NUCLEAR MEDICINE BOARD EXAM 2 LATEST
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE BOARD EXAM 2
Practice Exam
SECTION 1: RADIOPHARMACY & RADIOCHEMISTRY
1. The short axis display shows:
All walls of the left ventricle
2. Increased levels of aluminum in Tc eluate used to prepare sulfur colloid may
cause tracer to concentrate in the:
Lungs
3. Sulfur colloid is not prepared with:
Reduced pertechnetate
4. Exametazime needs to be used within:
30 minutes
5. The color of MDP is:
Clear
6. 1 mRem is equivalent to how many mSv?
0.01 mSv
7. 1 mSv is equivalent to how many mRem?
100 mRem
, 8. Free pertechnetate concentrates in the:
Thyroid, salivary glands, and stomach
9. Which component in a Tc-99m medronate preparation is a radiochemical
impurity?
Tc-99m pertechnetate
10. Boiling a Tc-99m sulfur colloid preparation for too long will result in:
Colloidal particles that are too large
11. The shelf life of most Tc-99m labeled radiopharmaceuticals is:
6-8 hours
12. If a Mo-99/Tc-99m generator is eluted at 0700 and again at 1300, the next
day's Tc-99m yield at 0700:
Will be decreased
13. 127 millicuries is equivalent to how many gigabecquerels?
4.70 GBq
14. If a new generator is eluted several times and each time the amount of
aluminum in the eluate exceeds the USP limit, the technologist should:
Contact the generator manufacturer
15. In what way does the modified in vivo method of labeling RBCs differ from
the in vivo method?
The modified method mixes Tc-99m pertechnetate with only a small volume of the
patient's blood
16. One advantage of the in vivo method of Tc-99m red cell tagging:
No manipulation of blood samples outside the body is required
17. Methylene blue stabilizer:
Should NOT be included in radiopharmaceutical kit for Tc-exametazime WBC
labeling
18. If Tc-99m exametazime is prepared at 0900 to label WBCs, it should be used
no later than:
0900 (within 30 minutes)
VERSIONS AND STUDY GUIDE (VERSION A AND B)
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE BOARD EXAM 2
Practice Exam
SECTION 1: RADIOPHARMACY & RADIOCHEMISTRY
1. The short axis display shows:
All walls of the left ventricle
2. Increased levels of aluminum in Tc eluate used to prepare sulfur colloid may
cause tracer to concentrate in the:
Lungs
3. Sulfur colloid is not prepared with:
Reduced pertechnetate
4. Exametazime needs to be used within:
30 minutes
5. The color of MDP is:
Clear
6. 1 mRem is equivalent to how many mSv?
0.01 mSv
7. 1 mSv is equivalent to how many mRem?
100 mRem
, 8. Free pertechnetate concentrates in the:
Thyroid, salivary glands, and stomach
9. Which component in a Tc-99m medronate preparation is a radiochemical
impurity?
Tc-99m pertechnetate
10. Boiling a Tc-99m sulfur colloid preparation for too long will result in:
Colloidal particles that are too large
11. The shelf life of most Tc-99m labeled radiopharmaceuticals is:
6-8 hours
12. If a Mo-99/Tc-99m generator is eluted at 0700 and again at 1300, the next
day's Tc-99m yield at 0700:
Will be decreased
13. 127 millicuries is equivalent to how many gigabecquerels?
4.70 GBq
14. If a new generator is eluted several times and each time the amount of
aluminum in the eluate exceeds the USP limit, the technologist should:
Contact the generator manufacturer
15. In what way does the modified in vivo method of labeling RBCs differ from
the in vivo method?
The modified method mixes Tc-99m pertechnetate with only a small volume of the
patient's blood
16. One advantage of the in vivo method of Tc-99m red cell tagging:
No manipulation of blood samples outside the body is required
17. Methylene blue stabilizer:
Should NOT be included in radiopharmaceutical kit for Tc-exametazime WBC
labeling
18. If Tc-99m exametazime is prepared at 0900 to label WBCs, it should be used
no later than:
0900 (within 30 minutes)
