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Which of the following is considered a primary risk factor for the development of
coronary heart disease later in life?
Answer A. cigarette smoking
B. stress
C. diabetes mellitus
D. lack of exercise
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Question The protein content of the diet will affect primarily, the test results for ____.
Answer A. urea nitrogen
B. creatinine
C. creatine
D. uric acid
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Question Ninety percent of the carbon dioxide present in the blood is in the form of___.
Answer A.
HCO3 -
B. CO3-
C. dissolved CO2
D.
H2CO3
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Question Which of the following organs uses glucose from digested carbohydrates and
stores it as glycogen for later use as a source of immediate energy by the muscles?
Answer A. liver
B. kidneys
C. pancreas
D. thyroid
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Question Which of the following is the most serious cause of glycolysis in a blood
sample?
Answer A. failure to separate the serum at once
B. hemolysis
C. bacterial contamination
D. standing at room temperature
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Question Considering the Michaelis-Menten curve, zero order kinetics means that the
rate of enzyme reaction is a function of _____.
Answer A. enzyme concentration
B. temperature and pH
C. co-factors concentration
D. substrate concentration
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Plasma is not used in enzyme assays because the anticoagulant ___________.
Answer A. inhibits enzyme activity
B. increases enzyme activity
C. promotes lysis of blood cells
D. promotes leakage of intracellular enzyme
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Question In electrophoresis, protein molecules have a net _____ charge, thus they
migrate to the ____.
Answer A. negative...anode
B. positive....anode
C. negative...cathode
D. positive....cathode
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Question Which of the following measures the light scattered by the molecules in the
test solution?
Answer A. nephelometer
B. fluorometer
C. spectrophotometer
D. emission photometer
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Question Which of these analytes can be adversely affected by the use of improper
type of water?
Answer A. sodium
B. glucose
C. creatinine
D. proteins
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Question A method of purifying water where it is made to pass over an insoluble resin
polymer that exchanges hydrogen ions and hydroxyl ions for the ionized impurities in
the water.This is based on the principle of _______.
Answer A. deionization
B. filtration
C. reverse osmosis
D. distillation
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Question A liter of 10% sodium hydroxide contains _____ grams of pellets dissolved in
distilled water.
Answer A. 100
B. 1.0
C. 1000
D. 10
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Which of the following would be necessary to minimize, if not totally avoid occurrence of
clerical error in the laboratory?
Question When values decrease or increase in succession from the mean, they exhibit
_____.
Answer A. trend
B. deviation
C. shift
D. dispersion
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Question It refers to how close an analytical value approaches the actual value of the
substance during the assay.
Answer A. accuracy
B. specificity
C. reliability
D.
sensitivity
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Question A mean value of 100 mmol/L and a standard deviation of 1.4 were obtained
from a set of chloride determination using control solution. What would be the 95%
confidence interval in mmol/L?
Answer A. 97.2 - 102.8
B. 95.8 - 104.2
C. 97.6 - 102.4
D. 98.6 - 101.4
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I. mislabeling of samples
Question The value of the unconjugated bilirubin in the infant's serum is determined by
_____.
Answer A. taking the difference from the total bilirubin value and direct bilirubin
value
B. reaction with diazo reagent after addition of coupling reagent
C. reaction of diazo reagent in Jendrassik-Grof method
D. direct reading method using a bilirubinometer
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What is the expected level of serum albumin in proteinuria?
Answer A. decreased
B. slightly increased
C. markedly increased
D. normal
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In the standing plasma test, what is the lipoprotein that appears as a distinct opaque
layer floating at the uppermost surface?
Answer A. chylomicrons
B. VLDL
C. HDL
D. LDL
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Question Which of the lipoproteins are the largest and least dense?
Answer A. chylomicrons
B. HDL
C. LDL
D. VLDL
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Question Considering the Michaelis-Menten curve, zero order kinetics means the rate
of enzyme reaction is a function of :
Answer A. enzyme concentration
B. temperature and pH
C. co-factors concentration
D. substrate concentration
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Question Picric acid and sodium hydroxide are used in the colorimetric reaction of
____.
Answer A. Jaffe
B. Fearon
C. Biuret
D. Nessler
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Question Which of the following is NOT an oncofetal form of ALP expressed in tumor
cells?
Answer A. osteoblastic isoenzyme
B. Nagao isoenzyme
C. carcinoplacental isoenzyme
D. Regan isoenzyme
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What does the diazo reagent used in Evelyn - Malloy method consist of :
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Question The formation of bile acids is a major mechanism for eliminating _____.
Answer A. cholesterol
B. phospholipids
C. bilirubin
D. triglycerides
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Question A normal BUN value was reported at 20 mg/dl. What is the equivalent in SI
units?
Answer A. 7.14 mmol/L
B. 1.1 mmol/L
C. 42.8 mmol/L
D. 176 umol/ L
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Question When the unconjugated bilirubin is reduced by the anaerobic bacteria in the
intestines, it is converted to _____.
Answer A. urobilinogen
B. bilirubin
C. stercobilin
D. urobilin
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Question Outside of the liver, bilirubin is transported with the aid of _____.
Answer A. albumin
B. globulin
C. charged ions
D. apolipoprotein
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Question Blood gas and pH must be analyzed within ____ minutes after sample has
been drawn.
Answer A.
30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 120
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4. bilirubin assay
Answer A. 1 and 2
B. 1,2,3,4
C. 3 only
D. 3 and 4
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Question Which of these hormones are specifically related in the delicate balance of
production and utilization of glucose in the body?
Answer A. insulin and glucagon
B. glucagon and thyroxine
C. epinephrine and thyroid hormones
D. growth hormone and cortisol
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Question Examining the QC chart shows the occurrence of 8 consecutive values not
evenly distributed on either side of the mean. What could this indicate?
Answer A. systemic error
B. clerical error
C. random error
D. both systemic and random errors
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Question There is loss of bicarbonate from the body due to severe diarrhea. What
compensatory mechanism of the body is inhibited?
Answer A. hyperventilation
B. shallow and slow respiration
C. retention of hydrogen loss by the kidneys
D. retention of water by the kidneys
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Question Which of the following methods allows the separation of Hgb A1a and HgB
A1bfrom Hgb A1c and Hgb A?
Answer A. chromatography
B. electrophoresis
C. HPLC
D. spectrophotometry
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Question Which of the following is the most prevalent job-related hazard in the clinical
laboratory?
Answer A. hepatitis
B. meningitis
C. AIDS
D. Tuberculosis
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Dilution of a sample may be done at the beginning of the assay...
Answer A. to make the analyte in optimum ratio with the amount of
the reagent
B. to correct prozone reaction
C. to make the analyte free from its protein carriers
D. so that the final reading will be in linear portion of the
graph
Incorrect o
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Question Sodium in serum was reported to be 140 mEg/L. What is the equivalent in SI
units?
Answer A. 140 mmol/L
B. 14.0 mmol/L
C. 70 mmol/L
D. 280 mmol/L
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Question The no. 1 effect of calcitonin on the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus is
______.
Answer A. decreased calcium and phosphorus
B. decreased calcium, increased phosphorus
C. increased calcium and phosphorus
D. increased calcium, decreased phosphorus
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Question The common substance of abuse is derived from Cannabis sativa leaves and
stems and this plant is commonly called ______.
Answer A. marijuana
B. hashish
C. amphetamines
D. cocaine
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Question In a healthy individual, which protein fraction has the greatest concentration
in serum ?
Answer A. albumin
B. alpha-1 globulin
C. beta globulin
D. gamma globulin
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Question This type of automatic pipet aspirates samples by piston principle and the
pipet tips are replaced every analysis.
Answer A. air displacement
B. positive displacement
C. dilutor
D. transfer pipet
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Blood ammonia levels are usually measured in order to evaluate _____.
Answer A. hepatic coma
B. GI malabsorption
C. renal failure
D. acid-base status
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The condition that is known as bilirubin transport deficit is called _____.
Answer A. Gilbert's syndrome
B. Dubin Johnson syndrome
C. Criggler-Najjar syndrome
D. Obstructive jaundice
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Question The patient's blood gas results are : pH 7.50; pCO 2- 55 mm Hg; HCO3 - 40
mmol/L. These results indicate ____.
Answer A. metabolic alkalosis
B. respiratory alkalosis
C. metabolic acidosis
D. respiratory acidosis
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Question Whenever more carbohydrates are ingested than the body can utilize or
store, the excess is ____________.
Answer A. converted to fatty acids and stored as TAG in fat tissue
B. eliminated by the kidneys
C. converted to oxygen
D. converted to glycogen
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Question ________ is a solution that contains one constituent and the concentration of
the known analyte is always constant
Answer A. standard solution
B. control solution
C. pooled sera
D. serum sample diluted 1:10
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Question The most abundant thyroid hormone released by the thyroid gland is _____.
Answer A. thyroxine
B. thyrothropin
C. T3
D. TSH
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Which of the following is a statement that does NOT correctly describe calcium?
Answer A. has a buffering effect
B. prevents the coagulation of blood
C. important activators of lipase and AST
D. concentration in the blood is affected by total protein content
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II. -log of %T
Answer A.
either I or II
B. I only
C. II only
D. neither I nor II
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Question Which of the following conditions is associated with beta gamma bridging?
Answer A. hepatic cirrhosis
B. multiple myeloma
C. malignancy
D. nephritic syndrome
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Question An apoprotein which is inversely related to risk for coronary heart disease is
_____.
Answer A. Apo A-1
B. Apo C-II
C. Apo B
D. Apo E
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Question What substance is present in high concentration in urine but not in serum?
Answer A. urea
B. protein
C. glucose
D. acetone
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Question A method for the specific assay of prostatic acid phosphatase uses _____.
Answer A. L-tartrate
B. fluoride
C. magnesium
D. formaldehyde
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Question Elevated serum ALP is considered normal in which of the following cases?
Answer A. growing children
B. acute liver disease
C. cancer
D. estrogenic carcinoma
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Question An instrument that detects flashes of lights that occur when gamma rays or
charged particles interact with matter, using photomultiplier tube.
Answer A. scintillation counter
B. gas chromatography
C. flow cytometer
D. densitometer
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Question The following are new tests for myocardial injury, EXCEPT....
Answer A. LDH
B. P-selectin
C. glycogen phosphorylase
D. Troponin T
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In a person with normal glucose metabolism, the blood glucose level usually increases
rapidly after carbohydrates are ingested, but returns to a normal level after___.
Answer A. 120 minutes
B. 60 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 90 minutes
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Question In the Jaffe reaction, a red orange chromogen is formed when creatinine
reacts with ____.
Answer A. picric acid
B.
Biuret reagent
C.
diacetyl monoxime
D.
acetic acid
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The creatinine clearance is used to assess the ___.
Answer A. glomerular filtration capabilities of the kidneys
B. tubular secretion of creatinine
C. dietary intake of protein
D. glomerular and tubular mass
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