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This document contains the complete set of solved questions and answers for the Sonography Canada Physics Core Exam, verified 100% correct. It covers all essential ultrasound physics topics, including wave properties, Doppler principles, attenuation, resolution, and instrumentation. Designed as a precise and reliable study resource, it helps candidates master the physics portion of the Sonography Canada Core Exam and prepare with confidence.

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SONOGRAPHY CANADA PHYSICS CORE
PERFECTLY SOLVED!!
what is media/medium
- Answer biological tissue

what do all waves carry from one location to another
- Answer energy

sound is a ____________ wave in which particles in the medium move
- Answer mechanical

where can sound not travel
- Answer in a vacuum

are sound waves transverse or longitudinal waves
- Answer longitudinal

the effects of the medium upon the sound wave
- Answer acoustic propagation properties

what are used to distinguish between sound waves and other types of - Answer
waves acoustic
variables- pressure, density, and distance (measure of a particle motion)

what are the 3 acoustic variables
- Answer pressure, density and distance

concentration of force in an area
- Answer pressure

what is pressure measured-inAnswer pascals (Pa)

concentration of mass in a volume
- Answer density

what is volume measured -inAnswer kg/cm^3 (cubic)

what describes a sound waves features
- Answer acoustic parameters

what are the 7 acoustic parameters
- Answer period, frequency, amplitude, power, intensity,
wavelength, propagation speed

how do particles move in soundwaves
- Answer longitudinally
- particles move in the same
direction that the wave propagates (parallel)

in-phase wave- Answer when their peaks and troughs occur at the same time

out of phase wave- Answer peaks and troughs occur at difference times
-either inverted or out of step

what occurs when waves lose their individual characteristics and combine to form a single
- wave
Answer interference

,SONOGRAPHY CANADA PHYSICS CORE
PERFECTLY SOLVED!!

what combination of waves results in the formation of a single wave of greater amplitude of either
components- Answer constructive interference

what kind of wave causes the formation of a single wave of lesser amplitude causing what types of
interference- Answer out of phase
destructive interference

what occures when 2 out of phase waves of equal amplitude interfere
- Answer complete
destructive interference

what types of waves (phase) occur with complete destructive interference
- Answer out of phase
waves

what causes waves to be momentarily in phase and out of phase (causing constructive and
destructive interference)
- Answer waves of difference frequencies

what type of waves of difference frequencies result in (type of interference)
- Answer constructive
and destructive

what direction of the graph is verticle vs horozontal
- Answer y=vertical
x=horozonatal

what is a reciprocal
- Answer when the 2 numbers are multiplied together to = 1
(10 x 1/10)

tracygets made king huge dense dummy cause millions (of) micro nuisances pileup
- Answer tera
(10^12)
giga (10^9)
mega (10^6)
kilo (10^3)
hecto (10^2)
deca (10^1)
deci (-1)
centi (-2)
milli (-3)
micro (-6)
nano (-9)
pico (-12)

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PERFECTLY SOLVED!!
hertz to mega hertz
- Answer 1 000 000 > 1

what do parameters describe
- Answer the features of a sound wave. 7 parameters are required to
ompletely characterize a sound wave

which 2 parameters are reciprocals
- Answer period and frequency

which parameters describe a waves bigness
- Answer amplitude, power, intensity

which parameter is determined by the sound source and the medium
- Answer wavelength

which parameters are determined by the sound source
- Answer period, frequency, amplitude,
power, and intensity

which parameter is determined by the medium
- Answer speed

what is the time it takes a wave to vibrate a single cycle or the time from the start of one cycle to the
start of the next cycle
- Answer period

what units is the period reported- in
Answer time; microseconds, seconds

what are the typical values of period in diagnostic- Answer
US 0.06-0.5microseconds
0.00000006-0.0000005 (ms)

what is period determined by
- Answer sound source only

can the sonographer adjust period
- Answer no

what is the number of particular events that occur in a specific duration of
- Answer
time frequency

in US, what event is counted in frequency
- Answer number of cycles

what units is frequency reported- in
Answer unit per second
hertz/Hz, Hertz

what are the typical values of frequency in clinical imaging
- Answer 2MHz-15MHz
2million -15million per second

what determines frequency and is it adjustable
- Answer found source, no

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