ARDMS SPI Practice Exam B Questions And
Answers
Which artifact is illustrated by this image? -
correct answer ✅a) Shadowing
b) Side Lobe
c) Reverberation
d) Mirroring
What is increased if the pulse duration is decreased? -
correct answer ✅a) Bandwidth
b) Line Density
c) Frame Rate
d) Duty Factor
What is the most appropriate action for the sonographer to take
when receiving a verbal order for an exam? -
correct answer ✅a) Deny performance of the exam until a written
request is received
b) Seek approval from supervisor
c) Verbally repeat the request back to the referrer to verify
correctness
d) Document two forms of ID of the patient
, ARDMS SPI Practice Exam B Questions And
Answers
What is the round trip time in soft tissue for an echo from a
reflector at a depth of 1 cm -
correct answer ✅a) 1.54 usec
b) 6.5 usec
c)13 usec
d) 26 usec
What adjustment should be made to avoid the aliasing displayed
on this spectral doppler image seen on spectral analysis? -
correct answer ✅a) Reposition sample volume so it is deeper.
b) Decrease acoustic power
c) Change the doppler angle from 60 to 45 degrees
d) Decrease the transducer freq
In an unfocused transducer, what is the region between the
transducer face and the point where the beam diverges? -
correct answer ✅a) Side lobe
b) Focal Zone
c) Near field
d) Far field
Answers
Which artifact is illustrated by this image? -
correct answer ✅a) Shadowing
b) Side Lobe
c) Reverberation
d) Mirroring
What is increased if the pulse duration is decreased? -
correct answer ✅a) Bandwidth
b) Line Density
c) Frame Rate
d) Duty Factor
What is the most appropriate action for the sonographer to take
when receiving a verbal order for an exam? -
correct answer ✅a) Deny performance of the exam until a written
request is received
b) Seek approval from supervisor
c) Verbally repeat the request back to the referrer to verify
correctness
d) Document two forms of ID of the patient
, ARDMS SPI Practice Exam B Questions And
Answers
What is the round trip time in soft tissue for an echo from a
reflector at a depth of 1 cm -
correct answer ✅a) 1.54 usec
b) 6.5 usec
c)13 usec
d) 26 usec
What adjustment should be made to avoid the aliasing displayed
on this spectral doppler image seen on spectral analysis? -
correct answer ✅a) Reposition sample volume so it is deeper.
b) Decrease acoustic power
c) Change the doppler angle from 60 to 45 degrees
d) Decrease the transducer freq
In an unfocused transducer, what is the region between the
transducer face and the point where the beam diverges? -
correct answer ✅a) Side lobe
b) Focal Zone
c) Near field
d) Far field
