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. Which apheresis platelets product should be irradiated?
#2. One bag of red blood cells will increase the hemoglobin by what amount
#3. Breakdown of epithelial cell casts that contain oval fat bodies
#4. All of the following are associated with breast carcinoma except
#5. Which of the following decrease the function and proliferation of T Helper cells
#6. Which cell has a “halo” next to the nucleus
#7. What can you do to help prevent a fire in the laboratory?
#8. What is the shelf life of a platelet concentrate?
#9. An assay’s ability to detect small concentration of a substance is called
#10. Large ground glass colonies with an often comma shaped projections from the colony edge giving it an appearance of a “Medusa-head”
#11. Multiple myeloma is a
#12. Which of the following is the best indicator of an acute infection with the hepatitis A virus?
#13. Type of chromatography where the separation is based on differences in solubility between two liquid phases, one of which is aqueous and the other organic
#14. The following are tests routinely performed on donor blood except
#15. An OB patient has had 3 previous pregnancies. First baby was healthy, the second jaundiced at birth and required an exchange transfusion, while the third was stillborn. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
#16. Regulatory agency that enforces laws prohibiting job discrimination
#17. A protein made in the liver that is used to access nutritional status
#18. Elevated IgE levels are typically found in
#19. A patient with high serum levels of creatine kinase, aldolase, and aspartate aminotransferase but normal levels of alanine aminotransferase most likely has
#20. Test request factors include the following except
#21. Renal epithelial fragments originate from the
#22. The type of immunity that follows the injection of antibodies synthesized by another individual or animal is termed
#23. A small dense spherical structure in the nucleus of a cell during interphase.
#24. The following antibodies are used in the diagnosis of Celiac disease or sprue except
#25. Multiple myeloma most commonly involves the following class of immunoglobulin
#26. A patient suspected of having syphilis had various tests performed with the following results: RPR reactive, FTA-ABS non reactive, VDRL (CSF) non reactive. These test results best reflect which of the following?
#27. The following are hormones produced in the adrenal medulla except
#28. Term used to describe bacteria that prefers a lower oxygen concentration than atmospheric air
#29. What do the following antibodies (Anti-N, anti-P1, anti-Le(a)) have in common?
#30. Complete lack of D, C, E, c or e antigens on red blood cells
#31. Crystals appearing as flat needle-like structures that are often brown in color. These are associated with the use of a certain antibiotic medication
#32. Which of the following is H2S positive?
#33. Which of the following blood components must be prepared within 8 hours after phlebotomy
#34. All blood that is drawn in CPD or CP2D can have its storage time extended by adding an additive solution (also called Adsol and Adenine Solution). When this is added within 72 hours of the unit’s being drawn, what will be the new expiration date
#35. ANA fluorescent techniques were performed and a speckled pattern appeared with a titer of 640. What would you do next?
#36. These crystals appear colorless and rectangular, with a notch in one or more corners. They can be found in acidic urine
#37. Which serum antibody response usually characterizes the primary (early) stage of syphilis?
#38. This tapeworm is also called the Rat Tapeworm with man as its accidental host, and rat its definitive host.
#39. An alpha-2-globulin that binds free hemoglobin, which is then removed by the reticuloendothelial system
#40. Pseudogout is a painful form of arthritis that comes on suddenly. This condition is caused by the deposition of these crystals
#41. Which of the following statements on testing for urine nitrites is false
#42. A patient is immunized for measles. What type of immunity does this patient have?
#43. Swarming growth on agar plates is seen in which of the following organisms
#44. Hepatitis C differs from hepatitis A because it
#45. The partial sterilization of a product, such as milk or wine, to make it safe for consumption and improve its keeping quality.
#46. T lymphocytes that possess the CD8 surface market mediate which of the following T-Cell functions?
#47. Which Clostridium species has a “Racquet-Shaped” morphology because of its terminal spore?
#48. What is the ABO type of check cells
#49. A neonate has a positive titer of IgG antibodies to syphilis due to placental transfer during pregnancy. Which type of immunity is this?
#50. Test used to assess abnormal cortisol levels in response to the injection dexamethasone, primarily to diagnose Cushing syndrome.
#51. It is important to note that when an infant is born, levels of specific antibody of the following class are used to indicate neonatal infection
#52. What is the primary form of lipid storage in the body?
#53. The antibody most frequently present in systemic lupus erythematosus is directed against
#54. Titer is defined as the
#55. Which mineral significantly affects the function and activation of alkaline phosphatase?
#56. Factor XIII is also known as?
#57. In direct and indirect antiglobulin tests, false negative reactions may result from
#58. Blood is drawn from a patient for serological tests for a viral disease at the time of onset and again 4 weeks later. The results of the test are considered diagnostic if the
#59. Which of the following is not a blood borne pathogen?
#60. Which laboratory technique is most frequently used to diagnose and follow the course of therapy of a patient with secondary syphilis?
#61. Which of the following statements on Graves Disease is true?
#62. Component present in synovial fluid that provides its normal viscosity
#63. Causative agent of bacillary dysentery because of its ability to penetrate epithelial cells in the small intestines
#64. In the indirect fluorescent anti-nuclear antibody test, a speckled pattern may indicate the presence of antibody to
#65. According to AABB standards, FFP must be infused within what period of time following it is thawed
#66. Which of the following parasites can be seen in the urine?
#67. Reagent used to differentiate Bombay cells (hh) from O cells (HH or Hh)
#68. Term used to describe the pink, orange or yellowish CSF supernatant usually due to hemoglobin
#69. Elevated Hgb A2 level is characteristic of what type of thalassemia
#70. An inanimate object that harbors and transmits a pathogen is a
#71. A combination of features usually associated with SLE, systemic sclerosis, and polymyositis.
#72. What is the relationship of calcium and phosphorus levels in serum?
#73. Autoantibodies directed against a patient’s own salivary or tear ducts is associated with which disease
#74. Incompatible blood transfusions are examples of
#75. Which laboratory finding is not consistent with Pernicious anemia?
#76. Elevation of the granulocyte percentage above 75% is termed
#77. Which of the following groups of Streptococci is able to grow in the presence of bile salts (Bile Esculin Test)?
#78. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Erysipelothrix sp.?
#79. Method of urine collection where a needle is inserted through the suprapubic abdominal area directly into the bladder
#80. Sudan Black is used to distinguish which types of leukemia?
#81. What is the abnormal variation in the size of erythrocytes known as?
#82. Giant multinucleated cells due to the fusion of infected cells is seen in respiratory infections caused by this virus
#83. Which of the following does not show a so-called Maltese cross formation when viewed with polarized light?
#84. Used for storage of autologous units and “rare” units. These units must be thawed at 37C and glycerol removed prior to transfusion.
#85. Type of quality control materials in which the lab has to establish their own ranges based on several runs
#86. Port wine colored urine is an indication of which substance
#87. What is Karyorrhexis?
#88. Fine silky needles arranged in sheaves or bundles in acid urine. They are rarely present and may appear together with leucine crystals in liver disease.
#89. Malarial parasites in red blood cells are best demonstrated by which stain?
#90. This substance found in the urine of patients with rhabdomyolysis can cause a positive result on reagent strip for blood
#91. Complete cessation of urine production
#92. Crossmatch results at the antiglobulin phase were negative. When 1 drop of check cells was added, no agglutination was seen. The most likely explanation is that the
#93. Which of the following clotting factors act as a transamidase?
#94. Which of the following is an important cellular mediator of immune complex tissue injury
#95. Major crossmatch will detect
#96. Which test is used to monitor red cell production
#97. Which of the following statements on Indirect Antiglobulin Test is false?
#98. Lysosmal disorder caused by a deficiency in the enzyme B-glucocerebrosidase
#99. Technique used to separate lipoproteins by their rates of flotation
#100. A group B patient needs blood but ABO identical blood is unavailable. Which alternative group(s) may be used?
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