SPI Safety and QA practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Infection control and transducer disinfection, documenting QA checks, transducer and machine integrity, gray-scale QA with tissue-mimicking phantoms, and sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and accuracy. Provide Clinical Safety & Quality Assurance is 10% of the SPI exam, about 11 of 110 questions.

Line drawing of a test phantom block with a transducer resting on top, beside disposable gloves and a spray bottle

Before you start

Every question has four options and one correct answer (Inteleos does not publish the real exam’s option count). Each explanation says why the answer is right and why the most tempting wrong answer is wrong.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

Original practice questions written to the ARDMS SPI Content Outline (version 24.1). They are not questions from the SPI exam or from Inteleos. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by ARDMS, APCA, Inteleos or Pearson.