Sept 2015 Sample Exam
Sept 2015 Sample Exam
CLINICAL MICROSCOPY
1. Nomarski and Hoffman are example of what microscopy?
a. Phase contrast microscopy
b. Darkfield microscopy
c. Brightfield microscopy
d. Fluorescent microscopy
2. Degree of Hazard: 3
a. Slight Hazard
b. Moderate Hazard
c. Extreme Hazard
d. Serious Hazard
3. The best aid for chemical spills is flushing the area with large
amounts of water for at least ___ minutes then seek medical
attention.
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
4. Arsenal fire:
a. Type A fire
b. Type C fire
c. Type E fire
d. Type F fire
5. Urine samples should be examined within one hour of voiding
because:
a. RBC, leukocytes and casts agglutinate on standing for several
hours at room temperature
b. Urobilinogen and bilirubin increased after prolonged exposure
to light
c. Bacterial contamination will cause alkalinization of urine
d. Ketones will increased due to bacterial and cellular
metaboliam
6. The urine volume of a patient with oliguria is usually:
a. 1,200-1,500 mL
b. > 2,500 mL
c. < 400 mL
d. < 700 mL
7. The clarity of a urine sample should be determined:
a. Using glass tubes only, never plastic
b. Following thorough mixing of the specimen
c. After addition of salicylic acid
d. After the specimen cools to room temperature
8. Urine clarity grading: “Few particulates, print easily seen
through urine”
a. Clear
b. Hazy
c. Cloudy
d. Turbid
9. Which method for the determination of urine specific gravity is
based on refractive index?
a. Total solids meter
b. Hydrometer
c. Reagent strip
d. Harmonic oscillation densitometry
10. Urine reagent strips should be stored in a/an:
a. Incubator
b. Cool dry place
c. Refrigerator
d. Freezer
11. Reading time: 30 seconds
a. Bilirubin
b. Ketones
c. Specific gravity
d. pH
12. The protein section of urine reagent strip is most sensitive to:
a. Albumin
b. Bence Jones protein
c. Mucoprotein
d. Globulin
13. Bence Jones Protein is characterized by its unique ability to
coagulate at ___ and dissolve at ___.
a. 30-50oC : 80-100oC
b. 40-50oC : 80-90oC
c. 50-60oC : 90-100oC
d. 40-50oC : 80-100oC
14. SSA turbidity: “Turbidity with granulation, no flocculation”
a. 1+
b. 2+
c. 3+
d. 4+
15. The parameter in the reagent strip which utilizes Ehrlich units
is:
a. Bilirubin
b. Urobilinogen
c. Glucose
d. Leukocytes
16. Convert 0.4 mg/dL urobilinogen to Ehrlich units.
a. 0.4
b. 4
c. 40
d. 400
17. Ascorbic acid causes false negative reactions in what urine
reagent strip?
a. Blood
b. Bilirubin
c. Leukocytes
d. All of the choices
18. Soluble in ether, except:
a. Red blood cells
b. Lipids
c. Chyle
d. Lymphatic fluid
19. Soluble in dilute acetic acid, except:
a. Red blood cells
b. Amorphous phosphates
c. Calcium carbonates
d. White blood cells
20. Ascending sequence of casts:
a. Waxy-hyaline-coarsely granular-finely granular-cellular
b. Coarsely granular-finely granular-hyaline-waxy-cellular
c. Hyaline-cellular-coarsely granular-finely granular-waxy
d. Cellular-hyaline-finely granular-coarsely granular-waxy
21. Normal urinary crystal which is colorless, resembling flat plates
or thin prisms often in rosette form:
a. Amorphous phosphates
b. Struvite
c. Apatite
d. Calcium carbonate
22. If alcohol is added to urine with tyrosine crystals, this other
type of abnormal crystal may be precipitated:
a. Bilirubin
b. Sulfonamide
c. Leucine
d. Cystine
23. Manner of reporting for RTE cells:
a. Average number per LPF
b. Average number per HPF
c. Average number per OIO
d. 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+
24. Transitional epithelial cells seen in urine specimens may be
reported using rare/few/moderate/many by using the:
a. Scanner field
b. Low power field
c. High power field
d. Oil immersion field
25. In a urine specimen, ten calcium oxalate crystals were seen per
high power field (HPF). How do you report the findings?
a. Rare
b. Few
c. Moderate
d. Many
26. In a urine specimen, nine bacteria were seen per high power field
(HPF). How do you report the finding?
a. Rare
b. Few
c. Moderate
d. Many
27. Most frequent parasite encountered in the urine:
a. Schistosoma haematobium
b. Enterobius vermicularis
c. Trichomonas vaginalis
d. Giardia lamblia
28. A renal calculi described as very hard, dark in color with rough
surface:
a. Calcium oxalate
b. Uric acid
c. Cystine
d. Phosphate
29. Renal disease whose etiology is the deposition of anti-glomerular
basement membrane antibody to glomerular and alveolar basement
membranes:
a. Berger’s disease
b. Wagener’s granulomatosis
c. Goodpasture syndrome
d. Membranous glomerulonephritis
30. The sperm acrosomal cap should encompass approximately ___ of the
head and covers approximately ___ of the nucleus.
a. One half, two-thirds
b. One third, one half
c. Two-thirds, one fourth
d. One fourth, one third
31. Sperm motility grading: “Slower speed, some lateral movement”
a. 4.0
b. 3.0
c. 2.0
d. 1.0
32. Reagent/s used for the assessment of sperm viability:
a. Papanicolau
b. Wright’s
c. Giemsa
d. Eosin-Nigrosin
33. Computer-Assisted Semen Analysis (CASA) is used to determine sperm
cell:
a. Vertical movement
b. Lateral movement
c. Circular movement
d. Velocity and trajectory
34. Florence test, which choline, uses which reagent?
a. Potassium iodide
b. Picric acid
c. Trichloroacetic acid
d. Silver nitroprusside
35. Pellicle clot formation after 12-24 hours refrigeration of
cerebrospinal fluid:
a. Bacterial meningitis
b. Viral meningitis
c. Tubercular meningitis
d. Fungal meningitis
36. Oligoclonal banding in cerebrospinal fluid but not in serum,
except:
a. Multiple myeloma
b. Encephalitis
c. Neurosyphilis
d. Guillain-Barre disease
37. Normal synovial fluid glucose should not be more than ___ mg/dL
lower than the blood value.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
38. Cell which could be seen in synovial fluid resembles polished rice
macroscopically:
a. Ragocytes
b. Cartilage cells
c. Rice bodies
d. Reiter cell
39. The normal color of gastric fluid is
a. Colorless
b. Green
c. White
d. Gray
40. What reagent is used for the APT test?
a. Hydrochloric acid
b. Sodium hydroxide
c. Sulfuric acid
d. Potassium hydroxide
HEMATOLOGY
1. Length of needle usually used in routine phlebotomy:
a. 0.5-1.0 inch
b. 1.0-1.5 inches
c. 1.5-2.0 inches
d. 2.0-2.5 inches
2. In preparing a blood smear, the distance of the drop of blood from
the label or end of the slide should be:
a. 1.0 cm
b. 2.0 cm
c. 3.0 cm
d. 4.0 cm
3. After staining a blood smear, the RBCs appeared bluish when viewed
under the microscope. The following are possible causes, except:
a. Stain of buffer is too basic
b. Inadequate rinsing
c. Inadequate buffering
d. Heparinized blood was used
4. Macrocytes: 25-50%
a. 1+
b. 2+
c. 3+
d. 4+
5. Codocytes: 41 per oil immersion field
a. 1+
b. 2+
c. 3+
d. 4+
6. Stomatocytes: 15 per oil immersion firld
a. 1+
b. 2+
c. 3+
d. 4+
7. 12 RBCs with basophilic stippling were seen on a blood smear. How
do report this finding?
a. Positive
b. Rare, few, moderate, many
c. 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+
d. average number / OIO
8. Hypochromia grading: “Area of pallor is two-thirds of cell
diameter”
a. 1+
b. 2+
c. 3+
d. 4+
9. Polychromasia grading: 1+
a. 1%
b. 3%
c. 5%
d. 10%
10. How many platelets per oil immersion field should be observed in
order to evaluate normal platelet number in an appropriate area of
a blood smear?
a. 4-10
b. 6-15
c. 8-20
d. 10-30
11. Hematopoietic stem cell marker:
a. CD10
b. CD34
c. CD35
d. CD56
12. Capillary tube:
a. Length: 11.5 cm Bore: 3.0 mm
b. Length: 30.0 cm Bore: 2.6 mm
c. Length: 7.0 cm Bore: 1.0 mm
13. Third layer in the examination of spun hematocrit;
a. Plasma
b. Buffy coat
c. Fatty layer
d. Packed red cells
14. If the RBC count of a patient is 5.0 x 1012/L, what is the
approximate hemoglobin value?
a. 12 g/dL
b. 14 g/dL
c. 15 g/dL
d. 20 g/dL
15. MCHC: 28 g/dL
a. Outside reference range and considered normal
b. Within reference range and considered normal
c. Outside reference range and considered abnormal
d. Within reference range and considered abnormal
16. Which of the erythrocyte indices is not used in the classification
of anemia?
a. MCV
b. MCHC
c. MCH
17. Normocytic and normochronic anemia is usually seen in patients
with ___.
a. Iron deficiency anemia
b. Aplastic anemia
c. Thalassemia
d. Anemia of chronic disease
18. What is the primary cause of death in patients with sickle cell
media anemia?
a. Aplastic crises
b. Infectious crises
c. Vaso-occlusive crises
d. Bleeding
19. Effect of multiple myeloma on ESR:
a. Markedly increased
b. Moderately increased
c. Normal decreased
20. A manual WBC count was performed on a hemacytometer and 15,000
WBC/L were counted. When the differential count was performed,
the medical technologist counter 20 NRBC per 100 total WBC.
Calculate the corrected WBC count.
a. 10,000 WBC/L
b. 11,500 WBC/L
c. 12,000 WBC/L
d. 12,500 WBC/L
21. If the white count is markedly elevated, in which it may be as
high as 100 to 300 x 109/L, a ___ dilution is used.
a. 1:10
b. 1:100
c. 1:200
d. 1:250
22. How many WBCs can be counted in a differential when the WBC count
is below 1.0 x 109/L?
a. 50
b. 100
c. 150
d. 200
23. A 200-cell count may be performed when the differential shows the
following abnormal distribution, except:
a. Over 10% eosinophils
b. Below 2% basophils
c. Over 11% monocytes
d. More lymphocytes than neutrophils except in children
24. Which of the following cells could be seen in lesions of mycosis
fungoides?
a. T lymphocytes
b. B lymphocytes
c. Monocytes
d. Neutrophils
25. Fresh blood smears made from capillary blood are used for this
cytochemical stain:
a. Sudan Black B
b. Chloroacetate esterase
c. Periodic Acid Schiff
d. Peroxidase
26. Color of blood in sulfhemoglobinemia:
a. Mauve lavender
b. Chocolate brown
c. Cherry red
d. Bright red
27. In hemoglobin C, glutamic acid on the 6th position of beta chain is
replaced by which amino acid?
a. Lysine
b. Valine
c. Arginine
d. Glutamine
28. Five-part differential:
a. Granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, platelets, erythrocytes
b. Immature cells, inclusions, erythrocytes. Leukocytes,
platelets
c. Platelets, band cells, granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes
d. Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils
29. Negative instrumental error:
a. Bubbles in the sample
b. Extraneous electrical pulses
c. Aperture plugs
d. Excessive RBC lysis
30. In an automated instrument, this parameter is calculated rather
than directly measured:
a. RBC count
b. WBC count
c. Hemoglobin
d. Hematocrit
31. Side angel scatter in a laser-based cell counting system is used
to measure:
a. Cell size
b. Cell number
c. Cytoplasmic granularity
d. Antigenic identification
32. Number of platelet stages:
a. Six
b. Seven
c. Eight
d. Nine
33. Stage in the megakaryocytic series where thrombocytes are visible:
a. Metamegakaryocyte
b. Megakaryocyte
c. Promegakaryocyte
d. Megakaryoblast
34. Platelet estimate: 100,000-149,000
a. Low normal
b. Slight normal
c. Normal
d. Moderate decrease
35. Normal value for template bleeding time:
a. 3-6 minutes
b. 6-10 minutes
c. 2-4 minutes
d. 7-15 minutes
36. Condition in which blood escaped into large areas of skin and
mucous membranes, but not into deep tissues:
a. Petachiae
b. Purpura
c. Ecchymosis
d. Hematoma
37. This is one of the coagulation factors which is activated in cold
temperatures:
a. III
b. V
c. VII
d. IX
38. Similarity of factors V and VIII:
a. Vitamin-K dependent factors
b. Present in serum
c. Included in contact family of coagulation proteins
d. Labile factors
39. Euglobulin clot lysis time:
a. Screening test
b. Confirmatory test
c. Other test
d. None of these
40. Visual detection of fibrin clot formation:
a. Fibrometer
b. Electra 750
c. Coag-A-Mate X2
d. Tilt tube
41. Concentration of fibrinogen (mg/dL) that will affect PT and PTT
tests? (Per)
a. 75
b. 100
c. 200
d. 400
42. First factor affected by Coumarin is:
a. VII
b. X
c. VIII
d. HMWK