Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) Q&A Package

1. Before tracer administration, all the following preparations are required for a 27 year old woman referred for total-body bone imaging except: A.) removing attenuation materials from the patient B.) answering the patients questions C.) ruling out pregnancy D.) explaining the procedure to th...

Mixed AttentuationMalignant Pulmonary Nodules on CT are characterized by: Reed-Sternberg CellsHodkin's Lymphoma is separated from other Lymphomas by the presence of: Acetylecholinestrearse Inhibitors N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonistsTwo types of Alzheimer's mediciation: Left Subc...

According to NRC criteria, which of the following is a misadministration? a. Infiltration of an attempted intravenous injection b. Administration of 10 mCi I-131 instead of the prescribed 9 mCi c. Administration of 20 mCi Tc-99m pertechnetate instead of the prescribed 10 mCi d. Administration ...

Nuclides with the same atomic number ( the same number of protons) but a different number of neutrons are called: isotopes Two nuclides with the same atomic mass but different atomic numbers are called: isobars A nuclide that emits particulate or photon energy to achieve a more stable state: r...

What is being evaluated with chromatography testing of technetium radiopharmaceuticals A. Aluminum Contamination B. Molybdenum Breakthrough C. Radionuclidic Purity D. Radiochemical Purity E. Chemical Purity D. Radiochemical Purity The use of elliptical and or body counter orbits in SPECT i...

18F-FDG is rarely used to image tumors in the kidney, prostate, or bladder because: FDG is actively excreted in the urine, obscuring tumor uptake in these organs A patient who is maintained on a ventilator is transported to the nuclear medicine department. In the transfer process, it is necessary...

what are survey meters used to measure? radiation exposure rates what type of survey meter is used for surveys to detect contamination? Geiger-Muller (GM) counter The NRC requires that a nuc med facility have a survey meter capable of detecting exposure rates between what range? and what instr...

In which RP is Tc99m left in the valence state of +7 a. sulfur colloid b. MAA c. MAG3 d. sestamibi A. Sulfur colloid a tech receives a request for a patient to receive Sm153 for palliation of pain from bone mets. the patient has a WBC count of 3500 and 40000 platelets. what should happen next...

Gas Ventilation Xe 133, 81 KeV, 5.3 half life; reactor produced dose: 10-20 mCi imaging: posterior position negative pressure room required uses activated charcoal trap to accumulate the exhaled xenon gas until decayed to background single breath: during inhalation wash in / equilibrium : coll...