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Diagnostic Medicine Intro Quiz Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Diagnostic Teaching
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Diagnostic Medicine Intro QuizQuestions And Answers Latest
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All of the following are reasons for PA students to actively engage this CLM
course, EXCEPT:
A) to introduce PA students to the practice of clinical laboratory medicine,
including the principles of selected tests and the judicious use of the clinical
laboratory.
B) to develop skills in the interpretation of common clinical lab tests and
identify the variables affecting these results, often in the absence of a
pathologist.
C) to identify the basis for common clinical laboratory tests used both in office
practice and hospital settings.
D) to develop practical skills in clinical testing methods commonly used in
office practice and hospital settings.
E) to learn how to perform automated tests on samples submitted to the
clinical pathology laboratory. ANS✔✔ E) to learn how to perform automated
tests on samples submitted to the clinical pathology laboratory.
The desirable diagnostic test outcome range is based upon strict statistical
application of 95% confidence intervals.
A) True
B) False ANS✔✔ B) False
,Based upon the a clinical laboratory test result that registers outside the
established reference range, which of the following is NOT crucial for proper
interpretation of the test outcome?
A) The test provides reasonable certainty that the postulated diagnosis is
correct.
B) The test provides reasonable certainty that the postulated diagnosis is not
correct.
C) The test outcome provides information that could alter therapy.
D) The test outcome can be confirmed by another, non-specific test.
E) The test outcome fits the pattern or clinical scenario that indicates a certain
disease process. ANS✔✔ D) The test outcome can be confirmed by another,
non-specific test.
The specificity of a serology test to diagnose Lyme disease describes which of
the following?
A) The degree of confidence held in the test result as compared with a "GOLD
STANDARD" test.
B) The limits of the test has in identifying an alternate diagnosis.
C) The absolute number of false positives.
D) How well the test abnormality is restricted to those patients that actually do
not have the disease or condition in question.
E) The possibility, in terms of face value percentage, that the test is incorrect.
ANS✔✔ D) How well the test abnormality is restricted to those patients that
actually do not have the disease or condition in question.
, The point prevalence of a disease or trait is the number of new case appearing
in cohorts during the course of any given year.
A) True
B) False ANS✔✔ B) False
The sensitivity of a test discloses the performance percentage aligned with
which of the following?
A) The reciprocal percentage that a test misses the correct diagnosis (false
negatives).
B) How often the test suggests an alternative diagnosis.
C) The degree of confidence maintained in the test outcome.
D) How often true negative results should be encountered.
E) The test specificity outcome subtracted from 1. ANS✔✔ A) The reciprocal
percentage that a test misses the correct diagnosis (false negatives).
The "incidence" is simply the frequency or percentage of a disease or trait
occurring in a given population.
A) True
B) False ANS✔✔ B) False
The sensitivity of a test is the percentage that a test is truly accurate in
identifying those patients with a disease or trait in question.
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