Question 1
Question
The frequency of a transducer does not change. If the diameter of the new piezoelectric crystal increase, what happens happens to the near zone length?
Answer
-
increases
-
decreases
-
no change
Question 2
Question
The frequency of a transducer does not change. If the diameter of the new piezoelectric crystal increases, what happens to the beam diameter in the far zone?
Answer
-
increases
-
decreases
-
no change
Question 3
Question
The frequency of a transducer does not change. If the diameter of the new piezoelectric crystals increases, what happens to wavelength?
Answer
-
increases
-
decreases
-
no change
Question 4
Question
The frequency of a transducer does not change. If the diameter of the new piezoelectric crystal increase, what happens to the beam diameter in the near zone?
Answer
-
increases
-
decreases
-
no change
Question 5
Question
At the location is the sound beam diameter three time greater than the transducer diameter?
Answer
-
at the end of the near zone
-
at the depth equal to four focal lengths
-
at the end of the far zone
-
at the triple-diameter depth
Question 6
Question
What is the shape of a sound beam created by a tiny piece of PZT?
Answer
-
hourglass shaped
-
V-shaped
-
round
-
shaped like a tube
Question 7
Question
Which of the following explains why a sound beam created by a disc-shaped crystal is hourglass-shaped?
Answer
-
Bernoulli's Principle
-
Sheffield's Law
-
Ohm's Law
-
Huygen's Principle
Question 8
Question
Which of the following locations is the deepest?
Question 9
Question
Which of the following locations is the most shallow?
Answer
-
beginning of the far zone
-
beginning of the focal zone
-
focal depth
-
beginning of the Fraunhofer zone
Question 10
Question
A pair of 6MHz probes are identical excepts for the active element diameter. The active element diameters are 6mm and 10mm. The sound beam of which probe will have a shallower focus?
Question 11
Question
A pair of 9mm diameter probes are identical except for frequency, which is 3MHZ and 6MHz. WHich beam will have shallower focus?
Question 12
Question
Which of the following probes creates a beam with the deepest focus?
Answer
-
4 mm diameter, 4 MHz
-
6 mm diameter, 8 MHz
-
4 mm diameter, 2 MHz
-
5 mm diameter, 8MHz
Question 13
Question
Which of the following probes creates a beam with the shallowest focus?
Answer
-
4 mm diameter, 4 MHz
-
6 mm diameter, 8 MHz
-
4 mm diameter, 2 MHz
-
5 mm diameter, 8MHz
Question 14
Question
Which of the following probes creates a beam with a the shallowest focus?
Answer
-
small diameter, high frequency
-
large diameter, high frequency
-
small diameter, low frequency
-
large diameter, low frequency
Question 15
Question
Active elements diameter and near zone are directly related?
Question 16
Question
Transducer frequency and near zone length are inversely related.
Question 17
Question
Wavelength and near zone length are inversely related.
Question 18
Question
A pair of 6 MHz probes are identical excepts for the active element diameter, which is 6 mm and 10 mm. Which beam will be more compact in the far field?
Question 19
Question
A pair of 9 mm diameter probes are identical except for frequncies, which are 3 MHz and 6MHz. Which sound beam will spread out more in the far field>
Question 20
Question
Which of the following probes creates a beam with least divergence?
Answer
-
4 mm diameter, 4MHz
-
6 mm diameter, 8MHz
-
6 mm diameter, 2MHz
-
5 mm diameter, 8 MHz
Question 21
Question
Which of the following probes creates a beam with most divergence?
Answer
-
4 mm diameter, 4 MHz
-
6 mm diameter, 8 MHz
-
4 mm diameter, 2 MHz
-
5 mm diameter, 8 MHz
Question 22
Question
Which of the following probes create a beam with the most divergence?
Answer
-
small diameter, high frequency
-
large diamter, high frequency
-
small diameter, low frequency
-
large diameter, low frequency
Question 23
Question
Transducer frequency and beam divergence are inversely related
Question 24
Question
Active element diameter and beam divergence are inversely related.
Question 25
Question
Mechanical scanning and linear phased arrays create sector-shaped images
Question 26
Question
Many active elements fire at almost the same time in mechanical scanner.
Question 27
Question
Many active elements fire at almost the same time in a phased array scanner.
Question 28
Question
Which of the following transducers is best described as mechanically steered and fixed, single focused?
Answer
-
annular phased array
-
annular array
-
mechincal
-
linear phased
Question 29
Question
Which of the following is best described as mechanically steered and multi-focus?
Question 30
Question
Which of the following transducers creates a rectangular shaped image?
Answer
-
annular phased array
-
linear sequential array
-
mechanical
-
linear phased
Question 31
Question
A linear phased array transducer has 128 crystals. How many of these crystals are fired to create a single sound beam?
Answer
-
1
-
a small group
-
a large group
-
128
Question 32
Question
A linear sequential array transducer has 128 crystals. How many of these crystals are fired to create a single sound beam?
Answer
-
1
-
a small group
-
128
-
a large group
Question 33
Question
In a linear phased array, what is the firing patten that steers a beam to the left or right?
Answer
-
electronic slope
-
electronic curvature
Question 34
Question
In linear phased arrays, what is the firing pattern that focuses a sound beam?
Answer
-
electronic slope
-
electonic curvature
Question 35
Question
There are large time delays in the firing pattern of a linear phased array transducer.
Question 36
Question
A machine that displays A-mode and Two- dimensional image is called a duplex scanner.
Question 37
Question
A machine that displays a Doppler and two-dimensional images is called a duplex scanner.
Question 38
Question
Which of the following improves elevational resoultion?
Question 39
Question
Side lobes degrade axial resolution
Question 40
Question
Side lobes degrade lateral resolution
Question 41
Question
Which of the following forms of resolution improve when frame rate increases?
Answer
-
lateral
-
temporal
-
spatial
-
longitudinal
Question 42
Question
Which of the following is consistent with improved temporal resolution?
Answer
-
color doppler
-
more grey shades
-
more detail
-
high frame rate
Question 43
Question
All of the following decrease temporal resolution except?
Answer
-
lower frame rate
-
deeper imaging
-
multi-focus
-
narrow sector
Question 44
Question
A sonographer adjusts an ultrasound scan to double the depth of view from 5 cm to 10 cm. What happens to the frame rate?
Question 45
Question
A sonographer adjusts an ultrasound scan to double the depth of view fro 5 cm to 10 cm. If the frame rate remains the same which on of the following also occurs?
Question 46
Question
A sonographer adjusts an ultrasound machine to change the sector siz for 90 to 45 degrees. Nothing else changes. What happends to the frame rate?
Answer
-
it is doubled
-
it remains unchaged
-
it is halved
-
it is tripled
Question 47
Question
A sonographer adjusts an ultrasound system to change the sector size for 90 to 45 degree. The frame rate was unchanged. What else must have happened?
Question 48
Question
A sonographer using a phased array ultrasound system turns off the multi-focus feature. What is the most likely consequence of this action?
Question 49
Question
A sonographer increases the line density from 1 line per degree of the sector to 3 lines per degree of the sector. What is the most likely consequence of this action?
Answer
-
frame rate increases
-
temporal resolution decreases
-
imaging quality decreases
-
temporal resolution increases
Question 50
Question
A sonographer reduces the sector angle for 90 degrees to 30 degrees. At the same time, the ultrasound system automatically increases the lines density from 1 line per degree to 2 lines per degree. No other change is made. What will happen to the frame rate?
Answer
-
increases
-
decreases
-
remains unchanged
Question 51
Question
A sonographer reduces the sector angle for 90 degrees to 30 degrees. At the same time, the ultrasound system automatically increases the lines density from 1 line per degree to 3 lines per degree. No other change are made. What will happen to temporal resolution?
Answer
-
increases
-
decreases
-
remains unchanged
Question 52
Question
Which of the following is most important in determinging the frame rate of a system?
Question 53
Question
Which of the following is most important in determining frame rate of a system?
Question 54
Question
What is the frame rate if each image of the ultrasound system is created in 0.02 sec (1/50 sec)
Question 55
Question
What is the time needed to make a single image if the frame rate of an ultrasound system is 20 Hz?
Question 56
Question
The critical factor in determining frame rate, line density, and imaging depth is the tranducer style.
Question 57
Question
The number of lines per frame and the frame rate determine the frequency
Question 58
Question
The number of lines per frame and frame rate determine the PRF
Question 59
Question
If the imaging depth of a scan is 15 cm and there are 100 lines in the image, then the number of pulses making up the scan is 1500.
Question 60
Question
If the imaging depth of a scan is 15 cm and there are 100 lines in the image, then the number of pulses making up the scan is 100.
Question 61
Question
If 100 scan lines make up an image and the frame rate is 30 per second, then the transducer's frequency is 3,000 HZ
Question 62
Question
If 100 scan lines make up an image and the frame rate is 30 per second, then the system's PRF is 3,000 Hz
Question 63
Question
When the frame is 30Hz, how long does it take to create a frame?
Answer
-
30 sec
-
3 sec
-
0.3 sec
-
1/30 sec
-
1/3 sec
Question 64
Question
Under certain conditions, an ultrasound system creates imagine in 0.01 seconds. What is the frame rate?
Answer
-
1 Hz
-
10 sec
-
100 Hz
-
200 Hz
-
0.02 Hz
Question 65
Question
What is the fundamental limitation of temporal resolution?
Question 66
Question
All of the following are components of an ultrasound system except?
Answer
-
transducer
-
alternator
-
display
-
pulser
-
synchronizer
-
receiver
Question 67
Question
This type of pulser generates a constant electrical signal in the form of a sine wave
Question 68
Question
This type of pulser generates a single electrical spike, which ultimately creates a single sound pulse.
Question 69
Question
This type of pulser generates numerous electrical spikes, which ultimately create a single sound pulse
Question 70
Question
The acoustic power of the sound beam emitted from a transducer is determined by the ________ of the pules's signal
Answer
-
PRF
-
Frequnecy
-
voltage
-
rectification
Question 71
Question
All of the following functions of the receiver except
Answer
-
demodulation
-
supression
-
amplification
-
attenutation
Question 72
Question
Amplification processes all reflected signals in a similar manner
Question 73
Question
Compensation processes all reflected signals in a similar manner