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Question 1

What are the NCEP: ATP III criteria for metabolic syndrome diagnosis?

Answer 1

fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, HDL-C, waist circumference, and blood pressure

Question 2

Why are critical biological agents in Group A considered highest priority?

Answer 2

they are easily disseminated or transmitted person-to-person

Question 3

What substance is used in the Jendrassik-Grof method to accelerate the reaction between unconjugated bilirubin and the diazo reagent?

Answer 3

caffeine

Question 4

What is hs-CRP?

Answer 4

marker of chronic inflammation that is measured to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease

Question 5

What is the MCH formula?

Answer 5

(Hgb x 10)/RBC

Question 6

The iodine prep is used to detect which protozoan stage?

Answer 6

cysts

Question 7

Dohle bodies are highly associated with what conditions?

Answer 7

severe infection, burns, and cancer (effect of toxic drugs)

Question 8

What is the microscopic appearance of the yeast form of Blastomyces dermatitidis?

Answer 8

broad-based budding yeast

Question 9

What is the microscopic appearance of the yeast form of Coccidioides immitis?

Answer 9

this organism does not grow in the yeast form as a clinical specimen; confirmation is made with tissue sections, which show variable-sized spherules

Question 10

What is the microscopic appearance of the yeast form of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis?

Answer 10

“mariner’s wheel”

Question 11

What is the microscopic appearance of the yeast form of Sporothrix schenckii?

Answer 11

“cigar bodies”

Question 12

What is the most common Rh haplotype among whites?

Answer 12

DCe

Question 13

What is the INR calculation used for?

Answer 13

standardizes PT results between different reagent sensitivities

Question 14

Which assay helps diagnose congestive heart failure?

Answer 14

BNP

Question 15

Hypersegmentation of neutrophils is most commonly associated with what condition?

Answer 15

Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency

Question 16

A sputum sample is collected from a patient with pulmonary abscesses. The isolate shows yellow, irregular colonies grown on blood agar in aerobic conditions, and the AFB stain shows that it is partially acid-fast. What is the organism?

Answer 16

Nocardia asteroides

Question 17

What constituent usually shows a decrease during acute phase response?

Answer 17

albumin

Question 18

What substances are used to irradiate blood products?

Answer 18

cesium-137 or cobalt-60

Question 19

Proteins in a buffer solution with a pH of 8.6 will have what charge, and where will they migrate?

Answer 19

negative; anode

Question 20

Following AMI, when does troponin I start to rise, and how long does it remain elevated?

Answer 20

3-6 hours; 5-10 days

Question 21

Viral and rickettsial infections are most reliably diagnosed with what lab technique?

Answer 21

IFA testing