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  1. Which of the following should a health care worker do before using reagent strips and/or controls in point of care testing?
    A. Check the date that the bottle was opened
    B. Ensure the reagents and/or controls have been stored property
    C. Check the expiration date
    D. All of the above
A

D. All of the above

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  1. What is troponin T?
    A. An instrument that is used to test T4
    B. A protein that is used to detect heart damage
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B. A protein that is used to detect heart damage.

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  1. Which of the following terms is synonymous with POCT?
    A. Blood culture testing
    B. Near patient testing
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B. Near patient testing

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  1. Most rapid methods for glucose testing require:
    A. Skin puncture blood
    B. Red blood cells
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A. Skin puncture blood

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  1. Which of the following refers to the term hematocrit?
    A. Hct, crit
    B. High
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A. Hct, crit

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  1. Which of the following blood assays can assist in the diagnosis ad evaluation of anemia?
    A. Hemoglobin
    B. Troponin T
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A. Hemoglobin

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  1. In the point of care testing, which of the following conditions can cause erroneous results in glucose testing?
    A. Outdated reagents
    B. Calibrators are not used
    C. Wrong volume of specimen is collected
    D. All of the above
A

D. All of the above

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  1. In terms of quality control procedures , SD stands for:
    A. Shared diameter
    B. Standard deviation
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B. Standard deviation

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  1. Which of the following is released from pancreas and has major effect on blood glucose levels?
    A. Insulin
    B. Renin
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A. Insulin

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  1. Interpretation of a quality control chart is based on the fact that for a normal distribution:
    A. 99% of the value are within 3 SD of the mean
    B. 99% of the value are within 3 SD of the mean
A

A. 99% of the value are within 3 SD of the mean

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  1. Na+,Cl_, and K+ are usually referred to as:
    A. Electrolytes
    B. Blood gases
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A. Electrolytes

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  1. The SureStepFlexx meter is used to test:
    A. Heart damage
    B. Glucose
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B. Glucose

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  1. All POCT analyzers require:
    A. Gloves
    B. Reagent strips
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A. Gloves

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  1. Control material should be analyzed how many times in order to determine the mean and SD?
    A. 10 to 15
    B. 20 to 30
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B. 20 to 30

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  1. In POCT quality control, tolerance limits are determined by pooling the data obtained during which test period?
    A. 30 day test period
    B. 40 day test period
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A. 30 day test period

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  1. Which of the following is recommended to use to routinely clean the POCT instruments?
    A. Is glycemic
    B. Is too acidic or too alkaline
A

B. Is too acidic or too alkaline

17
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  1. The cholestech LDX system measures:
    A. Total cholesterol
    B. Cholesterol and bilirubin
A

A. Total cholesterol

18
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  1. Which of the following is referred to as “bad cholesterol”?
    A. HDL cholesterol
    B. LDL cholesterol
A

B. LDL cholesterol

19
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  1. A QC chart in the clinical laboratory is based on the fact that for a normal distribution, what percentage of the values about the mean should be within +/-2 SD?
    A. 95%
    B. 99%
20
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  1. The CoaguChek system measures which of the following?
    A. PT
    B. Glucose
21
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  1. In laboratory abbreviations, PCV stands for:
    A. Prothrombin corpuscular volume
    B. Packed cell volume
A

B. Packed cell volume

22
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  1. A less than normal number of erythrocytes in a patient is referred to as:
    A. Polycythemia
    B. Anemia
23
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  1. The hemoglobin A1c assay is used to monitor a patient’s:
    A. Blood glucose level
    B. Blood hematocrit level
A

A. Blood glucose level

24
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  1. Which of the following measures a cardiac monitoring analyte?
    A. CoaguChek System
    B. TROPT sensitive rapid assay
A

B TROPT sensitive rapid assay

25
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  1. The PT and INR testing is used in glucose monitoring.

True or false

26
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  1. A cardiac POCT is the ROCHE TROPT rapid assay.

True or false

27
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  1. Hct is the same as packed cell volume.

True or false

28
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  1. Hematocrit values are obtained to aid in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.

True or false

29
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  1. High density lipoprotein is referred to as the “good cholesterol”.

True or False

30
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  1. Triglycerides are fatty acids and glycerol that circulate in the blood.

True or false

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  1. A test for the maintenance of blood glucose levels is the troponin T test.

True or false

32
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  1. Hemoglobin is the same as hematocrit.

True or false

33
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  1. The purpose of EQC is to test the electronics of a POCT instrument.

True or false

34
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  1. Diabetes mellitus is an acute disease , not a chronic disease.

True or false

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