NMTCB Mock Examinations 1 UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NMTCB Mock Examinations 1 UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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 patie...
NMTCB Mock Examinations 1 UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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 the patient
E.) swab the injection site with alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A.) removing
attenuation materials from the patient
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2. Which of the following structures normally appear as areas of increase activity on the bone
image of children
A.) diaphyses of the long bones
B.) breast tissue
C.) lumbar spine and cranium
D.) costochondral junction and epiphyseal plates
E.) metatarsals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D.) costochondral junction and epiphyseal
plates
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3. If tracer concentration is visualized in the skeleton, stomach, thyroid, and salivary glands
on a bone image, the most likely explanation for these findings is that the:
A.) patient was imaged too soon after tracer administration
B.) patient renal function is compromised
,C.) radiopharmaceutical contains free (Tc-99m) pertechnetate
D.) incorrect radiopharmaceutical was administered
4. For interpretation of nuclear medicine lung images, a chest X ray is required to:
A.) rule out possible causes of the patients symptoms
B.) determine cardiac size
C.) rule out previous lung surgery
D.) rule out a pulmonary embolus
E.) rule in a pulmonary embolus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A.) rule out possible causes of
the patient symptoms
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5. The image shown here was obtained after the administration of (Tc-99m) MAA. Which of
the following is the most likely explanation for the quality of this lung perfusion image?
A.) the image shows lung pathology
B.) There is radioactive contamination on the patients skin or the camera detector.
C.) Blood clotted to MAA particles was injected intravenously
D.) Too many MAA particles were administered to the patient
E.) A left to right shunt control occurred in the heart - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C.) Blood
clotted to MAA particles was injected intravenously
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6. The purpose of a charcoal filter in a xenon delivery unit is to absorb:
,A.) bacteria
B.) carbon dioxide
C.) xenon gas
D.) moisture
E.) oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C.) xenon gas
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7. Radionuclide venography may be performed with which of the following
radiopharmaceuticals?
A.) Tc-99m pentetate
B.) Tc-99m pertechnetate
C.) Tc-99m exametazime
D.) Tc-99m mebrofenin
E.) Tc-99m MAA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- E.) Tc-99m MAA
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8. If the ectopic thyroid tissue is suspected, the technologist can expect to find it most
commonly in which of the following areas?
A.) in the brain
B.) in the skull
C.) in the nasopharynx
D.) in the mediastinum
E.) behind the optic nerve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D.) in the mediastinum
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, 9. During parathyroid imaging, images of the chest as well as the neck are obtained to:
A.) correct the image series for patient motion
B.) visualize substernal thyroid tissue
C.) visualize ectopic parathyroid tissue
D.) diagnose hyperparathyroidism
E.) to localize the parathyroid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C.) visualize ectopic parathyroid
tissue
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10. When performing a gated equilibrium cardiac study, which of the following anatomical
views best separates the right and left ventricles?
A.) left lateral
B.) left anterior oblique
C.) left posterior oblique
D.) anterior
E.) posterior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B.) left anterior oblique
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11. In preparation for a Tl-201 stress test, patients are instructed to fast to:
A.) prevent gastrointestinal upsets during exercise
B.) minimize tracer uptake in the gastrointestinal tract
C.) enhance myocardial tracer uptake
D.) standardize test conditions among patients
E.) prevent redistribution of the tracer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B.) minimize tracer
uptake in the gastrointestinal tract
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