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Pathology Assistant ASCP exam|
Actual Questions And Correct
Answers 2026
Necrotizing Enterocolitis - correct-answer -Severe and sudden onset of
inflammation of small and large intestines
Trisomy 13 - correct-answer -Patau Syndrome
Polydactyly
"Rocker Bottom" feet
Malignant Mesothelioma - correct-answer -Visceral or Parietal pleura (spreads
through pleural space)
Epithelioid- 70%
Sarcomatoid-20%
Biphasie-10%
Sickle Cell Anemia - correct-answer -Recessive
transfusions, nonhealing leg ulcers, recurrent abdominal and chest pains
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Autosplenomegaly
Susceptible to Haemophilus Influenzae infection
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase - correct-answer -X-linked
Black females
Enzyme deficient hemolytic anemia
"bite cells" on RBC smear
Hereditary Spherocytosis - correct-answer -White people
Intracorpuscular hemolytic anemia
Splenomegaly, erythrocyte osmotic fragility
Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Young women
Lymph nodes are nodular with fibrous bands
Multiple Lacunar cells
Good Prognosis
Lymphocyte-predominance Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Reed-Sternberg
Cells
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Young-Middle aged men
Good Prognosis
Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Reed-Sternberg Cells
Old men
Necrosis and fibrosis
EBV association
Okay prognosis
Lymphocyte Depletion Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Reed-Sternberg Cells
Necrosis and fibrosis
EBV association
HIV association
Poor prognosis
Berylliosis - correct-answer -Exposure to beryllium
Sarcoidosis - correct-answer -Noncaseating granulomas
Dyspnea, fatigue, chest pain, nonproductive cough
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Black women?
Diffuse densities within the lung
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - correct-answer -Honeycomb lung
Chronic inflammation and fibrosis of alveolar wall
Resembles Goodpasture Syndrome without renal component
Burkitt Lymphoma - correct-answer -Young Kids
"Starry-sky" cell appearance
B-cell lymphoma
C-Myc gene (8:14)
EBV infection
Follicular Lymphoma
B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - correct-answer -14:18
T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - correct-answer -11:14
Pathology Assistant ASCP exam|
Actual Questions And Correct
Answers 2026
Necrotizing Enterocolitis - correct-answer -Severe and sudden onset of
inflammation of small and large intestines
Trisomy 13 - correct-answer -Patau Syndrome
Polydactyly
"Rocker Bottom" feet
Malignant Mesothelioma - correct-answer -Visceral or Parietal pleura (spreads
through pleural space)
Epithelioid- 70%
Sarcomatoid-20%
Biphasie-10%
Sickle Cell Anemia - correct-answer -Recessive
transfusions, nonhealing leg ulcers, recurrent abdominal and chest pains
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Autosplenomegaly
Susceptible to Haemophilus Influenzae infection
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase - correct-answer -X-linked
Black females
Enzyme deficient hemolytic anemia
"bite cells" on RBC smear
Hereditary Spherocytosis - correct-answer -White people
Intracorpuscular hemolytic anemia
Splenomegaly, erythrocyte osmotic fragility
Nodular Sclerosis Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Young women
Lymph nodes are nodular with fibrous bands
Multiple Lacunar cells
Good Prognosis
Lymphocyte-predominance Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Reed-Sternberg
Cells
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Young-Middle aged men
Good Prognosis
Mixed Cellularity Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Reed-Sternberg Cells
Old men
Necrosis and fibrosis
EBV association
Okay prognosis
Lymphocyte Depletion Hodgkin Lymphoma - correct-answer -Reed-Sternberg Cells
Necrosis and fibrosis
EBV association
HIV association
Poor prognosis
Berylliosis - correct-answer -Exposure to beryllium
Sarcoidosis - correct-answer -Noncaseating granulomas
Dyspnea, fatigue, chest pain, nonproductive cough
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Black women?
Diffuse densities within the lung
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - correct-answer -Honeycomb lung
Chronic inflammation and fibrosis of alveolar wall
Resembles Goodpasture Syndrome without renal component
Burkitt Lymphoma - correct-answer -Young Kids
"Starry-sky" cell appearance
B-cell lymphoma
C-Myc gene (8:14)
EBV infection
Follicular Lymphoma
B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - correct-answer -14:18
T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - correct-answer -11:14
