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OSMT Test Prep Questions and AnswersWhich of the following is the best example of homeostasis? - Answer -Regulation and
body temperature
The concentration of physiological saline is? - Answer -0.85%
Which of the following pipettes is the most accurate? - Answer -Volumetric pipette
Hypersecretion of insulin would result in? - Answer -Hypoglycemia
Deoxygenated blood is pumped into the? - Answer -Pulmonary circulation
The semi-lunar valves: - Answer -Guard the bases of the two large arterise leaving the
ventricles and are known as the pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves.
After pulmonary circulation, the blood is received by? - Answer -Left atrium
When you have a STAT request you should perform the test: - Answer -Immediately
If you use a to contain" pipette, you should? - Answer -Rinse it to make sure all of the
content is delivered
The valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle is the? - Answer -
Mitral valve
The electrical conductivity of distilled or deionized water is? - Answer -Low
In order to deliver the total volume form the pipette which has a frosted ring near the
colour code, you will? - Answer -Blow out the last drop
Which sample should be processed as STAT first? - Answer -Blood gas
Which of the following is not a cardiac enzyme? - Answer -Alkaline phosphatase
VMA is used to test for? (24hr urine-breakdown) - Answer -Epinephrine metabolism
Which of the following has valves? - Answer -Veins
,The specimen commonly used for 17-ketosteroids is? (male hormone steroids) -
Answer -24-hour urine
For an accurate cholesterol test the patient should? - Answer --Fast overnight
-Follow a normal diet 1 week before the test
-Be restricted from alcohol for 24 hours prior to the test
-Be restricted from lipid lowering drugs
CPK can be found in? - Answer -The brain
The muscles
The heart
Xylose tolerance test is primarily tested for? - Answer -Absorption ability of the small
intestine
Which of the following could not be considered as a source of error in micro-hematocrit
tests? - Answer -Not Haemolysed specimen
Not Hemoconcentrated specimen
Not Overfilling the capillary tube
Not Overfilling the vacuum tube
What is the right answer?
The normal life span of the erythrocyte is? - Answer -120 days
Leaving the urine for prolonged time will increase? - Answer -Bacteria
Hemoconcentration can be caused by? - Answer -Tourniquet which is left on the patient
too long
Whole blood is defribrinated by? - Answer -Glass beads
The basic dye in Romanowsky staining is? - Answer -Methylene blue
Supravital stain is used for? - Answer -Reticulocyte count
Which of the following does not have a nucleus? - Answer -RBC count
Platelet
Which of the following tests are not part of a CBC profile? - Answer -Not Leukocyte
count
Not Hb estimation
Not Differential cell count
Not RBC count
The counting chamber used for the RBC count is the? - Answer -Hemocytometer
,The pH of blood is? - Answer -Slightly alkaline
The anticoagulant used in a CBC profile is? - Answer -EDTA
Which of the following should not be considered as a source of error in an ESR? -
Answer -Using blood form an EDTA tube
A decrease in the size of the erythrocyte is known as? - Answer -Microcytosis
Which of the following anticoagulant does not react with calcium to prevent clotting? -
Answer -Heparin
When blood clots, the fluid that remains after separation of the clot is called? - Answer -
Serum
Which of the following does not belong to the granulocytic series? - Answer -
Lymphocytes
The buffer solution used in the Wright's stain procedure should have a precise range.
Which pH value is satisfactory? - Answer -6.4
The cytoplasm of the eosinophilic segmented cells after Wright's stain contains? -
Answer -Large coarse re-orange granules
Which components would normally be found in plasma? - Answer -Cholesterol
Calcium
Glucose
Fibrinogen
A type of cancer in which white blood cells multiply wildly and crowd out the red blood
cells and platelets is called? - Answer -Leukemia
Absorbance gel is placed in TDG container: - Answer -Inside the internal bag
Absorbance material in TDG box should be enough: - Answer -To absorb all the entire
liquids
Patient consent for the phlebotomy procedure is permission which is? - Answer -Verbal
Rouleaux is the? - Answer -Aggregation of RBC
Which is not required in blood clotting? - Answer -Heparin
Which of the following specimens are required for creatinine clearance tests? - Answer -
Serum and 24 hour urine
, If a patient refuses having blood work done, the MLA/T should? - Answer -Inform the
supervisor
Accept the patient's decision and document on the requisition
If a urine specimen is allowed to site for more than one hour, which changes may take
place? - Answer -It will become cloudy
The pH level will increase
Any present glucose levels will be decreased
Any RBC or WBC present will be broken down
If a urine specimen has a light straw colour, this indicates? - Answer -The urine does
not contain much solute
Bile pigments in a urine specimen will cause the urine to be? - Answer -Yellowish-brown
in colour
Which reading indicates a concentrated urine specimen? - Answer -Specific gravity:
1.035
What should normally be present in urine? - Answer -Nitrate and Urea
The normal pH of urine is? - Answer -Acidic
Blood may normally be present in the urine due to? - Answer -Menstruation
The first voided morning urine specimen is preferred for performing a microscopic
examination because? - Answer -It contains more dissolved substances.
What effect does dilute urine have on red blood cells? - Answer -Causes them to swell
and become rounded.
When using the slide agglutination test, a positive pregnancy test is evidenced by? -
Answer -The absence of agglutination.
The reagent that we may use for enzymatic glucose test is? - Answer -Oxidase
If you receive a sample for CSF with a C & S urine requisition, what should you do? -
Answer -Inform doctor
If the individual is healthy, the filtrate in Bowman's capsule will not contain? - Answer -
Blood cells and Proteins
The most abundant immunoglobulin in the body is? - Answer -IgG
The normal value of glucose present in urine is? - Answer -Zero
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