CCI ARDMS Registry review practice
questions
Which of the following is considered to be a major advantage of M-
mode over Two-dimensional echocardiography? - Correct Answer
✔️✔️rapid sampling rate
The equation for determining cardiac output from ventricular volumes
is - Correct Answer ✔️✔️(LVEDV - LVESV) x HR.
What is the remnant of the embryonic opening between the right and
left atria? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️fossa ovalis
Which of the following atrial septal defects lies high on the interatrial
septum next to the superior vena cava? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️sinus venosus
What anatomical location of a VSD is most commonly associated with
aortic insufficiency? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️membranous
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, What is the measure of the rate of change in the left ventricular
pressure during ventricular contraction? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️dp/dt
The Bernoulli equation is used to - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️calculate pressure drops using peak velocity.
When using a variance map it will have what effect on a color flow
image? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Introduces the color green to the
display
When making blood flow measurements with Doppler ultrasound you
would want to planimeter the flow velocity envelope by tracking
which of the following - Correct Answer ✔️✔️the modal
velocities.
The presence of a tricuspid regurgitant jet detected by Doppler can
assist you in estimating - Correct Answer ✔️✔️RV systolic
pressure
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questions
Which of the following is considered to be a major advantage of M-
mode over Two-dimensional echocardiography? - Correct Answer
✔️✔️rapid sampling rate
The equation for determining cardiac output from ventricular volumes
is - Correct Answer ✔️✔️(LVEDV - LVESV) x HR.
What is the remnant of the embryonic opening between the right and
left atria? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️fossa ovalis
Which of the following atrial septal defects lies high on the interatrial
septum next to the superior vena cava? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️sinus venosus
What anatomical location of a VSD is most commonly associated with
aortic insufficiency? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️membranous
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, What is the measure of the rate of change in the left ventricular
pressure during ventricular contraction? - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️dp/dt
The Bernoulli equation is used to - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️calculate pressure drops using peak velocity.
When using a variance map it will have what effect on a color flow
image? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Introduces the color green to the
display
When making blood flow measurements with Doppler ultrasound you
would want to planimeter the flow velocity envelope by tracking
which of the following - Correct Answer ✔️✔️the modal
velocities.
The presence of a tricuspid regurgitant jet detected by Doppler can
assist you in estimating - Correct Answer ✔️✔️RV systolic
pressure
2|Page
