CNMT Exam #3 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
1. Static bone imaging is performed several hours after tracer administration to permit:
a. maximun tracer uptake in the skeleton
b. blood clearance of excess tracer
c. tracer clearance from sites of infiltration
d. tracer clearance from normal bone tissue - Answers b. blood clearance of excess tracer
2. For which of the following clinical indications would limited bone imaging (spots views) be
most appropriate?
a. evaluate temporomandibular joint pain
b. evaluate Paget's disease
c. rule out skeletal metastases
d. history of child abuse, rule out occult fractures - Answers a. evaluate temporomandibular joint
pain
3. 3 or 4 phase bone imaging is particularly useful when which of the following conditions are
suspected?
a. skeletal metastases
b. osteoporosis
c. osteomyelitis
d. stress fractures - Answers c. osteomyelitis
4. The standard views performed in a lung perfusion study are:
a. anterior and posterior only
b. posterior and obliques only
,c. anterior, posterior, and lateral of the affected lung
d. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques - Answers d. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques
5. Upon completion of an imaging procedure, the patient sits up quickly and complaints of
dizziness and feeling faint. The most appropriate action for the technologist would be to:
a. talk with the patient and have the patient breath slowly and deeply
b. check vital signs
c. have the patient lie down again
d. have the patient stand and walk around the room - Answers a. talk with the patient and have
the patient breath slowly and deeply
6. All of the following statements about performing a lung ventilation study with 99mTc-
pentetate aerosol are true except:
a. multiple projections may be obtained with one dose of tracer
b. the patient is disconnected from the nebulizer after inhalation of the aerosol
c. the patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer
d. the face mask, tubing, and nebulizer must be disposed of as radioactive waste - Answers c.
the patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer
7. The purpose of wrapping the legs with elastic bandages before performing a radionuclide
venogram with 99mTc-MAA is to:
a. distend the veins in the feet
b. suppress superficial circulations
c. prevent blood clots from traveling to the lung
d. trap the tracer in the lower extremities - Answers b. suppress superficial circulations
8. When the radiation level coming from a radio iodine therapy patient in isolation is measured,
it should be measured:
, a. every day
b. every day at the same time
c. at the same distance from the patient each time
d. every day and at the same distance from the patient each time - Answers d. every day and at
the same distance from the patient each time
9. The function of a draw sheet is to provide:
a. warmth to the patient during the procedure
b. support for the patient during a stretcher to bed transfer
c. protection from infectious disease
d. patient privacy during an imaging procedure - Answers b. support for the patient during a
stretcher to bed transfer
10. A gated equilibrium ventricular function study can be performed with which of the following
99mTc labeled tracers?
a. pentetate
b. medronate
c. pyrophosphate
d. human serum albumin - Answers d. human serum albumin
12. Stress-rest myocardial imaging performed with 99mTc-sestamibi required two
administrations of tracer, because the tracer:
a. does not redistribute once it has been taken up by the myocardium
b. rapidly washes out of the myocardium after administration
c. has too short half life tom permit delayed imaging
d. must be administered immediately after its preparation - Answers a. does not redistribute
once it has been taken up by the myocardium
1. Static bone imaging is performed several hours after tracer administration to permit:
a. maximun tracer uptake in the skeleton
b. blood clearance of excess tracer
c. tracer clearance from sites of infiltration
d. tracer clearance from normal bone tissue - Answers b. blood clearance of excess tracer
2. For which of the following clinical indications would limited bone imaging (spots views) be
most appropriate?
a. evaluate temporomandibular joint pain
b. evaluate Paget's disease
c. rule out skeletal metastases
d. history of child abuse, rule out occult fractures - Answers a. evaluate temporomandibular joint
pain
3. 3 or 4 phase bone imaging is particularly useful when which of the following conditions are
suspected?
a. skeletal metastases
b. osteoporosis
c. osteomyelitis
d. stress fractures - Answers c. osteomyelitis
4. The standard views performed in a lung perfusion study are:
a. anterior and posterior only
b. posterior and obliques only
,c. anterior, posterior, and lateral of the affected lung
d. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques - Answers d. anterior, posterior, laterals, obliques
5. Upon completion of an imaging procedure, the patient sits up quickly and complaints of
dizziness and feeling faint. The most appropriate action for the technologist would be to:
a. talk with the patient and have the patient breath slowly and deeply
b. check vital signs
c. have the patient lie down again
d. have the patient stand and walk around the room - Answers a. talk with the patient and have
the patient breath slowly and deeply
6. All of the following statements about performing a lung ventilation study with 99mTc-
pentetate aerosol are true except:
a. multiple projections may be obtained with one dose of tracer
b. the patient is disconnected from the nebulizer after inhalation of the aerosol
c. the patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer
d. the face mask, tubing, and nebulizer must be disposed of as radioactive waste - Answers c.
the patient is imaged while inhaling particles from the nebulizer
7. The purpose of wrapping the legs with elastic bandages before performing a radionuclide
venogram with 99mTc-MAA is to:
a. distend the veins in the feet
b. suppress superficial circulations
c. prevent blood clots from traveling to the lung
d. trap the tracer in the lower extremities - Answers b. suppress superficial circulations
8. When the radiation level coming from a radio iodine therapy patient in isolation is measured,
it should be measured:
, a. every day
b. every day at the same time
c. at the same distance from the patient each time
d. every day and at the same distance from the patient each time - Answers d. every day and at
the same distance from the patient each time
9. The function of a draw sheet is to provide:
a. warmth to the patient during the procedure
b. support for the patient during a stretcher to bed transfer
c. protection from infectious disease
d. patient privacy during an imaging procedure - Answers b. support for the patient during a
stretcher to bed transfer
10. A gated equilibrium ventricular function study can be performed with which of the following
99mTc labeled tracers?
a. pentetate
b. medronate
c. pyrophosphate
d. human serum albumin - Answers d. human serum albumin
12. Stress-rest myocardial imaging performed with 99mTc-sestamibi required two
administrations of tracer, because the tracer:
a. does not redistribute once it has been taken up by the myocardium
b. rapidly washes out of the myocardium after administration
c. has too short half life tom permit delayed imaging
d. must be administered immediately after its preparation - Answers a. does not redistribute
once it has been taken up by the myocardium
