Physics Mock Exam Questions
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d. ALARA principle ANS✔✔ Reducing the likelihood of bioeffects from
acoustic energy is the mission of the:
a. Nyquist limit
b. Reynolds number
c. Huygens principle
d. ALARA principle
b. spatial pulse length ANS✔✔ The number of cycles in a pulse directly
relates to the:
a. duty factor
b. spatial pulse length
c. operating frequency
d. pulse repetition frequency
d. velocity of the reflector ANS✔✔ The Doppler shift frequency is
proportional to the:
a. cosine values
b. spatial pulse length
c. operating frequency
d. velocity of the reflector
,a. width diverges ANS✔✔ In the Fraunhofer zone, the beam:
a. width diverges
b. is conical in shape
c. intensity is greatest
d. intensity is inconsistent
c. reverberation ANS✔✔ Artifacts consisting of parallel equally spaced lines
are characteristic of:
a. multipath
b. grating lobes
c. reverberation
d. range ambiguity
d. acoustic enhancement ANS✔✔ An increase in reflection amplitudes from
reflectors behind a weakly attenuating structure is termed:
a. comet-tail artifact
b. acoustic shadowing
c. slice thickness artifact
d. acoustic enhancement
c. dynamic range ANS✔✔ The ratio of the largest power to the smallest
power the ultrasound system can handle describes:
a. bandwidth
b. compensation
c. dynamic range
,d. contrast resolution
d. operating frequency ANS✔✔ Axial resolution directly relates to the:
a. spatial pulse length
b. temporal resolution
c. transducer diameter
d. operating frequency
d. increase or decrease according to the polarity ANS✔✔ When voltage is
applied to the piezoelectric crystal, the crystal will:
a. vibrate
b. increase in size
c. decrease in size
d. increase or decrease according to the polarity
c. 50% ANS✔✔ The resistance of the arterioles accounts for approximately
what percentage of the total system resistance?
a. 25%
b. 33%
c. 50%
d. 75%
d. red blood cells ANS✔✔ Rayleigh scattering is mostly likely to occur when
encountering the:
a. liver
, b. pleura
c. diaphragm
d. red blood cells
d. black ANS✔✔ Which color always represents the baseline in color
Doppler imaging?
a. red
b. blue
c. white
d. black
c. number of cycles in a second ANS✔✔ Which of the following correctly
defines acoustic frequency?
a. length of one cycle
b. number of pulses in a cycle
c. number of cycles in a second
d. strength of the compression wave
b. fusion imaging ANS✔✔ Pairing ultrasound images with another imaging
modality for direct comparison describes:
a. spatial compounding
b. fusion imaging
c. parallel processing
d. multifocal imaging
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