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Prepare for the Edelman’s SPI Exam Review – 2026–2027 Updated Edition with a comprehensive Sonography Principles & Instrumentation (SPI) Exam Prep Study Guide and Practice Test Resource featuring original exam-style questions, correct answers, and detailed explanations. This resource reinforces essential ultrasound physics and instrumentation concepts, including sound-wave characteristics, frequency, wavelength, amplitude, propagation speed, intensity, attenuation, reflection, refraction, scattering, absorption, acoustic impedance, transducers, beam properties, focusing, resolution, Doppler principles, hemodynamics, imaging modes, spectral and color Doppler, artifacts, system optimization, bioeffects, ALARA, quality assurance, and image performance. Ideal for sonography students, ultrasound technologists, SPI candidates, and ARDMS® examination preparation.

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EDELMEN'S SPI EXAM

REVIEW EXAM FULLY SOLVED

& UPDATED 2026-2027(LATEST

VERSION VERIFIED FOR

ACCURACY) | 2026LATEST!!

Sound waves are:

a) electric

b) mechanical, transverse

c) spectral

d) longitudinal, mechanical - CORRECT ANSWER -D




The speed of sound of ultrasound in soft tissue is closest to:

a) 1,540 km/sec

,b) 1.54 km/sec

c) 1,500 m/s

d) 1,540 mm/sec - CORRECT ANSWER -C




Which is not an acoustic variable?

a) density

b) pressure

c) distance

d) intensity - CORRECT ANSWER -D




The effects of soft tissue on ultrasound are called:

a) acoustic proliferation properties

b) dynamic effects

,c) acoustic propagation properties

d) biological effects - CORRECT ANSWER -C




All of the following are true EXCEPT:

a) two waves with identical frequencies must interfere

constructively.

b) constructive interference is associated with waves that are

in-phase.

c) out-of-phase waves interfere destructively.

d) waves of different frequencies may exhibit both

constructive and destructive interference at different times. -

CORRECT ANSWER -A




Put in decreasing order:

, a) deca

b) deci

c) micro

d) centi - CORRECT ANSWER -abdc




______ is the time to complete one cycle

a) pulse duration

b) pulse period

c) period

d) duration period - CORRECT ANSWER -C




Which of the following sound waves is ultrasonic and least

useful in diagnostic imaging?

a) 30 KHz

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