Exam #2 Review Question

Question 1

Which of the following is not a key component to providing high quality laboratory result?

Answer 1

Non-validated testing method

Question 2

In addition to blood and urine =, the major types of body fluid specimens that can be tested by the clinical lab include:

Answer 2

A,b,andc,
Synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
Peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid
Sweat,seminal

Question 3

The introduction of routine QC in the clinical laboratory was enacted by:

Answer 3

CLIA

Question 4

The allows for a comprehensive and highly structure approach for quality management:

Answer 4

ISO 15189

Question 5

A (periodic performance review (PPR)) is required for lab (accreditation) by:

Answer 5

TJC

Question 6

Six sigma manage focuses on:

Answer 6

Reduction of variability in lab results

Question 7

Cap quality assessment considerations are all of the following except:

Answer 7

Use of expired reagent

Question 8

Which of the following is not an active error?

Answer 8

No interface with technology

Question 9

All of the following are examples of latent error except:

Answer 9

Errors with data entry

Question 10

Most laboratory errors are related to:

Answer 10

None of these

Is not Pre-examination, is not examination is not poster-examination

Question 11

Which of the following is (not a pre-analytical error)?

Answer 11

Wrong assay performed

Question 12

All of the following are examples of analytical error except:

Answer 12

LIS incompatibility

Question 13

All of the rolling are examples of post analytical errors except:

Answer 13

Oversight of instrument flags

Question 14

Participation with another lab using the same method or another method

Answer 14

External split sample

Question 15

Analyzing the same sample over time to asses reproducibility and stability of a method:

Answer 15

Audit sample

Question 16

Documentation of QC includes:

Answer 16

Proficiency testing

Question 17

How close a test result is to the true value:

Answer 17

Accuracy

Question 18

How close the test results are to one another when repeated analyses of the same material are performed.

Answer 18

Precision

Question 19

Those who have a negative test result and who do not have the disease

Answer 19

True Negative

Question 20

Those patients who have a positive test results and who also have the disease in question:

Answer 20

True positive

Question 21

The proportion of cases with a specific disease or condition that gives a positive test result

Answer 21

Sensitivity

Question 22

The proportion of cases with absence of the specific disease or condition that gives a negative test result:

Answer 22

Specificity

Question 23

The average of a group of numbers:

Answer 23

Mean

Question 24

A measure in the variability in a data set:

Answer 24

Standard deviation

Question 25

All of the following are non- analytical doctors in quality assessment except:

Answer 25

Quality control material

Question 26

All of the following are causes of pre-analytical errors in phlebotomy except:

Answer 26

Performance errors of the requested laboratory analyses

Question 27

Blood collected right after a meal:

Answer 27

Post-prandial specimen

Question 28

The vein of choice for obese patients is:

Answer 28

Cephalic

Question 29

The venous condition is a result of inflammation and disease of the interstitial substances:

Answer 29

Sclerosed

Question 30

This condition may cause veins to be difficult to palpate or locate and specimen may be contaminated with fluid.

Answer 30

Edema

Question 31

Tourniquet pressure and fist pumping may cause:

Answer 31

Hemo-concentration

Question 32

Small, red, smooth, hemorrhagic spot appearing on a patient’s skin:

Answer 32

Petechiae

Question 33

Which of following following is not a common cause of hemolysis?

Answer 33

Bevel opening is partially in the vain