SONOGRAPHY EXAM B ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following would not be considered clinical history
information?
a. Headaches.
b. Gallbladder wall thickening demonstrated during the sonogram
c. Microscopic hematuria
d. Diarrhea
Answer: Gallbladder wall thickening demonstrated during the
sonogram
◉ Which of the following would not be considered sonographic
findings?
a. A palpable breast mass noted during an examination
b. A mass noted on the kidney during a sonogram.
c. Pericardial effusion noted during echocardiography.
d. Vascular stenosis noted during a sonogram of the renal arteries.
Answer: A palpable breast mass noted during an examination
◉ Which of the following techniques does not employ ionizing
radiation to acquire images?
,Answer: MRI
◉ What are the typical ranges of diagnostic ultrasound?
Answer: Between 2 MHz and 15 MHz
◉ Which of the following is the best definition for emotional
intelligence?
Answer: Having the ability to recognize the emotions of self and
others and the capacity to use those emotions in the decision-
making process.
◉ The form of reasoning by which one makes an educated guess
based on facts describes?
Answer: Inductive reasoning
◉ Which of the following is described as an educated guess based on
clinical history findings?
Answer: Clinical hypothesis
◉ Which of the following is the correct sequence of the sonographic
reasoning process?
a. Sonographic findings, investigative imaging, clinical correlation,
clinical history, clinical hypothesis.
,b. Clinical history, clinical hypothesis, investigative imaging,
sonographic findings, clinical correlation.
c. Clinical hypothesis, sonographic findings, clinical history,
investigative imaging, clinical correlation.
d. Investigative imaging, sonographic findings, clinical history,
clinical correlation, clinical hypothesis.
Answer: Clinical history, clinical hypothesis, investigative imaging,
sonographic findings, clinical correlation
◉ Which of the following is described as a set of values based on
hard work and diligence?
Answer: Work ethic.
◉ What instrument uses ultrasound to detect flaws in metals?
Answer: Reflectoscope
◉ What instrument was designed to be used underwater for
recording or listening to underwater sound?
Answer: Hydrophone
◉ What mode displays the depth of the returning echo represented
on the x-axis and the strength (amplitude) of the reflector
representing along the y-axis?
Answer: A Mode
, ◉ What technology is used to measure the relative stiffness of a
mass?
Answer: Elastography
◉ Triplex imaging includes which of the following?
Answer: B-mode, spectral Doppler, and color Doppler
◉ Which testing method utilizes information gathered from one
area of the body to predict disease in another part of the body?
Answer: Indirect
◉ A technology that uses a computer system to obtain
measurements of images, such as fetal biometry, is said to be?
Answer: Automated
◉ What is an alteration in the normal structure or number of a
chromosome?
Answer: Chromosomal anomaly
◉ What mode captures the movement of structures along a single
scan line represented by time?
Answer: M-Mode
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following would not be considered clinical history
information?
a. Headaches.
b. Gallbladder wall thickening demonstrated during the sonogram
c. Microscopic hematuria
d. Diarrhea
Answer: Gallbladder wall thickening demonstrated during the
sonogram
◉ Which of the following would not be considered sonographic
findings?
a. A palpable breast mass noted during an examination
b. A mass noted on the kidney during a sonogram.
c. Pericardial effusion noted during echocardiography.
d. Vascular stenosis noted during a sonogram of the renal arteries.
Answer: A palpable breast mass noted during an examination
◉ Which of the following techniques does not employ ionizing
radiation to acquire images?
,Answer: MRI
◉ What are the typical ranges of diagnostic ultrasound?
Answer: Between 2 MHz and 15 MHz
◉ Which of the following is the best definition for emotional
intelligence?
Answer: Having the ability to recognize the emotions of self and
others and the capacity to use those emotions in the decision-
making process.
◉ The form of reasoning by which one makes an educated guess
based on facts describes?
Answer: Inductive reasoning
◉ Which of the following is described as an educated guess based on
clinical history findings?
Answer: Clinical hypothesis
◉ Which of the following is the correct sequence of the sonographic
reasoning process?
a. Sonographic findings, investigative imaging, clinical correlation,
clinical history, clinical hypothesis.
,b. Clinical history, clinical hypothesis, investigative imaging,
sonographic findings, clinical correlation.
c. Clinical hypothesis, sonographic findings, clinical history,
investigative imaging, clinical correlation.
d. Investigative imaging, sonographic findings, clinical history,
clinical correlation, clinical hypothesis.
Answer: Clinical history, clinical hypothesis, investigative imaging,
sonographic findings, clinical correlation
◉ Which of the following is described as a set of values based on
hard work and diligence?
Answer: Work ethic.
◉ What instrument uses ultrasound to detect flaws in metals?
Answer: Reflectoscope
◉ What instrument was designed to be used underwater for
recording or listening to underwater sound?
Answer: Hydrophone
◉ What mode displays the depth of the returning echo represented
on the x-axis and the strength (amplitude) of the reflector
representing along the y-axis?
Answer: A Mode
, ◉ What technology is used to measure the relative stiffness of a
mass?
Answer: Elastography
◉ Triplex imaging includes which of the following?
Answer: B-mode, spectral Doppler, and color Doppler
◉ Which testing method utilizes information gathered from one
area of the body to predict disease in another part of the body?
Answer: Indirect
◉ A technology that uses a computer system to obtain
measurements of images, such as fetal biometry, is said to be?
Answer: Automated
◉ What is an alteration in the normal structure or number of a
chromosome?
Answer: Chromosomal anomaly
◉ What mode captures the movement of structures along a single
scan line represented by time?
Answer: M-Mode
