CCI ADULT ECHO CTL ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTION GUIDE
●● Which of the following statements should be used to report the
findings on the video?
A. The yellow arrow indicates prolapse of the posterior tricuspid leaflet.
B. The yellow arrow indicates a possible vegetation on the tricuspid
valve leaflet.
C. The yellow arrow indicates prolapse of the septal tricuspid leaflet.
D. The yellow arrow indicates a flail tricuspid leaflet.
Answer: B. The yellow arrow indicates a possible vegetation on the
tricuspid valve leaflet.
●● All of the following descriptive terms can be correctly used to report
the abnormality in the video, except?
A. systolic doming
B. shaggy
C. tethering
D. hockey stick
Answer: A. Systolic Doming
●● How should you report the findings identified on the image?
,A. moderate pleural effusion only
B. moderate pericardial effusion and moderate pleural effusion
C. mild pericardial effusion and a moderate pleural effusion
D. moderate pericardial effusion only
Answer: C. mild pericardial effusion and a moderate pleural effusion
●● How would you report the findings on the image?
A. The anterior wall is akinetic with global hypokinesis of the remaining
segments.
B. The inferior wall is akinetic with dense scar tissue formation. There is
normal motion of the remaining segments.
C. The inferior wall is akinetic with dense scar tissue formation. There is
abnormal hypokinetic motion of the remaining segments.
D. There is global hypokinesis.
Answer: C. The inferior wall is akinetic with dense scar tissue
formation. There is abnormal hypokinetic motion of the remaining
segments.
●● 6. All of the following are refer to digital image storage in
echocardiography, except
A. Clinical compression and digital compression reduce exam file size
B. High speed network cables should be used to transfer the studies to
storage
C. Federal law requires that exams must be stored for at least 2 years
, D. Exams are usually 50 - 100MB in size
Answer: C. Federal law requires that exams must be stored for at least 2
years
●● 7. All of the following are normally included in the contrast echo
report to the referring physician, except:
A. type and amount of contrast used
B. amount of saline used to flush the IV access
C. reasons for limitation of the exam
D. the quality of the exam
Answer: B. amount of saline used to flush the IV access
●● 8. Federal regulations require that imaging studies be retained for a
period of ____________.
A. 10 years
B. 6 years
C. 2 years
D. 15 years
Answer: B. 6 years
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTION GUIDE
●● Which of the following statements should be used to report the
findings on the video?
A. The yellow arrow indicates prolapse of the posterior tricuspid leaflet.
B. The yellow arrow indicates a possible vegetation on the tricuspid
valve leaflet.
C. The yellow arrow indicates prolapse of the septal tricuspid leaflet.
D. The yellow arrow indicates a flail tricuspid leaflet.
Answer: B. The yellow arrow indicates a possible vegetation on the
tricuspid valve leaflet.
●● All of the following descriptive terms can be correctly used to report
the abnormality in the video, except?
A. systolic doming
B. shaggy
C. tethering
D. hockey stick
Answer: A. Systolic Doming
●● How should you report the findings identified on the image?
,A. moderate pleural effusion only
B. moderate pericardial effusion and moderate pleural effusion
C. mild pericardial effusion and a moderate pleural effusion
D. moderate pericardial effusion only
Answer: C. mild pericardial effusion and a moderate pleural effusion
●● How would you report the findings on the image?
A. The anterior wall is akinetic with global hypokinesis of the remaining
segments.
B. The inferior wall is akinetic with dense scar tissue formation. There is
normal motion of the remaining segments.
C. The inferior wall is akinetic with dense scar tissue formation. There is
abnormal hypokinetic motion of the remaining segments.
D. There is global hypokinesis.
Answer: C. The inferior wall is akinetic with dense scar tissue
formation. There is abnormal hypokinetic motion of the remaining
segments.
●● 6. All of the following are refer to digital image storage in
echocardiography, except
A. Clinical compression and digital compression reduce exam file size
B. High speed network cables should be used to transfer the studies to
storage
C. Federal law requires that exams must be stored for at least 2 years
, D. Exams are usually 50 - 100MB in size
Answer: C. Federal law requires that exams must be stored for at least 2
years
●● 7. All of the following are normally included in the contrast echo
report to the referring physician, except:
A. type and amount of contrast used
B. amount of saline used to flush the IV access
C. reasons for limitation of the exam
D. the quality of the exam
Answer: B. amount of saline used to flush the IV access
●● 8. Federal regulations require that imaging studies be retained for a
period of ____________.
A. 10 years
B. 6 years
C. 2 years
D. 15 years
Answer: B. 6 years
