ARDMS SPI Practice Exam B Questions and Answers Already Passed

ARDMS SPI Practice Exam B Questions and Answers Already Passed Which artifact is illustrated by this image? ✔✔a) Shadowing b) Side Lobe c) Reverberation d) Mirroring What is increased if the pulse duration is decre ...

ARDMS SPI Practice Exam B Questions and Answers Already Passed Which artifact is illustrated by this image? ✔✔a) Shadowing b) Side Lobe c) Reverberation d) Mirroring What is increased if the pulse duration is decreased? ✔✔a) Bandwidth b) Line Density c) Frame Rate d) Duty Factor What is the most appropriate action for the sonographer to take when receiving a verbal order for an exam? ✔✔a) Deny performance of the exam until a written request is received b) Seek approval from supervisor c) Verbally repeat the request back to the referrer to verify correctness d) Document two forms of ID of the patient What is the round trip time in soft tissue for an echo from a reflector at a depth of 1 cm ✔✔a) 1.54 usec b) 6.5 usec c)13 usec d) 26 usec What adjustment should be made to avoid the aliasing displayed on this spectral doppler image seen on spectral analysis? ✔✔a) Reposition sample volume so it is deeper. b) Decrease acoustic power c) Change the doppler angle from 60 to 45 degrees d) Decrease the transducer freq In an unfocused transducer, what is the region between the transducer face and the point where the beam diverges? ✔✔a) Side lobe b) Focal Zone c) Near field d) Far field What caused the color pattern demonstrated in the artery indicated by the arrow in this image? ✔✔a) Superimposed venous flow b) Aliasing c) Flow reversal d) Color side lobe artifact What technique increases the sharpness of high contrast boundaries? ✔✔a) Edge enhancement b) Interpolation c) Smoothing d) Frame averaging Which setting of an ultrasound system gives the sonographer the ability to display both strong and weak echoes? ✔✔a) Dynamic range b) Resolution c) Range calibration d) Sensitivity Which condition must be present for refraction to occur? ✔✔a) Presence of a strong specular reflector b) Presence of several small reflectors c) Difference in tissue prop speeds d) A change in the angle of reflection In this image, most of the blood flow is in which direction? ✔✔a) Right to left b) Left to right c) Bidirectional d) Indetermiate If red blood cells are approaching a 5 MHz doppler transducer at a sppeed of 75 cm/s, what is the appropriate received ultrasound frequency? ✔✔a) 4,500 kHz b) 4,995 kHz c) 5,005 kHz d) 5,500 kHz What is the most common cause of localized vertical nonuniformity in a real-time B-mode image? ✔✔a) Improper TGC b) Defective transducer elements c) Faulty preamplifier d) Malfunctioning scan converter The thermal index (TI) is most affected by which type of interaction between sound and tissue? ✔✔a) Reflection b) Absorption c) Scattering d) Refraction Which artifact is commonly seen with cystic masses due to the finite dimensions of the ultrasound beam? ✔✔a) Duplication b) Mirror Image c) Reverberation d) Slice thickness Which imaging mode requires two elements mounted side by side? ✔✔a) Real-time imaging b) Duplex imaging c) PW ultrasound d) CW doppler What is the nyquist limit if a PW doppler instrument has a PRF of 16 kHz? ✔✔a) 32 kHz b) 10 kHz c) 8 kHz d) 5 kHz WHich variable decreases when the number of acoustic lines per frame is increased without changing the maximum depth? ✔✔a) SPL b) Frame rate c) PRF d) Receiver dynamic range When the focal point in a B mode image is electronically changed, which type of focusing is in use? ✔✔a) Lens b) Mechanical c) Dynamic d) Curved crystal What is a benefit of using contrast agents? ✔✔a) Output power can be increased after contrast administration to improve visualization b) Increased amplitude of the returning doppler signals c) Harmonic signals produced by contrast agents are weaker than those produced by tissue d) Frame rate is improved when interrogating contrast with power doppler Frequency compounding improves image quality by doing what? ✔✔a) Increasing frame rate b) Improving dynamic range c) Reducing speckle d) Reducing grading lobes Which scenario will produce no doppler shift to the receiver? ✔✔a) Source and receiver moving at the same speed and direction b) Source moving toward the receiver c) Source moving away from receiver d) Receiver moving toward source A sound wave propagates fastest through which substance? ✔✔a) Bone b) Muscle c) Fat d) Gas What determines the center freq of a transducer? ✔✔a) Diameter b) Shape c) Matching Layer d) Thickness In this image, which target group is used to evaluate dead zone? ✔✔a) A b) B c) C d) D Which action can improve axial resolution of a displayed image? ✔✔a) Increasing the PRF b) Reducing the receiver gain c) Changing the gray-scale ratio d) Increasing the transducer freq What causes range ambiguity artifacts? ✔✔a) Receiver overload b) Pulser overload c) PRF too high d) PRF too low When a fluid is flowing at a slow and constant rate within a long tube having a uniform diameter, what is the nature of the flow? ✔✔a) Disturbed b) Turbulent c) Laminar d) Pulsatile Which technique utilizes freq modulation of the transmitted pulse to improve signal-to-noise ratio? ✔✔a) Apodixation b) Panoramic imaging c) Coded excitation d) Spatial compounding What is the cause of the black region in the center of the vessel seen in this image? ✔✔a) Aliasing b) Turbulence c) Incident angle d) Lack of blood flow at that location