ASPC: AAPA BOC Certification Exam
Questions and All Actual Answers
2026-2027 Updated.
CA-125 (cancer antigen-125 tumor marker) - Answer Epithelial ovarian cancer
PSA (prostate specific antigen) - Answer Prostate cancer
AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) - Answer Hepatocellular CA and germ cell cancers of the ovary and
testes
CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) - Answer Colon cancer
HER2/neu - Answer Breast cancer (carcinoma)
Estrogen receptor - Answer Breast carcinoma
Calcitonin - Answer Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chromogranin A - Answer Neuroendocrine tumors
hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) - Answer Gestational Trophoblastic tumors and some
Germ Cell tumors
Thyroglobulin - Answer Thyroid cancers and thyroid disease
S-100 - Answer Melanoma
Funisitis - Answer Inflammation/infection of the umbilical cord
Accreta - Answer Partial of complete absence of decidua with adherence of the placenta
directly to myometrium
Succinturiate Lobes - Answer Accessory lobes
, Circummarginate - Answer Placenta extrachorialis with a flat transition from villous to
membranous chorion
Circumvallate - Answer Placenta extrachorialis with a folded or rolled transition from villous
to membranous chorion
Placental infarct - Answer Ischemic necrosis of placenta villi
Placental abruption - Answer Hemorrhage into the decidua with separation and compression
of the placenta
Velamentous insertion - Answer The cord and umbilical vessels insert into the membrane
Amnion nodosum - Answer slightly raised round plaques with a shiny surface that leave a
depression when picked off
Squamous metaplasia of the amnion - Answer raised gray/white plaques which can only be
dislodged with difficulty
False knot - Answer local dilatation of umbilical vessels or masses of Wharton's jelly
chorioamnionitis - Answer inflammation of the fetal membranes
Average female heart weight - Answer 250-300 g
Average male heart weight - Answer 300-350 g
Average kidney weight - Answer 150 g
Average parathyroid weight - Answer 35-40 mg
Average spleen weight - Answer 150 g
Average liver weight - Answer 1400-1600 g
Left ventricular wall thickness - Answer 1.3-1.5 cm
Questions and All Actual Answers
2026-2027 Updated.
CA-125 (cancer antigen-125 tumor marker) - Answer Epithelial ovarian cancer
PSA (prostate specific antigen) - Answer Prostate cancer
AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) - Answer Hepatocellular CA and germ cell cancers of the ovary and
testes
CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) - Answer Colon cancer
HER2/neu - Answer Breast cancer (carcinoma)
Estrogen receptor - Answer Breast carcinoma
Calcitonin - Answer Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chromogranin A - Answer Neuroendocrine tumors
hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) - Answer Gestational Trophoblastic tumors and some
Germ Cell tumors
Thyroglobulin - Answer Thyroid cancers and thyroid disease
S-100 - Answer Melanoma
Funisitis - Answer Inflammation/infection of the umbilical cord
Accreta - Answer Partial of complete absence of decidua with adherence of the placenta
directly to myometrium
Succinturiate Lobes - Answer Accessory lobes
, Circummarginate - Answer Placenta extrachorialis with a flat transition from villous to
membranous chorion
Circumvallate - Answer Placenta extrachorialis with a folded or rolled transition from villous
to membranous chorion
Placental infarct - Answer Ischemic necrosis of placenta villi
Placental abruption - Answer Hemorrhage into the decidua with separation and compression
of the placenta
Velamentous insertion - Answer The cord and umbilical vessels insert into the membrane
Amnion nodosum - Answer slightly raised round plaques with a shiny surface that leave a
depression when picked off
Squamous metaplasia of the amnion - Answer raised gray/white plaques which can only be
dislodged with difficulty
False knot - Answer local dilatation of umbilical vessels or masses of Wharton's jelly
chorioamnionitis - Answer inflammation of the fetal membranes
Average female heart weight - Answer 250-300 g
Average male heart weight - Answer 300-350 g
Average kidney weight - Answer 150 g
Average parathyroid weight - Answer 35-40 mg
Average spleen weight - Answer 150 g
Average liver weight - Answer 1400-1600 g
Left ventricular wall thickness - Answer 1.3-1.5 cm
