NMTCB BOARD EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Half-life of Mo99
Answer: 66 hours
●● Half-life of In-111
Answer: 67 hours
●● Half-life of Tl-201
Answer: 73 hours
●● Half-life of Ga-67
Answer: 78 hours
●● Half-life of I-123
Answer: 13 hours
●● Half-life of Xe-133
Answer: 5.3 days
●● Half-life of I-131
,Answer: 8 days
●● Half-life of F-18
Answer: 110 minutes
●● Half-life of Ga-68
Answer: 68 minutes
●● Half-life of Rb-82
Answer: 75 seconds
●● Half-life of Lu-177
Answer: 6.7 days
●● Hemopoatic (Bone Marrow) Syndrome
Answer: * 1-10 Gy
* infection, bleeding, bone marrow failure
* low WBC, low plateletes, infections, bruising
* 2-6 weeks
●● Gastrointestinal (GI) Syndrome
Answer: * 10-50 Gy
,* GI destruction, sepsis
* nasuea, vomitting, bloody direara, dehydration
* 3-10 days
●● Cerebrovascular (CVS) Syndrome
Answer: * greater than 50 Gy
* brain swelling
* seizures, unconciousness
* hours to 1-2 days
●● DOT White 1
Answer: less than 0.5 mrem/hr
●● DOT Yellow 2
Answer: 0.5-50 mrem/hr
●● DOT Yellow 3
Answer: 50-200 mrem/hr
●● Bone Scan
Answer: 20-30mci MDP/HDP
, ●● Lung Ventilation
Answer: * 10-20mci of Xe133
* 25-40mci of DTPA
●● Lung Perfusion
Answer: 2-6mci MAA
●● Liver/Spleen
Answer: 2-7mci sc
●● Gastric Emptying
Answer: 1mci of SC
20uci DTPA
125uci In111 DTPA
●● GI Bleed Scan
Answer: 20-30mci RBC
10-20 mci SC
●● Thyroid Uptake
Answer: 100-450uci I-123
1uci-10mci I-131
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Half-life of Mo99
Answer: 66 hours
●● Half-life of In-111
Answer: 67 hours
●● Half-life of Tl-201
Answer: 73 hours
●● Half-life of Ga-67
Answer: 78 hours
●● Half-life of I-123
Answer: 13 hours
●● Half-life of Xe-133
Answer: 5.3 days
●● Half-life of I-131
,Answer: 8 days
●● Half-life of F-18
Answer: 110 minutes
●● Half-life of Ga-68
Answer: 68 minutes
●● Half-life of Rb-82
Answer: 75 seconds
●● Half-life of Lu-177
Answer: 6.7 days
●● Hemopoatic (Bone Marrow) Syndrome
Answer: * 1-10 Gy
* infection, bleeding, bone marrow failure
* low WBC, low plateletes, infections, bruising
* 2-6 weeks
●● Gastrointestinal (GI) Syndrome
Answer: * 10-50 Gy
,* GI destruction, sepsis
* nasuea, vomitting, bloody direara, dehydration
* 3-10 days
●● Cerebrovascular (CVS) Syndrome
Answer: * greater than 50 Gy
* brain swelling
* seizures, unconciousness
* hours to 1-2 days
●● DOT White 1
Answer: less than 0.5 mrem/hr
●● DOT Yellow 2
Answer: 0.5-50 mrem/hr
●● DOT Yellow 3
Answer: 50-200 mrem/hr
●● Bone Scan
Answer: 20-30mci MDP/HDP
, ●● Lung Ventilation
Answer: * 10-20mci of Xe133
* 25-40mci of DTPA
●● Lung Perfusion
Answer: 2-6mci MAA
●● Liver/Spleen
Answer: 2-7mci sc
●● Gastric Emptying
Answer: 1mci of SC
20uci DTPA
125uci In111 DTPA
●● GI Bleed Scan
Answer: 20-30mci RBC
10-20 mci SC
●● Thyroid Uptake
Answer: 100-450uci I-123
1uci-10mci I-131