Adult Echocardiography Practice Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
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Echocardiography
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Echocardiography
Inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, & hepatic veins demonstrate systolic flow reversal. What type of valve abnormality would you expect to see?
A. mild mitral regurgitation
B. severe mitral regurgitation
C. mild tricuspid regurgitation
D. severe tricuspid regurgitation Correct Answer-D
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Adult Echocardiography Practice Exam #1 Questions
with Correct Answers
Inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, & hepatic veins demonstrate
systolic flow reversal. What type of valve abnormality would you expect
to see?
A. mild mitral regurgitation
B. severe mitral regurgitation
C. mild tricuspid regurgitation
D. severe tricuspid regurgitation Correct Answer-D
When estimating pulmonary artery pressure, the most reliable non-
invasive method is:
A. tricuspid valve regurgitant jet velocity
B. pulmonic valve systolic velocity
C. pulmonary artery catheter
D. thermodilution Correct Answer-D
Which statement is correct about frequency?
A. higher frequency tranducers decrease the depth of penetration, but
reduce image resolution
,B. low frequency tranducers decrease the depth penetration, but increase
image resolution
C. higher frequency transducers increase the depth of penetration &
improve image resolution
D. low frequency transducers improve depth penetration, but reduce
image resolution Correct Answer-D
Mitral valve prolapse may be augmented by:
A. having the patient lie very flat
B. having the patient perform a valsalva maneuver
C. having the patient inhale
D. injecting contrast into the venous system Correct Answer-B
Which chamber is the more posterior?
A. right ventricle
B. left atrium
C. left ventricle
D. right atrium Correct Answer-B
This image is of a patient with a history of pulmonary hypertension. The
finding noted on this exam is:
,A. dilated left ventricle
B. dilated pulmonic valve
C. left ventricular hypertrophy
D. right ventricular hypertrophy Correct Answer-D
When valves are stenotic, the best way to evaluate them is by using:
A. 2D imaging with hermonics
B. color flow Doppler
C. pulsed wave Doppler
D. continuous wave Doppler Correct Answer-D
Torus aorticus is found in the:
A. left atrial appendage
B. left ventricle
C. right atrium
D. right ventricle Correct Answer-C
Ventricular septal defects may be difficult to detect if they are less than:
A. 3 mm
B. 1 cm
, C. 5 mm
D. 10 mm Correct Answer-A
What type of prosthetic mitral valve replacement is this?
A. porcine - tissue valve
B. tilting disc - mechanical
C. bileaflet tilting disc - mechanical
D. ball & cage - mechanical Correct Answer-A
What is the most common benign primary cardiac?
A. sarcoma
B. myxoma
C. papilloma
D. rhabdomyoma Correct Answer-B
In patients with higher than normal heart rates may cause the Doppler
signal of the left ventricular inflow to:
A. have a high A velocity
B. have a low E velocity
C. has no effect on the E/A velocity
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