ASCP CERTIFICATION EXAM (PART 2) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

ASCP CERTIFICATION EXAM (PART 2)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
WhatkiskforwardkCHF?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-diminishedkcardiackoutput



WhatkiskbackwardkCHF?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-accumulationkandkbackupkofkbloodkinkthekvenousksystem



Whatkarekthek4kmainkcauseskofkleftksidedkheartkfailure?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-1)kIschemickheartkdisease

2)kHTNk

3)kAortickandkmitralkvalvekdiseasek

4)kmyocardialkdisease



Whatkarektheksymptomskandkconsequenceskofkleftksidedkheartkfailure?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
Pulmonarykcongestion,kedema,kimpairedkpulmonarykoutflow,kreducedkrenalkperfusion,kincreasedksalt,kincr
easedkvolume,kATN,kprerenalkazotemia,kreducedkCNSkperfusion,khypoxickencephalopathyktokcoma



Whatkarekthekfourkmainkcausekrightkheartkfailure?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-1)kLeftksidedkheartkfailurek

2)kTricuspidkorkpulmonarykvalvularkdiseasek

3)kPulmonarykvascularkdisease,kRVkoutflowkobstructionk(corkpulmonale)



Whatkarektheksymptomskandkconsequenceskofkrightksidedkheartkfailure?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
1)kPortal,ksystemickandkdependentkperipheralkedemak(feet,kankles,kandksacrum

2)kHepatomegalykcausedkbykpassivekcongestionk

3)kSplenomegaly,khemorrhage,khemosiderinkdepositskandkfibrosisk

4)kRenalkcongestionkfromkhypoxickinjurykandkATN



Whatkarekthektwokmostkcommonkcauseskofkaneurysm?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-1)kAtherosclerosisk-
kexpansionkofkintimalkplaquekandksubsequentkmedialkdestructionk



2)kCystickmedialkdegeneration

, Wherekiskthekmostkcommonklocationkofkaortickaneurysms?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
Abdominalkaorta,kmostkfrequentlykbetweenkthekrenalkandkiliackbifurcation



Whatkareksomeklesskcommonkcauseskofkaneurysm?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
Syphilis,ktrauma,kpolyarteritisknodosa,kcongenitalkdefects,kinfection



Whatkiskaktruekaneurysm?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
Involveskallkthreekvesselklayers:kintima,kmedia,kandkadventicia



Whatkiskakfalsekaneurysm?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
AKAkpseudoaneurysmkorkpulsatingkhematoma.kCommunicateskwithkintravascularkspace,kpartkofkthekvesselk
wallkiskmissing



Whatkiskanginakpectoralis?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-recurrentkchestkpain



Whatkdoeskaklethalkarrhythmiakleadkto?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-suddenkcardiackdeath



Whatkarekthektwoktypeskofkasbestoskfibers?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-1)kSerpentineskorkchrysotilek-
kcurledkflexiblekfibersk



2)kAmphiboleskorkcrocidotilek-kstraightkbrittlekfibers



CAPkmandateskthatkautopsykreportskbekcompletedkwithkhowkmanykworkingkdays?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-
30kdays



Whatkarekthek4kliverklobes?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-1)krightk

2)kleft

3)kcaudatek

4)kquadrate



WhatkdoeskMason'sktrichromekstainkfor?k-kCORRECTkANSWERk-collagenkandkfibrosis