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Test Your Knowledge:  Nuclear Decay Mathematics



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A vial contains 100mCi of an unidentified radionuclide at 10am Thursday. At 10am Friday, the activity has decayed to 25 mCi. What is the half-life of the unidentified radionuclide?
a.
12 hours
c.
24 hours
b.
100 hours
d.
4 hours
 

 2. 

If an assay of a vial containing Molybdenum shows 50 mCi present on June 1st, approximately what will the assay show on June 24th?  DF=  .1256
a.
7.88 mCi
c.
6.28 uCi
b.
6.28 mCi
d.
398 mCi
 

 3. 

At some point in time a source has an activity of 1,000 mCi. At a later point in time the activity is 62.5 mCi. The half-life is unknown. How many half-lives have elapsed?
a.
four
c.
three
b.
can’t be determined from data provided
d.
five
 

 4. 

Convert 4.1 MBq to mCi:
a.
11 mCi
c.
.11 mCi
b.
151.7 mCi
d.
41.1 mCi
 

 5. 

Convert 15 mCi to MBq:
a.
.4 MBq
c.
52 MBq
b.
555 MBq
d.
5550 MBq
 

 6. 

Convert 119 Rems to Sieverts:
a.
.119 Sv
c.
1.19 Sv
b.
11.9 Sv
d.
119 Sv
 

 7. 

The Half Value Layer for I-123 in lead is .3 mm.  A dose generates 5300 mR/hr.  What will the exposure be for the technologist if a .90 mm slab of lead is placed inbetween the source and the technologist?
a.
530 mR/hr
c.
662.5 mR/hr
b.
662.5 mCi/hr
d.
526 mR/hr
 

 8. 

Convert 31 MBq to mCi:
a.
68 mCi
c.
.837 mCi
b.
1147 mCi
d.
1.19 mCi
 

 9. 

A vial of Technetium eluate contains 50 mCi/ml.  If 4 mls are withdrawn and added to a MDP Kit containing 16 mls of normal saline, what volume would then be needed to be withdrawn to prepare a 20 mCi unit dose at that moment?
a.
4 ml
c.
.2 ml
b.
2.5 ml
d.
2 ml
 

 10. 

Convert 38 mRem to mSv:
a.
3.8 mSv
c.
.038 mSv
b.
.38 mSv
d.
38 mSv
 

 11. 

Convert 8 rads to Grays:
a.
80 Grays
c.
.08 Grays
b.
.8 Grays
d.
8 Grays
 

 12. 

Convert 25 mCi to MBq:
a.
925 MBq
c.
62 MBq
b.
92.5 MBq
d.
925 Bq
 

 13. 

One-hundred twenty-seven millicuries is equivalent to how many megabecquerels?
a.
4,699 MBq
c.
4.70 MBq
b.
46.99 MBq
d.
3.4 MBq
 

 14. 

A reagent kit contains approximately 140 mCi of Tc99m Sulfur Colloid in 23 mls at 9am.  How much volume must be withdrawn to obtain a dose of 5 mCi at 3 pm?
a.
1.7 ml
c.
2.0 ml
b.
1.64 ml
d.
1.6 ml
 

 15. 

100 uCi =______mCi:
a.
100
c.
.1
b.
.01
d.
1000
 

 16. 

If the exposure rate at 10 meters from a cobalt sheet source is 15 mR/hr, what will the exposure rate be at 25 meters?
a.
3 mR/hr
c.
6 mR/hr
b.
10 mR/hr
d.
2.4 mR/hr
 

 17. 

If the exposure rate at 4 meters from a radioactive source is 5 mR/hr, what will the exposure rate be at 3 meters?
a.
6.5 mR/hr
c.
2.8 mR/hr
b.
8.9 mR/hr
d.
7.4 mR/hr
 

 18. 

Convert 9.25 MBq to mCi:
a.
342.2 mCi
c.
.25 mCi
b.
25 mCi
d.
46.25 mCi
 

 19. 

Convert 4 Rems to Sieverts:
a.
4 Sv
c.
.04 Sv
b.
.4 Sv
d.
40 Sv
 

 20. 

Convert 117 rads to Gy:
a.
11.7 Gy
c.
.117 Gy
b.
1.17 Gy
d.
117 Gy
 



 
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