NUCLEAR MEDICINE UPDATED EXAM EVALUATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔50. According to NRC regulations, records of area radiation surveys must be
maintained for how long? - ✔✔a. 3 years
✔✔51. The first concern of a technologist who accidentally spills a radioactive solution
should be to: - ✔✔d. prevent the spread of the spill by covering it with absorbent
materials
✔✔52. A radiopharmaceutical calibrated for 9am on Nov. 2nd contains 5 mCi in 1 mL. A
patient weighing 43 kg is to receive 30 uCi/kg of activity at 9am on Nov. 5th What is the
correct total activity and volume to be administered to this patient? (1 day decay factor
is 0.783) - ✔✔e. 1.3 mCi in 0.54 mL
✔✔53. If a dose calibrator linearity test begins with assaying 50 mCi of 99mTc
pertechnetate, for how long must the test be carried out to comply with NRC
regulations? a. 24 hrs - ✔✔c. 66 hrs
✔✔54. Based on the day's clinic schedule shown below, the technologist should
prepare of order which of the following radiopharmaceuticals?
Patient Procedure
Patient A Thyroid uptake and image
Patient B Hyperthyroidism treatment
Patient C Cisternogram - ✔✔c. 123-I sodium iodide, 131-I sodium iodide, 111-In DTPA
✔✔55. Which of the following does not follow established guidelines for standard
precautions? - ✔✔d. Recapping venipuncture needles
✔✔56. A computerized tomography (CT) scan using iodinated contrast media is
performed on a patient. What effect would this study have on a 123-I thyroid uptake and
image performed 3 days later? - ✔✔c. Decrease the radiopharmaceutical uptake
✔✔57. Infiltration of the radiopharmaceutical used for PET Oncology imaging could
result in : - ✔✔b. false positive scan for lymph node uptake
✔✔58. A converging collimator ____________________ as one moves away from the
collimator face until one reaches the focal point, beyond which the _______________. -
✔✔d. increases resolution, resolution decreases
✔✔59. During routine lung imaging with 99mTc MAA, liver accumulation is noted.
Which of the following quality control parameters would best explain this finding? - ✔✔d.
Particle size in the solution
, ✔✔60. When performing a pharmacological stress test using dobutamine, the
radiopharmaceutical should be injected: - ✔✔e. halfway into the dobutamine infusion.
✔✔61. The planar projections acquired during a SPECT study are first reconstructed
into tomographic slices of which axis? - ✔✔d. transaxial
✔✔62. If the following reagents are available, what is the maximum activity of 99mTc
HDP that can be prepared from one kit? HDP kit Maximum 99mTc activity to be added:
250 mCi
Reconstituting volume: 1.0 - 5.0 mL
99mTc pertechnetate, Concentration: 35.0 mCi/mL Total volume: 10 mL - ✔✔d. 250
mCi
✔✔63. Clinical images obtained from a scintillation camera have recently deteriorated in
quality, but routine flood and bar phantom images appear unchanged. Which of the
following statements best explains this discrepancy? - ✔✔c. The correction circuitry of
the camera was in the "on" position
✔✔. What should a technologist do when a patient suddenly has a seizure? - ✔✔e.
Protect the patient from injury without restraint or other interference
✔✔65. A hepatic pump patency study would be performed prior to treatment with which
of the following radiopharmaceuticals? - ✔✔a. Y-90 microspheres
✔✔66. During 2-person cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the technologist providing
breaths is not able to feel the patient's carotid pulse. This is most likely because the: -
✔✔d. compressions are inadequate.
✔✔67. Which federal regulation specifies occupational radiation dose limits for radiation
workers exposed to source, special, nuclear, and byproduct materials? - ✔✔c. 10 CFR
Part 35
✔✔68. The purpose of using acetazolamide in conjunction with HMPAO when
performing imaging is to: - ✔✔b. differentiate areas of infarction from ischemic areas.
✔✔69. All of the following factors affect the amount of 99mTc eluted from a
99Mo/99mTc generator except: - ✔✔d. the saline volume used for elution.
✔✔70. Which of the following techniques is used to eliminate the "star" effect created
during tomographic reconstruction? - ✔✔b. filtered backprojection
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔50. According to NRC regulations, records of area radiation surveys must be
maintained for how long? - ✔✔a. 3 years
✔✔51. The first concern of a technologist who accidentally spills a radioactive solution
should be to: - ✔✔d. prevent the spread of the spill by covering it with absorbent
materials
✔✔52. A radiopharmaceutical calibrated for 9am on Nov. 2nd contains 5 mCi in 1 mL. A
patient weighing 43 kg is to receive 30 uCi/kg of activity at 9am on Nov. 5th What is the
correct total activity and volume to be administered to this patient? (1 day decay factor
is 0.783) - ✔✔e. 1.3 mCi in 0.54 mL
✔✔53. If a dose calibrator linearity test begins with assaying 50 mCi of 99mTc
pertechnetate, for how long must the test be carried out to comply with NRC
regulations? a. 24 hrs - ✔✔c. 66 hrs
✔✔54. Based on the day's clinic schedule shown below, the technologist should
prepare of order which of the following radiopharmaceuticals?
Patient Procedure
Patient A Thyroid uptake and image
Patient B Hyperthyroidism treatment
Patient C Cisternogram - ✔✔c. 123-I sodium iodide, 131-I sodium iodide, 111-In DTPA
✔✔55. Which of the following does not follow established guidelines for standard
precautions? - ✔✔d. Recapping venipuncture needles
✔✔56. A computerized tomography (CT) scan using iodinated contrast media is
performed on a patient. What effect would this study have on a 123-I thyroid uptake and
image performed 3 days later? - ✔✔c. Decrease the radiopharmaceutical uptake
✔✔57. Infiltration of the radiopharmaceutical used for PET Oncology imaging could
result in : - ✔✔b. false positive scan for lymph node uptake
✔✔58. A converging collimator ____________________ as one moves away from the
collimator face until one reaches the focal point, beyond which the _______________. -
✔✔d. increases resolution, resolution decreases
✔✔59. During routine lung imaging with 99mTc MAA, liver accumulation is noted.
Which of the following quality control parameters would best explain this finding? - ✔✔d.
Particle size in the solution
, ✔✔60. When performing a pharmacological stress test using dobutamine, the
radiopharmaceutical should be injected: - ✔✔e. halfway into the dobutamine infusion.
✔✔61. The planar projections acquired during a SPECT study are first reconstructed
into tomographic slices of which axis? - ✔✔d. transaxial
✔✔62. If the following reagents are available, what is the maximum activity of 99mTc
HDP that can be prepared from one kit? HDP kit Maximum 99mTc activity to be added:
250 mCi
Reconstituting volume: 1.0 - 5.0 mL
99mTc pertechnetate, Concentration: 35.0 mCi/mL Total volume: 10 mL - ✔✔d. 250
mCi
✔✔63. Clinical images obtained from a scintillation camera have recently deteriorated in
quality, but routine flood and bar phantom images appear unchanged. Which of the
following statements best explains this discrepancy? - ✔✔c. The correction circuitry of
the camera was in the "on" position
✔✔. What should a technologist do when a patient suddenly has a seizure? - ✔✔e.
Protect the patient from injury without restraint or other interference
✔✔65. A hepatic pump patency study would be performed prior to treatment with which
of the following radiopharmaceuticals? - ✔✔a. Y-90 microspheres
✔✔66. During 2-person cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the technologist providing
breaths is not able to feel the patient's carotid pulse. This is most likely because the: -
✔✔d. compressions are inadequate.
✔✔67. Which federal regulation specifies occupational radiation dose limits for radiation
workers exposed to source, special, nuclear, and byproduct materials? - ✔✔c. 10 CFR
Part 35
✔✔68. The purpose of using acetazolamide in conjunction with HMPAO when
performing imaging is to: - ✔✔b. differentiate areas of infarction from ischemic areas.
✔✔69. All of the following factors affect the amount of 99mTc eluted from a
99Mo/99mTc generator except: - ✔✔d. the saline volume used for elution.
✔✔70. Which of the following techniques is used to eliminate the "star" effect created
during tomographic reconstruction? - ✔✔b. filtered backprojection
