ARDMS SPI Exam Updated Past Questions and
Answers (2026) | Authentic Exam Preparation
Set | Grade A+
Which of the following is considered the memory of an ultrasound instrument?
a. pulser
b. transducer
c. receiver
d. beam former
e. digital scan converter
f. display monitor -✓✓e. digital scan converter
Spectral broadening suggest:
a. laminar flow
b. turbulent flow
c. flow away from the transducer
d. flow towards the transducer -✓✓b. turbulent flow
With pulse wave Doppler axial resolution: -✓✓degrades
What color is usually use in color flow Doppler variance map to indicate turbulent flow? -
✓✓green
Doppler high pass filter eliminates: -✓✓high amplitude signals; low velocity flow
The Doppler wall filter is considered a: -✓✓high pass filter
The Nyquist Limit is equal to:
a. propagation speed x frequency
b. propagation speed/ wavelength
c. PRF/2
d. 4xV^2 -✓✓c. PRF/2
Multiple echoes, equally spaced originating from a gas bubble is called:
a. comet tail
b. ring down
c. slice thickness artifact
d. multipath -✓✓b. ring down
An increase in red blood cell velocity will_____ the Doppler Shift:
a. increase
b. decrease
c. not change
d. cannot be predicted -✓✓a. increase
, The primary advantage of CW Doppler is:
a. range resolution
b. range discrimination
c. range ambiguity
d. range gating
e. absence of sampling rate -✓✓e. absence of sampling rate
The range for ultrasound begins:
a. 20 Hz
b. 20,000 Hz
c. 2 MHz
d. 15 MHz -✓✓b. 20,000 Hz (useful frequency range for clinical imaging is 2MHz-
10MHz)
Which instrument control affects the amplitude (dB) of the outgoing signal:
a. gain
b. receiver gain
c. TGC
d. transmit gain
e. overall gain -✓✓d. transmit gain; amplitude can be affected by the sonographer
Which of the following is used to convert Doppler shift information into color:
a. high PRF
b. fast Fourier transform
c. autocorrelation
d. time interval histogram -✓✓c. autocorrelation
b is incorrect because fast Fourier transform is the method used to process
conventional Doppler shift information but is too slow a method for color Doppler
Pulse repetition frequency -✓✓Number of pulses that an ultrasound system transmits
into the body each second. Hz. Typically 4-15 KHz. PRF and depth of a view are
inversely related: When system is imaging deeper, the pulse repetition frequency is
lower.
Also the number of pulses created each second
The best way to increase the near field length of an ultrasound beam is to: -✓✓increase
transducer diameter
The range of frequencies produced by a damped PZT element is called:
a. fundamental frequencies
b. Q Factor
c. near field
d. bandwith -✓✓d. bandwidth
Answers (2026) | Authentic Exam Preparation
Set | Grade A+
Which of the following is considered the memory of an ultrasound instrument?
a. pulser
b. transducer
c. receiver
d. beam former
e. digital scan converter
f. display monitor -✓✓e. digital scan converter
Spectral broadening suggest:
a. laminar flow
b. turbulent flow
c. flow away from the transducer
d. flow towards the transducer -✓✓b. turbulent flow
With pulse wave Doppler axial resolution: -✓✓degrades
What color is usually use in color flow Doppler variance map to indicate turbulent flow? -
✓✓green
Doppler high pass filter eliminates: -✓✓high amplitude signals; low velocity flow
The Doppler wall filter is considered a: -✓✓high pass filter
The Nyquist Limit is equal to:
a. propagation speed x frequency
b. propagation speed/ wavelength
c. PRF/2
d. 4xV^2 -✓✓c. PRF/2
Multiple echoes, equally spaced originating from a gas bubble is called:
a. comet tail
b. ring down
c. slice thickness artifact
d. multipath -✓✓b. ring down
An increase in red blood cell velocity will_____ the Doppler Shift:
a. increase
b. decrease
c. not change
d. cannot be predicted -✓✓a. increase
, The primary advantage of CW Doppler is:
a. range resolution
b. range discrimination
c. range ambiguity
d. range gating
e. absence of sampling rate -✓✓e. absence of sampling rate
The range for ultrasound begins:
a. 20 Hz
b. 20,000 Hz
c. 2 MHz
d. 15 MHz -✓✓b. 20,000 Hz (useful frequency range for clinical imaging is 2MHz-
10MHz)
Which instrument control affects the amplitude (dB) of the outgoing signal:
a. gain
b. receiver gain
c. TGC
d. transmit gain
e. overall gain -✓✓d. transmit gain; amplitude can be affected by the sonographer
Which of the following is used to convert Doppler shift information into color:
a. high PRF
b. fast Fourier transform
c. autocorrelation
d. time interval histogram -✓✓c. autocorrelation
b is incorrect because fast Fourier transform is the method used to process
conventional Doppler shift information but is too slow a method for color Doppler
Pulse repetition frequency -✓✓Number of pulses that an ultrasound system transmits
into the body each second. Hz. Typically 4-15 KHz. PRF and depth of a view are
inversely related: When system is imaging deeper, the pulse repetition frequency is
lower.
Also the number of pulses created each second
The best way to increase the near field length of an ultrasound beam is to: -✓✓increase
transducer diameter
The range of frequencies produced by a damped PZT element is called:
a. fundamental frequencies
b. Q Factor
c. near field
d. bandwith -✓✓d. bandwidth
