PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT ASCP EXAM
(ACTUAL EXAM) WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
Choriocarcinoma - ANSWERS-Placental cancer usually, ovary
and testicle possible
Spreads to lungs
Hydratiform mole
Phyllodes Tumor - ANSWERS-Large mass, ulceration over
skin
Variable malignancy
Leaf projections in cystic spaces
Intraductal Papilloma - ANSWERS-Serous or bloody
discharge, benign
,DES diethylstibestrol - ANSWERS-Daughters of women
treated with this drug have an increased risk of
adenocarcinoma of the vagina (clear cell)
Squamous cell Carcinoma Vagina - ANSWERS-Usually an
extension from the vagina
Prostate Cancer - ANSWERS-Has bone mets
Elevated prostatic specific antigen
Partial Hydatidiform mole - ANSWERS-Fertilization of an
ovum by two or more spermatozoa
69 XXY
Increase in hCG
Vitamin A Deficiency - ANSWERS-Night blindness and
squamous metaplasia
Berbiberi - ANSWERS-B1 deficiency
Dry: Peripheral Neuropathy
Wet: increased output, cardiac failure
,Marasmus - ANSWERS-Deficient in all neutrients
Erythema Muliforme - ANSWERS-"target" archer's bull's eye
lesion
Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome - ANSWERS-Port wine stain,
mucus membranes with hemorrhage
Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma) - ANSWERS-Liver cancer
with malignant vascular tumer from exposure to polyvinyl,
arsenic and others
Kaposi Sarcoma - ANSWERS-AIDS, red-purple macules lower
extremities
Pellagra - ANSWERS-B3 deficiency
Megloblastic Anemia - ANSWERS-B12 (Neurologic
dysfunction)
Folic Acid (no neuro symptoms)
Kwashiorkor - ANSWERS-Protein deficient
, Right Coronary Artery - ANSWERS-Posterior RV free wall and
septum
Posterior LV
Left Circumflex (from left coronary: right dominant) -
ANSWERS-LV lateral wall
Left Anterior Descending - ANSWERS-Apex
Anterior LV
Anterior 2/3 Ventricular septum
Arteriolosclerosis - ANSWERS-Hyaline thickening in vessels
(kidneys, hypertension, diabetes)
Atherosclerosis - ANSWERS-Plaques (atheroma) in vessels
Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-rigidity, thickening of vessels
Monckeberg Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-Radial and ulnar
arteries, calcific sclerosis of the media of arteries (so blood
flow is not obstructed)
(ACTUAL EXAM) WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
Choriocarcinoma - ANSWERS-Placental cancer usually, ovary
and testicle possible
Spreads to lungs
Hydratiform mole
Phyllodes Tumor - ANSWERS-Large mass, ulceration over
skin
Variable malignancy
Leaf projections in cystic spaces
Intraductal Papilloma - ANSWERS-Serous or bloody
discharge, benign
,DES diethylstibestrol - ANSWERS-Daughters of women
treated with this drug have an increased risk of
adenocarcinoma of the vagina (clear cell)
Squamous cell Carcinoma Vagina - ANSWERS-Usually an
extension from the vagina
Prostate Cancer - ANSWERS-Has bone mets
Elevated prostatic specific antigen
Partial Hydatidiform mole - ANSWERS-Fertilization of an
ovum by two or more spermatozoa
69 XXY
Increase in hCG
Vitamin A Deficiency - ANSWERS-Night blindness and
squamous metaplasia
Berbiberi - ANSWERS-B1 deficiency
Dry: Peripheral Neuropathy
Wet: increased output, cardiac failure
,Marasmus - ANSWERS-Deficient in all neutrients
Erythema Muliforme - ANSWERS-"target" archer's bull's eye
lesion
Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome - ANSWERS-Port wine stain,
mucus membranes with hemorrhage
Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma) - ANSWERS-Liver cancer
with malignant vascular tumer from exposure to polyvinyl,
arsenic and others
Kaposi Sarcoma - ANSWERS-AIDS, red-purple macules lower
extremities
Pellagra - ANSWERS-B3 deficiency
Megloblastic Anemia - ANSWERS-B12 (Neurologic
dysfunction)
Folic Acid (no neuro symptoms)
Kwashiorkor - ANSWERS-Protein deficient
, Right Coronary Artery - ANSWERS-Posterior RV free wall and
septum
Posterior LV
Left Circumflex (from left coronary: right dominant) -
ANSWERS-LV lateral wall
Left Anterior Descending - ANSWERS-Apex
Anterior LV
Anterior 2/3 Ventricular septum
Arteriolosclerosis - ANSWERS-Hyaline thickening in vessels
(kidneys, hypertension, diabetes)
Atherosclerosis - ANSWERS-Plaques (atheroma) in vessels
Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-rigidity, thickening of vessels
Monckeberg Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-Radial and ulnar
arteries, calcific sclerosis of the media of arteries (so blood
flow is not obstructed)
