ARDMS ECHO EXAM SCRIPT FINAL PAPER
2026 SOLVED QUESTION SET GRADED A+
◉most common conduction abnormalities with DCM. Answer: LBBB
◉What is a common arrhythmia assicated with MVP. Answer:
Paroxysmal Supraventicular tachycardia. It is believed this may be
do to the stress and anxiety of feeling chest pain, ect. This in turn
provokes SVT
◉Can transducers be heart sterilized. Answer: NO.
◉Why should you look for a PFO if you are looking for an embolus.
Answer: A PFO can shunt a clot from the right side through the PFO
into the left heart.
◉A systolic murmur heard best at the apex of the heart is most likely
what. Answer: MR
◉VTI Doppler traces gives information on what. Answer: Mean
velocities-- it can give both peak and mean but only method of
providing a mean pressure gradient
,◉DE on an MV M mode represents what. Answer: opening of the MV
or the Rapid filling phase
◉A ratio used to calculate the severity of a shunt. Answer: Qp/Qs---
Depending on the location of the shunt a SV is determined for
pulmonary blood flow vs. systemic blood flow
◉what is the name of the procedure in which a pacer wire in placed
in both the RV and the CS. Answer: Cardiac resynchronization. LVF
can improve with simultaneors ventricular function
◉The normal wall thichness measurement should be what. Answer:
<11 mm or <1.1 cm
◉Simpsons rule is used for measuring what. Answer: EF
◉What is the most accurate measurement for assessing LVF.
Answer: Simpsons
◉The formula for the quantification of pulmonary blood volume vs
systemic volume. Answer: Qp/Qs
, ◉with Qp/Qs L-R shunts with volume overload to right heart. When
the right heart or Qp volume is greater than ____ of the left heart or
the Qs volume, the shunt is significant. Answer: 1.5
◉on M mode the aorta is measured at. Answer: end systole
◉External focusing of the transducer is with the _. Answer: lens
◉intermal focusing of the transducer is with the. Answer: curved
element and phased array focusing is with the electronics of the US
system
◉Aliasing occurs when the velocity reaches more than____ of the
PRF. Answer: 1/2
◉Contrast can be used to _____ the Doppler signal in order to obtain
an adequate display. Answer: highlight
◉When using a contrast media the sonographer must _____ acoustic
power. Answer: decrease. Higher power will burst the bubbles of
contrast
◉Type of artifact caused by the regular periodic spacing of elements
within the array. They create artifacts by measuring time of flight to
2026 SOLVED QUESTION SET GRADED A+
◉most common conduction abnormalities with DCM. Answer: LBBB
◉What is a common arrhythmia assicated with MVP. Answer:
Paroxysmal Supraventicular tachycardia. It is believed this may be
do to the stress and anxiety of feeling chest pain, ect. This in turn
provokes SVT
◉Can transducers be heart sterilized. Answer: NO.
◉Why should you look for a PFO if you are looking for an embolus.
Answer: A PFO can shunt a clot from the right side through the PFO
into the left heart.
◉A systolic murmur heard best at the apex of the heart is most likely
what. Answer: MR
◉VTI Doppler traces gives information on what. Answer: Mean
velocities-- it can give both peak and mean but only method of
providing a mean pressure gradient
,◉DE on an MV M mode represents what. Answer: opening of the MV
or the Rapid filling phase
◉A ratio used to calculate the severity of a shunt. Answer: Qp/Qs---
Depending on the location of the shunt a SV is determined for
pulmonary blood flow vs. systemic blood flow
◉what is the name of the procedure in which a pacer wire in placed
in both the RV and the CS. Answer: Cardiac resynchronization. LVF
can improve with simultaneors ventricular function
◉The normal wall thichness measurement should be what. Answer:
<11 mm or <1.1 cm
◉Simpsons rule is used for measuring what. Answer: EF
◉What is the most accurate measurement for assessing LVF.
Answer: Simpsons
◉The formula for the quantification of pulmonary blood volume vs
systemic volume. Answer: Qp/Qs
, ◉with Qp/Qs L-R shunts with volume overload to right heart. When
the right heart or Qp volume is greater than ____ of the left heart or
the Qs volume, the shunt is significant. Answer: 1.5
◉on M mode the aorta is measured at. Answer: end systole
◉External focusing of the transducer is with the _. Answer: lens
◉intermal focusing of the transducer is with the. Answer: curved
element and phased array focusing is with the electronics of the US
system
◉Aliasing occurs when the velocity reaches more than____ of the
PRF. Answer: 1/2
◉Contrast can be used to _____ the Doppler signal in order to obtain
an adequate display. Answer: highlight
◉When using a contrast media the sonographer must _____ acoustic
power. Answer: decrease. Higher power will burst the bubbles of
contrast
◉Type of artifact caused by the regular periodic spacing of elements
within the array. They create artifacts by measuring time of flight to
