Mock RVT Exam Questions with
complete solution 2025/2026
All of the following are characteristics of acute DVT except: - correct answer ✔Flow noted in the middle
of the lumen with thrombus at the edges
A patient with very severe PAD demonstrates a very slow and non-pulsatile arterial flow signal distally.
All of the following would aid the technologist in differentiating the arterial signal from the nearby vein
expect: - correct answer ✔Speed of flow
In the mid 19th century, Bernoulli postulated three factors that influenced thrombus formation stasis,
trauma, and hypercoagulability. - correct answer ✔False
The circle of Willis recieves its blood supply from which combination of arteries? - correct answer
✔carotid and vertebral arteries
The analog Doppler tracing demonstrates:
Image- - correct answer ✔A triphasic, high-ressitance waveform
What is true about Raynaud's disease? - correct answer ✔may be called idiopathic Raynaud's
Budd-Chiari syndrome is a cause of portal hypertension resulting from - correct answer ✔Hepatic vein
obstruction
A normal penile/brachial systolic pressure ratio is - correct answer ✔>0.75
The usual cuff pressure used in arterial volume recording is: - correct answer ✔65mmHg
,Which of the following defines the criteria for identification of a >50% diameter reducing stenosis in a
peripheral artery - correct answer ✔focal velocity increase 2 times that of the normal proximal arterial
segment of similar diameter
The great saphenous vein: - correct answer ✔all are correct
To optimize carotid vessel image data, lateral resolution should be: - correct answer ✔As small as
possible, to resolve side-by-side lesions
A 50% diameter reducing stenosis is equivalent to a _________ area reducing stenosis - correct answer
✔75%
A patient was seated with the legs dangling and a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor placed just above
theh medial malleolus. After 7 dorsiflexions of the foot, the tracing below was made and is consistent
with:
Image - correct answer ✔normal venous refilling
Match the structure with the correct anatomical name
Image - correct answer ✔#132 is anterior tibial veins/artery
#133 is Peroneal veins/artery
#134 is osterior tibial artery
Virchow's triad contains the key elements of the etiology of deep vein thrombosis. The triad consists of:
- correct answer ✔All except B
, With a hemodynamically significant, short segment stenosis, one would expect: - correct answer ✔An
increase peak systolic velocity (PSV) and an increased end diastolic velocity (EDV)
The most common shape of an abdominal aortic aneursym can be described as: - correct answer
✔Fusiform
During a Transcranial Doppler exam the sonographer compresses the ipsilateral common carotid artery.
Assuming the anterior communicating artery is patent, from a transtemporal window, the Doppler
spectral waveform from the ipsilateral A-1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery will - correct answer
✔reverse
The term viscosity refers to - correct answer ✔sticky attraction within a fluid
Doppler examination alone, without B-mode, is unlikely to detect the presence of venous thrombosis in:
- correct answer ✔A peroneal vein
Plethysmography is used to primarily to measure changes in limb_______. - correct answer ✔Volume
Complete formation of the circle of Willis occurs in________of people. - correct answer ✔20%
What is the name of the tiny intrarenal branches that arise from the interlobar arteries at right angles
and course above the renal pyramids? - correct answer ✔arcuate arteries
Peripheral resistance increases with: - correct answer ✔greater length, smaller diameter, and higher
blood viscosity
A totally occluded superficial femoral vein often results in increased flow in the ipsilateral: - correct
answer ✔A and B
complete solution 2025/2026
All of the following are characteristics of acute DVT except: - correct answer ✔Flow noted in the middle
of the lumen with thrombus at the edges
A patient with very severe PAD demonstrates a very slow and non-pulsatile arterial flow signal distally.
All of the following would aid the technologist in differentiating the arterial signal from the nearby vein
expect: - correct answer ✔Speed of flow
In the mid 19th century, Bernoulli postulated three factors that influenced thrombus formation stasis,
trauma, and hypercoagulability. - correct answer ✔False
The circle of Willis recieves its blood supply from which combination of arteries? - correct answer
✔carotid and vertebral arteries
The analog Doppler tracing demonstrates:
Image- - correct answer ✔A triphasic, high-ressitance waveform
What is true about Raynaud's disease? - correct answer ✔may be called idiopathic Raynaud's
Budd-Chiari syndrome is a cause of portal hypertension resulting from - correct answer ✔Hepatic vein
obstruction
A normal penile/brachial systolic pressure ratio is - correct answer ✔>0.75
The usual cuff pressure used in arterial volume recording is: - correct answer ✔65mmHg
,Which of the following defines the criteria for identification of a >50% diameter reducing stenosis in a
peripheral artery - correct answer ✔focal velocity increase 2 times that of the normal proximal arterial
segment of similar diameter
The great saphenous vein: - correct answer ✔all are correct
To optimize carotid vessel image data, lateral resolution should be: - correct answer ✔As small as
possible, to resolve side-by-side lesions
A 50% diameter reducing stenosis is equivalent to a _________ area reducing stenosis - correct answer
✔75%
A patient was seated with the legs dangling and a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor placed just above
theh medial malleolus. After 7 dorsiflexions of the foot, the tracing below was made and is consistent
with:
Image - correct answer ✔normal venous refilling
Match the structure with the correct anatomical name
Image - correct answer ✔#132 is anterior tibial veins/artery
#133 is Peroneal veins/artery
#134 is osterior tibial artery
Virchow's triad contains the key elements of the etiology of deep vein thrombosis. The triad consists of:
- correct answer ✔All except B
, With a hemodynamically significant, short segment stenosis, one would expect: - correct answer ✔An
increase peak systolic velocity (PSV) and an increased end diastolic velocity (EDV)
The most common shape of an abdominal aortic aneursym can be described as: - correct answer
✔Fusiform
During a Transcranial Doppler exam the sonographer compresses the ipsilateral common carotid artery.
Assuming the anterior communicating artery is patent, from a transtemporal window, the Doppler
spectral waveform from the ipsilateral A-1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery will - correct answer
✔reverse
The term viscosity refers to - correct answer ✔sticky attraction within a fluid
Doppler examination alone, without B-mode, is unlikely to detect the presence of venous thrombosis in:
- correct answer ✔A peroneal vein
Plethysmography is used to primarily to measure changes in limb_______. - correct answer ✔Volume
Complete formation of the circle of Willis occurs in________of people. - correct answer ✔20%
What is the name of the tiny intrarenal branches that arise from the interlobar arteries at right angles
and course above the renal pyramids? - correct answer ✔arcuate arteries
Peripheral resistance increases with: - correct answer ✔greater length, smaller diameter, and higher
blood viscosity
A totally occluded superficial femoral vein often results in increased flow in the ipsilateral: - correct
answer ✔A and B
