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Post NameRadiographer Grade II
DepartmentMedical Education Category No : 347/2021
Question Paper Code082/2022/OL
Category Code347/2021
Date of Test1 October 2022
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Number of electrons flowing per second from filament to target in an x-ray tube refers to
Answer
B. Tube current
2
Melting point of tungsten is
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A. 3370 degrees C
3
Range of anode angle in x-ray tubes
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C. 6 to 20 degree
4
Bucky factor indicates the absorption of
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D. both primary and secondary radiation
5
Noise which arises which from the statistical fluctuations in the number of x-ray photons absorbed by the intensifying screen to form an image in a film is also called
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C. Quantum Mottle
6
Q-factor of a transducer refers to
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D. purity and length of time of sound wave
7
SI unit for absorbed dose
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A. gray
8
The time interval between 2 90 degree pulses in MR image acquisition is
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C. TR
9
In a CT image, each square in the image matrix is called
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D. pixel
10
'Characteristics curve' depicts relationship between
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D. exposure and density
11
The structure known as the 'pacemaker of the heart' is
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D. SA node
12
Diabetes incipidus is a medical condition due to deficiency of
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C. ADH
13
Elevation of medially-rotated eye, abduction and lateral rotation is the action of which extra-ocular muscle
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B. inferior oblique
14
Mental foramen is located in which bone ?
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C. mandible
15
A hollow cavity inside a bone is called
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B. sinus
16
Breast is a _______ gland.
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B. sweat
17
Innermost layer of the meninges - the membranous covering surrounding the brain is
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B. pia mater
18
Forceps major is an anatomical structure in
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B. brain
19
The terminal branches of external carotid artery are
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C. superficial temporal A and maxillary A
20
Nerve within the carpal tunnel is
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C. median nerve
21
In a conventional photographic film, gelatin and silver halide are components of
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D. emulsion
22
In film processing, the chemical process that amplifies the latent image - by a factor of millions - to form a visible silver pattern is called
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B. development
23
Measurement of film blackness is called
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B. photographic density
24
Film contrast depends on all the following except
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D. differential attenuation
25
Maximum slope of a characteristic curve is
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A. film gamma
26
Development of unexposed silver halide grains that do not contain the latent image is called
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C. fog
27
Fixation removes unexposed
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B. silver halide
28
Increasing the time or temperature of film development will cause
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C. increased fog
29
Range of log-relative exposure, that will produce a density within the accepted range for diagnostic radiology, is called
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B. latitude
30
________ reaction occurs when the photon energy and the electron binding energy are nearly the same.
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C. Photo-electric reaction
31
Nuclides with the same number of protons but different neutrons are
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C. isotope
32
Technetium-99 has a half life of
Answer
Question Cancelled
33
Types of biological effects of radiation are
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C. stochastic and deterministic
34
In PC-PNDT Act, 1994, which is the form for informed consent for invasive procedures
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D. Form G
35
The MR equivalent of 'power absorbed per unit mass', just like we measure Gy in ionizing radiation, is
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C. Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)
36
In MRI, the abbreviation TE in a pulse-echo sequence, stands for
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D. time to echo
37
The ___________ is the thickness of a specific substance that, when introduced in the path of a beam of radiation, reduces exposure rate by half.
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C. Half-Value Layer (HVL)
38
To differentiate between calcification and haemorrhage, the sequence used in MRI is
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C. Susceptibility-weighted imaging
39
Active CSF leak is confirmed with _________ investigation.
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C. CT cisternogram
40
Transducer crystals in the USG probe are made up of
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A. Piezoelectric crystals
41
MRI sequence for detecting microscopic fat content in the tissue is
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C. in-phase and out-of-phase sequence
42
The appropriate attitude towards a patient seeking assistance in a hospital setting would be
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B. empathy
43
In female patients presenting for ionizing radiation-based investigations, the most important clinical history to be elicited is
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C. menstrual history
44
All these are ionizing radiation except
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D. ultra-violet radiation
45
The 3 basic principles of radiation protection
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C. justification, optimization, dose-limitation
46
What is the relationship between the radiation dose and distance ? Doubling distance will decrease dose by
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C. one-fourth
47
AERB stands for
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D. Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
48
The absolute density in CT is measured in __________ units.
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C. hounsfield
49
Radiation -induced cancer and genetic effects are considered ______ biological effects of radiation.
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B. stochastic
50
In ante-natal pregnancy scanning, a dedicated fetal anomaly scan is done at ______ gestational age.
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B. 18-20 weeks
51
Half-life (T₁/ā‚‚) of a radioactive substance is related to the average life (Tₐ) by which equation?
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C. T₁/ā‚‚ = Tₐ/1.44
52
X-ray quantity is the
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B. Number of X-ray photons in the X-ray beam
53
Which of the following is not a gas filled detector ?
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A. Scintillation detector
54
Track of ionization produced by secondary electrons are known as
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B. Delta rays
55
Tissue Air Ratio (TAR) is independent of
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D. SSD
56
Fluoroscopy images can be recorded by means of
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D. All of the above
57
The line passing through points of equal dose is known as
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C. Isodose curve
58
The measure of total energy absorbed in treated volume is
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C. Integral dose
59
The unit of absorbed dose is
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B. rad
60
In the Build Up region, KERMA is _________ absorbed dose.
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A. Greater than
61
The half-life of Gold 198 (Au-198) is
Answer
D. 2.7 days
62
The total activity of all radioisotopes discharged into the sewage in one year by any institution shall not exceed
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A. 1 Ci
63
Tc-99 m emits gamma energy of
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D. 140 keV
64
Which of the following is the AERB safety directive describes the dose limits for exposures from ionizing radiations for workers and the members of the public
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A. AERB Directive No. 01/2011
65
What is the minimum primary wall thickness of a typical Telecobalt bunker ?
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C. 130 cm
66
1 TVT = __________ HVT.
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D. 3.3
67
Lateral wall of Nasopharynx contain all except
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C. Basilar portion of sphenoid
68
Bimodal age distribution is found in which Carcinoma of head and neck ?
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B. Cancer nasopharynx
69
Acinic cell carcinoma salivary gland arises from
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D. Terminal ducts & Intercalated ducts
70
In AJCC staging of head and neck tumors, which carcinoma staging takes into consideration the human papilloma virus status
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A. Cancer oropharynx
71
In cervical carcinoma, presence of hydronephrosis is staged as
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D. Stage III B
72
First site of distant metastasis in cervical cancer is
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A. Lung
73
Breast anatomically extends cranio-caudally from
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C. Second rib to sixth rib anteriorly
74
Well established risk factors in development of cancer breast includes all except
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D. Early menopause
75
R-S cells are signature neoplastic cells of
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B. Classic Hodgkin's lymphoma
76
Rectum is approximately ___________ in length.
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C. 12 to 15 cm
77
Cancer registry in India under ICMR include
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B. Population based and hospital based registry
78
Common ethical issues directly affecting Oncology patients are all except
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D. Plagiarism and fabrication
79
Patient counseling before radiation planning and start of treatment should include all except
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D. None of the above
80
Radiation induced salivary dysfunction can be prevented by
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B. Amifostine therapy
81
Intensity modulated radiotherapy includes _________ before plan acceptance.
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D. Both 1 and 3
82
Which volume takes into consideration the organ motion and setup variations in IMRT planning ?
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C. Planning target volume
83
The rationale for _________ fractionation is that reduction of overall treatment time decreases the opportunity for tumor cell regeneration.
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A. Accelerated fractionation radiotherapy
84
Biological effect of concurrent chemo radiation include all except
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D. Favorer DNA repair
85
Spinal cord tolerance in radiotherapy
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B. 45 Gy
86
SBRT is
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C. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
87
All can be used in cancer treatment except
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D. Nitrogen ions
88
HDR (High Dose Rate) brachytherapy is
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A. >12 Gy/hour
89
Brachytherapy technique is commonly used in all except
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D. Cancer Brain
90
ICRU (International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements) 38 defines
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C. Brachytherapy
91
Radiopharmaceuticals include all except
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D. Radium-203
92
In nasopharyngeal carcinoma, gross disease is given a total dose of
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B. 70 Gy
93
Left parotid gland radiation treatment is conventionally planned in which treatment position ?
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D. Supine with head turned to right
94
Level IV neck node include
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B. Lower deep cervical lymph nodes
95
Palliative radiotherapy common schedules to spine metastasis include
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C. 30 Gy/10 fractions/2 weeks
96
In breast planning, brachial plexus dose volume constraints is kept at
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A. maximum 54 Gy
97
Neo adjuvant radiotherapy is used for down staging and functional preservation in treatment of
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C. cancer rectum
98
Which chemotherapy drug is not used in concurrent chemo radiotherapy for anal cancer ?
Answer
A. Adriamycin
99
Early vocal cord cancers can be treated by all except
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D. Total laryngectomy
100
Superior border in cancer cervix, external beam radiotherapy planning is taken as
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B. L3-L4 vertebral inter space

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