Fetal Echo Final Exam Questions with
Correct Answers 2025/2026
AIUM recommends that fetal echocardiography be performed between _______ weeks. -
CORRECT ANSWER -18-22
T or F If CHD does recur in families, it is not limited to the same type of defect - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
List 3 Left Sided Strucutres: - CORRECT ANSWER -Heart, Stomach, Aorta
List 3 Right Sided Structures: - CORRECT ANSWER -Liver, IVC, Gallbladder
The heart located in the right side of the chest with the apex pointing to the left refers to:
a. normal situs
b. dextrocardia
c. levoposition
d. dextroposition - CORRECT ANSWER -d.
Which of the following is NOT an indication for a fetal echo?
a. extracardiac anomalies
b. family hx of CHD
c. obesity
d. systemic lupus erythematosus - CORRECT ANSWER -c.
The risk of a CHD in a fetus with an affected sibling is ___ - _____ % - CORRECT ANSWER -2-4
,The moderator band is located in the.... - CORRECT ANSWER -right ventricle
In normal fetal situs, the stomach is located on the ____ side. - CORRECT ANSWER -Left
T or F Most ASD can be diagnosed in utero - CORRECT ANSWER -False
The best sonographic view to diagnose an AtrioVentricular Septal Defect is?
a. five chamber
b. short axis view
c. apical 4 chamber view
d. both subcostal and apical 4 chamber
e. subcostal 4 chamber view - CORRECT ANSWER -d.
What type of atrial septal defect generally occurs as a part of a more complex type of CHD?
a. coronary sinus
b. sinus venosus
c. septum primum ASD
d. septum secundum ASD - CORRECT ANSWER -c.
Coronary sinus atrial septal defect may be associated with:
a. persistent left superior vena cava
b. redundant foramen ovale flap
c. shone's syndrome
d. enlarged coronary sinus - CORRECT ANSWER -a.
, The most common type of ventricular septal defect is: - CORRECT ANSWER -Membraneous
The interventricular septum is formed by the end of the ___ week for development. - CORRECT
ANSWER -7th
Embryologically, an atrioventricular septal defect is considered a/an:
a. extracellular matrix abnormality
b. abnormal intracardiac blood flow
c. target growth abnormality
d. cellular death abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER -a.
Atrial septal defect is commonly associated with the following syndrome:
a. Holt-Oram Syndrome
b. Turner Syndrome
c. Noonan Syndrome
d. Williams Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -a.
T or F The presence of a VSD increases the chance of aneuploidy in a fetus. - CORRECT ANSWER
-True
Ebstein's anomaly is the apical displacement of which valve? - CORRECT ANSWER -Tricuspid
Of the 5 morphologic variants of the tricuspid valve associated with tricuspid atresia, which is
the most common?
a. valvular
b. common AV canal
c. ebstein's form
Correct Answers 2025/2026
AIUM recommends that fetal echocardiography be performed between _______ weeks. -
CORRECT ANSWER -18-22
T or F If CHD does recur in families, it is not limited to the same type of defect - CORRECT
ANSWER -True
List 3 Left Sided Strucutres: - CORRECT ANSWER -Heart, Stomach, Aorta
List 3 Right Sided Structures: - CORRECT ANSWER -Liver, IVC, Gallbladder
The heart located in the right side of the chest with the apex pointing to the left refers to:
a. normal situs
b. dextrocardia
c. levoposition
d. dextroposition - CORRECT ANSWER -d.
Which of the following is NOT an indication for a fetal echo?
a. extracardiac anomalies
b. family hx of CHD
c. obesity
d. systemic lupus erythematosus - CORRECT ANSWER -c.
The risk of a CHD in a fetus with an affected sibling is ___ - _____ % - CORRECT ANSWER -2-4
,The moderator band is located in the.... - CORRECT ANSWER -right ventricle
In normal fetal situs, the stomach is located on the ____ side. - CORRECT ANSWER -Left
T or F Most ASD can be diagnosed in utero - CORRECT ANSWER -False
The best sonographic view to diagnose an AtrioVentricular Septal Defect is?
a. five chamber
b. short axis view
c. apical 4 chamber view
d. both subcostal and apical 4 chamber
e. subcostal 4 chamber view - CORRECT ANSWER -d.
What type of atrial septal defect generally occurs as a part of a more complex type of CHD?
a. coronary sinus
b. sinus venosus
c. septum primum ASD
d. septum secundum ASD - CORRECT ANSWER -c.
Coronary sinus atrial septal defect may be associated with:
a. persistent left superior vena cava
b. redundant foramen ovale flap
c. shone's syndrome
d. enlarged coronary sinus - CORRECT ANSWER -a.
, The most common type of ventricular septal defect is: - CORRECT ANSWER -Membraneous
The interventricular septum is formed by the end of the ___ week for development. - CORRECT
ANSWER -7th
Embryologically, an atrioventricular septal defect is considered a/an:
a. extracellular matrix abnormality
b. abnormal intracardiac blood flow
c. target growth abnormality
d. cellular death abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER -a.
Atrial septal defect is commonly associated with the following syndrome:
a. Holt-Oram Syndrome
b. Turner Syndrome
c. Noonan Syndrome
d. Williams Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER -a.
T or F The presence of a VSD increases the chance of aneuploidy in a fetus. - CORRECT ANSWER
-True
Ebstein's anomaly is the apical displacement of which valve? - CORRECT ANSWER -Tricuspid
Of the 5 morphologic variants of the tricuspid valve associated with tricuspid atresia, which is
the most common?
a. valvular
b. common AV canal
c. ebstein's form
