NMTCB CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
A+
✔✔If a patient has persistent activity in the renal pelvis during renography, furosemide
administration may:
a. assist in dx of renovascular htn
b. help rule out mechanical obstruction
c. cause a transplant to be rejected
d. decreae the radiation burden on the bladder
e. none of the above - ✔✔b. rule out mechanical obstruction
✔✔the NRC requires the use of tongs for moving vials between the shields and dose
calibrator
a. true
b. false - ✔✔b. false
✔✔which of the following may be used for thyroid uptake and scanning?
a. TcO4
b. I-123
c. Tl 201
d. Sestamibi
e. all of the above - ✔✔B. I-123
✔✔The lowest point on a TAC generated over the cardiac cycle of a patient following a
gated blood pool study represents:
a. end systole
b. end diastole
c. injection point
d. stroke volume
e. the QRS complex - ✔✔a. End systole
✔✔Pinhole collimation is not commonly used during:
, a. scrotal scans
b. bone scans for AVN
c. thyroid imaging
d. VQ scan - ✔✔d. VQ scan
✔✔A sentinel node is:
a. the first draining lymph node from a primary cancer
b. the node containing cancer from which is most distant from the primary tumor site
c. the common iliac node
d. always ipsilateral to the tumor - ✔✔a. the first draining lymph node from a primary
cancer
✔✔Which method of data collection allows the greatest flexibility for manipulation of
data after collection?
a. frame mode
b. list mode
c. there is no difference - ✔✔b. list mode
✔✔the second phase in a 4-phase bone scan takes place:
a. a few minutes after injection
b. 2-4 hours after injection
c. 6 hours after injection
d. 24 hours after injection - ✔✔a. a few minutes after injection
✔✔The NRC recommends but does not require the use of a syringe shield during
preparation and administration of RPs
a. true
b. false - ✔✔b. false
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding albumin colloid?
a. it is less expensive than sulfur colloid
b. the particle size is smaller than SC
c. a lower dose is required for liver imaging
d. it must be boiled during preparation - ✔✔b. the particle size is smaller than SC
✔✔For a patient with intermittent GI bleeding, the best RP to locate the bleed is:
a. Tc99m SC
b. Tc99m denatured RBCs
c. Tc99m WBCs
d. Tc99m DTPA
e. none of the above - ✔✔e. none of the above
✔✔Which is not a beta emitter?
a. P32
A+
✔✔If a patient has persistent activity in the renal pelvis during renography, furosemide
administration may:
a. assist in dx of renovascular htn
b. help rule out mechanical obstruction
c. cause a transplant to be rejected
d. decreae the radiation burden on the bladder
e. none of the above - ✔✔b. rule out mechanical obstruction
✔✔the NRC requires the use of tongs for moving vials between the shields and dose
calibrator
a. true
b. false - ✔✔b. false
✔✔which of the following may be used for thyroid uptake and scanning?
a. TcO4
b. I-123
c. Tl 201
d. Sestamibi
e. all of the above - ✔✔B. I-123
✔✔The lowest point on a TAC generated over the cardiac cycle of a patient following a
gated blood pool study represents:
a. end systole
b. end diastole
c. injection point
d. stroke volume
e. the QRS complex - ✔✔a. End systole
✔✔Pinhole collimation is not commonly used during:
, a. scrotal scans
b. bone scans for AVN
c. thyroid imaging
d. VQ scan - ✔✔d. VQ scan
✔✔A sentinel node is:
a. the first draining lymph node from a primary cancer
b. the node containing cancer from which is most distant from the primary tumor site
c. the common iliac node
d. always ipsilateral to the tumor - ✔✔a. the first draining lymph node from a primary
cancer
✔✔Which method of data collection allows the greatest flexibility for manipulation of
data after collection?
a. frame mode
b. list mode
c. there is no difference - ✔✔b. list mode
✔✔the second phase in a 4-phase bone scan takes place:
a. a few minutes after injection
b. 2-4 hours after injection
c. 6 hours after injection
d. 24 hours after injection - ✔✔a. a few minutes after injection
✔✔The NRC recommends but does not require the use of a syringe shield during
preparation and administration of RPs
a. true
b. false - ✔✔b. false
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding albumin colloid?
a. it is less expensive than sulfur colloid
b. the particle size is smaller than SC
c. a lower dose is required for liver imaging
d. it must be boiled during preparation - ✔✔b. the particle size is smaller than SC
✔✔For a patient with intermittent GI bleeding, the best RP to locate the bleed is:
a. Tc99m SC
b. Tc99m denatured RBCs
c. Tc99m WBCs
d. Tc99m DTPA
e. none of the above - ✔✔e. none of the above
✔✔Which is not a beta emitter?
a. P32
