What do radiation weighting factors take into consideration?

1. The overall risk of exposure to humans from ionizing radiation
2. Both the internal and external dose measurements
3. The fact that some types of radiation are more efficient at causing biologic damage than other types of radiation for a given dose.

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3


c. 3 only

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a. prodromal phase b. epileptic phase c. postictal phase d. tonic-clonic phase

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_______________ of Purple-K creates an opaque, gaseous cloud in the combustion zone

a. Dispersion b. Decomposition c. Free burning d. Decrepitate

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Small, balllike stools are often a result of ________

A) chronic constipation B) spastic bowel C) gastrointestinal infection D) slow movement through the bowel

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Herniations result from

a. Elevated intracranial pressure b. Axonal shearing c. Arteriovenous malformations d. Fractures of the skull

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