on the
side for which there are how many known values?
A.
One
B.
Two
C.
Three
D.
Four
4.
Which is determined by using a transmission factor?
A.
Fallout prediction dose rate
B.
Reduction in the dose received by personnel shielded
from
C.
Conversion from total dose to dose rate
D.
Conversion of inside dose rate to outside dose rate
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