module 2 advanced final 2025/2026
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One out of _____ American women will develop breast cancer.
a. ten
b. five
c. eight
d. six - Correct answerc. eight
Most masses that present in the pregnant patient are _________.
a. benign fibroadenomas
b. complex fibroadenomas
c. complex cyst
d. invasive ductal carcinoma - Correct answera. benign fibroadenomas
Sonographic evaluation of a breast lesion normally begins with determination of whether
a lesion is _____ or _____.
a. invasive, noninvasive
b. benign, malignant
c. cystic, solid
d. infiltrating, non-infiltrating - Correct answerc. cystic, solid
If a cyst has internal echoes, wall irregularity, mural nodularity or septations, shadowing,
or any other feature not associated with a simple cyst, it is by definition a _________
and aspiration should be considered.
a. benign fibroadenoma
b. complex cyst
c. spiculated mass
d. lipoma - Correct answerb. complex cyst
Lesions on a breast ultrasound classified as benign, have which sonographic
appearance?
a. wider than taller
b. taller than wide - Correct answera. wider than taller
A breast lesion with a sonographic appearance of "taller than wide" would be mostly
likely _____.
a. benign
b. malignant - Correct answerb. malignant
Linda is in your department for a suspicious mass following her screening mammogram,
what must you as a sonographer do before you take the first image? - Correct
answerSurgery and turn it to the fat setting
, The three layers between the skin and muscle layer include all of the following except
a. subcutaneous fat
b. chest wall
c. glandular layer
d. retromammary layer - Correct answerb. chest wall
Which quadrant of the breast contains the highest concentration of lobes and is where
the majority of tumors are found
a. upper outer quadrant
b. upper inner quadrant
c. lower outer quadrant - Correct answera. upper outer quadrant
Why do we image the axilla region with all breast sonograms? - Correct
answerBecause in many women the breast tissue extends out into the axilla and to
look and lymph nodes
The Tail of Spence refers to
a. the outer margin of the breast parenchyma
b. the axillary tail of the breast
c. the areolar margins of the breast - Correct answerb. the axillary tail of the breast
At the end of Mrs. Watson's breast ultrasound you decide to turn on the dual screen and
perform the compression technique. On the left, you image the lesion in the anti - radial
plane and on the right, you apply compression with your probe. The image shows no
movement on the lesion. Which would this most likely be categorized as?
a. benign
b. malignant - Correct answerb. malignant
The primary function of the breast is to
a. maintain Cooper's ligament
b. fluid transport
c. maturation of acini during lactation - Correct answerb. fluid transport
Enlarged ducts in the male patient is referred to as
a. gynecomastia
b. cooper's ligaments
c. acute mastitis - Correct answera. gynecomastia
All of the modalities are primary imaging tools used for diagnostic breast evaluation
except
a. sonography
b. mammography
c. nuclear medicine
d. MRI - Correct answerc. nuclear medicine
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One out of _____ American women will develop breast cancer.
a. ten
b. five
c. eight
d. six - Correct answerc. eight
Most masses that present in the pregnant patient are _________.
a. benign fibroadenomas
b. complex fibroadenomas
c. complex cyst
d. invasive ductal carcinoma - Correct answera. benign fibroadenomas
Sonographic evaluation of a breast lesion normally begins with determination of whether
a lesion is _____ or _____.
a. invasive, noninvasive
b. benign, malignant
c. cystic, solid
d. infiltrating, non-infiltrating - Correct answerc. cystic, solid
If a cyst has internal echoes, wall irregularity, mural nodularity or septations, shadowing,
or any other feature not associated with a simple cyst, it is by definition a _________
and aspiration should be considered.
a. benign fibroadenoma
b. complex cyst
c. spiculated mass
d. lipoma - Correct answerb. complex cyst
Lesions on a breast ultrasound classified as benign, have which sonographic
appearance?
a. wider than taller
b. taller than wide - Correct answera. wider than taller
A breast lesion with a sonographic appearance of "taller than wide" would be mostly
likely _____.
a. benign
b. malignant - Correct answerb. malignant
Linda is in your department for a suspicious mass following her screening mammogram,
what must you as a sonographer do before you take the first image? - Correct
answerSurgery and turn it to the fat setting
, The three layers between the skin and muscle layer include all of the following except
a. subcutaneous fat
b. chest wall
c. glandular layer
d. retromammary layer - Correct answerb. chest wall
Which quadrant of the breast contains the highest concentration of lobes and is where
the majority of tumors are found
a. upper outer quadrant
b. upper inner quadrant
c. lower outer quadrant - Correct answera. upper outer quadrant
Why do we image the axilla region with all breast sonograms? - Correct
answerBecause in many women the breast tissue extends out into the axilla and to
look and lymph nodes
The Tail of Spence refers to
a. the outer margin of the breast parenchyma
b. the axillary tail of the breast
c. the areolar margins of the breast - Correct answerb. the axillary tail of the breast
At the end of Mrs. Watson's breast ultrasound you decide to turn on the dual screen and
perform the compression technique. On the left, you image the lesion in the anti - radial
plane and on the right, you apply compression with your probe. The image shows no
movement on the lesion. Which would this most likely be categorized as?
a. benign
b. malignant - Correct answerb. malignant
The primary function of the breast is to
a. maintain Cooper's ligament
b. fluid transport
c. maturation of acini during lactation - Correct answerb. fluid transport
Enlarged ducts in the male patient is referred to as
a. gynecomastia
b. cooper's ligaments
c. acute mastitis - Correct answera. gynecomastia
All of the modalities are primary imaging tools used for diagnostic breast evaluation
except
a. sonography
b. mammography
c. nuclear medicine
d. MRI - Correct answerc. nuclear medicine
