NMTCB EXAM 1 LATEST
Which of the following instruments should be used to determine whether
all removable contamination has been eliminated?
a. Geiger-Mueller counter
b. well counter
c. dose calibrator
d. uptake probe
e. cutie pie (ionization chamber)
well counter
Which of the following matrix sizes and acquisition modes would be
most appropriate for a blood flow study of the feet?
a. 64x64 word
b. 64x64 byte
c. 256x256 byte
d. 256x256 word
e. 512x512 byte
64x64 byte
A daily uniformity flood for a scintillation camera should contain a
minimum of how many counts?
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a. 10,000
b. 1-2 million
c. 3-5 million
d. 6-10 million
e. 20-30 million
3-5 million
As a pinhole collimator is moved farther away from the thyroid, how
will it affect the image?
a. the gland will appear larger
b. the image will be flipped
c. the gland will appear smaller
d. there is no change in size or orientation
e. right and left are reversed
the gland will appear smaller
During geometric variation testing of a dose calibrator, activity in a 1
mL syringe measures 253 uCi when the expected reading is 212 uCi.
Which of the following correction factors should be applied to the
measured reading?
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a. 23.3
b. 4.1
c. 1.19
d. 0.84
e. 0.51
0.84
Before tracer administration, all of the following preparations are
required for a 27 year old woman referred for a total body bone imaging
except:
a. removing attenuating materials from the patient
b. answering the patients questions
c. ruling out pregnancy
d. explaining the procedure to the patient
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e. swab the injection site with alcohol
Removing attenuating materials from the patient
Which of the following structures normally appear as areas of increased
activity on the bone images of children?
a. diaphyses of the lung bones
b. breast tissue
c. lumbar spine and cranium
d. costochondral junctions and epiphyseal plates
e. metatarsals
Costochondral junctions and epiphyseal plates
If tracer concentration is visualized in the skeleton, stomach, thyroid,
and salivary glands on a bone image, the most likely explanation for
these findings is that the:
a. patient was imaged too soon after tracer administration
b. patients renal function is compromised
c. radiopharmaceutical contained excess free Tc99m pertechnetate
d. incorrect radiopharmaceutical was administered
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Which of the following instruments should be used to determine whether
all removable contamination has been eliminated?
a. Geiger-Mueller counter
b. well counter
c. dose calibrator
d. uptake probe
e. cutie pie (ionization chamber)
well counter
Which of the following matrix sizes and acquisition modes would be
most appropriate for a blood flow study of the feet?
a. 64x64 word
b. 64x64 byte
c. 256x256 byte
d. 256x256 word
e. 512x512 byte
64x64 byte
A daily uniformity flood for a scintillation camera should contain a
minimum of how many counts?
END OF
PAGE
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, NMTCB EXAM 1 LATEST
a. 10,000
b. 1-2 million
c. 3-5 million
d. 6-10 million
e. 20-30 million
3-5 million
As a pinhole collimator is moved farther away from the thyroid, how
will it affect the image?
a. the gland will appear larger
b. the image will be flipped
c. the gland will appear smaller
d. there is no change in size or orientation
e. right and left are reversed
the gland will appear smaller
During geometric variation testing of a dose calibrator, activity in a 1
mL syringe measures 253 uCi when the expected reading is 212 uCi.
Which of the following correction factors should be applied to the
measured reading?
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PAGE
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, NMTCB EXAM 1 LATEST
a. 23.3
b. 4.1
c. 1.19
d. 0.84
e. 0.51
0.84
Before tracer administration, all of the following preparations are
required for a 27 year old woman referred for a total body bone imaging
except:
a. removing attenuating materials from the patient
b. answering the patients questions
c. ruling out pregnancy
d. explaining the procedure to the patient
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, NMTCB EXAM 1 LATEST
e. swab the injection site with alcohol
Removing attenuating materials from the patient
Which of the following structures normally appear as areas of increased
activity on the bone images of children?
a. diaphyses of the lung bones
b. breast tissue
c. lumbar spine and cranium
d. costochondral junctions and epiphyseal plates
e. metatarsals
Costochondral junctions and epiphyseal plates
If tracer concentration is visualized in the skeleton, stomach, thyroid,
and salivary glands on a bone image, the most likely explanation for
these findings is that the:
a. patient was imaged too soon after tracer administration
b. patients renal function is compromised
c. radiopharmaceutical contained excess free Tc99m pertechnetate
d. incorrect radiopharmaceutical was administered
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