PRACTICE PATHOLOGY EXAM 2 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED RATED A.
1. Lung cancer is the most common cancer. T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
2. More than 90% of chronic myeloid leukemia patients survive after
treatment. T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
3. Which one of the following is true about recessive gene inheritance?
Verified Answer -A carrier is a nonaffected person with single copy
of a recessive gene.
4. In leukemia, malignant cells are present throughout the bone marrow
and peripheral blood, whereas in lymphoma, malignant cells occur
as nodular masses in lymph nodes and other organs. T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
5. On average, how long do most patients live after a diagnosis of
pancreatic adenocarcinoma?
Verified Answer -3 MONTHS
6. All neoplasms form tumor masses.T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
7. Small cell lymphocytic lymphoma is very aggressive. T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
,8. Carcinomas tend to spread via lymphatics rather than spreading via
blood vessels.
9. T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
10. A single fecal occult blood test will detect most colon cancers.
T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
11. The most common tumor in bone is metastatic cancer.T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
12. Which multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome (MEN) is
associated with Zollinger Ellison? T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
13. Multiple mutations are necessary to produce a cancer. T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
14. Type II (endometrioid carcinoma) arises in settings favoring
endometrial hyperplasia. T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
15. Plasma cell proliferations are a myeloid neoplasm. T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
16. Which of the following environmental factors plays an
important role in carcinogenesis?
Verified Answer -DIET
, 17. Is fibrocystic change (FCC) associated with increased breast
cancer risk?
Verified Answer -NO
18. Which one of the following is malignant?
Verified Answer -CARCINOMA
19. Breast cancer is the number one cancer killer of women. T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
20. Malignancies that metastasize to the eye generally lodge in the
blood vessels of the:
Verified Answer -Uveal tract (uvea)
21. Which one of the following is most important in the diagnosis
of pheochromocytoma?
Verified Answer -HYPERTENSION
22. Retinoblastoma is the most common malignancy of the eye in
children. T/F
Verified Answer -TRUE
23. Intraductal papillomas carry no increased risk of breast cancer.
T/F
Verified Answer -FALSE
24. Which of the following terms describe aggressive tumors:
Verified Answer -STAGE IV
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