PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT ASCP EXAM
EXAM(ACTUAL EXAM) WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026
Medullary Sponge Kidney - ANSWERS-Adults
Cysts in collecting ducts may lead to stones
Non-invasive Papillary Carcinoma - ANSWERS-Old men
History of smoking, painless hematuria, papillary mass in
bladder
Tendency to recur after resection
Gastroesophageal Refulx - ANSWERS-Associated with hiatal
hernia
,Achalasia - ANSWERS-Dilation of the esophagus and
absence of peristalsis due to loss of ganglion cells in the
myenteric plexus
Zenker Diverticulum - ANSWERS-False diverticulum
immediately above upper esophageal sphincter
Traction Diverticulum - ANSWERS-Response from fibrous
adhesions following lymph node infections (TB)
True diverticulum
Right anterior wall common
Epiphrenic Diverticulum - ANSWERS-False diverticulum (no
muscular wall)
Just above lower esophageal sphincter, right side,
dysphagia, regurgitation
Cirrhosis - ANSWERS-Esophageal varices, splenomegaly,
hepatic encephalopathy
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Pancreas -
ANSWERS-Mucinous cysts, bengin to malignant
Head of pancreas
,Men
Larger pancreatic duct, no "ovarian" stroma
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma Pancreas - ANSWERS-Body
or Tail
Painless, slow growing, benign to malignant
95% women
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)
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis - ANSWERS-Streptococcus
Viridans, mitral valve ( also include aortic valve)
IV Drug users= Strep viridans and triscupid valve
Large, soft, friable easily detached vegetations
Complications: ulceration of valves, perforation of cusps,
rupture of chordae tendineae
Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Marantic endocarditis) -
ANSWERS-Metastatic cancer, wasting conditions
Small, sterile fibrin deposits randomly arranged along the
line of the valve leaflets
Peripheral emboliztion
Sterile emboli
EXAM(ACTUAL EXAM) WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026
Medullary Sponge Kidney - ANSWERS-Adults
Cysts in collecting ducts may lead to stones
Non-invasive Papillary Carcinoma - ANSWERS-Old men
History of smoking, painless hematuria, papillary mass in
bladder
Tendency to recur after resection
Gastroesophageal Refulx - ANSWERS-Associated with hiatal
hernia
,Achalasia - ANSWERS-Dilation of the esophagus and
absence of peristalsis due to loss of ganglion cells in the
myenteric plexus
Zenker Diverticulum - ANSWERS-False diverticulum
immediately above upper esophageal sphincter
Traction Diverticulum - ANSWERS-Response from fibrous
adhesions following lymph node infections (TB)
True diverticulum
Right anterior wall common
Epiphrenic Diverticulum - ANSWERS-False diverticulum (no
muscular wall)
Just above lower esophageal sphincter, right side,
dysphagia, regurgitation
Cirrhosis - ANSWERS-Esophageal varices, splenomegaly,
hepatic encephalopathy
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Pancreas -
ANSWERS-Mucinous cysts, bengin to malignant
Head of pancreas
,Men
Larger pancreatic duct, no "ovarian" stroma
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma Pancreas - ANSWERS-Body
or Tail
Painless, slow growing, benign to malignant
95% women
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)
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis - ANSWERS-Streptococcus
Viridans, mitral valve ( also include aortic valve)
IV Drug users= Strep viridans and triscupid valve
Large, soft, friable easily detached vegetations
Complications: ulceration of valves, perforation of cusps,
rupture of chordae tendineae
Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Marantic endocarditis) -
ANSWERS-Metastatic cancer, wasting conditions
Small, sterile fibrin deposits randomly arranged along the
line of the valve leaflets
Peripheral emboliztion
Sterile emboli
