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ARRT Sonography Principles and Instrumentation practice test

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Question 1 Ultrasound physics

Question 1: Ultrasound physics

Diagnostic ultrasound imaging typically uses sound waves in which frequency range?

Question 2 Resolution

Question 2: Resolution

How does increasing transducer frequency affect axial resolution and depth of penetration?

Question 3 Acoustic impedance

Question 3: Acoustic impedance

The acoustic impedance of a tissue is determined by which combination of properties?

Question 4 Reflection

Question 4: Reflection

A strong ultrasound echo is produced at an interface between two tissues that have what characteristic?

Question 5 Transducers

Question 5: Transducers

In a modern ultrasound transducer, what component converts electrical energy into sound and sound back into electrical energy?

Question 6 Pulse echo principle

Question 6: Pulse echo principle

An ultrasound system determines the depth of a reflector using which two pieces of information?

Question 7 Artifacts

Question 7: Artifacts

A bright structure such as a gallstone is followed by a dark band extending deep to it on the image. This artifact is called what?

Question 8 Artifacts

Question 8: Artifacts

Increased echo brightness seen deep to a simple fluid filled cyst is which artifact?

Question 9 Doppler principles

Question 9: Doppler principles

The Doppler effect used in ultrasound describes a change in the frequency of returning echoes caused by what?

Question 10 Doppler angle

Question 10: Doppler angle

For accurate spectral Doppler velocity measurements, the Doppler angle between the ultrasound beam and the direction of blood flow should generally be what?

Question 11 Aliasing

Question 11: Aliasing

Aliasing in color or spectral Doppler occurs when which condition is present?

Question 12 Bioeffects and safety

Question 12: Bioeffects and safety

The ALARA principle in diagnostic ultrasound instructs the sonographer to do what?

Question 13 Output indices

Question 13: Output indices

The thermal index displayed on an ultrasound system provides an estimate of what potential bioeffect?

Question 14 Time gain compensation

Question 14: Time gain compensation

What is the purpose of time gain compensation on an ultrasound system?

Question 15 Attenuation

Question 15: Attenuation

As ultrasound travels deeper into tissue, its intensity decreases. This loss of acoustic energy is called what?

Question 16 Transducer arrays

Question 16: Transducer arrays

A linear array transducer producing a rectangular image is most commonly used for which type of imaging?

Question 17 Color Doppler

Question 17: Color Doppler

In a standard color Doppler display, color generally represents what about blood flow?

Question 18 Focusing

Question 18: Focusing

What is the benefit of placing the transmit focal zone at the depth of the structure of interest?

Question 19 Image storage

Question 19: Image storage

In ultrasound instrumentation, what is the function of the scan converter?

Question 20 Harmonic imaging

Question 20: Harmonic imaging

Tissue harmonic imaging improves image quality primarily by doing what?

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