RT LEVEL-III MODEL QUESTION PAPER

BY: N.KUPPUSAMY

Some step wedges were used to produce 6 sets of radiographs of same density at same processing parameters. Same kV was used to expose
each set of radiographs. The thickness and corresponding exposure times are as follows:
Set # 1 Set # 2
S.No. Thickness (mm) Exposure time S.No. Thickness (mm) Exposure time
1. 2.5 3 minutes 1. 2.5 1.8 minutes
2. 5.0 7 minutes 2. 5.0 3.0 minutes
3. 8.0 20 minutes 3. 7.5 5.0 minutes
4. 10.0 40 minutes 4. 10.0 8.3 minutes

Set # 3 Set # 4

S.No. Thickness (mm) Exposure time S.No. Thickness (mm) Exposure time
1. 10.0 4.4 minutes 1. 4.0 3.5 minutes
2. 12.5 7.0 minutes 2. 6.0 4.2 minutes
3. 14.5 10.1 minutes 3. 9.0 5.5 minutes
4. 18.5 21.2 minutes 4. 12.0 7.2 minutes

Set #5 Set # 6

S.No. Thickness (mm) Exposure time S.No. Thickness (mm) Exposure time
1. 8.0 2 minutes 1. 5 1.5 minutes
2. 11.0 3 minutes 2. 7.5 2.1 minutes
3. 13.0 3 min. 56 sec. 3. 10.0 2.95 minutes
4. 16.0 5 min. 54 sec 4. 14.0 5.08 minutes

Answer the following questions based on the above data

c. Set # 2 exposed with higher kV
1. What is the HVL for Set # 1 radiographs? d. Both a & b
a. 1.8 mm e. Both b & c
b. 2.0 inches
c. 2.0 mm 8. What is the difference between Set #5 and Set # 6
d. 6.0 mm radiographs?
a. Set # 6 exposed with higher kV and same mA than Set # 5
2. What is the HVL for Set # 2 radiographs? b. Set # 6 exposed with lower kV and higher mA than Set # 5
a. 2.5 mm c. Set # 5 exposed with higher mA & same kV
b. 3.4 mm d. Set # 5 exposed with lower mA and same kV
c. 2.0 mm e. Both sets were exposed identically
d. 4.0 mm
9. Which set-up gives maximum back scattering?
3. What is the HVL for Set # 3 radiographs? a. A
a. 4.0 mm b. C
b. 3.4 mm c. D
c. 3.6 inches d. E
d. 3.7 mm
10. Which set-up gives minimum back scattering?
4. What is the HVL for Set # 4 radiographs? a. A
a. 7.5 mm b. C
b. 7.7 mm c. D
c. 8.0 mm d. E
d. 3.7 mm
11. Which set-up produces maximum enlargement?
5. What is the TVL for Set # 5 radiographs? a. B
a. 5.1 mm b. C
b. 7.7 mm c. E
c. 17.0 mm d. F
d. 15.0 mm e. G
6. What is the HVL for Set # 6 radiographs? 12. Which set-up meets the requirement of minimum
a. 17.0 mm unsharpness? (Discard back scatter)
b. 6.0 mm a. A
c. 4.7 mm b. C
d. 5.1 mm c. D
7. What is the difference between Set # 1& Set # 2? d. E
e. All of the above
a. Set # 2 exposed with same kV and higher mA
b. Set # 1 exposed with higher kV and lower mA

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Answer Questions from 9 to 16 based on the following radiographic exposure arrangements:

Source Source

Source

Film
Film Object Object
Film
Object

A. Ground B. Ground C. Ground

Source Source

Source

Object
Lead Lead
Film Film
Sheet Sheet
Object
Lead
Film
Sheet
Object

D. Ground E. Ground F. Ground

Source

Lead
Film
Sheet
Object
G.

13. Which set-up gives maximum unsharpness? 15. Which set-up eliminates or reduces scattering from the object?
a. B a. B
b. C b. E
c. F c. F
d. E d. both ‘a & b’
e. G e. both ‘a & c’
14. Which set-up among A, C, D, E, & G produces highest
Penumbral shadow? 16. Which set-up gives least scattering from the lead sheet?
a. C a. D
b. G b. E
c. D c. F
d. A d. G
e. E e. None of the above

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An exposure chart for steel is given below. Each line depicts a type of film. The radiographic equivalence factor for Steel, Aluminum and Brass is
1, 0.18, and 1.3 respectively.

1
2
3 4 5
mA.Minutes 6

42

28 7

1" 2" 3" 4" 5"

Thickness (inches)
Answer Questions from 17 to 30 using this chart

17. Which is the fastest film? a. type-3

a. type-1 b. type-4
b. type-3 c. type-5
c. type-7 d. both ‘a & c’
d. type-5 e. both ‘b & c’

18. Which is the slowest film? 24. Which film produces best radiograph (with good contrast and
a. type-1 latitude) when radiograph a specimen with the thickness of 2.25”
b. type-3 & 2.75”.
c. type-7 a. type-3
d. type-5 b. type-4
c. type-5
19. Type-2 film is _______ d. type-6
a. faster than type-1 e. type-7
b. slower than type-3
c. both ‘a & b’ 25. Which film gives lowest contrast?
d. none of the above a. type-3
b. type-4
20. Type-4 film is ________ c. type-6
a. slower than type-3 d. type-7
b. faster than type-3
c. faster than type-5 26. Type-3 & type-4 films were used to radiograph a 2” thick
d. both ‘a & c’ specimen. Type-3 film was exposed for 7 minutes, while type-4
e. both ‘b & c’ film was exposed for 5 minutes. The mA and FFD were same for
both exposures. Which film gives high density?
21. Which film has widest latitude? a. type-3 gives high density
a. type-6 b. type-4 gives high density
b. type-5 c. both gives same density
c. type-4 d. none of the above
d. type-3
27. Type-5 & type-6 films were used to radiograph a 3.5” thick
22. A specimen with a thickness range of 0.7” to 1.2” has to be steel specimen at same FFD. Type-5 exposed for 6 minutes type-6
radiographed. Which of the following will give most satisfactory exposed for 7 minutes. What could be the reason?
radiograph? a. type-5 exposed with lower mA
a. type-1 b. type-6 exposed with higher mA
b. type-2 c. type-5 exposed with higher mA
c. type-3 d. type-6 exposed with higher FFD
d. any of the above e. some other reasons which are not mentioned above

28. Type-7 film is best suited when radiographing:

23. Type-6 film at one point matches the speed of: a. test part thickness less than 3 inches

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b. test part thickness between 3 to 5 inches

c. test part thickness above 5 inches Concrete wall
d. test part thickness below 0.5 inch

29. Which film can be used to radiograph 2” thick Aluminum?

a. type-1 Steel Cubic container 44mm thick
b. type-2 Internal Dimension:8M3
c. type-3
d. type-4

10 meters
30. Which film can be used to radiograph 3” thick brass?
a. type-5
b. type-6
c. type-7
d. both ‘a & b’
e. both ‘b & c’

A Co-60 source of 3.8 Ci strength is kept at the center of lead

sphere with internal radius of t” and thickness of 25.4 mm. This Spherical
sphere is placed at the center of a hollow steel cubical container of Lead container
8m3 internal dimensions and 44 mm thickness. This cube is placed 25.4mm thick
at the center of a concrete room of internal dimensions 10m x 10 m
x 10m and wall thickness of 132 mm. Refer adjacent figure for
schematic diagram. Concrete wall - 132mm thick

Halve Value Layers

34. If the dose rate at 1 meter from concrete wall is 0.8 mRem/hr
Source Co.60 Ir-192 Cs-137 for Ir-192 source, what would be the source strength?
/Material a. 84 Ci
Lead 12.7 mm 5.00 mm 6.35 mm b. 87.8 Ci
Steel 22.0 mm 15.5 mm 17.25 mm c. 4.5 Ci
Concrete 66.0 mm 48.25 mm 53.3 mm d. 7.8 Ci

35. If the thickness of concrete is now reduced to 3.9” and size of

Radiation Output at one foot per Ci concrete room is reduced to 8m x 8m x 8m and thickness of steel
Source Co.60 Ir-192 Cs-137 Th-170 cube is increased to 66 mm. Minimum cordoning off distance from
the source for safe radiation level of 0.2 mRem/hr is:
Output 14.5 R/hr 5.9 R/hr 4.2 R/hr 0.03 R/hr a. 55.15 feet
b. 55.15 meter
Half-Life c. 16.80 feet
1. Co.60 = 5.3 years d. 28.00 meter
2. Ir.192 = 75 days
3. Cs.137 = 30 years 36. If the source is replaced by Cs-137 and safe radiation level of
4. Th.170 = 130 days 0.2 mRem/hr is achieved at 15 meter from the source. Strength of
source is:
a. 52 Ci
Answer the following questions based on these.
b. 32 Ci
31. Minimum cordoning off distance from the source for safe c. 60 Ci
radiation level of 0.2 mRem/hr is: d. 84.35 Ci
a. 14.14 meter
b. 20 meter 37. If the lead sphere is now removed, what will be the minimum
c. 20 feet cordoning of distance for 60 Curie Cs-137, if safe radiation level is
d. 28.28 meter 0.4 mRem/hr?
a. 416 feet
32. What is the radiation level at 1 meter from the outer surface b. 42 meter
of concrete wall? c. 84.8 meter
a. 2.1 mRem/hr d. 60 meter
b. 42.8 mRem/hr
c. 136 mRem/hr 38. If the maximum permissible dose is 16 mRem/day, How long
d. none of the above can a worker work at a distance of 10 meters from the concrete
wall, when the activity of stored source is 30 Ci of Co-60.
33. If the dose rate at 6 meter from concrete wall is 3 mRem/hr, a. 57 hours
what would be the source strength? b. 0.53 hours
a. 17664 Ci c. 5.7 hours
b. 17.664 Ci d. 8 hours
c. 1.6 Ci 39. A 34 Ci Cs-137 source is kept inside the lead sphere and the
d. 0.483 Ci steel container thickness is increased to 100 mm. What is the
radiation level at the external surface of the steel container?

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a. 15 mR/h c. characteristic curve do not indicate fog density

b. 3.74 mR/h d. none of the above.
c. 12.37 mR/h
d. 10.97 R/h 46. Characteristic curves are drawn for 4 different films and the
average gradients at the two specified densities calculated as 4, 3,
Answer Question # 40 to 43 based on the below description: 2, and 1. The film having highest gradient is by definition:
a. Renders large density difference with limited change in
In the above storage facility a source was stored inside the lead exposure.
sphere. Dose rate on the surface of steel cubical container b. has highest film contrast at that specified densities with
measured after 11.4 days & 22.8 days was 9.0 mR/h & 8.1 mR/h corresponding change in exposure.
respectively. c. both ‘a and b’
40. What is the half life of the source? d. neither ‘a nor b’
a. 75 minutes
b. 75 days 47. Find the average gradient from the characteristic curve for
c. 100 minutes film A, between densities 2.0 and 2.5.
d. 130 days a. 6.2
b. 5
41. What is the type of source? c. 8
a. Ir-192 d. 1.5
b. Cs-137
c. Co-60
d. Th-170 3.5
e. more information required
3
42. If the source is Ir.192, What was the initial activity?
a. 5.3 Ci 2.5
b. 4.3 Ci
2
c. 24 mCi

Density
d. 176.8 Gbq 1.5
e. None of the above
1
43. How long will it take to reduce the leakage level to 3 mR/hr
from the initial dose rate at the steel container surface? 0.5
a. 130.3 minutes
b. 360.7 days 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
c. 130.3 days Log(Rel. Exp ) 0.3 0.4
d. 75 days

44. From the characteristic curve given below calculate the

48. 10 Ci Iridium-192 with 3x3 mm size was used to take a
gamma or the average gradient at the given densities.
radiograph of 35 mm steel specimen. The exposure was 20
a. 2.5
minutes. The same specimen was radiographed with 5 Ci source of
b. 1.25
size 1x1 mm. As per code the image unsharpness should not
c. 3.0
exceed 0.02 inch, and all other conditions remaining unchanged.
d. 4.0
What would be the new exposure time?
a. 40 min.
3.5 b. 4.4 min.
c. 6.6 min.
3 d. 10.5 min.

2.5 49. The average gradient of brand A film is 1.25 between the
densities 2 and 2.3. What is the Relative Exposure for density 2.3,
2 if the Relative Exposure for density 2 was 1.1
a. 1.4
Density

b. 2.53
1.5
c. 1.91
d. None of the above
1
50. In the above problem, if 10 mA.min was the exposure for
0.5 density 2.0, What would be the exposure for density 2.3?
a. 66.06
0 b. 20.21
Log(Relative
1 2 4 ) 1.3 51.7
Exposure
3 6 c. 32.00
d. 17.36
51. The radiation level at 4 meters from Co-60 source after
45. The fog density of the film given in the characteristic curve
passing through 1HVT and 1TVT was found to be 40mR/hr, the
is:
activity of the source is:
a. difference in densities between 2.5 and 2.0
a. 10 Ci
b. 0.5

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b. 273.06 GBq a. 26.50 min.

c. 9.5 Ci b. 13.30 min.
d. 27.306 Ci c. 5.50 min.
d. 19.0 min.
52. A 20 minutes exposure is made with 4x4 mm 10 Ci Iridium-
192 source on 25 mm specimen at 700 mm SFD and a satisfactory 57. Three sets of exposures of a steel step wedge resulted in the
film density is obtained. It is now required to repeat the exposure tables given below, the KV, Film, density and processing were
using 1 Ci 0.5x0.5 mm source with the same Ug. What is the constant in each group.
exposure time?
a. 25 minutes Volt T(in) mAmin
b. 7.8 minutes A. XKV 0.15 27
c. 4.9 minutes 0.20 50
d. 4.0 minutes 0.25 100
e. Exposure does not change as the distance is compensated B. YKV 0.20 18
with the size of the source. 0.30 45
0.40 110
53. A steel plate 37.5 mm thick is radiographed with Ir-192 C. ZKV 0.30 22
source using D-5 film for a density of 2.0. Exposure time for this 0.35 30
radiograph is 9 minutes. If a lead plate of 23.5 mm thickness is to 0.45 60
be radiographed with the same source using same film and required
density is 2.50. Required exposure time will be: (log relative
exposure for density 2.0 and 2.5 is 2.55 and 2.65 respectively) Identity the exposure that used the highest KV.
a. 30 minutes
b. 55 minutes a. x
c. 60 minutes b. y
d. 72 minutes c. z
d. all same kV
54. A 19 mm thick plate was radiographed with an Ir.192 source,
and density achieved is 2.9. Exposure time with 750 mm SFD was 58. Three sets of exposures of a steel step wedge resulted in the
12 minutes. Plate of 8.2 mm thickness is to be radiographed with tables given below, the KV, Film, density and processing were
the SFD of 500 mm after 120 days using a similar type of film. constant in each group.
Exposure time for this exposure will be:
a. 6 minutes Volt T(in) mAmin
b. 12 minutes A. XKV 0.15 27
c. 18 minutes 0.20 50
d. 24 minutes 0.25 100
B. YKV 0.20 18
55. An object is radiographed with an x-ray source, using D-7 0.30 45
film and a density of 3.5 is achieved with an exposure of 5 0.40 110
minutes. Using same setting of x-ray machine, radiograph is to be C. ZKV 0.30 22
repeated with D-2 film and a density of 2.0 is to be achieved. 0.35 30
Exposure time for this radiograph will be: (refer graph on page 13) 0.45 60
a. 20 minutes What is the half value layer thickness of each group?
b. 08 minutes
c. 40 minutes a. 0.05, 0.08, 0.1 respectively
d. 31.75 minutes b. 02, 0.7, 0.35 respectively
c. 0.05, 0.1, 0.15 respectively
56. A 20 mm thick plate is radiographed with Ir-192 using D-5 d. 0.05, 0.01, 0.7 respectively
film for 2.0 density with an exposure time of 12 minutes. If a 30
mm thick steel plate is to be radiographed with same source and
film for the density of 1.50. Exposure time for this new exposure
will be:

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Sensitometric curve of STRUCTURIX D7 Film Sensitometric curve of STRUCTURIX D2 Film

5 minutes development at 20°C 5 minutes development at 20°C
4
4
3.8
3.8
3.6
3.6
3.4
3.4
3.2
3.2
3
3
2.8
2.8
2.6
2.6
2.4
2.4
2.2 S 2.2 S

2 2

1.8 1.8

1.6 1.6

1.4 1.4

1.2 1.2

1 1

0.8 0.8

0.6 0.6

0.4 0.4
0.2 0.2
0 0
1 2 1.0 3 4 2.0 5 3.0
6 1 2 2.0 3 4 3.0 5 6
4.0

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RT Level-III Model Exam Answers

1. c 21. a 41. e 61. d 81. b 101. c 121. b
2. b 22. b 42. d 62. a 82. d 102. c 122. b
3. d 23. d 43. c 63. b 83. c 103. c 123. e
4. b 24. b 44. b 64. c 84. d 104. b 124. e
5. c 25. d 45. b 65. d 85. c 105. c 125. c
6. d 26. a 46. c 66. b 86. d 106. d 126. e
7. c 27. c 47. c 67. a 87. a 107. a 127. b
8. c 28. b 48. c 68. c 88. b 108. a 128. b
9. a 29. a 49. c 69. a 89. a 109. b 129. a
10. d 30. e 50. d 70. b 90. d 110. e 130. b
11. d 31. b 51. c 71. d 91. a 111. c 131. a
12. e 32. a 52. c 72. a 92. c 112. b 132. b
13. c 33. b 53. b 73. c 93. d 113. d 133. c
14. b 34. b 54. b 74. a 94. e 114. c 134. d
15. e 35. a 55. c 75. d 95. a 115. a 135. d
16. e 36. c 56. b 76. b 96. c 116. b
17. c 37. d 57. c 77. a 97. b 117. d
18. a 38. c 58. a 78. c 98. a 118. c
19. c 39. c 59. c 79. c 99. c 119. c
20. e 40. b 60. b 80. b 100. b 120. c

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