Ultrasound Practice Questions and Answers Updated 2026

Ultrasound Practice
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
UltrasoundBvelocityBisBhigherBinBdenserBtissue?B



True/FalseB-BAnswerBTrue


WhenBindividualBultrasoundBwavesBcombine,BtheBprocessBisBcalled

1.BAttenuation

2.BInterference

3.BDiffusion

4.BReflectionB-BAnswerB2.BInterference



WhenBultrasoundBwavesBreturnBdirectlyBafterBinteractingBwithBanBinterface,Bthe
BprocessBisBcalled

1.BAttenuation
2.BInterference

3.BDiffusion

4.BReflectionB-BAnswerB4.BReflection



TheBconversionBofBmechanicalBimpulsesB(soundBwaves)BtoBanBelectricBpotenti
alBisBaBresultBof

1.BTheBDopplerBEffect

2.BTheBPiezoelectricBEffect

3.BCurie'sBLaw

4.BFaraday'sBLawB-BAnswerB2.BTheBPiezoelectricBEffect

, TheBfrequencyBofBultrasoundBisBmeasuredBinBwhichBunit?B-
BAnswerBHertzB(Hz)B-BwithinBtheBrangeBofB1-20MHz



WhatBisBtheBvelocityBofBsoundBthroughBair?B-BAnswerBApproximatelyB300m/s



WhatBisBtheBvelocityBofBsoundBthroughBsoftBtissue?B-
BAnswerBApproximatelyB1540m/s



WhatBisBtheBvelocityBofBsoundBthroughBbone?B-
BAnswerBApproximatelyB4080m/s



WhichBofBtheBfollowingBdescribesBanBultrasoundBwave?
1.BCanBbeBtransmittedBthroughBaBvacuum

2.BElectromagneticBwave

3.BMechanicalBvibrationBwave

4.BEmissionBofBoscillatingBparticlesB-BAnswerB3.BMechanicalBvibrationBwave



WhatBcanBanBultrasoundBtransducerBdo?

1.BconvertBelectricalBsignalBtoBultrasound
2.BconvertBsoundBintoBultrasound

3.BconvertBultrasoundBintoBsound

4.BconvertBultrasoundBintoBelectricalBsignalB-BAnswerB1.BandB4.B

TransducersBcanBconvertBelectricalBsignalsBintoBultrasoundBandBultrasoundBint
oBelectricalBsignals



InBincreasingBorder,BwhichBofBtheBfollowingBtissuesBtransmitBultrasoundBfastest
?



Blood,BAir,BMuscle,BBone,BFatB-BAnswerBAir,BFat,BBlood,BMuscle,BBone