Key Concepts for ARDMS Certification 2024–2025
This final RDMS exam review includes a comprehensive set of practice questions with
verified answers, designed to prepare candidates for the ARDMS Ultrasound certification.
It focuses on high-yield content such as anatomy and physiology, image evaluation,
Doppler techniques, obstetric and gynecologic imaging, and abdominal sonography. Ideal
for final-stage test prep, this guide aligns with the 2024–2025 ARDMS RDMS exam
blueprint.
1. In chapter five of Understanding Marriage, authors Roberts &
Greenberg, (2002), were observing ________ behaviors in naturally
occurring marital reactions.: positive
2. Distressed couples are more likely than happily married couples to
engage in hostile, blaming, and attacking behaviors (Roberts & Greenburg,
2002).: true
3. According to Roberts and Greenburg, (2002), ________ are disclosures
about the "inner self" that makes us feel "less safe.": vulnerabilities
3. Roberts and Greenburg, (2002), asked couples to engage in negative
conversations centered around a common area of conflict.: false
4. The "windows" to intimate behavior, provided by Roberts & Greenburg,
(2002), help to describe what types of naturally occurring affectional
processes in marital relationships?: care seeking, caregiving, affectional
responses. all of the above
,5. According to Slatcher, (2010), marital strain and strength impacts
________.-: physiology, cardiovascular disease, mortality... all of the above
6. Marital functioning has a powerful impact on health (Slatcher, 2010).: true
8. Being in a happy marriage can amplify effects of stress (Slatcher, 2010).:
false
9. ________ help to explain why people who are in deeply unsatisfying
relationships to stay in them (Slatcher, 2010).: commitment
10. Men usually benefit health-wise less from marriage than women do
(Gardner, 2018).: false
11. According to Amato (2010), what group has the highest divorce rate?:
African Americans
12. Individuals with college degrees tend to have more stable marriages than
individuals with less education (Amato, 2010).: true
13. Divorce is being associated with higher levels of well-being among
children and adults (Amato, 2010).: false
14. Remarriages are more likely to end in divorce than first marriages
(Sweeney, 2010).: true
15. Contemporary marriages are more likely to end in the death of a spouse
than in divorce (Sweeney, 2010).: false
16. tradition says males "sexual peak" occurs: late teens, early twenties
(higher testosterone)
17. research says males "sexual peak" occurs: mid-20s (depends on health;
when health declines so does testosterone production)
, 18. research suggests females "sexual peak" occurs: early to mid-30s 19.
only females in a ________ hit/experience sexual peak: committed in a serious
long-term relationship
20. According to evolutionary psychologists, females in a ________
experience sexual peak: committed, monogamous relationship 21. marital
frequency of intercourse: 6.3 times/month under 24; 11.7 over 75; 0.8-0.9
22. sexual intimacy; not a function of length of marriage but of ________:
psychological/biological aging
23. decreases in sexual intimacy due to ________: habituation (newness wears
off)
24. frequency of intercourse is also related to ________: relationship
satisfaction and sexual satisfaction (not performance; emotional connection)
25. sexual frequency: single (non-co.); M: 26% at least twice/week and F: 20%
cohabiting; both just over 50% at least twice/week married; M 43% at least
twice/week and F: 39%
26. women over _______ indicate less physical pleasure from sex than those
under that age: 40
27. tends to be high in satisfied relationships but not the most influential
aspect (e.g. communication, emotional intimacy): sexual satisfaction
28. The greatest emotional and physical fulfillment from sex experienced by
those who report:: believe their relationship will last a lifetime and
exclusivity/monogamy
29. single vs. married females reports "extremely" emotionally and
physically satisfying: single (non-co.); 31% married; 42%