Test 2

Question 1

If a patient has a high hematocrit, what does that mean?

Answer 1

Excessive number of RBC

Question 2

Deficiency of which of the following can cause neural tube defect?

Answer 2

Folic Acid

Question 3

What is a better indicator of iron deficient anemia?

Answer 3

Blood ferritin

Question 4

Decreased level of hemoglobin could be found in which disease?

Answer 4

Renal failure

Question 5

Alfa-fetoprotein is synthesized in

Answer 5

Babys liver

Question 6

Blood acetone levels would be useful to aid the differential diagnosis between?

Answer 6

Diabetes mellitus vs. diabetes insipidus

Question 7

If a patient has a decreased hematocrit and decreased MCV on CBC you would suspect?

Answer 7

Iron-deficient anemia

Question 8

A patient presents with a WBC count of 29,000. The differential is %50 of neutrophils, 45% lymphocytes, 5% of others. You would suspect?

Answer 8

Herpes Zoster

Question 9

Which of the following tests is/are highly accurate diagnosis for HIV in babies

Answer 9

PCR

Question 10

High level of ALP with normal level of GGTP could indicate?

Answer 10

Healing bone fracture

Question 11

Patient with constant chest pain with radiation to left shoulder, left TMJ needs which of the following?

Answer 11

Troponin

Question 12

Presence of HLA-B27 is typical for which of the following disorders?

Answer 12

Reiters syndrome

Question 13

Increased urine level of HCG in men indicates?

Answer 13

Testicular cancer

Question 14

Burr cells could be found in which pathology?

Answer 14

Uremia

Question 15

Plasma fibrinogen is known as?

Answer 15

Clotting factor I

Question 16

A patient presents with a white blood cell count of 5,800. What does this most likely mean?

Answer 16

Normal WBC count

Question 17

Which of the following blood tests would test the intrinsic clotting pathway?

Answer 17

Partial thromboplastin time

Question 18

Which of the following blood tests would test the extrinsic pathway?

Answer 18

Prothrombin time

Question 19

Myoglobin studies would be useful in___

Answer 19

All of the above ID of myocardial infarction inflammation of skeletal muscles Duchene’s muscular dystrophy

Question 20

Which values of MCH would you expect in the case of chronic bleeding?

Answer 20

Decreased

Question 21

Plasmia thrombin time is prolonged in_______

Answer 21

Liver cirrhosis

Question 22

Hypouricosuria could result from______

Answer 22

Kidney failure

Question 23

MCV (Mean corpuscular volume) above 100 would be indicative of ____

Answer 23

Large RBC Immature RBC Vitamin B12 deficiency Pernicious Anemia ALL the ABOVE

Question 24

Bence Jones protein urine test is used for diagnosis of______

Answer 24

Multiple myeloma

Question 25

Which of the following is the iron storage protein?

Answer 25

Ferritin

Question 26

Eosinophilia is typically found in?

Answer 26

Worm Invasion

Question 27

Presence of small-sized, normal- sized RBCs in one sample of blood is known as?

Answer 27

Anisocytosis