PREPARATION FOR ABDOMEN ARDMS
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Cancer of the GI tract and ovarian cancer Correct Answer The
most common source of metastatic disease to the peritoneum and
mesentery is from?
Trauma and catheterization Correct Answer What is the most
common cause of pseudoaneurysm?
Dermoid Correct Answer What is the most common benign
mesenteric neoplasm?
50% Correct Answer The one year mortality rate for a 6 cm
abdominal aortic aneurysm is about?
Exudative ascites Correct Answer Peritoneal fluid collection due
to an inflammatory or malignant process, which exhibits fine or
coarse internal echoes is referred to as?
Fine needle aspiration Correct Answer Type of biopsy that uses a
capillary action technique is?
Subcostal Correct Answer Core biopsy of the liver is best
performed from which approach?
Lower pole in prone position Correct Answer Renal biopsies are
obtained from which pole of the kidney?
Upright Correct Answer Thoracentesis is best performed with the
patient in what position?
,Matching layer Correct Answer The material located in front of
the transducer that helps to improve sound transmission by
reducing ultrasound reflection at the surface is called what?
Decrease pulse duration, decrease SPL, improve axial resolution
Correct Answer Purpose of Damping material?
one quarter of a wavelength Correct Answer The optimal
matching layer thickness is?
bandwidth Correct Answer Range of frequencies present in a
pulse is called?
mechanical Correct Answer What is the type of transducer that
has single or multiple moving elements is called?
Linear switched and linear sequenced array Correct Answer
Another name for a linear array transducer is?
Linear arrays Correct Answer Transducers that have multiple
elements that are pulsed with slight time delays are called?
Annular array Correct Answer Type of transducer that has
concentric elements is?
Sliced thickness Correct Answer An artifact that appears as
echoes filling a fluid filled structure or vessel is?
Clean shadows Correct Answer Shadowing produced from
calcific structures are referred to as?
Side lobe occur with single element transducers and grating lobes
occur with multiple element transducers. Correct Answer What is
the key difference between side lobe artifacts and grating lobe
artifacts?
,9-12 cm Correct Answer What does the normal adult kidney
measure?
True capsule Correct Answer What is the fibrous capsule
surrounding the kidney referred to as?
Columns of Bertin Correct Answer The cortical tissue extending
into the space between adjacent pyramids appearing as a
hypoechoic mass area is?
Cortex Correct Answer What is outer portion of kidney referred to
as?
Nephron Correct Answer Structural and functional unit of kidney?
5 mm or less Correct Answer The renal cortex is considered
abnormal if measures what mm?
Dromedary Hump Correct Answer Normal renal anatomical
variant which has a bulging appearance to the contour of the
kidney is referred to as a?
Angiomyolipoma or renal hematoma Correct Answer A renal
mass composed of fat, blood vessels and smooth muscle tissue is
called?
Renal Cell Carcinoma Correct Answer Mr M is a 60 y/o man at
the u/s dept with hematuria, pain and palpable mass, the u/s
reveals a primarily solid renal mass with areas of cystic
degeneration. Scattered calcifications were also present, what
would the most likely diagnosis be?
Nephroblastoma Correct Answer What is a Wilm's tumor also
know as?
, Increased Correct Answer End stage renal disease wil reveal
____________ echogenicity of the renal cortex
High resistance characteristics Correct Answer Doppler
evaluation of a pt with renal parenchymal disease will reveal
what?
Ureter and bladder Correct Answer What is the most common
site of obstruction by kidney stones?
Iliac fossa Correct Answer What is the normal location of the
renal transplant?
hydronephrosis, fluid collections around kidney, abnormal renal
size and ATN Correct Answer Sonographic signs of renal
transplant rejection would include?
Lymphocele Correct Answer Mr B was referred to the U/S dept
several mths after and renal transplant and the U/S exam
revealed a lg fluid collection with internal echoes arising medial to
the lower pole of the kidney, what is the most likely diagnosis?
200cm/sec Correct Answer A significant renal artery stenosis
would be considered in a renal transplant pt when the peak
systolic velocity exceeds?
Supernumery kidney Correct Answer A completed duplication of
the kidney and ureter is referred to as?
Horseshoe Kidney Correct Answer Fusion of the upper or lower
poles of the kidney during fetal development is called?
Ligamentum Venosum and left portal vein Correct Answer The
dividing landmarks for the left lobe and caudate lobe are the ??
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Cancer of the GI tract and ovarian cancer Correct Answer The
most common source of metastatic disease to the peritoneum and
mesentery is from?
Trauma and catheterization Correct Answer What is the most
common cause of pseudoaneurysm?
Dermoid Correct Answer What is the most common benign
mesenteric neoplasm?
50% Correct Answer The one year mortality rate for a 6 cm
abdominal aortic aneurysm is about?
Exudative ascites Correct Answer Peritoneal fluid collection due
to an inflammatory or malignant process, which exhibits fine or
coarse internal echoes is referred to as?
Fine needle aspiration Correct Answer Type of biopsy that uses a
capillary action technique is?
Subcostal Correct Answer Core biopsy of the liver is best
performed from which approach?
Lower pole in prone position Correct Answer Renal biopsies are
obtained from which pole of the kidney?
Upright Correct Answer Thoracentesis is best performed with the
patient in what position?
,Matching layer Correct Answer The material located in front of
the transducer that helps to improve sound transmission by
reducing ultrasound reflection at the surface is called what?
Decrease pulse duration, decrease SPL, improve axial resolution
Correct Answer Purpose of Damping material?
one quarter of a wavelength Correct Answer The optimal
matching layer thickness is?
bandwidth Correct Answer Range of frequencies present in a
pulse is called?
mechanical Correct Answer What is the type of transducer that
has single or multiple moving elements is called?
Linear switched and linear sequenced array Correct Answer
Another name for a linear array transducer is?
Linear arrays Correct Answer Transducers that have multiple
elements that are pulsed with slight time delays are called?
Annular array Correct Answer Type of transducer that has
concentric elements is?
Sliced thickness Correct Answer An artifact that appears as
echoes filling a fluid filled structure or vessel is?
Clean shadows Correct Answer Shadowing produced from
calcific structures are referred to as?
Side lobe occur with single element transducers and grating lobes
occur with multiple element transducers. Correct Answer What is
the key difference between side lobe artifacts and grating lobe
artifacts?
,9-12 cm Correct Answer What does the normal adult kidney
measure?
True capsule Correct Answer What is the fibrous capsule
surrounding the kidney referred to as?
Columns of Bertin Correct Answer The cortical tissue extending
into the space between adjacent pyramids appearing as a
hypoechoic mass area is?
Cortex Correct Answer What is outer portion of kidney referred to
as?
Nephron Correct Answer Structural and functional unit of kidney?
5 mm or less Correct Answer The renal cortex is considered
abnormal if measures what mm?
Dromedary Hump Correct Answer Normal renal anatomical
variant which has a bulging appearance to the contour of the
kidney is referred to as a?
Angiomyolipoma or renal hematoma Correct Answer A renal
mass composed of fat, blood vessels and smooth muscle tissue is
called?
Renal Cell Carcinoma Correct Answer Mr M is a 60 y/o man at
the u/s dept with hematuria, pain and palpable mass, the u/s
reveals a primarily solid renal mass with areas of cystic
degeneration. Scattered calcifications were also present, what
would the most likely diagnosis be?
Nephroblastoma Correct Answer What is a Wilm's tumor also
know as?
, Increased Correct Answer End stage renal disease wil reveal
____________ echogenicity of the renal cortex
High resistance characteristics Correct Answer Doppler
evaluation of a pt with renal parenchymal disease will reveal
what?
Ureter and bladder Correct Answer What is the most common
site of obstruction by kidney stones?
Iliac fossa Correct Answer What is the normal location of the
renal transplant?
hydronephrosis, fluid collections around kidney, abnormal renal
size and ATN Correct Answer Sonographic signs of renal
transplant rejection would include?
Lymphocele Correct Answer Mr B was referred to the U/S dept
several mths after and renal transplant and the U/S exam
revealed a lg fluid collection with internal echoes arising medial to
the lower pole of the kidney, what is the most likely diagnosis?
200cm/sec Correct Answer A significant renal artery stenosis
would be considered in a renal transplant pt when the peak
systolic velocity exceeds?
Supernumery kidney Correct Answer A completed duplication of
the kidney and ureter is referred to as?
Horseshoe Kidney Correct Answer Fusion of the upper or lower
poles of the kidney during fetal development is called?
Ligamentum Venosum and left portal vein Correct Answer The
dividing landmarks for the left lobe and caudate lobe are the ??
