| Question 1: Which dimension of risk is affected by ‘inspection-based’ process control: |
| Reference: | Huq MS, Fraass BA, Dunscombe PB, et al. The report of Task Group 100 of the AAPM: Application of risk analysis methods to radiation therapy quality management. Med Phys. Jul 2016;43(7):4209.
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| Choice A: | Severity. |
| Choice B: | Occurrence. |
| Choice C: | Detectability. |
| Choice D: | Risk Priority Number. |
| Question 2: Which is the primary dimension of risk affected by design: |
| Reference: | Grout JR. Mistake proofing: Changing designs to reduce error. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2006;15(SUPPL. 1):i44-i49. |
| Choice A: | Severity. |
| Choice B: | Occurrence. |
| Choice C: | Detectability. |
| Choice D: | Risk Priority Number. |
| Question 3: What is the national error reporting system sponsored by AAPM and ASTRO : |
| Reference: | Hoopes DJ, Dicker AP, Eads NL, et al. RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System: A report from the first year of experience. Pract Radiat Oncol. Sep-Oct 2015;5(5):312-318. |
| Choice A: | Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System: RO-ILS. |
| Choice B: | UHC Patient Safety Net. |
| Choice C: | ASAP Voluntary Reporting System. |
| Choice D: | CRCPD H-38 Reporting. |
| Question 4: Compared with human capabilities, computers excel in: |
| Reference: | IEC Technical Report 63366-2:2016 Medical devices- Part 2: Guidance on the application of usability engineering to medical devices, page 34. |
| Choice A: | High speed. |
| Choice B: | Great accuracy attainable. |
| Choice C: | Can perform simultaneous operations easily. |
| Choice D: | All of the above. |
| Question 5: Which of the following usability guidelines is violated in the following error message: “Memory corruption detected for socket object 34514.” |
| Reference: | “ Error and Message Dialogs – Content Usability Guidelines”, ROSSI, June 2013, p.15. |
| Choice A: | Avoid technical jargon. |
| Choice B: | Avoid acronyms. |
| Choice C: | Be concise. |
| Choice D: | Be specific. |
| Question 6: Indicate the main usability problem with the following message dialog text: “Some regions of interest are not suitable for planning. Continue anyway?” |
| Reference: | Reference: “Error and Message Dialogs – Content Usability Guidelines”, ROSSI, June 2013, p.15.
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| Choice A: | Technical jargon. |
| Choice B: | Irrelevant. |
| Choice C: | Not specific. |
| Choice D: | Uses acronyms. |
| Question 7: When designing a radiology reading room, about what levels are optimal for ambient room lighting?
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| Reference: | Brennan PC, McEntee M, Evanoff M, Phillips P, O'Connor WT, Manning DJ. mbient lighting: effect of illumination on soft-copy viewing of radiographs of the wrist. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Feb;188(2):W177-80.
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| Choice A: | Lights off. |
| Choice B: | 20-40 lux. |
| Choice C: | 50-70 lux. |
| Choice D: | Over 100 lux. |
| Question 8: There is no way to objectively determine whether clinicians are experiencing musculoskeletal discomfort when working at their computer workstations. |
| Reference: | http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ahmsquest.html |
| Choice A: | True. |
| Choice B: | False. |
| Question 9: Which of the following is an example of dual encoding of information?
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| Reference: | Proctor, Robert W., and Trisha Van Zandt. "Perception of Objects in the World." Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC, 2008. 137-64. Print. |
| Choice A: | Blood pressure display on monitor. |
| Choice B: | Pulse oximeter pitch and display. |
| Choice C: | Display of blood pressure trends in the EHR. |
| Choice D: | Flow rates of oxygen and nitrous oxide. |
| Question 10: Maintenance of a minimum oxygen concentration from the oxygen and nitrous oxide mixer is an example of which of the following?
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| Reference: | Subrahmanyam, M., & Mohan, S. (2013). Safety features in anaesthesia machine. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia,57(5), 472-480. |
| Choice A: | Data display. |
| Choice B: | Dual encoding of information. |
| Choice C: | Interlock . |
| Choice D: | Hard stop. |
