ARDMS SPI EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
Which gain will increase the risk of bioeffects?
a. transmit
b. receive
c. gain
d. overall gain - ANS a. transmit
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 - ANS e. digital scan converter
Spectral broadening suggest:
a. laminar flow
b. turbulent flow
c. flow away from the transducer
d. flow towards the transducer - ANS b. turbulent flow
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, With pulse wave Doppler axial resolution: - ANS degrades
What color is usually use in color flow Doppler variance map to indicate turbulent flow? -
ANS green
Doppler high pass filter eliminates: - ANS high amplitude signals; low velocity flow
The Doppler wall filter is considered a: - ANS high pass filter
The Nyquist Limit is equal to:
a. propagation speed x frequency
b. propagation speed/ wavelength
c. PRF/2
d. 4xV^2 - ANS 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 - ANS b. ring down
An increase in red blood cell velocity will_____ the Doppler Shift:
a. increase
b. decrease
c. not change
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ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
Which gain will increase the risk of bioeffects?
a. transmit
b. receive
c. gain
d. overall gain - ANS a. transmit
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 - ANS e. digital scan converter
Spectral broadening suggest:
a. laminar flow
b. turbulent flow
c. flow away from the transducer
d. flow towards the transducer - ANS b. turbulent flow
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, With pulse wave Doppler axial resolution: - ANS degrades
What color is usually use in color flow Doppler variance map to indicate turbulent flow? -
ANS green
Doppler high pass filter eliminates: - ANS high amplitude signals; low velocity flow
The Doppler wall filter is considered a: - ANS high pass filter
The Nyquist Limit is equal to:
a. propagation speed x frequency
b. propagation speed/ wavelength
c. PRF/2
d. 4xV^2 - ANS 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 - ANS b. ring down
An increase in red blood cell velocity will_____ the Doppler Shift:
a. increase
b. decrease
c. not change
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