AAPA ASPC BOC Certification Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
CA-125 (cancer antigen-125 tumor marker) - CORRECT ANSWER Epithelial ovarian
cancer
PSA (prostate specific antigen) - CORRECT ANSWER Prostate cancer
AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) - CORRECT ANSWER Hepatocellular CA and germ cell
cancers of the ovary and testes
CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) - CORRECT ANSWER Colon cancer
HER2/neu - CORRECT ANSWER Breast cancer (carcinoma)
Estrogen receptor - CORRECT ANSWER Breast carcinoma
Calcitonin - CORRECT ANSWER Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chromogranin A - CORRECT ANSWER Neuroendocrine tumors
hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) - CORRECT ANSWER Gestational
Trophoblastic tumors and some Germ Cell tumors
Thyroglobulin - CORRECT ANSWER Thyroid cancers and thyroid disease
S-100 - CORRECT ANSWER Melanoma
, Funisitis - CORRECT ANSWER Inflammation/infection of the umbilical cord
Accreta - CORRECT ANSWER Partial of complete absence of decidua with adherence
of the placenta directly to myometrium
Succinturiate Lobes - CORRECT ANSWER Accessory lobes
Circummarginate - CORRECT ANSWER Placenta extrachorialis with a flat transition
from villous to membranous chorion
Circumvallate - CORRECT ANSWER Placenta extrachorialis with a folded or rolled
transition from villous to membranous chorion
Placental infarct - CORRECT ANSWER Ischemic necrosis of placenta villi
Placental abruption - CORRECT ANSWER Hemorrhage into the decidua with
separation and compression of the placenta
Velamentous insertion - CORRECT ANSWER The cord and umbilical vessels insert
into the membrane
Amnion nodosum - CORRECT ANSWER slightly raised round plaques with a shiny
surface that leave a depression when picked off
Squamous metaplasia of the amnion - CORRECT ANSWER raised gray/white plaques
which can only be dislodged with difficulty
False knot - CORRECT ANSWER local dilatation of umbilical vessels or masses of
Wharton's jelly
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
CA-125 (cancer antigen-125 tumor marker) - CORRECT ANSWER Epithelial ovarian
cancer
PSA (prostate specific antigen) - CORRECT ANSWER Prostate cancer
AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) - CORRECT ANSWER Hepatocellular CA and germ cell
cancers of the ovary and testes
CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) - CORRECT ANSWER Colon cancer
HER2/neu - CORRECT ANSWER Breast cancer (carcinoma)
Estrogen receptor - CORRECT ANSWER Breast carcinoma
Calcitonin - CORRECT ANSWER Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chromogranin A - CORRECT ANSWER Neuroendocrine tumors
hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) - CORRECT ANSWER Gestational
Trophoblastic tumors and some Germ Cell tumors
Thyroglobulin - CORRECT ANSWER Thyroid cancers and thyroid disease
S-100 - CORRECT ANSWER Melanoma
, Funisitis - CORRECT ANSWER Inflammation/infection of the umbilical cord
Accreta - CORRECT ANSWER Partial of complete absence of decidua with adherence
of the placenta directly to myometrium
Succinturiate Lobes - CORRECT ANSWER Accessory lobes
Circummarginate - CORRECT ANSWER Placenta extrachorialis with a flat transition
from villous to membranous chorion
Circumvallate - CORRECT ANSWER Placenta extrachorialis with a folded or rolled
transition from villous to membranous chorion
Placental infarct - CORRECT ANSWER Ischemic necrosis of placenta villi
Placental abruption - CORRECT ANSWER Hemorrhage into the decidua with
separation and compression of the placenta
Velamentous insertion - CORRECT ANSWER The cord and umbilical vessels insert
into the membrane
Amnion nodosum - CORRECT ANSWER slightly raised round plaques with a shiny
surface that leave a depression when picked off
Squamous metaplasia of the amnion - CORRECT ANSWER raised gray/white plaques
which can only be dislodged with difficulty
False knot - CORRECT ANSWER local dilatation of umbilical vessels or masses of
Wharton's jelly
