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CCI ECHO FINAL EXAM AND PRACTCE EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {700 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
Which m-mode finding is considered to be a specific indicator of
a fenestrated aortic valve?
a) diastolic flutter of the mitral valve
b) premature opening of the aortic valve
c) diastolic flutter of the aortic valve
d) early systolic closure of the aortic valve - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
diastolic flutter of the aortic valve
A 52-year-old develops a murmur after a myocardial infarction.
What is the most likely etiology?
a) pericarditis
b) pseudoaneurysm
c) ventricular septal defect
d) ruptured papillary muscle - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ventricular
septal defect
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During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine
which drug is given if the patient doesn't reach target heart rate?
a) Inderal
b) Atropine
c) Captoptil
d) Verapamil - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Atropine
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the
right sternal border?
a) Fowlers
b) Trendelenburg
c) left lateral decubitus
d) right lateral decubitus - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > right lateral
decubitus
A patient with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) is referred to your lab
for an echo. Which of the following cardiac defects would you
likely find?
a) pericardial effusion
b) bicuspid aortic valve
c) ventricular septal defect
d) atrioventricular canal defect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
atrioventricular canal defect
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Which of the following choices would NOT be used to correct for
pulsed wave Doppler aliasing?
a) shift the baseline
b) use continuous wave
c) use a higher frequency probe
d) decrease sample volume depth - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > use a
higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam?
a) supine
b) Trendelenburg
c)left lateral decubitus
d) supine with elevated head - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > left lateral
decubitus
A patient with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
might present with what type of cardiomyopathy?
a) dilated
b) restrictive
c) infiltrative
d) hypertrophic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > dilated
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In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most
likely result in the best images? (lowest)
a) 2.25 MHz
b) 2.5 MHz
c) 3.0 MHz
d) 4.0 MHz - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 2.25 MHz
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your
measurement for aortic area?
a) area is too small
b) area is too large
c) areas does not change
d) area can not be measured in dilated hearts - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
area is too large
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur.
What is the most likely etiology?
a) atrial septal defect
b) ventricular septal defect
c) patent ductus arteriosus
d) patent foramen ovale - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ventricular septal
defect
CCI ECHO FINAL EXAM AND PRACTCE EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {700 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
Which m-mode finding is considered to be a specific indicator of
a fenestrated aortic valve?
a) diastolic flutter of the mitral valve
b) premature opening of the aortic valve
c) diastolic flutter of the aortic valve
d) early systolic closure of the aortic valve - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
diastolic flutter of the aortic valve
A 52-year-old develops a murmur after a myocardial infarction.
What is the most likely etiology?
a) pericarditis
b) pseudoaneurysm
c) ventricular septal defect
d) ruptured papillary muscle - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ventricular
septal defect
,2|Page
During a pharmacological echo stress test using Dobutamine
which drug is given if the patient doesn't reach target heart rate?
a) Inderal
b) Atropine
c) Captoptil
d) Verapamil - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Atropine
How do you position a patient for using a Pedoff probe along the
right sternal border?
a) Fowlers
b) Trendelenburg
c) left lateral decubitus
d) right lateral decubitus - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > right lateral
decubitus
A patient with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) is referred to your lab
for an echo. Which of the following cardiac defects would you
likely find?
a) pericardial effusion
b) bicuspid aortic valve
c) ventricular septal defect
d) atrioventricular canal defect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
atrioventricular canal defect
,3|Page
Which of the following choices would NOT be used to correct for
pulsed wave Doppler aliasing?
a) shift the baseline
b) use continuous wave
c) use a higher frequency probe
d) decrease sample volume depth - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > use a
higher frequency probe
How do you position a patient for a TEE exam?
a) supine
b) Trendelenburg
c)left lateral decubitus
d) supine with elevated head - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > left lateral
decubitus
A patient with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
might present with what type of cardiomyopathy?
a) dilated
b) restrictive
c) infiltrative
d) hypertrophic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > dilated
, 4|Page
In a patient with COPD which frequency transducer would most
likely result in the best images? (lowest)
a) 2.25 MHz
b) 2.5 MHz
c) 3.0 MHz
d) 4.0 MHz - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 2.25 MHz
If you measure the LVOT too big how will this affect your
measurement for aortic area?
a) area is too small
b) area is too large
c) areas does not change
d) area can not be measured in dilated hearts - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
area is too large
A 3 year old patient comes to the lab with a systolic murmur.
What is the most likely etiology?
a) atrial septal defect
b) ventricular septal defect
c) patent ductus arteriosus
d) patent foramen ovale - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ventricular septal
defect
