ARDMS SPI Exam
Which gain will increase the risk of bioeffects?
a. transmit
b. receive
c. gain
d. overall gain - CORRECT ANSWER-a. transmit
Which of the following is considered the memory of an ultrasound instrument?
a. pulser
b. transducer
c. receiver
d. beam former
e. digital scan converter
f. display monitor - CORRECT ANSWER-e. digital scan converter
Spectral broadening suggest:
a. laminar flow
b. turbulent flow
c. flow away from the transducer
d. flow towards the transducer - CORRECT ANSWER-b. turbulent flow
With pulse wave Doppler axial resolution: - CORRECT ANSWER-degrades
What color is usually use in color flow Doppler variance map to indicate turbulent
flow? - CORRECT ANSWER-green
The Doppler wall filter is considered a: - CORRECT ANSWER-high pass filter
The Nyquist Limit is equal to:
a. propagation speed x frequency
b. propagation speed/ wavelength
c. PRF/2
, d. 4xV^2 - CORRECT ANSWER-c. PRF/2
Multiple echoes, equally spaced originating from a gas bubble is called:
a. comet tail
b. ring down
c. slice thickness artifact
d. multipath - CORRECT ANSWER-b. ring down
An increase in red blood cell velocity will_____ the Doppler Shift:
a. increase
b. decrease
c. not change
d. cannot be predicted - CORRECT ANSWER-a. increase
The primary advantage of CW Doppler is:
a. range resolution
b. range discrimination
c. range ambiguity
d. range gating
e. absence of sampling rate - CORRECT ANSWER-e. absence of sampling rate
The range for ultrasound begins:
a. 20 Hz
b. 20,000 Hz
c. 2 MHz
d. 15 MHz - CORRECT ANSWER-b. 20,000 Hz (useful frequency range for
clinical imaging is 2MHz-10MHz)
Which instrument control affects the amplitude (dB) of the outgoing signal:
a. gain
b. receiver gain
c. TGC
d. transmit gain
e. overall gain - CORRECT ANSWER-d. transmit gain; amplitude can be affected
by the sonographer
Which of the following is used to convert Doppler shift information into color:
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