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ASCP BOC EXAM 2026-2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
ASCP BOC EXAM
QUESTION: A patient with a B-cell deficiency will most likely exhibit:
a) decreased phagocytosis
b) increased bacterial infections
c) decreased complement levels
d) increased complement levels - ANSWER-b) increased bacterial infections
QUESTION: Communication is enhanced by:
a) a planned strategy that includes listening skills and ensuring an understanding with questions
b) relying on e-mail, memos and voice mail to communicate new information
c) formal, hierachical patterns instead of informal networking patterns
d) assumptions if there are questions about the intent of the message - ANSWER-a) a planned
strategy that includes listening skills and ensuring an understanding with questions
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QUESTION: IgM antibodies are frequently hemolytic because of:
a)the dimeric structure
b) the molecule's 5 antigen binding sites
c) their sedimentation coefficient of 7-15 S
d) their coefficient ability to fix complement - ANSWER-b) the molecule's 5 antigen binding
sites
QUESTION: A community hospital microbiology laboratory is processing significant numbers of
stool cultures because of an outbreak of diarrhea following heavy rains and flooding in the
county. A media that should be incorporated in the plating protocol is: a) colistin nalidixic acid
for listeria b) MacConckey agar with sorbitol for Campylobacter c) mannitol salt agar for
Enterococcus speices d) thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose for Vibrio species - ANSWER-d)
thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose for Vibrio species
QUESTION: 80 grams of NaOH (MW=40) are how many moles? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 - ANSWER-b) 2
QUESTION: An electrode has a silver/silver chloride anode and a platinum wire cathode. It is
suspended in KCl solution and separated fro the blood to be analyzed by a selectively
permeable membrane. Such an electrode is used to measure which of the following?
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a) Ph
b) PCO2
c) PO2
d) HCO2 - ANSWER-c) PO2
Q; When using an electronic cell counter, which of the following results can occur in the
presence of a cold agglutination?
a) increased MCV and decreased RBC
b) increased MCV and normal RBC
c) decreased MCV and increased MCHC
d) decreased MCV and RBC - ANSWER-a) increased MCV and decreased RBC
QUESTION: Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be:
a) refrigerated
b) analyzed immediately
c) heated to 56 degree C
d) stored at room temp after centrifugation - ANSWER-b) analyzed immediately
ASCP BOC EXAM 2026-2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
ASCP BOC EXAM
QUESTION: A patient with a B-cell deficiency will most likely exhibit:
a) decreased phagocytosis
b) increased bacterial infections
c) decreased complement levels
d) increased complement levels - ANSWER-b) increased bacterial infections
QUESTION: Communication is enhanced by:
a) a planned strategy that includes listening skills and ensuring an understanding with questions
b) relying on e-mail, memos and voice mail to communicate new information
c) formal, hierachical patterns instead of informal networking patterns
d) assumptions if there are questions about the intent of the message - ANSWER-a) a planned
strategy that includes listening skills and ensuring an understanding with questions
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QUESTION: IgM antibodies are frequently hemolytic because of:
a)the dimeric structure
b) the molecule's 5 antigen binding sites
c) their sedimentation coefficient of 7-15 S
d) their coefficient ability to fix complement - ANSWER-b) the molecule's 5 antigen binding
sites
QUESTION: A community hospital microbiology laboratory is processing significant numbers of
stool cultures because of an outbreak of diarrhea following heavy rains and flooding in the
county. A media that should be incorporated in the plating protocol is: a) colistin nalidixic acid
for listeria b) MacConckey agar with sorbitol for Campylobacter c) mannitol salt agar for
Enterococcus speices d) thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose for Vibrio species - ANSWER-d)
thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose for Vibrio species
QUESTION: 80 grams of NaOH (MW=40) are how many moles? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 - ANSWER-b) 2
QUESTION: An electrode has a silver/silver chloride anode and a platinum wire cathode. It is
suspended in KCl solution and separated fro the blood to be analyzed by a selectively
permeable membrane. Such an electrode is used to measure which of the following?
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a) Ph
b) PCO2
c) PO2
d) HCO2 - ANSWER-c) PO2
Q; When using an electronic cell counter, which of the following results can occur in the
presence of a cold agglutination?
a) increased MCV and decreased RBC
b) increased MCV and normal RBC
c) decreased MCV and increased MCHC
d) decreased MCV and RBC - ANSWER-a) increased MCV and decreased RBC
QUESTION: Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be:
a) refrigerated
b) analyzed immediately
c) heated to 56 degree C
d) stored at room temp after centrifugation - ANSWER-b) analyzed immediately
