7. What type of radioactive decay results in no change in mass number and atomic number for the starting nucleus?
a) alpha decay.
b) beta decay.
c) positron emission.
d) electron capture.
e) gamma emission.
8. Which of the following instrument(s) is / are used to detect radioactive emmission?
a) a cyclotron.
b) a linear accelerator.
c) a Geiger-Mller counter.
d) a nuclear reactor.
e) two of the above.
9. Nuclear fission:
a) is an endothermic process.
b) is characterized by initially absorbing electrons.
c) generates fewer nuclei than it started with.
d) generates more nuclei than it started with.
e) two of the above.
10. Positron production will result in more stable nuclide if the original nuclide:
a) lies below the band/ belt of stability.
b) lies above the band/ belt of stability.
c) is not a heavy nuclei.
d) has a large neutron-to-proton ratio.
e) none of the above.