WORKBOOK FOR TEXTBOOK OF DIAGNOSTIC
SONOGRAPHY CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT
2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ breast self-examination.
Answer: part of breast cancer screening best done at the end of
menses each month
◉ clinical breast examination.
Answer: part of breast cancer screening done by a health care
provider
◉ diagnostic breast imaging.
Answer: type of breast imaging examination that is more intensive
than routine screening mammography
◉ fremitus.
Answer: refers to vibrations produced by phonation and felt through
the chest wall during palpation
◉ juxtathoracic.
Answer: near the chest wall
,◉ hyperechoic.
Answer: echo texture that is more echogenic than the surrounding
tissue
◉ palpable.
Answer: can be felt on clinical examination
◉ isoechoic.
Answer: echo texture that resembles the surrounding tissue
◉ radial.
Answer: plane of imaging on ultrasound of the breast
◉ sentinel node.
Answer: represents the first lymph node along the axillary node
chain
◉ spiculation.
Answer: finger-like extension of a malignant tumor
◉ nonpalpable.
, Answer: cannot be felt on clinical examination
◉ anechoic.
Answer: without echoes
◉ hypoechoic.
Answer: having relatively weak echoes
◉ cyst aspiration.
Answer: Common diagnostic and interventional procedure that
involves placing a needle through the skin of the breast into a cystic
mass and pulling fluid out of the cyst through the needle
◉ Breast cancer screening.
Answer: Preventive care that includes annual screening
mammography (starting at age 40), monthly breast self-
examination, and regular clinical breast examination
◉ adenosis.
Answer: Overgrowth of the stromal and epithelial elements of the
acini within terminal ductal lobular unit (TDLU) of the breast
◉ apocrine metaplasia.
SONOGRAPHY CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT
2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ breast self-examination.
Answer: part of breast cancer screening best done at the end of
menses each month
◉ clinical breast examination.
Answer: part of breast cancer screening done by a health care
provider
◉ diagnostic breast imaging.
Answer: type of breast imaging examination that is more intensive
than routine screening mammography
◉ fremitus.
Answer: refers to vibrations produced by phonation and felt through
the chest wall during palpation
◉ juxtathoracic.
Answer: near the chest wall
,◉ hyperechoic.
Answer: echo texture that is more echogenic than the surrounding
tissue
◉ palpable.
Answer: can be felt on clinical examination
◉ isoechoic.
Answer: echo texture that resembles the surrounding tissue
◉ radial.
Answer: plane of imaging on ultrasound of the breast
◉ sentinel node.
Answer: represents the first lymph node along the axillary node
chain
◉ spiculation.
Answer: finger-like extension of a malignant tumor
◉ nonpalpable.
, Answer: cannot be felt on clinical examination
◉ anechoic.
Answer: without echoes
◉ hypoechoic.
Answer: having relatively weak echoes
◉ cyst aspiration.
Answer: Common diagnostic and interventional procedure that
involves placing a needle through the skin of the breast into a cystic
mass and pulling fluid out of the cyst through the needle
◉ Breast cancer screening.
Answer: Preventive care that includes annual screening
mammography (starting at age 40), monthly breast self-
examination, and regular clinical breast examination
◉ adenosis.
Answer: Overgrowth of the stromal and epithelial elements of the
acini within terminal ductal lobular unit (TDLU) of the breast
◉ apocrine metaplasia.
