CNMT Exam #1 Questions With Correct answers
// // // // // //
Before /
/tracer /
/administration, /
/all /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/preparations /
/are //required //for //a //27 //yr //old //woman //referred //for //total //body //bone //imaging //except:
a. //explaining //the //procedure //to //the //patient
b. //answering //the //patient's //questions
c. //ruling //out //pregnancy
d. /
/removing /
/attenuating /
/materials //from //the //patient //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //removing //attenuating //materials
//from //the //patient
Which /
/of //the //following //structures //normally //appears //as //areas //of //increased //activity //on //the //bone
//images //of //children?
a. //diaphyses //of //the //long //bones
b. //breast //tissue
c. //costochondral //junctions //and //epiphyseal //plates
d. //lumbar //spine //and //cranium //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔a. //diaphyses //of //the //long //bones
,If /
/tracer /
/concentration /
/is /
/visualized /
/in /
/the /
/skeleton, /
/stomach, /
/thyroid, /
/and /
/salivary /
/glands //on //a //bone //imaging, //the //most //likely //explanation //for //these //findings //is //that //the:
a. //patient //was //imaged //too //soon //after //tracer //administration
b. //radiopharmaceutical //contained //excess //free //99mTc-pertechnetate
c. //patient's //renal //function //is //compromised
d. /
/incorrect /
/radiopharmaceutical /
/was /
/administered //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔b. //radiopharmaceutical //contained //excess //free //99mTc-
pertechnetate
For //interpretation //of //nuclear //medicine //lung //images, //a //chest //xray //is //required //to:
a. //determine //cardiac //size
b. //rule //out //pulmonary //embolus
c. //rule //out //previous //lung //surgery
d. /
/rule /
,/out /
/possible /
/causes /
/of /
/the /
/patient's /
/symptoms //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //rule //out //possible //causes //of //the //patient's //symptoms
The //purpose //of //a //charcoal //filter //in //a //xenon //delivery //unit //is //to //absorb:
a. //bacteria
b. //carbon //dioxide
c. //moisture
d. //xenon //gas //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //xenon //gas
Radionuclide /
/venography //may //be //performed //with //which //of //the //following //radiopharmaceutical:
a. //99mTC-pentetate
b. //99mTC-pertechnetate
c. //99mTC-exametazime
d. //99mTC-MAA //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //99mTc-MAA
If /
/topic /
/thyroid /
/tissue /
/is /
/suspected, /
/the //technologist //can //expect //to //find //it //most //commonly //in //which //of //the //following //areas?
, a. //in //the //brain
b. //at //the //base //of //the //tongue
c. //in //the //mediastinum
d. /
/at /
/the /
/base /
/of /
/the /
/tongue /
/or /
/in /
/the /
/mediastinum //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //at //the //base //of //the //tongue //or //in //the //mediastinum
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 //ectopic //parathyroid //tissue
c. //visualize //substernal //thyroid //tissue
d. /
/diagnose /
/hyperparathyroidism //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔b. //visualize //ectopic //parathyroid //tissue
When /
/performing //
a/
/gated /
/equilibrium /
/cardiac /
// // // // // //
Before /
/tracer /
/administration, /
/all /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/preparations /
/are //required //for //a //27 //yr //old //woman //referred //for //total //body //bone //imaging //except:
a. //explaining //the //procedure //to //the //patient
b. //answering //the //patient's //questions
c. //ruling //out //pregnancy
d. /
/removing /
/attenuating /
/materials //from //the //patient //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //removing //attenuating //materials
//from //the //patient
Which /
/of //the //following //structures //normally //appears //as //areas //of //increased //activity //on //the //bone
//images //of //children?
a. //diaphyses //of //the //long //bones
b. //breast //tissue
c. //costochondral //junctions //and //epiphyseal //plates
d. //lumbar //spine //and //cranium //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔a. //diaphyses //of //the //long //bones
,If /
/tracer /
/concentration /
/is /
/visualized /
/in /
/the /
/skeleton, /
/stomach, /
/thyroid, /
/and /
/salivary /
/glands //on //a //bone //imaging, //the //most //likely //explanation //for //these //findings //is //that //the:
a. //patient //was //imaged //too //soon //after //tracer //administration
b. //radiopharmaceutical //contained //excess //free //99mTc-pertechnetate
c. //patient's //renal //function //is //compromised
d. /
/incorrect /
/radiopharmaceutical /
/was /
/administered //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔b. //radiopharmaceutical //contained //excess //free //99mTc-
pertechnetate
For //interpretation //of //nuclear //medicine //lung //images, //a //chest //xray //is //required //to:
a. //determine //cardiac //size
b. //rule //out //pulmonary //embolus
c. //rule //out //previous //lung //surgery
d. /
/rule /
,/out /
/possible /
/causes /
/of /
/the /
/patient's /
/symptoms //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //rule //out //possible //causes //of //the //patient's //symptoms
The //purpose //of //a //charcoal //filter //in //a //xenon //delivery //unit //is //to //absorb:
a. //bacteria
b. //carbon //dioxide
c. //moisture
d. //xenon //gas //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //xenon //gas
Radionuclide /
/venography //may //be //performed //with //which //of //the //following //radiopharmaceutical:
a. //99mTC-pentetate
b. //99mTC-pertechnetate
c. //99mTC-exametazime
d. //99mTC-MAA //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //99mTc-MAA
If /
/topic /
/thyroid /
/tissue /
/is /
/suspected, /
/the //technologist //can //expect //to //find //it //most //commonly //in //which //of //the //following //areas?
, a. //in //the //brain
b. //at //the //base //of //the //tongue
c. //in //the //mediastinum
d. /
/at /
/the /
/base /
/of /
/the /
/tongue /
/or /
/in /
/the /
/mediastinum //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //at //the //base //of //the //tongue //or //in //the //mediastinum
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 //ectopic //parathyroid //tissue
c. //visualize //substernal //thyroid //tissue
d. /
/diagnose /
/hyperparathyroidism //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔b. //visualize //ectopic //parathyroid //tissue
When /
/performing //
a/
/gated /
/equilibrium /
/cardiac /
