NMTCB Practice Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the fraction of the total radioactivity in the form of
the desired radionuclide present in a radiopharmaceuti-
cal called?
A) aluminum contamination
C) radionuclidic purity
B) molybdenum breakthrough
C) radionuclidic purity
D) radiochemical purity
E) chemical purity
The use of elliptical and/or body contour orbits in SPECT
imaging should result in improved:
A) temporal resolution
B) spatial resolution B) spatial resolution
C) reconstruction times
D) acquisition times
E) patient comfort
Full width at half maximum (FWHM) is often used as a
measure of:
A) uniformity
B) sensitivity D) resolution
C) intensity
D) resolution
E) dead time
Uncorrected flood field nonuniformities cause
artifacts in tomographic reconstruction.
A) irregular
B) dropout C) circular
C) circular
D) undulating
E) linear
, What areas of prolonged retention of Xe-133 in the lungs
associated with?
A) reduced trapping in the lung
B) obstructive lung disease B) obstructive lung disease
C) pulmonary emboli
D) bacterial pneumonia
E) extended equilibrium phase
Which of the following myocardial perfusion patterns
suggest that the patient has myocardial ischemia?
A) normal resting tc-MIBI, abnormal stress tc-MIBI
B) abnormal resting tc-MIBI, normal stress TI201 A) normal resting tc-MIBI, abnormal stress tc-MIBI
C) normal resting tc-MIBI, normal stress TI201
D) abnormal resting TI201, abnormal stress tc-MIBI
E) abnormal resting TI201, abnormal stress TI201
Ventricular depolarization occurs just before the ventri-
cles contract, expelling blood forward into the pulmonary
artery and aorta. What represents this action on the EKG
strip?
A) PVCs C) QRS complex
B) Bundle branch block
C) QRS complex
D) atrial fibrillation
E) SVT
At what distance is the exposure rate (in mR/hr) indicated
by a package's transport index measured?
A) at the surface
B) at 1 meter from the surface
B) at 1 meter from the surface
C) at 3 meters from the surface
D) at 6 meters from the surface
E) transport index doesn't have anything to do with expo-
sure, all packages, radioactive or not, have a T.I.
What is the fraction of the total radioactivity in the form of
the desired radionuclide present in a radiopharmaceuti-
cal called?
A) aluminum contamination
C) radionuclidic purity
B) molybdenum breakthrough
C) radionuclidic purity
D) radiochemical purity
E) chemical purity
The use of elliptical and/or body contour orbits in SPECT
imaging should result in improved:
A) temporal resolution
B) spatial resolution B) spatial resolution
C) reconstruction times
D) acquisition times
E) patient comfort
Full width at half maximum (FWHM) is often used as a
measure of:
A) uniformity
B) sensitivity D) resolution
C) intensity
D) resolution
E) dead time
Uncorrected flood field nonuniformities cause
artifacts in tomographic reconstruction.
A) irregular
B) dropout C) circular
C) circular
D) undulating
E) linear
, What areas of prolonged retention of Xe-133 in the lungs
associated with?
A) reduced trapping in the lung
B) obstructive lung disease B) obstructive lung disease
C) pulmonary emboli
D) bacterial pneumonia
E) extended equilibrium phase
Which of the following myocardial perfusion patterns
suggest that the patient has myocardial ischemia?
A) normal resting tc-MIBI, abnormal stress tc-MIBI
B) abnormal resting tc-MIBI, normal stress TI201 A) normal resting tc-MIBI, abnormal stress tc-MIBI
C) normal resting tc-MIBI, normal stress TI201
D) abnormal resting TI201, abnormal stress tc-MIBI
E) abnormal resting TI201, abnormal stress TI201
Ventricular depolarization occurs just before the ventri-
cles contract, expelling blood forward into the pulmonary
artery and aorta. What represents this action on the EKG
strip?
A) PVCs C) QRS complex
B) Bundle branch block
C) QRS complex
D) atrial fibrillation
E) SVT
At what distance is the exposure rate (in mR/hr) indicated
by a package's transport index measured?
A) at the surface
B) at 1 meter from the surface
B) at 1 meter from the surface
C) at 3 meters from the surface
D) at 6 meters from the surface
E) transport index doesn't have anything to do with expo-
sure, all packages, radioactive or not, have a T.I.
