FREE CCI RCS Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following would the beam former do?

Accepted Answer

Both B and C

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Decreases the echo voltages

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Digitizes the voltages

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Compensates for attenuation using time gain compensation

Question 2

When performing an echocardiogram, the patient asks the technician what the test shows. What should the technician tell the patient?

Accepted Answer

Tell the patient that the physician will have to review the test and provide the patient with the results.

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The technician should tell the patient what the test shows.

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The technician should tell the patient they need to talk to the social worker about the results of the test.

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None of the above

Question 3

The statement that would best describe a "comet tail" would be considered which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A series of closely spaced reverberation echoes.

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A bit

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A crystal

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A sequential display of all the frames that are stored in memory at a controllable frame rate.

Question 4

If a patient's heart rate is 160, it would be considered which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Tachycardia

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Bradycardia

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Fibrillation

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Asystole

Question 5

Frequently a TTE (transthoracic echocardiography) is ordered for patients who are in the coronary care unit. Which of the following could be considered an advantage of using the TTE for these patients?

Accepted Answer

Both A and B

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The portability

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It is of a non-invasive nature

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It is extremely costly

Question 6

General factors that could favor an echocardiography would include all of the following, except:

Accepted Answer

Higher cost

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Shorter test times

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Absence of radiation exposure

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Versatility

Question 7

Which of the following would more than likely not be documented on the official report for the echocardiography images?

Accepted Answer

Cost of the examination

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Name of the patient

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Facilities identifying information

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Date of the examination

Question 8

In order to determine the proper location in the image memory for each echo, which of the following would be considered correct?

Accepted Answer

The location of echoes in depth down each scan line

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The grayscale

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The direction of the electrodes

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None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following structures are not viewable from the apical four-chamber view in the trans-thoracic ECHO?

Accepted Answer

Pulmonary valve

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Mitral valve

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Right ventricle

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Right atrium

Question 10

Which of the following would contrast echocardiography including the detection of?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Left ventricular opacification

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Refined definition of the LV structural abnormalities

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Intracardiac shunts