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According to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) no more than how many hours should pass between collection and separation of cells from plasma or serum? Correct Answer: 3 An impatient employee opens a centrifuge while it is still active. This can result in what? Correct Answer: Aerosolization of hazardous specimens Which of the following personnel examines cells under the microscope to detect signs of cancer in the earliest stages? Correct Answer: cytotechnologist ...

Bilirubin, total reference range Correct Answer: 0.2 - 1 mg/dL BUN reference range Correct Answer: 6 - 20 mg/dL Calcium, total reference range Correct Answer: 8.6 - 10 mg/dL Chloride reference range Correct Answer: 98 - 107 mEq/L Creatinine (male) reference range Correct Answer: 0.9 - 1.2 mg/dL Creatinine (female) reference range Correct Answer: 0.6 - 1.1 mg/dL Glucose, fasting reference range Correct Answer: 70-99 mg/dL Potassium reference range Correct Answer: 3.5 ...

What kind of bond do histones have with DNA? Correct Answer: Ionic What amino acids compose histones? Correct Answer: Lysine and Arginine Which lymphoma has t-cell rearrangements? Correct Answer: Sezary Syndrome Acute Promyelocytic leukemia translocation? Correct Answer: t(15,17) Leading strand polymerase: Correct Answer: Delta DNA repair polymerase(s): Correct Answer: Beta or Epsilon Mitochondrial polymerase: Correct Answer: Gamma Molecular beacon design: Correct Ans...

Which of the following is not a component of a nucleotide? Phosphate group Anti-codon Ribose sugar Nitrogen base Correct Answer: Anti-codon According to Chargaff's rule of base pairing, adenine pairs with: Correct Answer: Thymine What genes would be screened in a breast cancer panel? Correct Answer: HER2, ERBB2, BRCA1 Next Generation Sequencing uses: Correct Answer: Short sequence reads Purines and pyrimidines differ from each other in that: Correct Answer: Purines have two...

What is the diagnostic procedure for Echinococcus granulosus? Correct Answer: The microscopic examination of hydatid fluid aspirated from a cyst. What is the diagnostic procedure for Onchocerca volvulus? Correct Answer: Examination of skin snips. What is the diagnostic procedure for Schistosoma haematobium? Correct Answer: Examination of urine sediment. Charcot-Leyden crystals in stool may be associated with an immune response and are thought to be formed from the breakdown products ...

Hypertrophy Correct Answer: Increased cell and organ size, often in response to increased workload: induced by mechanical stress and by growth factors; occurs in tissue incapable of cell division Hyperplasia Correct Answer: Increased cell numbers in response to hormones and other growth factors; occurs in tissues whose cells are able to divide Atrophy Correct Answer: Decreased cell and organ size, as a result of decreased nutrient supply or disuse: associated with decreased synthesis an...

Erythema Muliforme Correct Answer: "target" archer's bull's eye lesion Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome Correct Answer: Port wine stain, mucus membranes with hemorrhage Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma) Correct Answer: Liver cancer with malignant vascular tumer from exposure to polyvinyl, arsenic and others Kaposi Sarcoma Correct Answer: AIDS, red-purple macules lower extremities Pellagra Correct Answer: B3 deficiency Megloblastic Anemia Correct Answer: B12 (Neurologic dysfunctio...

Which of the following is part of the standard protocol when doing a bleeding time? Correct Answer: A butterfly-type bandage is used When collecting blood using a syringe, samples should be placed into evacuated tubes in the following order: Correct Answer: Blue, lavender, red The outer layer of the heart is the: Correct Answer: Epicardium A platelet count of 650,000 per cubic millimeter is termed: Correct Answer: Thrombocytosis A phlebotomist with 6 collection orders for patient...

Pyrimidine Correct Answer: One carbon ring Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil Purine Correct Answer: Two carbon rings Adenine, Guanine How are nucleotides joined together? Correct Answer: Condensation to form phosphodiester bond What is the function of mRNA? Correct Answer: Carries genetic info out of nucleus Transcript translated to protein What is the function of tRNA? Correct Answer: Carries aa to ribosome Anticodon pairs with codon on mRNA strand What is the function of rRNA? ...

For a certain method, a control has a mean result of 12 with a standard deviation (SD) of 2. What is the acceptable 95% range for this control? Correct Answer: 8 - 16 The best sample to obtain in order to diagnosis the parasite causing the posterior scalp nodule as illustrated in the photograph is: Correct Answer: Superficial skin snip Almost all individuals possess which Lutheran antigen profile? Correct Answer: Lu(a-b+) Which one of the following statements concerning Tamm-Horsfall...