BB Flashcards
The key structural difference that distinguishes immunoglobulin subclasses is the:
A. Number of domains
B. Stereometry of the hypervariable region
C. The sequence of the constant regions
D. Covalent linkage of the light chains
C. The sequence of the constant regions
Immunoglobulin classes are differentiated according to the molecular structure of:
A. Light chains
B. Heavy chains
C. Fab fragment
D. Fc fragment
B. Heavy chains
A 54-year-old female previous smoker presents with a recent history of fever, swollen joints, and morning stiffness.
• Laboratory results indicate elevated C-reactive protein, positive cyclic citrullinated peptide of 205 units (cut-off: 20 units), speckled ANA pattern (titer 1:320), and negative rheumatoid factor.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Reactive arthritis
B. Rheumatoid arthritis
C. Systemic sclerosis
D. Sjogren syndrome
B. Rheumatoid arthritis
Which of the following is used for the confirmation of infection with HIV-1?
A. Western blot (immunoblot) assay
B. ELISA
C. Complement fixation
D. p24 Antigen testing
A. Western blot (immunoblot) assay
Which technique is used for the confirmation of infection with HIV-1 and HIV-2?
A. Western blot (immunoblot) assay
B. ELISA
C. FDA-approved NAT
D. p24 Antigen testing
C. FDA-approved NAT
Clinical assays for tumor markers are most important for:
A. Screening for the presence of cancer
B. Monitoring the course of a known cancer
C. Confirming the absence of disease
D. Identifying patients at risk for cancer
B. Monitoring the course of a known cancer
In general, in which of the following situations is the analysis of a tumor marker most useful?
A. Testing for recurrence
B. Prognosis
C. Screening
D. Diagnosis
A. Testing for recurrence
The chemical composition of an antibody is:
A. Protein
B. Lipid
C. Carbohydrate
D. Glycoprotein
D. Glycoprotein
What is the most common clinical incident that results in alloantibody production?
A. Viral infection
B. Solid tumor
C. Red cell transfusion
D. Autoimmune disease
C. Red cell transfusion
What antibodies are present in polyspecific AHG reagent?
A. Anti-IgG
B. Anti-IgM and anti-1gG
C. Anti-IgG and anti-C3d
D. Anti-C3d
C. Anti-IgG and anti-C3d
Which of the following medications is most likely to cause production of AUTOANTIBODIES?
A. Penicillin
B. Cephalosporin
C. Methyldopa
D. Tetracycline
C. Methyldopa
Red cells from a recently transfused patient were DAT positive when tested with anti-lgG. Screen cells and a panel performed on a patient’s serum showed very weak reactions with inconclusive results. What procedure could help to identify the antibody?
A. Elution followed by a panel on the eluate
B. Adsorption followed by a panel on the adsorbed serum
C. Enzyme panel
D. Antigen typing the patient’s red cells
A. Elution followed by a panel on the eluate
The procedure that removes intact antibodies from the red cell membranes is:
A. Autoadsorption
B. Enzyme pretreatment
C. Neutralization
D. Elution
D. Elution
A 56-year-old female with cold agglutinin disease has a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). When the DAT is repeated using monospecific antiglobulin sera, which of the following is most likely to be detected?
A. IgM
B. IgG
C. C3d
D. C4a
C. C3d
A crossmatch is positive at AHG phase with polyspecific AHG reagent but is negative with
monospecific anti-lgG AHG reagent. This may indicate the antibody:
A. Is a weak anti-D
B. Is a clinically insignificant Lewis antibody
C. Can cause decreased survival of transfused RBCs
D. Is a Duffy antibody
B. Is a clinically insignificant Lewis antibody
Crossmatch results at the antiglobulin phase were negative.
When 1 drop of check cells was added, NO AGGLUTINATION was seen. The most likely explanation is that the:
A. Red cells were overwashed
B. Residual patient serum inactivated the AHG reagent
C. Centrifuge speed was set too high
D. Laboratorian did not add enough check cells
B. Residual patient serum inactivated the AHG reagent
Autoantibodies demonstrating blood group specificity in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia are associated
more often with which blood group system?
A. Rh
B. I
C. P
D. Fy
A. Rh
Which antibody is frequently seen in patients with
warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia?
A. Anti-Jka
B. Anti-e
C. Anti-K
D. Anti-Fy®
B. Anti-e
Many enhancement media used in the blood bank promote hemagglutination in the presence of IgG antibodies by reducing which of the following?
A. Hydrophilic forces
B. Low ionic potential
C. van der Waals forces
D. Zeta potential
D. Zeta potential
Low ionic strength saline (LISS) acts as an enhancement medium and facilitates antibody uptake by:
A. Activating complement
B. Increasing flexibility in hinge region
C. Removing water molecules
D. Reducing zeta potential
D. Reducing zeta potential
Which antibody would not be detected by group
O screening cells?
A. Anti-N
B. Anti-A1
C. Anti-Dia
D. Anti-k
B. Anti-A1
Screening cells, major crossmatch, and patient autocontrol are positive in all phases. Identify the problem.
A. Specific cold alloantibody
B. Specific cold autoantibody
C. Abnormal protein or nonspecific autoantibody
D. Cold and warm alloantibody mixture
C. Abnormal protein or nonspecific autoantibody
What corrective action should be taken when rouleaux causes positive test results?
A. Perform a saline replacement technique
B. Perform an autoabsorption
C. Run a panel
D. Perform an elution
A. Perform a saline replacement technique
Screening cells and major crossmatch are positive on IS only, and the autocontrol is negative. Identify the problem.
A. Cold alloantibody
B. Cold autoantibody
C. Abnormal protein
D. Antibody mixture
A. Cold alloantibody
Which of the following describes the expression of most blood group inheritance?
A. Dominant
B. Sex-linked
C. Recessive
D. Codominant
D. Codominant
Which genotype(s) will give rise to the Bombay phenotype?
A. HH only
B. HH and Hh
C. Hh and hh
D. hh only
D. hh only
What should be done if all forward and reverse ABO results as well as the autocontrol are positive?
A. Wash the cells with warm saline, autoadsorb the serum at 4°C,
B. Retype the sample using a different lot number of reagents
C. Use polyclonal typing reagents
D. Report the sample as group AB
A. Wash the cells with warm saline, autoadsorb the serum at 4°C,
patient types as AB positive. Two units of blood have been ordered by the physician. Currently, the inventory shows no AB units, 10 A-positive units, 1 A-negative unit, 5 B-positive units, and 20 O-positive units. Which should be set up for the major crossmatch?
A. A-positive units
B. O-positive units
C. B-positive units
D. Call another blood supplier for type-specific blood 4 shares
A. A-positive units
A physician orders 2 units of leukocyte-reduced red blood cells. The patient is a 55-year-old male with anemia. He types as an AB negative, and his antibody screen is negative. There is only 1 unit of AB negative in inventory. What is the next blood type that should be given?
A. AB positive (patient is male)
B. A negative
C. B negative
D. O negative
B. A negative
In an emergency situation, Rh-negative red cells are transfused into an Rh-positive person of the genotype CDe/CDe. The first antibody most likely to develop is:
A. Anti-c
B. Anti-d
C. Anti-e
D. Anti-E
A. Anti-c
What antibodies could an R1R1 make if exposed to R2R2 blood?
A. Anti-e and anti-C
B. Anti-E and anti-c
C. Anti-E and anti-c
D. Anti-e and anti-c
C. Anti-E and anti-c
What techniques are necessary for weak D testing?
A. Saline + 22°C incubation
B. Albumin or LISS + 37°C incubation
C. Saline + 37°C incubation
D. 37°C incubation + IAT
D. 37°C incubation + IAT
Rhig (Rhogam) is indicated for:
A. Mothers who have anti-D
B. Infants who are Rh-negative
C. Infants who have anti-D
D. Mothers who are Rh-negative
D. Mothers who are Rh-negative
RhIG should be administered within how many hours of delivery?
A. 4
B. 48
C. 72
D. 96
C. 72
Which of the following antigens is poorly expressed on cord blood cells?
А. К
B. М
C. Leb
D. D
C. Leb
Which of the following is characteristic of anti-i?
A. Often associated with hemolytic disease of the newborn
B. Reacts best at 37°C
C. Reacts best at room temperature or 4°C
D. D. Is usually IgG
C. Reacts best at room temperature or 4°C
PAROXYSMAL COLD HEMOGLOBINURIA (PCH) is associated with antibody specificity toward which of the following?
A. Kell system antigens
B. Duffy system antigens
C. Pantigen
D. antigen
C. Pantigen
In the DONATH-LANDSTEINER TEST, patient’s serum are incubated at various temperatures with:
A. Group O RBCs that express the P antigen
B. Group O RBCs that express the P1 antigen
C. Group AB RBCs that express the P antigen
D. Group AB RBCs that express the P1 antigen
A. Group O RBCs that express the P antigen
Excluding ABO, _ is rated second only to D in immunogenicity.
A. Kell
B. Cellano
C. Duffy
D. Kidd
A. Kell
The K (KEL1) antigen is:
A. Absent from the red cells of neonates
B. Strongly immunogenic
C. Destroyed by enzymes
D. Has a frequency of 50% in the random population
B. Strongly immunogenic
The k (Cellano) antigen is a high-frequency antigen and is found on most red cells. How often would one expect to find the corresponding antibody?
A. Often
B. Rarely
C. It depends upon the population
D. Impossible to determine without consulting regional blood group antigen charts
B. Rarely
An individual has been sensitized to the k antigen and has produced anti-k. What is her most probable Kell system genotype?
А. КК
B. Kk
C. kk
D. КОКО
А. КК
An antibody commonly associated with delayed transfusion reactions is:
A. Anti-Lua
B. Anti-s
C. Anti-Jkb
D. Anti-M
C. Anti-Jkb
What blood group system antibodies are commonly associated with delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions?
A. Rh
B. MNS
С. ABO
D. Kidd
D. Kidd
What procedure would help to distinguish between an anti-Fy? and anti-Jka in an antibody mixture?
A. Lowering the pH of the patient’s serum
B. Using a thiol reagent
C. Testing at colder temperatures
D. Ficin-treated panel cells
D. Ficin-treated panel cells
Which of the following antibodies characteristically gives a refractile mixed-field appearance?
A. Anti-K
B. Anti-Dia
C. Anti-Sda
D. Anti-s
C. Anti-Sda
A patient has symptoms indicating a possible hemolytic transfusion reaction. What should be done immediately?
A. Stop the transfusion and discard the unit
B. Contact the patient’s doctor to ask if the transfusion should be stopped
C. Stop the transfusion and call the patient’s doctor to report the reaction
D. Have patient blood samples sent to the lab to investigate the reaction
C. Stop the transfusion and call the patient’s doctor to report the reaction
FATAL TRANSFUSION reactions are mostly caused by?
A. Serologic errors
B. Improper storage of blood
C. Clerical errors
D. Improper handling of the product
C. Clerical errors
Some blood group antibodies characteristically hemolyze appropriate red cells in the presence of:
A. Complement
B. Anticoagulants
C. Preservatives
D. Penicillin
A. Complement
PAIN AT INFUSION SITE and hypotension are observed with what type of reaction?
A. Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
B. Allergic reaction
C. Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
D. Febrile nonhemolytic reaction
A. Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
Hypotension, nausea, flushing, fever and chills are symptoms of which of the following transfusion reactions?
A. Allergic
B. Circulatory overload
C. Hemolytic
D. Anaphylactic
C. Hemolytic
The most serious hemolytic transfusion reactions are due to incompatibility in which of the following blood group
systems?
A. ABO
B. Rh
C. MN
D. Duffy
A. ABO
What would be the result of group A blood given to an O patient?
A. Nonimmune transfusion reaction
B. Immediate hemolytic transfusion reaction
C. Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
D. Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction
B. Immediate hemolytic transfusion reaction
A patient has a hemolytic reaction to blood transfused 8 days ago. What is the most likely cause?
A. Immediate, nonimmunologic probably due to volume overload
B. Delayed immunologic, probably due to an antibody such as anti-Jka
C. Delayed nonimmunologic, probably due to iron overload
D. Immediate, immunologic, probably due to clerical error,
ABO incompatibility
C. Delayed nonimmunologic, probably due to iron overload
The K (KEL1) antigen is:
A. Absent from the red cells of neonates
B. Strongly immunogenic
C. Destroyed by enzymes
D. Has a frequency of 50% in the random population
B. Strongly immunogenic
What blood group system antibodies are commonly associated with delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions?
A. Rh
B. MNS
C. ABO
D. Kidd
D. Kidd
What procedure would help to distinguish between an anti-Fy? and anti-Jka in an antibody mixture?
A. Lowering the pH of the patient’s serum
B. Using a thiol reagent
C. Testing at colder temperatures
D. Ficin-treated panel cells
D. Ficin-treated panel cells
Hemoglobinuria, hypotension and generalized bleeding are symptoms of which of the following transfusion reactions?
A. Allergic
B. Circulatory overload
C. Hemolytic
D. Anaphylactic
C. Hemolytic
In a DELAYED TRANSFUSION REACTION, the causative antibody is generally too weak to be detected in routine compatibility testing and antibody screening tests, but is typically detectable at what point after transfusion?
A. 3 - 6 hours
B. 3 - 7 days
C. 60 - 90 days
D. After 120 days
B. 3 - 7 days
An unexplained fall in hemoglobin and mild jaundice in a patient transfused with Red Blood Cells 1 week previously would most likely indicate:
A. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
B. Posttransfusion hepatitis infection
C. Presence of HLA antibodies
D. Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
D. Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction