SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
Which of the following is a violation of HIPAA policies?
A. Sharing an anonymized image for an exam with your sonography
class
B. discussing exam results with the patient
C. Discussing exam results with the patient's physician
D. posting patient symptoms and demographics with an
anonymous ultrasound image on social media -
correct answer ✅D. posting patient symptoms and demographics
with an anonymous ultrasound image on social media
The Mechanical Index predicts the potential for what effect in the
tissue?
A. cavitation
B. necrosis
C. heating
D. refraction -
correct answer ✅A. cavitation
When using a high level disinfectant on an ultrasound transducer, it
is important to monitor soak time, rinse time, temperature
requirements, ventilation and __.
,SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
A. disinfection of the electrical components for less than 1 minute
B. duration of use of solution
C. number of times the transducer is soaked in an 24hr period
D. number of times the transducer is soaked in an 8hr period -
correct answer ✅B. duration of use of solution
The strength of the received echo determines the __ on the display.
A. location of the pixel
B. brightness of the pixel
C. timing of pixel placement
D. depth of pixel placement -
correct answer ✅B. brightness of the pixel
When reporting spectral Doppler information the Sonographer
must:
A. record the highest quality and highest velocity signals for the
final measurements
B. document the frequency of the transducer used for the exam
should be indicated in the report
C. always record the highest velocity obtained from all signals
,SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
D. classify each waveform as triphasic, biphasic, or monophasic -
correct answer ✅A. record the highest quality and highest velocity
signals for the final measurements
Which of the following machine settings should be adjusted first to
improve the color Doppler image?
A. increase PRF
B. steer the color Doppler sample box
C. decrease PRF
D. increase color Doppler gain -
correct answer ✅D. increase color Doppler gain
If each image requires 50 acoustic pulses and your system displays
30 images per second, what is the pulse repetition frequency?
A. 1500Hz
B. 1500ms
C. 60Hz
D. 100Hz -
correct answer ✅A. 1500Hz
, SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
Which of the following will not affect the signal to noise ration on a
2D image?
A. harmonic imaging
B. spatial compounding
C. temporal compounding
D. frequency compounding -
correct answer ✅C. temporal compounding
Which US image artifact resembles the steps of a ladder?
A. reverberation
B. aliasing
C. resonance
D. misregistration -
correct answer ✅A. reverberation
If the pulser PRF is 5kHz, what will the ultrasound PRF be?
A. 5kHz
B. 1kHz
C. 10kHz
Answers
Which of the following is a violation of HIPAA policies?
A. Sharing an anonymized image for an exam with your sonography
class
B. discussing exam results with the patient
C. Discussing exam results with the patient's physician
D. posting patient symptoms and demographics with an
anonymous ultrasound image on social media -
correct answer ✅D. posting patient symptoms and demographics
with an anonymous ultrasound image on social media
The Mechanical Index predicts the potential for what effect in the
tissue?
A. cavitation
B. necrosis
C. heating
D. refraction -
correct answer ✅A. cavitation
When using a high level disinfectant on an ultrasound transducer, it
is important to monitor soak time, rinse time, temperature
requirements, ventilation and __.
,SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
A. disinfection of the electrical components for less than 1 minute
B. duration of use of solution
C. number of times the transducer is soaked in an 24hr period
D. number of times the transducer is soaked in an 8hr period -
correct answer ✅B. duration of use of solution
The strength of the received echo determines the __ on the display.
A. location of the pixel
B. brightness of the pixel
C. timing of pixel placement
D. depth of pixel placement -
correct answer ✅B. brightness of the pixel
When reporting spectral Doppler information the Sonographer
must:
A. record the highest quality and highest velocity signals for the
final measurements
B. document the frequency of the transducer used for the exam
should be indicated in the report
C. always record the highest velocity obtained from all signals
,SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
D. classify each waveform as triphasic, biphasic, or monophasic -
correct answer ✅A. record the highest quality and highest velocity
signals for the final measurements
Which of the following machine settings should be adjusted first to
improve the color Doppler image?
A. increase PRF
B. steer the color Doppler sample box
C. decrease PRF
D. increase color Doppler gain -
correct answer ✅D. increase color Doppler gain
If each image requires 50 acoustic pulses and your system displays
30 images per second, what is the pulse repetition frequency?
A. 1500Hz
B. 1500ms
C. 60Hz
D. 100Hz -
correct answer ✅A. 1500Hz
, SPI Practice Exam B23 Questions And
Answers
Which of the following will not affect the signal to noise ration on a
2D image?
A. harmonic imaging
B. spatial compounding
C. temporal compounding
D. frequency compounding -
correct answer ✅C. temporal compounding
Which US image artifact resembles the steps of a ladder?
A. reverberation
B. aliasing
C. resonance
D. misregistration -
correct answer ✅A. reverberation
If the pulser PRF is 5kHz, what will the ultrasound PRF be?
A. 5kHz
B. 1kHz
C. 10kHz
