ECHO PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The congenital cardiac anomaly seen most frequently in adults is:
A. Ebstein's anomaly
B. bicuspid Aortic valve
C. ventricular septal defect
D. endocardial cushion defect - Answers - B
Which echocardiographic window is used in the detection and assessment of the
inferior vena cava?
A. apical
B. subcostal
C. parasternal
D. suprasternal - Answers - B
What is the number and location of the papillary muscles of a normal mitral valve?
A. one; the posteromedial
B. two; the posteromedial and anterolateral
C. two; the inferolateral and posteromedial
D. three; the anterolateral, posteromedial, and inferolateral - Answers - B
Clinically, prolapse of the mitral valve is associated with:
A. opening snap and systolic murmur
B. diastolic murmur and third heart sound
C. fixed splitting of the second heart sound
D. midsystolic click and/or late systolic murmur - Answers - D
Papillary muscle dysfunction usually results from:
A. Dressler's syndrome
B. Ischemic heart disease
C. bacterial endocarditis
D. rheumatic heart disease - Answers - B
In order to record the vegetation's of endocarditis by echocardiography, the vegetation's
must have a diameter of at least:
,A. one centimeter
B. three millimeters
C. three centimeters
D. five millimeters - Answers - B
Which type of cardiomyopathy is associated with amyloidosis?
A. congestive
B. constrictive
C. hypertrophic
D. infiltrative - Answers - D
In patient with carcinoid heart disease, the cardiac sonographer must devote special
attention to identifying abnormalities of the:
A. aortic arch
B. aortic valve
C. mitral valve
D. tricuspid valve - Answers - D
Which two-dimensional echocardiographic view is best for identifying the malformed
tricuspid valve apparatus that characterizes Ebstein's anaomaly:
A. apical two chamber
B. apical four chamber
C. parasternal long axis
D. parasternal short axis - Answers - B
Infundibular pulmonary stenosis is uncommon as an isolated lesion and is usually
associated with:
A. tricuspid atresia
B. atrial septal defect
C. coarctation of aorta
D. ventricular septal defect - Answers - D
Which two-dimensional echocardiographic view is best for the assessment of the
interatrial septum?
A. apical long axis
B. apical four chamber
C. parasternal short axis
D. subcostal four chamber - Answers - D
The most common type of atrial septal defect is the:
, A. ostium primum
B. sinus venosus
C. coronary sinus
D. ostium secundum - Answers - D
M-mode echo demonstration of mid-systolic closure of the pulmonary valve along with a
decreased "a" wave is most consistent with:
A. pulmonary hypertension
B. pulmonary insufficiency
C. valvular pulmonary stenosis
D. infundibular pulmonary stenosis - Answers - A
False overriding of the aorta may be produced on the M-mode echo by:
A. using a transducer with too low a frequency
B. failure to turn the patient into a left decubitus position
C. positioning the transducer in too high an intercostal space
D. positioning the transducer in too low an intercostal space - Answers - C
Atrial fibrillation is most commonly associated with which valvular disease?
A. bicuspid aortic valve
B. mitral valve prolapse
c. calcific aortic stenosis
D. rheumatic mitral stenosis - Answers - D
Which is an example of a bioprosthetic cardiac valve?
A. Starr-Edwards ball
B. Bjork-Shiley tilting disc
C. St. Jude Medical bileaflet
D. Ionescu-Shiley bovine pericardial - Answers - D
How many veins connect the pulmonary vascular bed with the left atrium in the normal
heart?
The congenital cardiac anomaly seen most frequently in adults is:
A. Ebstein's anomaly
B. bicuspid Aortic valve
C. ventricular septal defect
D. endocardial cushion defect - Answers - B
Which echocardiographic window is used in the detection and assessment of the
inferior vena cava?
A. apical
B. subcostal
C. parasternal
D. suprasternal - Answers - B
What is the number and location of the papillary muscles of a normal mitral valve?
A. one; the posteromedial
B. two; the posteromedial and anterolateral
C. two; the inferolateral and posteromedial
D. three; the anterolateral, posteromedial, and inferolateral - Answers - B
Clinically, prolapse of the mitral valve is associated with:
A. opening snap and systolic murmur
B. diastolic murmur and third heart sound
C. fixed splitting of the second heart sound
D. midsystolic click and/or late systolic murmur - Answers - D
Papillary muscle dysfunction usually results from:
A. Dressler's syndrome
B. Ischemic heart disease
C. bacterial endocarditis
D. rheumatic heart disease - Answers - B
In order to record the vegetation's of endocarditis by echocardiography, the vegetation's
must have a diameter of at least:
,A. one centimeter
B. three millimeters
C. three centimeters
D. five millimeters - Answers - B
Which type of cardiomyopathy is associated with amyloidosis?
A. congestive
B. constrictive
C. hypertrophic
D. infiltrative - Answers - D
In patient with carcinoid heart disease, the cardiac sonographer must devote special
attention to identifying abnormalities of the:
A. aortic arch
B. aortic valve
C. mitral valve
D. tricuspid valve - Answers - D
Which two-dimensional echocardiographic view is best for identifying the malformed
tricuspid valve apparatus that characterizes Ebstein's anaomaly:
A. apical two chamber
B. apical four chamber
C. parasternal long axis
D. parasternal short axis - Answers - B
Infundibular pulmonary stenosis is uncommon as an isolated lesion and is usually
associated with:
A. tricuspid atresia
B. atrial septal defect
C. coarctation of aorta
D. ventricular septal defect - Answers - D
Which two-dimensional echocardiographic view is best for the assessment of the
interatrial septum?
A. apical long axis
B. apical four chamber
C. parasternal short axis
D. subcostal four chamber - Answers - D
The most common type of atrial septal defect is the:
, A. ostium primum
B. sinus venosus
C. coronary sinus
D. ostium secundum - Answers - D
M-mode echo demonstration of mid-systolic closure of the pulmonary valve along with a
decreased "a" wave is most consistent with:
A. pulmonary hypertension
B. pulmonary insufficiency
C. valvular pulmonary stenosis
D. infundibular pulmonary stenosis - Answers - A
False overriding of the aorta may be produced on the M-mode echo by:
A. using a transducer with too low a frequency
B. failure to turn the patient into a left decubitus position
C. positioning the transducer in too high an intercostal space
D. positioning the transducer in too low an intercostal space - Answers - C
Atrial fibrillation is most commonly associated with which valvular disease?
A. bicuspid aortic valve
B. mitral valve prolapse
c. calcific aortic stenosis
D. rheumatic mitral stenosis - Answers - D
Which is an example of a bioprosthetic cardiac valve?
A. Starr-Edwards ball
B. Bjork-Shiley tilting disc
C. St. Jude Medical bileaflet
D. Ionescu-Shiley bovine pericardial - Answers - D
How many veins connect the pulmonary vascular bed with the left atrium in the normal
heart?
