QUALYS VMDR TRAINING REVIEW TEST
PAPER 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ The 6 intensities from highest to lowest are.
Answer: 1.) SPTP 4.) SATP
2.)SPPA 5.) SAPA
3.)SPTA 6.) SATA
⩥ What tricuspid valve leaflets are noted in PLAX?.
Answer: Anterior and medial/septal posterior.
⩥ Formula for calculating EF?.
Answer: EF% = (sv/edv) x 100%
⩥ Stroke Volume (SV) formula.
Answer: EDV - ESV
⩥ What is stroke volume (SV)?.
Answer: Amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle during a single
heart beat.
,⩥ What is the chiari network?.
Answer: Network of fibers originating from eustachian valve.
⩥ Where can the chiari network be found.
Answer: Right atria
⩥ What is the most anterior chamber of the heart?.
Answer: Right ventricle
⩥ Which pair of intensities has the lowest value?.
Answer: SATA (spatial average and temporal average)
⩥ Where is the Eustachian valve located ?.
Answer: In between the IVC and the right atrium.
⩥ What's another name for the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT)
?.
Answer: Infundibulum
⩥ Where is the coronary sinus located in relation to the descending
aorta?.
Answer: Anterior
,⩥ The three cusps of the tricuspid valve are?.
Answer: Anterior
Medial
Posterior
⩥ What's the two main layers of the pericardium?.
Answer: 1.) Visceral = lies directly upon external surface of the heart
and is commonly referred to as the epicardium.
2,) Parietal = or fibrous pericardium is the thick outer sac.
*The pericardial cavity lies between these two layers.
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the right ventricle ?.
Answer: 25/5 mmHg
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the pulmonary artery?.
Answer: 25/10 mmHg
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the left atrium?.
Answer: 10mmHg
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the aorta ?.
, Answer: 120/80 mmHg
⩥ What are the two cusps of the mitral valve ?.
Answer: Anterior (long) and the posterior (short)
⩥ When is the left ventricular pressure the lowest?.
Answer: Early diastole
⩥ What is Becks Triad and what does it cause?.
Answer: AKA cardiac tamponade. Causes an elevated pressure in heart,
hypotension and a quiet heart
⩥ What are the effects of pulmonary HTN ?.
Answer: Dilated pulmonary artery
Severe TR
RV dilation
⩥ What happens to the size of an aneurysm during systole?.
Answer: It increases
⩥ In patients with A-Fib which heart sound would be missing ?.
Answer: Fourth
PAPER 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ The 6 intensities from highest to lowest are.
Answer: 1.) SPTP 4.) SATP
2.)SPPA 5.) SAPA
3.)SPTA 6.) SATA
⩥ What tricuspid valve leaflets are noted in PLAX?.
Answer: Anterior and medial/septal posterior.
⩥ Formula for calculating EF?.
Answer: EF% = (sv/edv) x 100%
⩥ Stroke Volume (SV) formula.
Answer: EDV - ESV
⩥ What is stroke volume (SV)?.
Answer: Amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle during a single
heart beat.
,⩥ What is the chiari network?.
Answer: Network of fibers originating from eustachian valve.
⩥ Where can the chiari network be found.
Answer: Right atria
⩥ What is the most anterior chamber of the heart?.
Answer: Right ventricle
⩥ Which pair of intensities has the lowest value?.
Answer: SATA (spatial average and temporal average)
⩥ Where is the Eustachian valve located ?.
Answer: In between the IVC and the right atrium.
⩥ What's another name for the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT)
?.
Answer: Infundibulum
⩥ Where is the coronary sinus located in relation to the descending
aorta?.
Answer: Anterior
,⩥ The three cusps of the tricuspid valve are?.
Answer: Anterior
Medial
Posterior
⩥ What's the two main layers of the pericardium?.
Answer: 1.) Visceral = lies directly upon external surface of the heart
and is commonly referred to as the epicardium.
2,) Parietal = or fibrous pericardium is the thick outer sac.
*The pericardial cavity lies between these two layers.
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the right ventricle ?.
Answer: 25/5 mmHg
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the pulmonary artery?.
Answer: 25/10 mmHg
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the left atrium?.
Answer: 10mmHg
⩥ What is the normal pressure for the aorta ?.
, Answer: 120/80 mmHg
⩥ What are the two cusps of the mitral valve ?.
Answer: Anterior (long) and the posterior (short)
⩥ When is the left ventricular pressure the lowest?.
Answer: Early diastole
⩥ What is Becks Triad and what does it cause?.
Answer: AKA cardiac tamponade. Causes an elevated pressure in heart,
hypotension and a quiet heart
⩥ What are the effects of pulmonary HTN ?.
Answer: Dilated pulmonary artery
Severe TR
RV dilation
⩥ What happens to the size of an aneurysm during systole?.
Answer: It increases
⩥ In patients with A-Fib which heart sound would be missing ?.
Answer: Fourth
