1.
You are scanning a patient with a known mass in the left medial segment of the liver. What anatomical landmark can you use to identify the left medial segment separate from the right anterior segment of the liver?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
2.
You suspect enlargement of the caudate lobe in a patient with liver disease. What structure located at the anterior border of the caudate lobe will help you identify this lobe of the liver?
A. 
B. 
Fissure for the ligamentum venosum
C. 
D. 
Fissure for the ligamentum teres
E. 
3.
You are asked to rule out the presence of a recannalized paraumbilical. Which anatomic structure is a useful landmark in location of this structure?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
4.
Which vessel courses with the main lobar fissure?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
5.
Oxygenated blood is supplied to the liver via the :
A. 
Portal vein and hepatic vein
B. 
Hepatic vein and hepatic artery
C. 
Portal vein and hepatic artery
D. 
6.
You are performing a sonogram on a slender female and notice a long, thin extension of the inferior aspect of the right lobe of the liver. This most likely represents:
7.
Which of the following forms the caudal border of the left portal vein?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
8.
What ligament divides the left lobe of the liver into medial and lateral segments?
9.
You are asked to perform a doppler study on the hepatic veins in the liver. What differentiates the hepatic veins from the portal veins?
A. 
Hepatic veins converge toward the porta hepatis
B. 
Hepatic veins have brightly echogenic walls
C. 
Portal veins are largest near the dome of liver
D. 
Portal veins normally exhibit a triphasic flow pattern
E. 
Portal veins are accompanied by branches of the biliary tree and hepatic artery
10.
You have detected a mass anterior and to the left of the ligamentum venosum. This mass is located in what lobe of the liver?
11.
The thin capsule surrounding the liver is known as:
12.
Which of the following course interlobar and intersegmental within the liver?
13.
You are performing an ultrasound exam of the liver on a small patient with a 5 MHz curved linear array. Although you have increased the overall gain to its maximum setting, the posterior border of the liver and diaphragm are not visualized, What should you do?
A. 
Rescan the liver with a lower frequency transducer
B. 
Move the focal zone into the near field
C. 
Decrease the transmit power on the ultrasound unit
14.
Which of the following correctly describes the probe placement and imaging plane you would use to demonstrate the 3 hepatic veins and IVC in one view?
A. 
Subcostal oblique approach with the probe angled superiorly and to the patients right
B. 
Sagittal subcostal approach with the probe just to the right of midline
15.
A patient is referred for a liver ultrasound with the clinical history of a raised serum alpha-fetoprotein level. What should you look for?
A. 
B. 
C. 
Focal nodular hyperplasia
16.
You are reviewing lab work prior to performing an abdominal ultrasound exam. Elevated lab values in GGT and ALP. Which statement is true?
A. 
Elevations in both of these lab values is highly specific for HCC
B. 
Elevation of both ALP and GGT is a sensitive indicator of pancreatitis
C. 
Concomitant elevation of both GGT and ALP indicates the source of the elevated ALP is the liver
17.
Which of the following lab tests is NOT used in the evaluation of liver function?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
18.
A patient is referred with right upper quadrant pain and tenderness. Patient has a history of oral contraceptive use. A solid, hypoechoic mass is identified in the right lobe of the liver. Color doppler reveals hypervascularity of the mass. Which of the following scenarios is most likely?
19.
A liver ultrasound on a 49 year old obese male demonstrates diffuse increased echogenicity with a focal hypoechoic area anterior to the portal vein. This most likely represents:
A. 
B. 
Fatty metamorphosis of the liver with focal sparing
C. 
Metastatic disease most likely due to a colon primary
20.
A 52 year old male with known liver cirrhosis presents for an abdominal ultrasound. You will carefully evaluate the liver to rule out the presence of any focal mass because of which TRUE statement below?
A. 
Patients with liver cirrhosis are at increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma
B. 
Metastatic disease occurs commonly with cirrhosis
C. 
Patients with liver cirrhosis tend to develop multiple cysts in their liver and pancreas
D. 
The presence of regenerative nodules rules out cirrhosis
E. 
All the above are correct
21.
You are scanning a patient with suspected liver cirrhosis. All of the following are sonographic features of cirrhosis EXCEPT:
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
22.
An ultrasound evaluation of liver cirrhosis should include a search for which associated complication?
23.
Ultrasound findings of an abdominal study on a 51 year old female include enlargement of hepatic veins and IVC in an otherwise normal appearing liver. These findings are most consistent with which of the following?
A. 
B. 
Right sided heart failure
C. 
24.
Focal fatty liver is most commonly found in which location?
A. 
Medial to the ascending branch of the left portal vein
B. 
Posterior to the right hepatic vein
C. 
Adjacent tot he fissure for the ligamentum venosum
D. 
Anterior to the portal vein at the porta hepatis
25.
You have performed an ultrasound study on a patient with enlarged caudate lobe. shrunken right lobe and splenomegaly. The hepatic veins could not be identified. No other abnormalities were discovered. What should you do?
A. 
Have the patient return in a week for a repeat study to evaluate the hepatic veins
B. 
Evaluate the hepatic veins and IVC with color doppler to confirm patency
C. 
Nothing, you have completed the exam
D. 
Have patient perform a valsalva maneuver and reexamine the hepatic veins