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Test # 1
One Hundred Twenty
Ultrasound Physics
Practice Questions
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Phillip Crooms RDCS, RVT, RDMS
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In my experience, most multiple choice tests begin with the statement
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: For each question, select the best answer
That is double speak for select the least wrong answer. It does not say the CORRECT answer.
Of the 4 or 5 choices, the correct answer may not be there. Choose the least incorrect answer.
This gives the question writer latitude in answer choices. Get used to it. Short practice exams are
available at the ARDMS website for a fee. You can get a feel for the exam format there.
Strategy to defeat a multiple choice test:
1) Read the question (do not look at the answer choices) cover with your hand
2) If you think you know the answer, uncover the choices. If the answer is there select it
3) If you cannot understand the question or dont know the answer, skip the question
4) Repeat steps 1-3 until all questions have been answered.
5) When you have answered all the questions that you think you know the answer to, you end up with a
few that you have to guess
DO NOT guess C
I made an honest effort to error check these questions, but there has to be
an undetected error somewhere. If you find one and would like to share that
with me, e-mail from www.sonoreview.com. I will not argue ultrasound physics
by telephone. You will find some of the answers arguable. That is in the nature
of the material. Real ultrasound physics is a very complex subject. The diagnostic
medical sonographer only needs enough physics to pass the examinations
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(A) True
(B) False
14. Propagation speed is not affected by the source
(A) True
(B) False
15. Axial resolution is equal to
(A) beam width
(B) pulse length
(C) display resolution
(D) none of the above
16. Electronically steered scanners
(A) have better resolution
(B) have no moving parts
(C) produce grating lobes
(D) none of the above
17. Ultrasound equipment has better __________ than ___________
(A) lateral resolution, temporal gain
(B) signal to noise ratio, output power
(C) axial resolution, lateral resolution
(D) lateral resolution, axial resolution
18. A transducer crystal used in research laboratory high frequency work would likely be
(A) quartz
(B) zirconium
(C) PZT-5
(D) none of the above
19. A beam intensity profile is plotted with a
(A) phantom
(B) phonograph
(C) gramaphone
(D) hydrophone
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26. The operator control that adjusts the range of the display gray scale
(A) gain
(B) power
(C) smoothing
(D) compression
27. Which are acoustic variables
(A) temperature
(B) distance
(C) pressure
(D) density
(E) all of the above
28. Spatial pulse length is _____________ to the number of cycles in the pulse
(A) inversely proportional
(B) directly proportional
(C) not related to
(D) NASA
29. Lateral resolution is equal to
(A) beam width
(B) pulse length
(C) display resolution
(D) none of the above
30. An example of mechanical beam steering technology is
(A) linear array
(B) annular array
(C) array shifting
(D) none of the above
31. The average pulse repetition frequency of an ultrasound machine is
(A) 1000 Hz
(B) 100 Hz
(C) 10 MHz
(D) 1 MHz
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(A) hypoechoic
(B) hyperechoic
(C) anechoic
(D) echogenic
(E) hypogenic
39. Blue in color doppler represents venous flow.
(A) True
(B) False
40. Calculate the approximate velocity of a reflector if the Doppler shift is
4000 Hz , the angle is 60 degrees and the transducer is 5.0 MHz.
(A) 120 cm/s
(B) 50 cm/sec
(C) 300 cm/s
(D) 360 cm/s
41. In a transverse wave, particles move __________ to the direction of the wave
(A) parallel
(B) perpendicular
(C) vertical
(D) none of the above
42. Intensity is equal to
(A) power multiplied by beam area
(B) power divided by beam area
(C) SPTP
(D) SPTP times beam uniformity coefficient
43. If frequency is increased, the wavelength
(A) increases
(B) decreases
(C) increases twice
(D) remains constant
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76. A sound beam is traveling from medium A to medium B. Medium A has a propagation
speed of 1500 m/sec. Medium B has a propagation speed of 1600 m/sec.
The angle of incidence is 40 degrees. What is the angle of transmission ?
(A) greater than 45 degrees
(B) equal to 45 degrees
(C) less than 45 degrees
(D) cannot be determined
77. Mirror image artifacts are caused by
(A) side lobes
(B) ring down
(C) refraction
(D) reflection
78. The intensity of ultrasound as it propagates through tissue, is reduced by
(A) absorption
(B) scattering
(C) divergence
(D) all of the above
79. Acoustic pressure is directly proportional to
(A) intensity
(B) amplitensity
(C) acoustic velocity
(D) acoustic impedance
80. An ____________ structure produces no echoes
(A) anechoic
(B) echogenic
(C) sonologist
(D) hypoechoic
(E) hyperechoic
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2. B
3. A
4. B
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6. D
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