Sonography study set exam 1 (Mod 1-6)

The total number of credit hours in each of the ACC Sonography Programs is [___] credits.

84

Which of the following involves documentation of education and passing a specialized examination?

credentialing

Which of the following Learning Concentrations is NOT included in the ACC Sonography Programs AAS and ATC degree plans?

Pediatric Sonography and Pediatric Echocardiography

The Clinical Performance Guidelines section of the Sonography Program Policies and Procedures includes [___________________________________].

Patient Care and Safety

Which of the following is NOT included in the Common Curriculum section of the NEC?

Introductory Pediatric and Musculoskeletal

Austin Community College is accredited by the _________________.

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

Which of the following is an organization that awards programmatic accreditation for sonography programs?

CAAHEP

Click on the button/section of the Sonography Programs main webpage that will take you to the information on Program Requirements:

Getting Started

Which of the following does NOT provide credentialing exams for sonographers?

SDMS

Which of the following is included in all ARDMS Content Outlines and Exams?

Clinical Safety and Patient Care

Basic competencies and specialty Learning Concentration competencies are found in Appendix ____ of the CAAHEP Standards (2020)

B

What is the credential granting organization that offers exams for the abdominal, vascular and cardiac specialties?

ARDMS

Which of the following is an organization that manages the programmatic accreditation process and recommends programs to CAAHEP for accreditation?

JRC-DMS

Which of the following is NOT used as a development resource for the Sonography Programs?

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Exam Content Outlines

Austin Community College has institutional regional accreditation from

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The ACC Sonography Programs are required to use the courses published in the ________ by the State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

WECM

The Sonography Student Handbook contains four main sections: Austin Community College Information, Sonography Programs Information, Sonography Program Policies and Procedures, and [_________________].

Health Science Division Polices and Procedures

The ACC Sonography Programs received initial DMS Program CAAHEP accreditation in [______].

1991

Which of the following is NOT a Sonography Learning Domain?

psychologic

Which of the following must be completed to earn an ARDMS credential? (select all that apply)

pass a single specialty exam

pass the SPI exam

Which ACC course fulfills the CAAHEP Standards in the General Education Curriculum requirement of Communication?

SPCH 1318

This is a multidisciplinary membership organization that ensures recommended policies, practice standards, safety procedures, and performance guidelines receive the widest evaluation possible:

AIUM

The ARDMS is NOT a national sonography/sonographer [___________] body.

licensure

Sonography professional organizations include

all of the above (SDMS, ASE, SVU, AIUM)

The ACC Sonography Programs use [_____] of the Curriculum and Learning Competencies found in Appendix B. of the CAAHEP Standards.

6

Of the following choices, refraction requires which of the following factors?

media velocity differences

The sonographer cannot make adjustments that may eliminate artifacts.

False

Which attenuation process results in increased tissue heat?

absorption

Not all types of ultrasound are performed using the same type of transducer.

True

The acoustic variable that has the greatest effect on sonographic imaging is [____].

particle motion

If the propagation velocity of Medium 1 is equal to the propagation velocity of Medium 2, the transmitted sound beam angle at the interface will:

equal the incident beam angle

Wavelength is directly proportional to frequency and indirectly proportional to propagation speed.

False

If the speed of a wave is decreased, what is the effect on the wavelength?

wavelength shortens

The positive half of a pressure wave corresponds to:

compression

Which type of attenuation is responsible for the grainy appearance of organ tissue?

Scattering

Calipers are used when you want to

measure an anatomical feature

Click on the transducer that would be used when imaging cardiac structures.

Which form of attenuation is due to the sound wave not continuing on the path that the ultrasound unit thinks it's going?

Refraction

Which of the following are types of attenuation? (Select all that apply)

Scattering

Absorption

Refraction

Reflection

All of the following are assumptions that the ultrasound unit makes EXCEPT:

All interfaces are encountered at an oblique angle

What can we say about the transmitted sound beam for two adjacent media (specular interface) that have the same sound velocities?

The transmitted angle is the same as the incident angle

Of the options listed, which function does this control on the ultrasound dashboard serve?

freezing the image

A [__________] wave is the type of wave that constitutes medical ultrasound.

longitudinal

Suppose that the propagation velocity of Medium 2 is 1300 m / sec and the propagation velocity of Medium 1 is 1200 m / sec. For an incident angle is 30°, is the refracted angle toward or away from normal?

away from

Match the imaging adjustment to the ultrasound unit contol.

Match the imaging adjustment to the ultrasound unit contol.

Match the imaging adjustment to the ultrasound unit contol.

Match the imaging adjustment to the ultrasound unit contol.

Which of the following describes what the frequency of an ultrasound transducer is best?

How frequently the ultrasound unit sends out a pulse.

If the propagation speed of Medium 1 is less than the propagation velocity of Medium 2, the transmitted sound beam angle at the interface will:

refract away from normal incidence

Which of the following changes depending on what function the sonographer is asking the ultrasound unit to perform?

ultrasound unit touchscreen

Adjusting which control on the ultrasound dashboard will result in a change to the wavelength of the ultrasound wave as it propagates through tissue?

If you change the wavelength of sound, the propagation speed in the tissue being imaged will change.

False

Snell's Law

angle of incidence Med. 1 velocity

-------------------- = ----------------

angle transmitted. Med. 2 velocity

λ = c/f

wavelength= propagation velocity (speed of sound in tissue)/frequency

speed of sound in soft tissue

1.54 mm/us

In a coronal section, which are noted

Lateral, inferior, superior

The body direction anterior is noted in

Sagittal and transverse sections

For DCS (cardiac) sonograms, when the transducer orientation marker is twirls the patients right shoulder, the on screen orientation marker is located on the right side of the image. This means that the image orientation marker indicates the ____ direction.

Superior

In this image the aorta is best described as ___ to the T-12 vertebra.

Anterior

How many segmental veins are there in each kidney?

There are not segmental veins in the kidney

All of the following are different ways of saying the same thing except:

Portions of the liver are both inferior and lateral to the right kidney

A patients lab test shows that they have a high specific gravity. This indicates _____

Dehydration

Place the path of urine in the correct order

Nephrons

Medullary collecting tubules

Collecting tubules of the minor calyx

Collecting tubules of the major calyx

Renal pelvis

Proximal ureter

In this diagram, RV denotes the right ventricle of the heart and LA denotes the left atrium of the heart. The right ventricle is seen _________ to the left atrium.

anterior

This is a transverse image of the abdomen. Click on the anterior portion of this image.

This is a long-axis view of the liver obtained from the anterior aspect of the patient. What direction is #2 indicating?

Inferior

n this image, the caudate lobe is noted anterior to the IVC.

In this image, the #4 is pointing to

the right kidney

What organ is being denoted by the letter "H" on this diagram?

Spleen

Based on the layout shown here, we anticipate that this is a(n)_______ image.

Cardiac US

This is a _________ view of the body.

coronal

The gallbladder is located directly

inferior and posterior to the right lobe of the liver.

When viewing a transverse cadaver section, which descriptors could one use to describe the visualized anatomy? (Select all that apply)

Posterior

Deep

Superficial

Left lateral

Right lateral

Medial

Anterior

Synonyms for the sagittal body plane include (select all that apply)

paramedian

parasagittal

When an organ or structure is described as "inferior" to another organ/structure, it is closer to the _____________ than the other organ/structure.

Feet

Which plane divides the body into equal right and left sections?

midsagittal

In this diagram, RA denotes the right atrium of the heart and LV denotes the left ventricle of the heart. The left ventricle is seen _________ to the right atrium.

left lateral

A sonographer is conducting cardiac imaging from a parasternal window. The notch of their transducer is oriented toward's their patient's right shoulder. What view of the heart are they attempting to obtain?

LONG

In a transverse section, which is noted?

medial, anterior, lateral

In this cadaver section, the gallbladder is noted ____________ to the IVC.

lateral

Toward the back

Dorsal

Toward the front

Ventral

Toward the bottom

caudal

Toward the head

cranial

Near the surface

superficial

Away from the midline; on the outer side

lateral

One of the sonography modalities noted below frequently uses a transducer that results in a curved appearance to both the superficial and the deep portion of the image. Which sonography modality imaging does this describe?

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

When viewing transverse abdominal ultrasound images, it is as though we are looking _______, and when viewing transverse cardiac ultrasound images, it is as though we are looking _____.

up from the patient's feet,

up from the patient's feet

The body direction "anterior" is noted in

sagittal and transverse sections.

an ultrasound image of the liver and kidney was obtained. Click on the lateral aspect of the ultrasound image.

Which standard body plane is being demonstrated in this diagram?

Sagittal

Which of the following are synonyms for "superior"? (Select all that apply)

cephalad

cephalic

cranial

In this sagittal diagram of the abdominal cavity, the stomach is noted _________ to the pancreas.

anterior

Click in the center of the gastrohepatic ligament

What cells in the liver perform the metabolic functions of the liver?

hepatocytes

Carbohydrate metabolism in the liver includes (select all that apply)

- conversion of glycogen to glucose

- breakdown of insulin and other hormones

- gluconeogenesis

Click on the medial branch of the left portal vein:

From inner layer to outer layer, what are the three layers of supportive tissues surrounding each kidney?

Fibrous renal capsule, perirenal fat, renal fascia

Lipid (fat) metabolism in the liver results in the formation of (select all that apply)

- cholesterol

- lipoproteins