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1. When using a 5MHZ transducer, in which tissue is the ultrasound
wavelength shortest?
A. fat
B. blood
C. bone
D. muscle - ANSWER A.fat
2. If the ultrasound machine comes in contact with a patients body fluids,
what should be done?
A. remove the machine from use for the day
B. use an approved disinfectant solution to clean it
C. call the manufacturer to see what they would do
D. disinfectant to clean it - ANSWER D
3. Which parameter is most related to cavitation tissue?
A. energy
B. pressure
C. duty factor
D. pulse repetition frequency
- ANSWER B
,4. Which interface will cause the maximum reflection of the incident sound
beam?
A. fat/muscle
B. soft tissue/bone
C. fat/soft tissue
D. soft tissue/lung
- ANSWER B
5. What affects the beam width in the near field?
A. Pulse repetition frequency
B. Pulse duration
C. Frame rate
D. Transducer aperture - ANSWER D.Transducer aperture
6. Which variable caused the color change from blue to red of the vessel in
this image?
A. change in vessel direction
B. color scale set to low
C. turbulent flow
D. severe stenosis - ANSWER A.change in vessel direction
7. Which imaging mode requires a broadband transducer?
A. continuous wave doppler
B. Pulsed wave doppler
C. color flow imaging
,D. harmonic imaging - ANSWER B.Pulsed wave doppler
8. Which factor limits image frame rate?
A. transducer operating frequency
B. Sample volume size
C. Speed of sound in tissue
D. Spatial pulse length - ANSWER C.Speed of sound in tissue
9. Which imaging modality can provide the most accurate measurement of
tumor volume?
A. color doppler
B.B-mode
C.A-mode
D.M-mode - ANSWER B.B-mode
10.Which change would minimize the artifact observed in this image, assuming
the pulse repetition frequency is at its maximum limit?
A.adjust the sweep speed
B.adjust the baseline
C.increasing dynamic range
D.increasing the transmitted frequency - ANSWER B.adjust the baseline
, 11.How is lateral resolution determined for a pulsed-echo system using a
tissue-mimicking test object?
A.by observing spaces between reflectors perpendicular to the beam
B.by observing spaces between reflectors along the beam path
C.by observing position of deepest visible reflector along the beam path
D.by observing position of deepest visible reflector perpendicular to the beam
path - ANSWER A.by observing spaces between reflectors perpendicular to
the beam
12.What is dynamic aperture?
A.aperture that varies with transmit frequency
B.aperture that decreases as a function of time
C.aperture that increases with increasing focal length
D.aperture that changes as a function of frame rate - ANSWER C.aperture
that increases with increasing focal length
What is the advantage of using pulsed-wave doppler versus continuous-wave
doppler?
A.allows measurement of higher velocities
B.increases range ambiguity
C.reduces the potential for aliasing
D.provides depth specificity - ANSWER D.provides depth specificity
What is the doppler shift frequency?
Conceptual Actual Emended Exam Questions With
Reviewed 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. When using a 5MHZ transducer, in which tissue is the ultrasound
wavelength shortest?
A. fat
B. blood
C. bone
D. muscle - ANSWER A.fat
2. If the ultrasound machine comes in contact with a patients body fluids,
what should be done?
A. remove the machine from use for the day
B. use an approved disinfectant solution to clean it
C. call the manufacturer to see what they would do
D. disinfectant to clean it - ANSWER D
3. Which parameter is most related to cavitation tissue?
A. energy
B. pressure
C. duty factor
D. pulse repetition frequency
- ANSWER B
,4. Which interface will cause the maximum reflection of the incident sound
beam?
A. fat/muscle
B. soft tissue/bone
C. fat/soft tissue
D. soft tissue/lung
- ANSWER B
5. What affects the beam width in the near field?
A. Pulse repetition frequency
B. Pulse duration
C. Frame rate
D. Transducer aperture - ANSWER D.Transducer aperture
6. Which variable caused the color change from blue to red of the vessel in
this image?
A. change in vessel direction
B. color scale set to low
C. turbulent flow
D. severe stenosis - ANSWER A.change in vessel direction
7. Which imaging mode requires a broadband transducer?
A. continuous wave doppler
B. Pulsed wave doppler
C. color flow imaging
,D. harmonic imaging - ANSWER B.Pulsed wave doppler
8. Which factor limits image frame rate?
A. transducer operating frequency
B. Sample volume size
C. Speed of sound in tissue
D. Spatial pulse length - ANSWER C.Speed of sound in tissue
9. Which imaging modality can provide the most accurate measurement of
tumor volume?
A. color doppler
B.B-mode
C.A-mode
D.M-mode - ANSWER B.B-mode
10.Which change would minimize the artifact observed in this image, assuming
the pulse repetition frequency is at its maximum limit?
A.adjust the sweep speed
B.adjust the baseline
C.increasing dynamic range
D.increasing the transmitted frequency - ANSWER B.adjust the baseline
, 11.How is lateral resolution determined for a pulsed-echo system using a
tissue-mimicking test object?
A.by observing spaces between reflectors perpendicular to the beam
B.by observing spaces between reflectors along the beam path
C.by observing position of deepest visible reflector along the beam path
D.by observing position of deepest visible reflector perpendicular to the beam
path - ANSWER A.by observing spaces between reflectors perpendicular to
the beam
12.What is dynamic aperture?
A.aperture that varies with transmit frequency
B.aperture that decreases as a function of time
C.aperture that increases with increasing focal length
D.aperture that changes as a function of frame rate - ANSWER C.aperture
that increases with increasing focal length
What is the advantage of using pulsed-wave doppler versus continuous-wave
doppler?
A.allows measurement of higher velocities
B.increases range ambiguity
C.reduces the potential for aliasing
D.provides depth specificity - ANSWER D.provides depth specificity
What is the doppler shift frequency?
