SONOGRAPHY CANADA CORE EXAM STUDY
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1. What is the role of Sonography Canada? - ANSWER ✔ National
credentialing & professional services organization that develops and
maintains National Competency Profiles, Scope of Practice, credentialing
exams, CPD program, and Professional Liability Insurance.
2. What is the vision of Sonography Canada? - ANSWER ✔ Sonography
practiced with excellence across Canada.
3. What is the mission of Sonography Canada? - ANSWER ✔ Foster best
practices and promote excellence in medical sonography.
4. What is the definition of the profession of sonography? - ANSWER ✔ An
allied health profession using high-frequency sound waves to produce
diagnostic images.
5. What are the key responsibilities of a sonographer? - ANSWER ✔ Acquire
& analyze data, differentiate normal vs abnormal findings, and provide key
diagnostic information to physicians.
6. Do sonographers diagnose conditions? - ANSWER ✔ No, the final
diagnosis/report is the physician's responsibility unless formally delegated.
,7. What are the main tasks of a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer? - ANSWER
✔ Perform ultrasound examinations, collect patient history, optimize image
quality, document observations, and communicate urgent findings.
8. What does credentialing assess? - ANSWER ✔ Education, knowledge &
clinical competency.
9. What are the Canadian credentials for sonographers? - ANSWER ✔
CRGS® (Generalist), CRCS® (Cardiac), CRVS® (Vascular).
10.What is the purpose of National Competency Profiles (NCPs)? - ANSWER
✔ Define entry-to-practice competencies and establish minimum national
standards for education and credentialing.
11.What is the Doppler Shift Formula? - ANSWER ✔ fd = f echo - f transmit
12.*What is the formula for resistance?
13.*What are the units of Resistance - ANSWER ✔ Units: Pa*s/m^3 or
Pa*s/cm^3
14.Alternate formula = 128nL/πD^4
15.What is attenuation proportional to? - ANSWER ✔ Frequency
16.Wavelength equals - ANSWER ✔ c/f
,17.1cc= - ANSWER ✔ 1 cm3 = 1mL = 10 -3 L
18.what is spatial pulse length directly/inversely proportional to - ANSWER ✔
directly to number of cycles in the pulse, and wave length
inversely to frequency
19.characteristics of short pulse length - ANSWER ✔ few cycles for shorter
wavelength
20.what are length of spatial pulse lengths are better - ANSWER ✔ shorter
21.what is described as the time from the start of one pulse to the start of the
next pulse - ANSWER ✔ PRP
22.what is PRP reported in - ANSWER ✔ time
23.what are the typical values of PRP - ANSWER ✔ 100 microseconds to 1
milliseconds
24.what determines PRp - ANSWER ✔ sound source; imaging depth
25.is PRP adjustable - ANSWER ✔ yes; by imaging depth
26.how is PRP related to imaging depth - ANSWER ✔ directly
, 27.with shallowing imaging depth, is PRP short or low - ANSWER ✔ short
28.Which of the following structures is NOT located within the perirenal space?
a) Aorta
b) Ureters
c) Kidneys
d) Adrenal glands
e) Descending duodenum - ANSWER ✔ A: descending duodenum
29.A decrease in serum amylase levels can be associated with:
a) Cirrhosis
b) Acute pancreatitis
c) Biliary obstruction
d) Peptic ulcer disease
e) Pancreatic carcinoma - ANSWER ✔ A: cirrhosis
30.Elevation in serum lipase is NOT associated with which of the following
conditions.
a) Cirrhosis
b) Acute pancreatitis
c) Acute Cholecystitis
d) Chronic pancreatitis
e) Pancreatic neoplasm - ANSWER ✔ A: chronic pancreatitis
31.In cases of renal lipomatosis, sono
a) Renal atrophy
b) Hyperechoic renal sinus
c) Irregular renal contour
d) Hyperechoic renal cortex
e) Decreased cortical thickness - ANSWER ✔ A: irregular renal contour
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. What is the role of Sonography Canada? - ANSWER ✔ National
credentialing & professional services organization that develops and
maintains National Competency Profiles, Scope of Practice, credentialing
exams, CPD program, and Professional Liability Insurance.
2. What is the vision of Sonography Canada? - ANSWER ✔ Sonography
practiced with excellence across Canada.
3. What is the mission of Sonography Canada? - ANSWER ✔ Foster best
practices and promote excellence in medical sonography.
4. What is the definition of the profession of sonography? - ANSWER ✔ An
allied health profession using high-frequency sound waves to produce
diagnostic images.
5. What are the key responsibilities of a sonographer? - ANSWER ✔ Acquire
& analyze data, differentiate normal vs abnormal findings, and provide key
diagnostic information to physicians.
6. Do sonographers diagnose conditions? - ANSWER ✔ No, the final
diagnosis/report is the physician's responsibility unless formally delegated.
,7. What are the main tasks of a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer? - ANSWER
✔ Perform ultrasound examinations, collect patient history, optimize image
quality, document observations, and communicate urgent findings.
8. What does credentialing assess? - ANSWER ✔ Education, knowledge &
clinical competency.
9. What are the Canadian credentials for sonographers? - ANSWER ✔
CRGS® (Generalist), CRCS® (Cardiac), CRVS® (Vascular).
10.What is the purpose of National Competency Profiles (NCPs)? - ANSWER
✔ Define entry-to-practice competencies and establish minimum national
standards for education and credentialing.
11.What is the Doppler Shift Formula? - ANSWER ✔ fd = f echo - f transmit
12.*What is the formula for resistance?
13.*What are the units of Resistance - ANSWER ✔ Units: Pa*s/m^3 or
Pa*s/cm^3
14.Alternate formula = 128nL/πD^4
15.What is attenuation proportional to? - ANSWER ✔ Frequency
16.Wavelength equals - ANSWER ✔ c/f
,17.1cc= - ANSWER ✔ 1 cm3 = 1mL = 10 -3 L
18.what is spatial pulse length directly/inversely proportional to - ANSWER ✔
directly to number of cycles in the pulse, and wave length
inversely to frequency
19.characteristics of short pulse length - ANSWER ✔ few cycles for shorter
wavelength
20.what are length of spatial pulse lengths are better - ANSWER ✔ shorter
21.what is described as the time from the start of one pulse to the start of the
next pulse - ANSWER ✔ PRP
22.what is PRP reported in - ANSWER ✔ time
23.what are the typical values of PRP - ANSWER ✔ 100 microseconds to 1
milliseconds
24.what determines PRp - ANSWER ✔ sound source; imaging depth
25.is PRP adjustable - ANSWER ✔ yes; by imaging depth
26.how is PRP related to imaging depth - ANSWER ✔ directly
, 27.with shallowing imaging depth, is PRP short or low - ANSWER ✔ short
28.Which of the following structures is NOT located within the perirenal space?
a) Aorta
b) Ureters
c) Kidneys
d) Adrenal glands
e) Descending duodenum - ANSWER ✔ A: descending duodenum
29.A decrease in serum amylase levels can be associated with:
a) Cirrhosis
b) Acute pancreatitis
c) Biliary obstruction
d) Peptic ulcer disease
e) Pancreatic carcinoma - ANSWER ✔ A: cirrhosis
30.Elevation in serum lipase is NOT associated with which of the following
conditions.
a) Cirrhosis
b) Acute pancreatitis
c) Acute Cholecystitis
d) Chronic pancreatitis
e) Pancreatic neoplasm - ANSWER ✔ A: chronic pancreatitis
31.In cases of renal lipomatosis, sono
a) Renal atrophy
b) Hyperechoic renal sinus
c) Irregular renal contour
d) Hyperechoic renal cortex
e) Decreased cortical thickness - ANSWER ✔ A: irregular renal contour
