ARDMS ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2024

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ARDMS ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2024

COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED

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The best axial resolution will be apparent if the sonographer performs an exam with a transducer that has which characteristic?

• Longer pulse length
• Longer wavelength
• Shorter pulse length
• More ringing in the pulse - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Shorter

pulse length

Lateral resolution will be improved if the sonographer performs which operation?

• Decreases the scanning depth
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• Maximizes the output power
• Uses a lower frequency - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Increases

the number of focal zones

Which action will NOT increase (or improve) temporal resolution?

• Increase the imaging depth.
• Decrease the number of focal zones.
• Use a sector size that is narrow.
• Use a low line density. - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Increase

the imaging depth.

Which name describes how the angles of the incident and transmission beams are related to the speed of the two media?

• Bernoulli's principle
• Curie point
• Huygens' principle
• Snell's law - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Snell's law

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demonstrate shadowing from the stone when using a 3 MHz probe?

• Position the focal point deeper than the stone.
• Increase the amount of gain.
• Increase the frequency to 5 MHz.
• Decrease the output power of the system. - CORRECT

ANSWER-c. Increase the frequency to 5 MHz

If the frequency is doubled, what effect will this have on the wavelength?

• It will remain the same.
• It doubles.
• It increases by a factor of 1.54.
• It is halved. - CORRECT ANSWER -d. It is halved.

Which part of the transducer is necessary to reduce the amount of ringing of the piezoelectric (PZT) crystal?

• Matching layer
• Backing material
• Transducer housing
• Wire - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Backing material
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A given frequency of sound is 4.5 MHz, and it has a wavelength of 0.8 mm.How thick should a manufacturer design the matching layer of a transducer in this scenario?

• 0.4 mm
• 0.16 mm
• 0.2 mm
• 0.6 mm - CORRECT ANSWER -c. 0.2 mm

A sonographer is performing a renal ultrasound. Which transducer frequency will generate the slowest speed of sound?

• All frequencies will travel at the same speed in the same

tissue.

• 2 MHz
• 4.5 MHz
• 7 MHz - CORRECT ANSWER -a. All frequencies will travel

at the same speed in the same tissue.

Transducers used in image production will have which characteristics?

• High Q-factor, wide bandwidth
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