| Question 1: Which of the following have been used to assess the impact of patient communication roles for medical physicists? |
| Reference: | Atwood, T.F., et al. "Establishing a New Clinical Role for Medical Physicists: A Prospective Phase II Trial." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Nov 1;102(3):635-641. |
| Choice A: | Patient anxiety |
| Choice B: | Patient technical satisfaction |
| Choice C: | Patient overall satisfaction |
| Choice D: | All of the above |
| Question 2: In a review of patient questions from physicist-patient consults (in the radiation oncology setting), the majority of patient questions came from which category? |
| Reference: | Reference: Atwood, T.F., et al. "A Review of Patient Questions from Physicist-Patient Consults." J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Jun 9;21(8):3055-308 |
| Choice A: | General radiation questions or concerns |
| Choice B: | Treatment planning and treatment delivery questions |
| Choice C: | Safety and quality assurance questions |
| Choice D: | Medical questions |
| Choice E: | None of the above |
| Question 3: Which is not one of the “4C’s” of Patient- and Family-Centered Care (PFCC)? |
| Reference: | Kandom N. "Engaging Patients and Families in Pediatric Radiology.” Pediatr Radiol. 2020 Oct;50(11):1492-1498. |
| Choice A: | Culture |
| Choice B: | Care |
| Choice C: | Capitalism |
| Choice D: | Communication |
| Choice E: | Collaboration |
| Question 4: Targeting the tumor with local radiotherapy during immunotherapy can: |
| Reference: | Formenti SC, Demaria S. Combining radiotherapy and cancer immunotherapy: a paradigm shift. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013;105(4):256-265. |
| Choice A: | enhance in field responses |
| Choice B: | enhance out of the field responses |
| Choice C: | enhance both in field and out of field responses |
| Choice D: | reduce toxicity of immune checkpoint blockade strategies |
| Choice E: | none of the above |
| Question 5: Localized Ionizing Radiation has: |
| Reference: | Demaria S, Golden EB, Formenti SC. Role of Local Radiation Therapy in Cancer Immunotherapy. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Aug 13. |
| Choice A: | Pro-immunogenic effects |
| Choice B: | Immunosuppressive effects |
| Choice C: | Both a and b |
| Choice D: | Neither a nor b |
| Question 6: The Neutrophils/Lymphocytes ratio: |
| Reference: | Cannon NA, Meyer J, Iyengar P, Ahn C, Westover KD, Choy H, Timmerman R., Neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios as prognostic factors after stereotactic radiation therapy for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer., J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Feb;10(2):280-5. |
| Choice A: | Is measured within the tumor |
| Choice B: | Is measured in the blood |
| Choice C: | Predicts for toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade |
| Choice D: | None of the above |
| Choice E: | All of the above |
| Question 7: The radionuclide internal radiation dosimetry in children will differ from that associated with adults due to changes in: |
| Reference: | Treves ST, Fahey FH. Radiation Dose to Pediatric Patients From Radiopharmaceuticals. Semin Nucl Med. 2022;52:149-156. PMID: 34916043. |
| Choice A: | Anatomy but not physiology |
| Choice B: | Physiology but not anatomy |
| Choice C: | Both anatomy and physiology |
| Choice D: | Neither anatomy nor physiology |
| Question 8: When considering the radiation dosimetry of hybrid PET/CT, one must consider the radiation dose from: |
| Reference: | Fahey FH. Dose Optimization of Hybrid Imaging. Health Phys. 2019 Feb;116(2):179-183. PMID: 30585961. |
| Choice A: | Both the PET radiopharmaceutical and the CT |
| Choice B: | Only the PET radiopharmaceutical |
| Choice C: | Only the CT |
| Choice D: | The higher of the PET or the CT |
| Question 9: What effect does providing parents with dosimetric, and risk information have on the likelihood of their child undergoing an appropriate medical imaging test? |
| Reference: | Fahey FH, Treves ST, Adelstein SJ. Minimizing and communicating radiation risk in pediatric nuclear medicine. J Nucl Med. 2011 Aug;52(8):1240-51. PMID: 21764783. |
| Choice A: | The child is much less likely to have the test |
| Choice B: | The child is much more likely to have the test |
| Choice C: | The effect is unknown |
| Choice D: | Providing such information has no adverse effect |
| Question 10: Which of the following parameters impacts radiation dose to the patient in CT imaging? |
| Reference: | AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents: Topics in CT, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, RadioGraphics, Vol 22, pp 1541-1553, 2002 |
| Choice A: | X-ray beam energy |
| Choice B: | Tube current |
| Choice C: | Rotation time |
| Choice D: | All of the above |
