SPI 2 EXAM 4 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. quality assurance definition
Answer:
routine periodic evaluation of all sonography equipment and transducers used in the lab
Question:
2. why do we have QA protocols
Answer:
minimize number and severity of errors
Question:
3. QA includes
Answer:
routine maintenance of equip records of all repairs patient tracking statistical analysis peer review QA
meetings evaluation of oversights and errors
Question:
4. QA policy necessary for lab accreditation must include
Answer:
equipment performance testing and statistical analysis of lab results
ensures diagnostic quality of the images is at the highest possible level & lab reports are accurate
Question:
5. devices that evaluate equipment performance
Answer:
AIUM 100 mm test object multipurpose tissue equivalent phantom (fake body) beam profile slice
thickness phantom
Question:
6. what was the first test object used to test ultrasound scanners
Answer:
AIUM 100mm test object
Question:
7. how does AIUM work
Answer:
0.75mm stainless steel rods arranged in groups, incased in transparent plastic or glass tank filled with
a mixture of alcohol and water (prop speed of 1540 m/sec)
Question:
8. what does group D test in AIUM
Answer:
axial res
, Question:
9. what does group B test in AIUM
Answer:
lateral res
Question:
10. what do the vertical pins of group E test in AIUM
Answer:
depth calibration
Question:
11. what do the horizontal pins of group E test in AIUM
Answer:
horizontal distance calibration
Question:
12. what does group E test in AIUM
Answer:
system sensitivity
Question:
13. what do all pins test in AIUM
Answer:
registration accuracy
Question:
14. what does group A test in AIUM
Answer:
dead zone
Question:
15. what can AIUM test not evaluate
Answer:
grayscale contrast res lesion detection tissue texture
Question:
16. how is axial res tested with AIUM
Answer:
scanned from A of group D the spacing of the two closest pins that are resolved separately= axial res
in mm
Question:
17. how is lateral res tested with AIUM
Answer:
scanned from B of B spacing of two closest pins that are resolved separately on display= lateral res in
mm
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. quality assurance definition
Answer:
routine periodic evaluation of all sonography equipment and transducers used in the lab
Question:
2. why do we have QA protocols
Answer:
minimize number and severity of errors
Question:
3. QA includes
Answer:
routine maintenance of equip records of all repairs patient tracking statistical analysis peer review QA
meetings evaluation of oversights and errors
Question:
4. QA policy necessary for lab accreditation must include
Answer:
equipment performance testing and statistical analysis of lab results
ensures diagnostic quality of the images is at the highest possible level & lab reports are accurate
Question:
5. devices that evaluate equipment performance
Answer:
AIUM 100 mm test object multipurpose tissue equivalent phantom (fake body) beam profile slice
thickness phantom
Question:
6. what was the first test object used to test ultrasound scanners
Answer:
AIUM 100mm test object
Question:
7. how does AIUM work
Answer:
0.75mm stainless steel rods arranged in groups, incased in transparent plastic or glass tank filled with
a mixture of alcohol and water (prop speed of 1540 m/sec)
Question:
8. what does group D test in AIUM
Answer:
axial res
, Question:
9. what does group B test in AIUM
Answer:
lateral res
Question:
10. what do the vertical pins of group E test in AIUM
Answer:
depth calibration
Question:
11. what do the horizontal pins of group E test in AIUM
Answer:
horizontal distance calibration
Question:
12. what does group E test in AIUM
Answer:
system sensitivity
Question:
13. what do all pins test in AIUM
Answer:
registration accuracy
Question:
14. what does group A test in AIUM
Answer:
dead zone
Question:
15. what can AIUM test not evaluate
Answer:
grayscale contrast res lesion detection tissue texture
Question:
16. how is axial res tested with AIUM
Answer:
scanned from A of group D the spacing of the two closest pins that are resolved separately= axial res
in mm
Question:
17. how is lateral res tested with AIUM
Answer:
scanned from B of B spacing of two closest pins that are resolved separately on display= lateral res in
mm
