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JKSSB Medical Physics Technician Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Medical Physics Technician covering Radiation Oncology Physics, Linac Dosimetry & Treatment Planning (Linear Accelerator Architecture, Monitor Ionization Chambers, Output Calibration cGy/MU, Asymmetric Collimator Jaws vs MLC Transmission, Electron Beam Bolus Setup, DICOM-RT Transfer RT-Plan, Beam Divergence, Separation Calculations, Wedge Transmission Factor, Percent Depth Dose PDD & Mayneord F-Factor, Physical Penumbra, Flattening Filter Free FFF Beams, 15 MV Bremsstrahlung Mean Energy 5 MeV, Monte Carlo Simulation for Electron/Photon Transport, 4D-CT Respiratory Simulation, VMAT Conformal Dose Sculpting, TBI Extended SSD Geometry & In-Vivo Dosimetry, Winston-Lutz kV/MV Isocenter Coincidence, Conformity & Gradient Indices, Knowledge-Based Planning KBP, and PTV Margins in IGRT), Diagnostic Radiology Physics, Biomedical Instrumentation & Applied Mathematics (Analog Electronics Resistors & Op-Amp Impedance/Feedback, Piezoresistive Strain Gauges, Acoustic Microphones, Tissue Optics Absorption Melanin/Hemoglobin & Scattering, Ultrasound Reflection at Air Interfaces & TGC Signal Processing, Diagnostic X-Ray Inherent Filtration mm Al eq, Tube Voltage kVp & Duane-Hunt Law, Antiscatter Grids, Mammography Single-Emulsion Screen-Film Order & PPV1 Benchmarks, Biomaterials Pyrolytic Carbon & UHMWPE, Nanofabrication Lithography & Atomic Layer Deposition ALD, Complex Analysis Arg, Conjugate, Residue Theorem, Laplace Transforms, Region of Convergence ROC, and Digital Logic Gates), Radiation Protection, Shielding, Radiobiology & Waste Management (ALARA Principles, NCRP 147 Barrier Shielding Methodology Workload/Use/Occupancy Factors, Tenth-Value Layer TVL Shielding, Radioactive Half-Life & Exponential Decay, Nuclear Decay Modes Beta-minus Strontium-90, Directly Ionizing Electrons vs Indirectly Ionizing Photons/Neutrons, Photoneutron Production by Photodisintegration >10 MV, Law of Bergonié-Tribondeau Bone Marrow Radiosensitivity, Free Radical Radiolysis DNA Damage & Chromosomal Translocations, Apoptosis vs Mitotic Catastrophe, Late Somatic Cataracts & Leukemia, Annual Survey Meter Calibration, Transport Index TI at 1m, and High-Level Radioactive Waste Geological Containment), and Brachytherapy, Nuclear Medicine Physics & Radiotherapy QA (AAPM TG-142 Daily vs Monthly Linac QA, TG-43 Formalism Radial Dose Function, Iodine-125 Prostate Seeds, Iridium-192 HDR Stepping Source Activity Decay & Dwell Time Adjustments, Well-Type Ionization Chamber Air-Kerma Calibration, Alpha-Emitting Radium-223 Xofigo for Bone Metastases, Technetium-99m 140 keV Gamma Scintigraphy, Iodine-131 Thyroid Uptake, Effective Half-Life Equation, PET/CT Hybrid Fusion Imaging, and Solid-State OSLD Luminescent Dosimetry).

📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2024 & Advt No. 03 of 2025 (OMR Examination 2025)
TOTAL MARKS
120 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
4 Sections

Declared Weightage vs. Observed Exam History

The Declared Weightage represents the marks allocated in the official notification. The Observed Count reveals the actual number of solved questions asked in real past papers from our verified dataset.

UNIT 1

Radiation Oncology Physics, Linac Dosimetry & Treatment Planning

45 Marks
Monitor Ionization Chambers, Output cGy/MU Calibration, PDD Calculations, Mayneord F-Factor & Wedge Transmission
Declared: 15 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Asymmetric Jaws vs MLC Leakage, Physical Penumbra, FFF Beams, Bremsstrahlung 15 MV Energy & Winston-Lutz Isocenter QA
Declared: 15 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
4D-CT Respiratory Simulation, VMAT Conformal Optimization, Monte Carlo Dose Modeling, Knowledge-Based Planning & PTV Margins
Declared: 15 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2

Diagnostic Radiology Physics, Biomedical Instrumentation & Applied Mathematics

40 Marks
Op-Amp Impedance & Feedback, Piezoresistive Strain Gauges, Acoustic Microphones, Biosensors & Biomaterials (Pyrolytic Carbon, UHMWPE)
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Diagnostic X-Ray Filtration, Duane-Hunt kVp Law, Antiscatter Grids, Mammography Screen-Film Orientation, PPV1 & Ultrasound Impedance
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Complex Numbers (Form, Arg, Conjugate, Residue Theorem), Laplace Transforms (ROC, Exponential Order) & Digital Logic Gates
Declared: 12 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3

Radiation Protection, Shielding, Radiobiology & Waste Management

20 Marks
ALARA Philosophy, NCRP 147 Structural Shielding (W, U, T), Tenth-Value Layer (TVL), Survey Meter Annual Calibration & Transport Index
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Law of Bergonié-Tribondeau, Free Radical Radiolysis, Double-Strand Breaks, Apoptosis, Late Somatic Risks & High-Level Waste Containment
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4

Brachytherapy, Nuclear Medicine Physics & Radiotherapy QA

15 Marks
I-125 Prostate Seeds, Ir-192 HDR Source Decay & Dwell Time, AAPM TG-43 Radial Dose Function & Well Chamber Calibration
Declared: 8 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Tc-99m, I-131 Thyroid Scintigraphy, Ra-223 Alpha Emitters, Effective Half-Life, PET/CT Fusion Displays & AAPM TG-142 Machine QA
Declared: 7 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)

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