4th Edition De Jong Test Bank

Craigs Essentials of Sonography and Patient Care 4th Edition De Jong Test Bank

Chapter 01: The History of Diagnostic Medical Sonography and Sonographers

de Jong: Craig’s Essentials of Sonography and Patient Care, 4th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Diagnostic ultrasound uses frequencies between:

• 2.0 and 15.0 MHz.
• 1.0 and 15.0 MHz.
• 2.0 and 20.0 MHz.
• 1.0 and 20.0 MHz.

ANS: D

2. Sound exceeds human hearing when the cycles per second exceeds:

• 10,000 Hz.
• 15,000 Hz.
• 20,000 Hz.
• 25,000 Hz.

ANS: C

3. Humans can hear frequencies as low as:

• 10 cycles per second.
• 15 cycles per second.
• 20 cycles per second.
• 50 cycles per second.

ANS: C

• Sonography is the oldest imaging modality.
• second
• third
• fourth
• fifth

ANS: B

• Which physician devoted his career to the study and development of noninvasive

measurement of the peripheral vascular system?

• John Reid
• Don Baker
• Rokuru Uchida
• Eugene Strandness

ANS: D

• Which physician developed the first application of ultrasound for medical purposes?
• Don Baker
• George Ludwig
• John Reid
• James Willocks 1 / 4

ANS: B

• Who discovered the importance of a full urinary bladder to visualize pelvic structures?
• John Wild
• Ian Donald
• Inge Elder
• Carl Hellmuth Hertz

ANS: B

• Who explored the use of ultrasound in the heart using continuous wave and M-mode?
• George Kossoff
• William Wright
• Inge Edler
• Ian Donald

ANS: C

9. The phenomenon of piezoelectricity was discovered by:

• the Curie brothers.
• John Reid.
• Ian Donald.
• Wilhelm Roentgen.

ANS: A

10. Color flow imaging started to take off in the United States in:

• 1980.
• 1984.
• 1987.
• 1991.

ANS: C

11. Early sonographers were called:

• radiographers.
• ultrasound technicians.
• ultrasound technologists.
• ultrasound technical specialists.

ANS: D

• Who discovered X-ray?
• John Reid
• Martin Wilcox
• George Ludwig
• Wilhelm Roentgen

ANS: D

• Which country led the development of color Doppler?
• Germany 2 / 4

• Japan
• Holland
• United States

ANS: B

14. Research began on medical applications for sonar after:

• World War I.
• World War II.
• Korean War.
• Vietnam War.

ANS: B

15. George Kossoff helped to develop:

• M-mode.
• grayscale.
• color Doppler.
• continuous wave Doppler.

ANS: B

• In 1980, shades of gray were displayed in the static B-scanner.
• 32
• 64
• 128
• 256

ANS: B

• Who first considered using ultrasound to distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissue in

both the breast and intestines?

• John Wild
• Douglass Howry
• Ian Donald
• George Ludwig

ANS: A

• Who tried to disprove Christian Doppler’s theory using a musician on a train?
• Shigeo Satomura
• Robert Rushner
• Eugene Strandess
• Christoph Hedrick Diederik

ANS: D

• Who developed the first Doppler device for medical diagnostic purposes?
• Eugene Strandess
• Shigeo Satomura
• Robert Rushner
• Koroku Namekawa 3 / 4

ANS: B

20. The first annual sonographer awareness week occurred in:

• 1980.
• 1984.
• 1987.
• 1991.

ANS: D

21. The American Medical Association defines technician as someone with:

• a high school diploma.
• 6 weeks to 6 months beyond high school.
• 6-12 months beyond high school.
• 2 years beyond high school.

ANS: B

22. The RVT credential was first offered in:

• 1980.
• 1983.
• 1990.
• 1991.

ANS: B

• The first practical, oral, and written ultrasound examinations were administered in:
• 1970.
• 1974.
• 1980.
• 1983.

ANS: B

24. The RDCS credential was first offered in:

• 1980.
• 1983.
• 1990.
• 1991.

ANS: C

• The term sonologist refers to a who interprets the ultrasound study.
• radiologist
• cardiologist
• obstetrician
• physician no matter the specialty

ANS: D

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