Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

5.2.5 Effects of ionising radiation and safety precautions

EasyMedium
12
Question 2

A medical technician regularly handles radioactive isotopes used for diagnostic imaging.

a.

Explain why exposure to these radioactive isotopes can be hazardous to the technician's body.

[2]
b.

Identify two practical precautions the technician should take to reduce their exposure to radiation when working with these sources.

[2]
Markscheme

5.2.5 Effects of ionising radiation and safety precautions Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /5.2.5 Effects of ionising radiation and safety precautions

42 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE Physics 5.2.5 Effects of ionising radiation and safety precautions. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank