ARDMS SPI FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION VIEW
AHEAD SUCCESS STRATEGY
●● low frequency, low amplitude
Answer: which signals are eliminated by the wall filter in a spectral
Doppler display?
●● two images demonstrating the same pathology from different scan
planes
Answer: at minimum, what is required when documenting a pathology
discovered during an examination?
●● Increased by 2 times
Answer: If the diameter of the sound beam is halved by focusing, what
happens to the intensity
●● A
Answer: 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
●● C
Answer: What is this artifact?
A. Shadowing
B. Side lobe
C. Reverberation
D. Mirror image
●● D
Answer: How do you fix this
A. Decrease the color scale
B. Decrease the color packet size
C. Increase the color packet size
D. Increase the color scale
●● B
Answer: Which way is the blood flowing?
A. Right to left
B. Left to right
C. Bidirectional
D. Cannot tell
,●● which imaging modality can provide the most accurate measurement
of tumor volume?
Color Doppler
B-mode
A-mode
M-mode
Answer:
●● Which statement is most accurate regarding surface rendering three-
dimensional ultrasound imaging?
Improve accuracy of volume measurement
Minimizes effect of attenuation artifacts
Spatial resolution improve when using high resolution mesh
Future - based reconstruction Store full three- volume acquired
Answer:
●● 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
, ●● to which acoustic variable is penetration depth inversely related?
A.frequency
B.wavelength
C.period
D.propagation speed
Answer: A
●● which imaging mode requires a broadband transducer?
A.continuous wave doppler
B.Pulsed wave doppler
C.color flow imaging
D.harmonic imaging
Answer: B
●● what is the doppler shift frequency?
A.recieved ultrasound frequency multiplied by the transmitted
ultrasound frequency
B.difference between the transmitted ultrasound frequency and the
received ultrasound frequency
C.sum of the transmitted and received ultrasound frequencies
D.ratio of the transmitted ultrasound frequency to the received
ultrasound frequency
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION VIEW
AHEAD SUCCESS STRATEGY
●● low frequency, low amplitude
Answer: which signals are eliminated by the wall filter in a spectral
Doppler display?
●● two images demonstrating the same pathology from different scan
planes
Answer: at minimum, what is required when documenting a pathology
discovered during an examination?
●● Increased by 2 times
Answer: If the diameter of the sound beam is halved by focusing, what
happens to the intensity
●● A
Answer: 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
●● C
Answer: What is this artifact?
A. Shadowing
B. Side lobe
C. Reverberation
D. Mirror image
●● D
Answer: How do you fix this
A. Decrease the color scale
B. Decrease the color packet size
C. Increase the color packet size
D. Increase the color scale
●● B
Answer: Which way is the blood flowing?
A. Right to left
B. Left to right
C. Bidirectional
D. Cannot tell
,●● which imaging modality can provide the most accurate measurement
of tumor volume?
Color Doppler
B-mode
A-mode
M-mode
Answer:
●● Which statement is most accurate regarding surface rendering three-
dimensional ultrasound imaging?
Improve accuracy of volume measurement
Minimizes effect of attenuation artifacts
Spatial resolution improve when using high resolution mesh
Future - based reconstruction Store full three- volume acquired
Answer:
●● 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
, ●● to which acoustic variable is penetration depth inversely related?
A.frequency
B.wavelength
C.period
D.propagation speed
Answer: A
●● which imaging mode requires a broadband transducer?
A.continuous wave doppler
B.Pulsed wave doppler
C.color flow imaging
D.harmonic imaging
Answer: B
●● what is the doppler shift frequency?
A.recieved ultrasound frequency multiplied by the transmitted
ultrasound frequency
B.difference between the transmitted ultrasound frequency and the
received ultrasound frequency
C.sum of the transmitted and received ultrasound frequencies
D.ratio of the transmitted ultrasound frequency to the received
ultrasound frequency
