DMS TEST 1 questions with complete
solutions graded A+
SDMS - correct answer ✔✔Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
ARDMS - correct answer ✔✔American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
JRCDMS - correct answer ✔✔Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
CAAHEP - correct answer ✔✔Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs
ALARA - correct answer ✔✔As Low As Reasonably Achievable
Why is it important the program has accreditation? - correct answer ✔✔-Follows a detailed approved
curriculum
-Assures a quality of education
-Students qualify to apply to the ARDMS 60days prior to graduation
Who does Schoolcraft directly report to? - correct answer ✔✔The Joint Review Committee on education
in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Who awards credentials? - correct answer ✔✔The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Who accredits the program? - correct answer ✔✔Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health
Educational Programs
A Mode - correct answer ✔✔Amplitude mode - one of the earliest methods of displaying thereturning
echo for medical uses.
, B Mode - correct answer ✔✔Brightness mode - displays the returning ultrasound signal as a dot onthe
monitor.
M Mode - correct answer ✔✔Motion mode - documents the movement of structures within the body.
Who created the Doppler effect? - correct answer ✔✔Christian Johann Doppler
Who created the piezoelectric effect? - correct answer ✔✔Curie Brothers (Jacques and Pierre)
What's the Doppler effect? - correct answer ✔✔when a source of wave motion itself moves, the
frequency of the emitted wave changes
What's is the piezoelectric effect? - correct answer ✔✔Process whereby a material, such as a crystal or
element within anultrasound transducer, generates electricity and changes shape when pressure is
applied to it. Electrical energy to mechanical and mechanical to electrical
How many MHz in a probe? - correct answer ✔✔6 Mhz
Cystic Anechoic - correct answer ✔✔empty, nothing inside, no echo, completely black
Cystic complex - correct answer ✔✔full with solid tissue, debris floating around
Echogenicities ( Brighter than other tissue) - correct answer ✔✔Hyperechoic
Echogenicities ( Darker/ less bright than the other tissue) - correct answer ✔✔Hypoechoic
Echogenicites ( Mass is same shade as surrounding tissue) - correct answer ✔✔Isoechoic
Texture of tissue- smooth (normal) - correct answer ✔✔homogenous, same shade of grey
solutions graded A+
SDMS - correct answer ✔✔Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
ARDMS - correct answer ✔✔American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
JRCDMS - correct answer ✔✔Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
CAAHEP - correct answer ✔✔Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs
ALARA - correct answer ✔✔As Low As Reasonably Achievable
Why is it important the program has accreditation? - correct answer ✔✔-Follows a detailed approved
curriculum
-Assures a quality of education
-Students qualify to apply to the ARDMS 60days prior to graduation
Who does Schoolcraft directly report to? - correct answer ✔✔The Joint Review Committee on education
in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Who awards credentials? - correct answer ✔✔The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Who accredits the program? - correct answer ✔✔Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health
Educational Programs
A Mode - correct answer ✔✔Amplitude mode - one of the earliest methods of displaying thereturning
echo for medical uses.
, B Mode - correct answer ✔✔Brightness mode - displays the returning ultrasound signal as a dot onthe
monitor.
M Mode - correct answer ✔✔Motion mode - documents the movement of structures within the body.
Who created the Doppler effect? - correct answer ✔✔Christian Johann Doppler
Who created the piezoelectric effect? - correct answer ✔✔Curie Brothers (Jacques and Pierre)
What's the Doppler effect? - correct answer ✔✔when a source of wave motion itself moves, the
frequency of the emitted wave changes
What's is the piezoelectric effect? - correct answer ✔✔Process whereby a material, such as a crystal or
element within anultrasound transducer, generates electricity and changes shape when pressure is
applied to it. Electrical energy to mechanical and mechanical to electrical
How many MHz in a probe? - correct answer ✔✔6 Mhz
Cystic Anechoic - correct answer ✔✔empty, nothing inside, no echo, completely black
Cystic complex - correct answer ✔✔full with solid tissue, debris floating around
Echogenicities ( Brighter than other tissue) - correct answer ✔✔Hyperechoic
Echogenicities ( Darker/ less bright than the other tissue) - correct answer ✔✔Hypoechoic
Echogenicites ( Mass is same shade as surrounding tissue) - correct answer ✔✔Isoechoic
Texture of tissue- smooth (normal) - correct answer ✔✔homogenous, same shade of grey
