Sonography Study Guide Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Ultrasound - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Sound waves with frequencies above 20,000 Hz.
Infrasound - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Sound range below the normal hearing range of humans less
than 2 Hz
Anxiety - Correct Answer✔️✔️-general state of feeling worry and fear before confronting
something emotionally / physically.
Acoustic Window - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Optimal location on the body for placement of the
ultrasound transducer to demonstrate both normal anatomy and pathology.
Critical thinking skills - Correct Answer✔️✔️-resourceful actions, judgments, and decisions based
on the combination of professional knowledge, experience, integrity, and ethical standards
Hippocratic Oath - Correct Answer✔️✔️-a pledge observed by physicians and occasionally other
healthcare professionals containing some basic guidelines for ethical standards and conduct between
the healthcare provider and the patient
Stress - Correct Answer✔️✔️-the body's typical reaction to challenging situations that are
perceived as demands on time energy or resources with.
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, Diagnostic ultrasound - Correct Answer✔️✔️-between 2 and 15 MHz (or higher)
Radiography - Correct Answer✔️✔️-the imaging specialty that utilizes x rays images to obtain
images of the body
Sonography - Correct Answer✔️✔️-ultrasound imaging
Computed Tomograpy(CT) - Correct Answer✔️✔️-an imaging modality that uses xrays to obtain
cross sectional images of the body in multiple planes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Correct Answer✔️✔️-imaging modality that utilizes
magnetic waves to obtain images of the human body in various planes
Mammography - Correct Answer✔️✔️-x-ray imaging of the breast
Nuclear Medicine - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Imaging modality that employs the use of radioactive
material for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases
Pathology - Correct Answer✔️✔️-a disease process; also could be referring to the profession of
pathology, which is the precise study and diagnosis of disease by a pathologist.
Protocol - Correct Answer✔️✔️-An inclusive order of necessary images acquired during a
sonographic examination
Scanning - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The act of performing a sonographic examination
Transducer - Correct Answer✔️✔️-an instrument that emits ultrasound waves that waves that is
used by the sonographer to acquire sonographic images.
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Questions and Answers
Ultrasound - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Sound waves with frequencies above 20,000 Hz.
Infrasound - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Sound range below the normal hearing range of humans less
than 2 Hz
Anxiety - Correct Answer✔️✔️-general state of feeling worry and fear before confronting
something emotionally / physically.
Acoustic Window - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Optimal location on the body for placement of the
ultrasound transducer to demonstrate both normal anatomy and pathology.
Critical thinking skills - Correct Answer✔️✔️-resourceful actions, judgments, and decisions based
on the combination of professional knowledge, experience, integrity, and ethical standards
Hippocratic Oath - Correct Answer✔️✔️-a pledge observed by physicians and occasionally other
healthcare professionals containing some basic guidelines for ethical standards and conduct between
the healthcare provider and the patient
Stress - Correct Answer✔️✔️-the body's typical reaction to challenging situations that are
perceived as demands on time energy or resources with.
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, Diagnostic ultrasound - Correct Answer✔️✔️-between 2 and 15 MHz (or higher)
Radiography - Correct Answer✔️✔️-the imaging specialty that utilizes x rays images to obtain
images of the body
Sonography - Correct Answer✔️✔️-ultrasound imaging
Computed Tomograpy(CT) - Correct Answer✔️✔️-an imaging modality that uses xrays to obtain
cross sectional images of the body in multiple planes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Correct Answer✔️✔️-imaging modality that utilizes
magnetic waves to obtain images of the human body in various planes
Mammography - Correct Answer✔️✔️-x-ray imaging of the breast
Nuclear Medicine - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Imaging modality that employs the use of radioactive
material for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases
Pathology - Correct Answer✔️✔️-a disease process; also could be referring to the profession of
pathology, which is the precise study and diagnosis of disease by a pathologist.
Protocol - Correct Answer✔️✔️-An inclusive order of necessary images acquired during a
sonographic examination
Scanning - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The act of performing a sonographic examination
Transducer - Correct Answer✔️✔️-an instrument that emits ultrasound waves that waves that is
used by the sonographer to acquire sonographic images.
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