NMTCB MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WIT 100 % CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED

A false positive In-111 WBC scan may be due to increased abdominal uptake in a patient: a. that is currently taking antibiotics b. with a sinus infection c. with a stomach ulcer d. with a renal cyst e. with cholecystitis - Answer B. Sinus Infection due to sinus drainage A patient receives 285uCi of I-123 NaI orally for a thyroid uptake study. Calculate the 24 hour percent uptake using the given data: Dose Count= 1425916 cpm Background= 88 cpm Patient counts= 193046 cpm Patient Background count= 473 cpm - Answer 14% (neck-thigh)(100)/(capsule-BKG) ()(100)/() The image was obtained while performing a WBB scan on a 62 year old male, the most probable reason for the appearance on the image is: a. metastatic disease b. trauma to chest wall c. localized osteoporosis d. osteomyelitis e. Paget's disease - Answer B. Trauma to chest wall (metastatic will appear sporadically, pagets will show increase brain, femur, and pelvis. Trauma is usually displayed as a pattern)You are receiving a completed MPI pharmacologic study which of the following descriptions suggest that the patient has a myocardial infarction? a. abnormal resting Tc99m tetrofosmin, normal stress Tc99m tetrofosmin b. abnormal resting MIBI, normal stress Tl-201 Thallium Cl c. normal resting Tc MIBI, normal stress Tl201 d. abnormal resting Tl201, abnormal stress Tc MIBI e. Abnormal stress Tl201, normal redistribution Tl201 - Answer D. Both resting and stress will appear abnormal to indicate an infarction Which electron transition process involves monochromatic incident X-ray yeilding a photon and other electron's conservation of energy by moving shells? - Answer Characteristic X Ray Production How many dpm will yield a count rate of 640 cpm when measured by a detector with a counting efficiency of 85%? - Answer 753 dpm E=C/A A= 640cpm/0.85 =753 E=cpm/dpm Proper patient transfer technique includes all of the following except: a. letting the patient help as much as possible b. maintaining a wide base of support c. having the patient's center of gravity away from your COG d. using muscles of the arms and legs for lifting e. getting help when it is needed - Answer C. Center of gravity should be close together