Welcome to our practice test for Medical Laboratory Certification Exams like ASCP and AMT for MLT, CLS and MLS. Test includes General Laboratory, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis & Body Fluids, Blood Banking & Immunohematology, Serology & Immunology and Microbiology. You have 60 minutes to answer 100 test questions. Good luck!
#1. Delayed onset transfusion reaction usually due to anamnestic response to clinically significant antibodies such as Rh, Kell, Kidd and Duffy
#2. Which of the following is not true of Klebsiella pneumoniae?
#3. Hormone produced in the adrenal cortex that increases the rate of sodium reabsorption
#4. Most common symptom of an acute intravascular hemolytic transfusion reaction
#5. Treatment of IgG with papain results in how many fragments from each immunoglobulin molecule
#6. Hemoglobinuria, hypotension and generalized bleeding are symptoms of which of the following transfusion reactions?
#7. What reagent does the Clinitest urine glucose test use to measure urine glucose levels?
#8. Cells that can act as antigen-presenting cells for exogenous antigens include
#9. An analytical chemistry technique used to measure the amount of turbidity or cloudiness in a solution caused by the presence of suspended insoluble particles.
#10. A rare, usually noncancerous (benign) tumor that develops in an adrenal medulla
#11. Measurement of intensity of light falling on a surface from a source without consideration of wavelength
#12. Which of the following phenotypes is homozygous for the Fy(a) antigen
#13. The purpose of adding antiglobulin reagent in a direct antiglobulin test is
#14. Substance with high affinity for lipid layers of skin and brain, and is a potent neurotoxin causing brain damage or kernicterus
#15. What is the causative agent of gonorrhea?
#16. What is the diluent used in the cyanmethemoglobin method for the determination of hemoglobin?
#17. Which information is essential on patient blood sample labels drawn for compatibility testing?
#18. Which immunoglobulin has the highest concentration in a normal serum?
#19. What is the common characteristics of all hemolytic anemias?
#20. Which of the following statements is false?
#21. Patients with Graves Disease may show an elevation of the following thyroid antibodies except
#22. Bordet-Gengou Agar is a special media for growing which organism
#23. Multiple, homogenous, narrow bands are present in the gamma zone on electrophoresis of a patient’s CSF on agarous gel. Immunofixation indicates that the bands are primarily IgG. This may indicate which of the following diseases.
#24. In a cytocentrifuged spinal fluid, a predominance of neutrophils usually indicates which etiology for an infection?
#25. A type of lymphocyte that produces antibodies
#26. A patient with high serum levels of creatine kinase, aldolase, and aspartate aminotransferase but normal levels of alanine aminotransferase most likely has
#27. The following are clotting factors acting as contact proteins except
#28. Which of the following is not one of the basic techniques for disposal of hazardous materials?
#29. Bichromatic analysis is used in automation to
#30. Urine shows negative for glucose on the reagent strip but a positive reaction with Benedict’s test. What is the reason?
#31. Inherited disorder in which the body is unable to process certain protein building blocks (amino acids) properly leaving a distinctive sweet odor of affected infants’ urine.
#32. According to OSHA, employers must offer this vaccine at no cost to all personnel with Category 1 and Category 2 Exposure Risks
#33. A patient comes to their PCP with pallor, fatigue, shortness of breath, and low blood pressure. What could be the hematological differential diagnosis?
#34. A parasitic nematode worm commonly known as the Old World hookworm with two powerful ventral teeth in the adult forms of this parasite.
#35. Test that indicates the presence of white blood cells in the urinary tract
#36. Type of cast formed from the disintegration of cellular casts
#37. A blood smear showed crescent shaped gametocytes in several red cells. What is the most probable identity of the organisms?
#38. Which of the following statements on Graves Disease is true?
#39. Cord bloods are washed prior to ABO and Rh grouping to
#40. Bone marrow tissue contains all of the following cells except
#41. This abnormal hemoglobin is caused by the substitution of lysine for glutamic acid in the 6th position
#42. Which disease associated with anti-SSA (anti-Ro) and anti-SSB (anti-La)
#43. Which of the following statements is true?
#44. Which of the following fungi causes meningitis and septicemia in immunocompromised hosts?
#45. Antibiotic used in the identification and detection of MRSA
#46. In chronic active hepatitis, high titers of which of the following antibodies are seen?
#47. Can be detected in serum of patients with either Grave’s disease or Hashimoto thyroiditis
#48. Which enzyme shows an elevation in acute pancreatitis?
#49. A positive bile solubility test is characteristic of which Streptococcus
#50. Which of the following can cause a Trend?
#51. Serological tests for which disease may give a false positive result if the patient has Lyme disease?
#52. What is the first stage of agglutination called?
#53. Which chemical is used to confirm the presence of seminal fluid in alleged rape cases?
#54. Substances having a known or determined range of acceptable values used to determine the analyzer’s performance
#55. The following can cause falsely decreased RBC counts in automated hematology analyzers except
#56. The following statements are true about amniotic fluid except
#57. What is defined as the amount of acid needed to return pH to normal
#58. Detection of the presence of nitrite in the urine is useful in the following except
#59. Which lipoprotein moves fastest when subjected to electrophoresis?
#60. Simple sugar that is a major source of energy in the human body
#61. Which of the following is an important cellular mediator of immune complex tissue injury
#62. Cerebrospinal fluid results reveal an elevated protein, normal glucose, normal lactate, and elevated lymphocytes. These results likely indicate
#63. The following serologic tests are used in the diagnosis of celiac disease except
#64. Which adverse transfusion reaction is caused by antibodies in the donor to neutrophils or HLA antigens of the recipient, and may be accompanied with transient neutropenia or leukopenia
#65. Used to describe the closeness of a test value to the actual value
#66. Most immunogenic of all blood group antigens
#67. ABO and Rh hemolytic disease of the newborn each have unique distinguishing characteristics. Which of the following red cell shapes is unique to ABO HDN
#68. Elevated numbers of this type of cell has a biologic correlation with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
#69. Which of the following statements about Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not true?
#70. What antibodies in the Rh system can be made by a person whose Rh phenotype is R1R1
#71. Phase contrast microscopy is a technique used to identify which urinary constituent
#72. Cell-mediated immunity is primarily mediated by
#73. Which class of fire extinguishers is appropriate for fires caused by reactive metals?
#74. Pinpoint, “mercury droplet” colonies on Bordet-Gengou agar is a characteristic of which organism
#75. Which of the following statements about 1,25 Dihydroxy Vitamin D is not true?
#76. Blood component obtained from insoluble precipitates formed after thawing FFP at 1-6C
#77. Useful microscopic techniques in the detection of fat globules, oval fat bodies, and fatty casts include the following except
#78. Laboratory methodology based on the measurement of light in a narrow wavelength range selected by prisms, gratings or filters
#79. A false-negative cold agglutinin test may result if
#80. Which of the following is used to assess platelet function?
#81. What type of instrumentation is based on the principle that excitation of an atom’s electrons by heat energy from the flame causes unstable electrons to change from a higher energy state to a lower energy state?
#82. The following analytes are used in the calculation of serum osmolality except
#83. Forward blood typing shows no agglutination of patient cells with both Anti A and Anti B. What is the patient’s ABO blood type?
#84. An acute illness associated with fever caused by the Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria
#85. Acute Hepatitis B infection is confirmed with the presence of which serologic marker?
#86. Autoantibodies directed against Thyroglobulin is associated with which disease
#87. Which of the following causes elevated sodium levels?
#88. Which of the following is not detected by reagent strip tests for blood?
#89. Factor XIII is also known as?
#90. Urine sample collected in the middle of the flow of urine after cleaning the genital area thoroughly
#91. The process of isolating a solid substance from solution by freezing the solution and vaporizing the ice away under vacuum conditions.
#92. Which of the following is associated with acute glomerulonephritis?
#93. A clinical laboratorian’s first response to a formalin spill in the laboratory is to
#94. Repeated suboptimal response to platelet transfusions with lower-than-expected posttransfusion count increments.
#95. The following procedure has been routinely used for detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) because of its high level of sensitivity
#96. Macrophages produce which of the following proteins during antigen processing?
#97. Dense, shrunken, and irregularly shaped red blood cells with spikes on the outside.
#98. Which of the following is a characteristic of anti-I?
#99. High levels of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) have what effect on the reagent strip testing for urine blood
#100. What is the metabolic pathway that causes the lowering of glucose levels in whole blood by converting it to pyruvic acid?
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