PRETEST Flashcards
Which disease might be indicated by antibodies to smooth muscle (ASMA)?
a. atrophic gastritis
b. chronic active hepatitis
c. myasthenia gravis
d. sjogren’s syndrome
b. chronic active hepatitis
An RPR card test performed on CSF was nonreactive. The physician was skeptical and asked for a repeat test. The RPR result was reactive 1:1 dilution. The result:
a. Should be reported as nonreactive
b. should be reported as reactive dilution 1:1 dilution
c. is nonconclusive, and should be repeated in a new CSF sample
d. is unreportable, the RPR test should not be performed on CSF
d. is unreportable, the RPR test should not be performed on CSF
What is the titer in tube No. 8 if tube No. 1 is undiluted and dilutions are doubled?
a. 64
b. 128
c. 256
d. 512
b. 128
The H antigen is found in lowest concentration on what phenotype of red blood cell?
a. group B
b. group A1B
c. group A2B
d. group O
b. group A1B
Which of the following could be the possible cause of the given ABO discrepancy?
Anti-A: 0
Anti-B: 0
A1 cells: 0
B cells: 0
O cells: 0
Autocontrol: 0
a. acquired B phenomenon
b. subgroup of A or B
c. immunodeficient patient
d. polyagglutination
c. immunodeficient patient
Which of the following is most helpful to confirm a weak ABO subgroup?
a. adsorption-elution
b. testing with A1 lectin
c. neutralization
d. use of Anti-A1B
a. adsorption-elution
Which of the following could be the possible cause of the given ABO discrepancy?
Anti-A: 4+
Anti-B: 0
A1 cells: 0
B cells: 4+
O cells: 3+
Autocontrol: 0
a. acquired B phenomenon
b. A1 subgroup
c. A2 subgroup
d. polyagglutination
b. A1 subgroup
Which of the following could be the possible cause of the given ABO discrepancy?
Anti-A: 4+
Anti-B: 0
A1 cells: 1+
B cells: 4+
O cells: 0
Autocontrol: 0
a. acquired B phenomenon
b. A1 subgroup
c. A2 subgroup
d. polyagglutination
c. A2 subgroup
The results of D typing on a patient using a high protein anti-D reagents are:
RT 37℃ AHG CC
(patient cells 0 2+ not prfrmed
+ anti-D)
(patient cells 0 2+ not prfrmed
+ Rh control)
Which of the following is the correct interpretation of these results?
a. Rh negative, weak D positive
b. Rh positive, weak D postive
c. Rh negative, weak D negative
d. Invalid Rh typing
d. Invalid Rh typing
Glycophorin A and glycophorin B possess antigen sites for which blood group system?
a. duffy
b. kidd
c. lewis
d. MNS
d. MNS
All of the following exhibit dosage effect, EXCEPT:
a. duffy
b. kidd
c. lewis
d. MNS
c. lewis
An antiglobulin crossmatch is performed with a donor red blood cell unit. The antiglobulin crossmatch result is a 2+ agglutination reaction. What is the most likely explanation for this result?
a. recipient’s rbc are demonstrating polyagglutination
b. recipient’s rcbs have a low-frequency antigen
c. recipient possesses an IgG alloantibody
d. recipient possesses a cold autoantibody
c. recipient possesses an IgG alloantibody
A blood supplier ships 3 units of pooled cryoprecipitate. Each pool consists of 5 units of cryoprecipitate. If one unit is thawed at 5 pm, when must it be dispensed from the blood bank?
a. before 9 pm
b. before 11 pm
c. before 12 am
d. before 5 pm on the next day
a. before 9 pm
Which of the following is NOT a step in platelet production?
a. soft spin to sediment red blood cells
b. hard spin to separate platelets from platelet-rich plasma
c. resting phase at 1 to 6 degrees celsius
d. resting phase at 20-24 degrees celsius
c. resting phase at 1 to 6 degrees celsius
Intraoperative autologous blood stored at 1 to 6 degrees celsius should be administered within:
a. 4 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 12 hours
d. 24 hours
d. 24 hours
Antibody screen and antibody identification cells are group
a. A1 and B
b. A and O
c. O only
d. AB only
c. O only
Group O, Rh- positive cells are used for antibody screening tests because:
a. anti-A and anti-B do not react with O cells
b. anti-A1 is detected using O cells
c. most recipients are O and Rh positive
d. weak A or B subgroups react with O cells
a. anti-A and anti-B do not react with O cells
A DAT result is as follows:
Polyspecific AHG= 1+
Anti-IgG = negative (Check cells = 3+)
The most etiology of this positive DAT is:
a. anti-IgG
b. anti C3
c. anti-I
d. anti-A1 in an A1 individual
b. anti C3
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) should be cultured immediately, but if delayed the specimen should be:
a. frozen at -20 degrees celsiuss
b. incubated at 37 degrees celsius and cultured as soon as possibe
c. refrigerated at 4-6 degrees celsius
d. stored at room temp for no longer than 24hrs
b. incubated at 37 degrees celsius and cultured as soon as possibe
Furazolidone (furoxone) susceptibility is a test used to differentiate:
a. Staphylococcus spp. from Micrococcus spp.
b. Staphylococcus spp. from Pseudomonas spp.
c. Streptococcus spp. from Micrococcus spp.
d. Streptococcus spp. from Staphylococcus spp.
a. Staphylococcus spp. from Micrococcus spp.
Which of the following sugars is fermented by a. Staphylococcus spp.?
a. glucose
b. lactose
c. maltose
d. sucrose
a. glucose
Which of the following sugars is fermented by N. gonorrheae?
a. glucose
b. lactose
c. maltose
d. sucrose
a. glucose
Which of the following characteristics can differentiate Y. enterocolitica from Y. pestis?
a. motility at 25 degrees celsius
b. motility at 37 degrees celsius
c. fermentation of glucose
d. hydrogen sulfide production
a. motility at 25 degrees celsius
Which of the following Pseudomonas species is able to grow at 42 degrees celsius?
a. P. aeruginosa
b. P. fluorescens
c. P. putida
d. P. veronii
a. P. aeruginosa
Gram-negative straight rods associated with gastroenteritiis:
TSI: A/A or K/AG
Oxidase: positive
a. E. coli
b. Y. enterocolitica
c. Citrobacter spp.
d. Aeromonas
d. Aeromonas
A 50 yr old nonimmunized male with a persistent cough, fever, and flulike symptoms was admitted to the hospital. Nasopharyngeal swabs were cultured on15% blood, chocolate, Bordet-Gengou, and Regan-Lowe agars. All media grew gram-negative coccobacillus. Carbohydrate and biochemical tests were negative. What is the most likely identification?
a. Bordetella brochiseptica
b. Bordetella pertussis
c. Haemophilus influenzae
d. Haemophilus parainfluenzae
b. Bordetella pertussis
Which of the following is a gram-positive bacilli most frequently associated as an occupational disease of butchers?
a. Bacillus cereus
b. Bacillus subtilis
c. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
d. Listeria monocytogenes
c. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Which of the following rapid assay for Legionella spp.?
a. antibody detection
b. culture on special media
c. direct examination on gram stain
d. urine antigen detection
d. urine antigen detection
Long, thin gram-negative rods that are tapered (pointed) at the ends.
a. Bacteroides
b. Fusobacterium
c. Porphyromonas
d. Prevotella
b. Fusobacterium
What is the purpose of potassium permanganate when staining acid fast bacilli with Truant auramine-rhodamine stain?
a. decolorizing agent
b. dye
c. mordant
d. quenching agent
d. quenching agent
Which of the following Mycobacterium produces an orange pigment and is most commonly recovered from water?
a. M. intracellulare
b. M. gordonae
c. M. asiaticum
d. M. kansasii
b. M. gordonae
Which of the following genera requires long chain fatty acids?
a. Klebsiella
b. Neisseria
c. Pseudomonas
d. Treponema
d. Treponema
Which of the following causes walking pneumonia?
a. Klebsiella pneumoniae
b. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. Streptococcus pneumoniae
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Antibiotic inappropriate for K. pneumoniae tested positive for the MODIFIED HODGE TEST?
a. Tobramycin
b. gentamicin
c. Imipenem
d. tetracycline
c. Imipenem
The yeast form of which dimorphic fungus appears as oval or elongated cigar shapes?
a. Coccidioides immitis
b. Sporothrix schenckii
c. Histoplasma capsulatum
d. Blastomyces dermatitidis
b. Sporothrix schenckii
Culture media must contain lipids, usually olive oil?
a. Malassezia furfur
b. Microsporum canis
c. Piedraia hortae
d. Trichosporon beigelii
a. Malassezia furfur
A dermatophyte that forms antler-like branching hyphae called favic chandeliers?
a. Microsporum gypseum
b. Microsporum canis
c. Trichophyton schoenleinii
d. Epidermophyton floccosum
c. Trichophyton schoenleinii
Rotavirus is present in large number in:
a. CSF
b. sputum
c. stool
d. urine
c. stool
An organism was isolated from an eye wash of a patient with a corneal infection who had been wearing contact lenses for the past 2 years. What is the name of the causative agent?
a. Acanthamoeba spp.
b. Entamoeba histolytica
c. Naegleria spp.
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
a. Acanthamoeba spp.
Which of the following exhibit Schuffner’s dots and have a true relapse in the life cycle?
a. P. falciparum and P. ovale
b. P. falciparum and P. vivax
c. P. malariae and P. ovale
d. P. vivax and P. ovale
d. P. vivax and P. ovale