PRIME'S ELEMENTS IN PIPE : CHAPTER 7 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Past ME Board Question

What is the suggested maximum permissible dose (MPD) of gamma ray exposure for general individuals not working in nuclear setting, by choice, in rem/year?

A. 1

B. 5

C. ½

D. 3

C. ½

Past ME Board Question

The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of the number of electrons in the orbit of an atom

A. Atomic volume

B. Atomic number

C. Atomic weight

D. Atomic mass

B. Atomic number

The process in which the nucleus splits into a smaller fragments.

A. Fusion

B. Fission

C. Photoelectric effect

D. Compton's effect

B. Fission

The ability of the substance to absorb neurons is dependent upon which parameter?

A. Absorption cross section

B. Scattering cross section

C. Total cross section

D. Atomic number

A. Absorption cross section

What kind of bonding do common gases that exist in free as diatomic molecules experiences?

A. Ionic bonds

B. Covalent bonds

C. Metallic bonds

D. Nuclear bonds

B. Covalent bonds

Which of the following is NOT a unit of energy?

A. Atomic unit

B. meV

C. dynes

D. ergs

C. dynes

The process in which a nucleus splits into smaller fragments.

A. Fusion

B. Fission

C. Photoelectric effect

D. Compton's effect

B. Fission

Which of the following is NOT a unit of energy?

A. Calories

B. Joules

C. Pascals

D. MeV

C. Pascals

The ability of a substance to absorb neurons is dependent upon which parameter?

A. Absorption cross section

B. Scattering cross section

C. Total cross section

D. Atomic number

A. Absorption cross section

Which of the following is NOT a unit of energy?

A. Atomic unit

B. MeV

C. Dynes

D. Ergs

C. Dynes

An electrically charged atom or radial which carries electricity through an electrolyte is called:

A. Ion

B. Isotope

C. Molecule

D. Hole

A. Ion

What is the smallest particle of an element that can enter into a chemical reaction?

A. Molecule

B. Ion

C. Atom

D. Isotope

C. Atom

Beryllium, magnesium, and calcium all belong to which elemental grouping?

A. Noble elements

B. Halogens

C. Lanthanons

D. Alkaline earth metals

D. Alkaline earth metals

The thickness of material required to attenuate radiation to a particular level depends on

A. The particle

B. The energy

C. The shielding material

D. The particle, its energy, and the shielding material

D. The particle, its energy, and the shielding material

Particles that easily stopped within a few millimeter because their double charge generate path ionization and because they are susceptible to electrostatic interaction are:

A. Alpha neurons

B. Alpha radiations

C. Beta radiations

D. Gamma radiations

B. Alpha radiations

Radiation consisting of singly charged particles that generate to intermediate distances are called:

A. Fast neurons

B. Alpha radiation

C. Beta radiations

D. Gamma radiations

C. Beta radiations

Radiation with no charge, which produces no ionization, and which is difficult to attenuate thus posing a major health threat is

A. Slow neutrons

B. Alpha radiations

C. Beta radiations

D. Gamma radiations

D. Gamma radiations

The property of fluid at a location where the Mach number is unity (at the throat) are called:

A. Critical properties

B. Sonic properties

C. Dynamic properties

D. Stagnation properties

A. Critical properties

Gamma attenuation is a effected by:

A. Their photoelectric effect

B. Pair production

C. Compton scattering

D. The photoelectric effect, pair production, and Compton scattering

D. The photoelectric effect, pair production, and Compton scattering

The amount of a radiation shield's dimensional geometry that reduces to half of its original value is called the _________.

A. Half-value mass

B. Half-value thickness

C. Semi-cross section

D. Logarithmic decrement

B. Half-value thickness

The amount of a radiation shield's density that reduces radiation to half of its original value is called the _________.

A. Half - value mass

B. Half - value thickness

C. Semi - cross section

D. Logarithmic decrement

A. Half - value mass

Radiation exposure, the measure of gamma radiation at the surface of an object, is measured in:

A. Rems

B. Rads

C. Roentegens

D. Roentegens per second

D. Roentegens per second

Exposure is a measure of ionization surrounding a person, but biological damage is dependent on the amount of energy.

A. Striking the surface

B. Passing through the body

C. Absorbed

D. Reflected by the surface

C. Absorbed

All of the following are practical application of Einstein's principle of special relative except _______.

A. Mass increase

B. Length contraction

C. Time dilation

D. Space warping

D. Space warping

The postulated that no signal or energy can be transmitted with a speed greater than the speed of light is consistent with _______

A. The Heisenburg uncertainly principle

B. The Compton effect

C. Einstein's law

D. Newton's second law

C. Einstein's law

Total energy of an electron in the same shell is defined by the _________.

A. Principal quantum number

B. Azimuthal quantum number

C. Magnetic quantum number

D. Hund rule

A. Principal quantum number

The direction of a electron's angular momentum vector is defined by the

A. Principal quantum number

B. Azimuthal quantum number

C. Magnetic quantum number

D. Electron spin quantum number

C. Magnetic quantum number

The electron's spin angular momentum vector is defined by the

A. Azimuthal quantum number

B. Magnetic quantum number

C. Electron spin quantum number

D. Hand rule

C. Electron spin quantum number

The magnitude of an electron's angular momentum vector is defined by the

A. Principal quantum number

B. Azimuthal quantum number

C. Electron spin quantum number

D. Hand rule

B. Azimuthal quantum number

The fact that each orbital of a set of equal-energy orbitals must be occupied with an electron before any orbitals has two electrons is specified by which of the following?

A. Principal quantum number

B. Azimuthal quantum number

C. Magnetic quantum number

D. Hand rule

D. Hand rule

The statement that no two electrons can have the same set of four quantum numbers is known as the

A. Hand rule

B. Heisenburg uncertainly principle

C. Pauli exclusion principle

D. Schrodinger equation

C. Pauli exclusion principle

All of the following terms describe the radiation lines from transition of electrons in an atom except

A. Sharp

B. Principal

C. Obtuse

D. Fundamental

C. Obtuse

When electrons are not shared equally between two elements, and electrons spend more time with one element than the other, the bonding is called:

A. Ionic bonding

B. Polar covalent bonding

C. Non - polar covalent bonding

D. Metallic bonding

B. Polar covalent bonding

When electrons are shared equally (e.g. when the atom are the same as in diatomic gases), the bonding is called:

A. Ionic bonding

B. Polar covalent bonding

C. Non - polar covalent

D. Resonance bonding

C. Non - polar covalent

All of the following are units of energy except:

A. Atomic units

B. MeV

C. Dynes

D. Ergs

C. Dynes

Einstein reasoned there was a discrete amount of energy needed to remove an electron from a surface, with the rest of the incident photon's energy contributing to the kinetic energy of the photon., the amount of energy is called:

A. Binding energy

B. Work function

C. Coulomb energy

D. Fermi energy

B. Work function

Which of the following is not a postulate of Bohr's theory of the hydrogen atom?

A. Electron orbit are discrete and non-radiating and an electron may not remain between these orbits

B. The energy change experienced by an electron changing from one orbit to another is quantized

C. Light waves exist simultaneously as high frequency electrical and magnetic waves

D. Angular momentum is quantized

C. Light waves exist simultaneously as high frequency electrical and magnetic waves