Springer HARD EXAM -NMTCB PRACTICE
(New 2026/ 2027 Update) Questions &
Answers {Grade A} 100% Correct (Verified
Solutions)
A 56-year-old man with chest pain, atrial fibrillation, and an abnormal myocardial
perfusion imaging treadmill stress test underwent a procedure frequently abbreviated
as a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Performed PTCA
procedure is also called:
(A) Ablation for atrial fibrillation
(B) Angioplasty
(C) Calcium scoring
(D) Bypass surgery - correct answer B - Angioplasty
PTCA - percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty - a procedure with a balloon-
tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery
Gallbladder ejection fraction creates objective and quantitative measure of:
(A) Bile production
,(B) Gallbladder function
(C) Hepatic perfusion
(D) Parenchymal arrangement - correct answer B - Gallbladder function
All of the following statements describing new imaging technologies using cadmium-
zinc-telluride (CZT) detectors when compared with the parallel collimated Anger
cameras are true EXCEPT:
(A) New imaging technologies have sensitivities of 2.2-4.7 while Anger cameras 0.5-0.7
kcps
B) CZT-based SPECT cameras have Tc-99m energy resolution 9-10% vs. 5.7% of Anger's
(C) CZT-based SPECT cameras have spatial resolution 4-5 mm vs. 9-10 mm of Anger's
(D) CZT-based high-quality images can be acquired with greatly reduced injected dose
- correct answer B - CZT-based SPECT cameras have Tc-99m energy resolution of 9-
10% vs. 5.7% of Anger's
,Which of the following will be helpful to differentiate rectal from bladder activity when
performing Tc-99m Labeled RBC's bleeding scan?
(A) Delay imaging
(B) Dynamic imaging
(C) Lateral views
(D) Image of the bed pan - correct answer C - Lateral views
Images presented in Fig. 4.7 were obtained during routine bone scintigraphy from two
different patients. Upper row images belong to the patient A and lower row images
belong to the patient B. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the
findings from these scans?
(A) Both patients have normal scans
(B) Patient B has rib fractures, patient A has bone metastases
(C) Patient A has rib fractures, patient B has bone metastases
, (D) Both patients have bone metastases - correct answer C - Patient B has rib
fractures, patient A has bone metastases
The effective dose expressed in units of milisiverts (mSv) is a wide-ranging
approximation of the risk of biologic injury from a partial exposure to ionizing radiation
that allows comparisons between all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) Different imaging protocols
(B) Different types of radiological examinations
(C) Different natural or man-made sources of radiation
(D) Different patients - correct answer D - Different patients
The radiochemical purity of a radiopharmaceutical can be tested with all of the
following EXCEPT:
(A) Gel electrophoresis
(B) Instant thin layer chromatography
(C) Ion exchange
(New 2026/ 2027 Update) Questions &
Answers {Grade A} 100% Correct (Verified
Solutions)
A 56-year-old man with chest pain, atrial fibrillation, and an abnormal myocardial
perfusion imaging treadmill stress test underwent a procedure frequently abbreviated
as a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Performed PTCA
procedure is also called:
(A) Ablation for atrial fibrillation
(B) Angioplasty
(C) Calcium scoring
(D) Bypass surgery - correct answer B - Angioplasty
PTCA - percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty - a procedure with a balloon-
tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery
Gallbladder ejection fraction creates objective and quantitative measure of:
(A) Bile production
,(B) Gallbladder function
(C) Hepatic perfusion
(D) Parenchymal arrangement - correct answer B - Gallbladder function
All of the following statements describing new imaging technologies using cadmium-
zinc-telluride (CZT) detectors when compared with the parallel collimated Anger
cameras are true EXCEPT:
(A) New imaging technologies have sensitivities of 2.2-4.7 while Anger cameras 0.5-0.7
kcps
B) CZT-based SPECT cameras have Tc-99m energy resolution 9-10% vs. 5.7% of Anger's
(C) CZT-based SPECT cameras have spatial resolution 4-5 mm vs. 9-10 mm of Anger's
(D) CZT-based high-quality images can be acquired with greatly reduced injected dose
- correct answer B - CZT-based SPECT cameras have Tc-99m energy resolution of 9-
10% vs. 5.7% of Anger's
,Which of the following will be helpful to differentiate rectal from bladder activity when
performing Tc-99m Labeled RBC's bleeding scan?
(A) Delay imaging
(B) Dynamic imaging
(C) Lateral views
(D) Image of the bed pan - correct answer C - Lateral views
Images presented in Fig. 4.7 were obtained during routine bone scintigraphy from two
different patients. Upper row images belong to the patient A and lower row images
belong to the patient B. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the
findings from these scans?
(A) Both patients have normal scans
(B) Patient B has rib fractures, patient A has bone metastases
(C) Patient A has rib fractures, patient B has bone metastases
, (D) Both patients have bone metastases - correct answer C - Patient B has rib
fractures, patient A has bone metastases
The effective dose expressed in units of milisiverts (mSv) is a wide-ranging
approximation of the risk of biologic injury from a partial exposure to ionizing radiation
that allows comparisons between all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) Different imaging protocols
(B) Different types of radiological examinations
(C) Different natural or man-made sources of radiation
(D) Different patients - correct answer D - Different patients
The radiochemical purity of a radiopharmaceutical can be tested with all of the
following EXCEPT:
(A) Gel electrophoresis
(B) Instant thin layer chromatography
(C) Ion exchange
