SONOGRAPHY EXAM ACTUAL TEST PAPER
WITH FULL SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
◉ diagnostic medical sonography, ultrasound, echosonography, and
ultrasonography. Answer: what are four terms used to describe the use
of high-frequency sounds waves in medical imaging?
◉ ultrasound. Answer: _______: refers to sound that is well above the
human range of hearing that is used in medicine to diagnose and
assess healthy and abnormal structures, vessels, or organs inside the
body.
◉ sonography. Answer: in diagnostic imaging, _______ is the
preferred term to describe the use of sound in the range of 1 to 20
MHz or greater for patient imaging.
◉ transducer. Answer: sonography equipment creates waves of
energy when an electrical voltage is applied to the ceramic element
housed inside the _______
◉ receiver. Answer: the transducer acts as a _______ that processes
the echoes returning from inside the body.
, ◉ composite. Answer: the received echoes within the body create a
______ image that is displayed in real time on a monitor to be
viewed, saved, and stored.
◉ greater. Answer: lower frequency transducers permit ______
penetration for imaging organs such as the liver.
◉ sharper. Answer: higher frequency transducers allow a ______
image for superficial structures such as breast tissue.
◉ general, echocardiography, and vascular. Answer: diagnostic
sonography has what three major imaging specialty areas?
◉ obstetrics and pediatrics. Answer: sonography is a preferred
modality for imaging in _______ and ________ b/c it can be
performed quickly and effectively to obtain a diagnosis and does not
use ionizing radiation.
◉ military. Answer: medical applications for imaging emerged from
the _______
◉ sound navigation and ranging. Answer: during WWI, detection of
submarines underwater using high frequency sound was developed
and termed _____ _____ and ______ (SONAR)
◉ a-mode or amplitude mode. Answer: the first ______ ultrasound
unit was built in the early 1950s. It displayed the intensity of blips on
WITH FULL SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
◉ diagnostic medical sonography, ultrasound, echosonography, and
ultrasonography. Answer: what are four terms used to describe the use
of high-frequency sounds waves in medical imaging?
◉ ultrasound. Answer: _______: refers to sound that is well above the
human range of hearing that is used in medicine to diagnose and
assess healthy and abnormal structures, vessels, or organs inside the
body.
◉ sonography. Answer: in diagnostic imaging, _______ is the
preferred term to describe the use of sound in the range of 1 to 20
MHz or greater for patient imaging.
◉ transducer. Answer: sonography equipment creates waves of
energy when an electrical voltage is applied to the ceramic element
housed inside the _______
◉ receiver. Answer: the transducer acts as a _______ that processes
the echoes returning from inside the body.
, ◉ composite. Answer: the received echoes within the body create a
______ image that is displayed in real time on a monitor to be
viewed, saved, and stored.
◉ greater. Answer: lower frequency transducers permit ______
penetration for imaging organs such as the liver.
◉ sharper. Answer: higher frequency transducers allow a ______
image for superficial structures such as breast tissue.
◉ general, echocardiography, and vascular. Answer: diagnostic
sonography has what three major imaging specialty areas?
◉ obstetrics and pediatrics. Answer: sonography is a preferred
modality for imaging in _______ and ________ b/c it can be
performed quickly and effectively to obtain a diagnosis and does not
use ionizing radiation.
◉ military. Answer: medical applications for imaging emerged from
the _______
◉ sound navigation and ranging. Answer: during WWI, detection of
submarines underwater using high frequency sound was developed
and termed _____ _____ and ______ (SONAR)
◉ a-mode or amplitude mode. Answer: the first ______ ultrasound
unit was built in the early 1950s. It displayed the intensity of blips on
