TISSUE BANKING SPECIALIST 2026 FINAL
PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION
◉ CAPTIA—EIA and Rapid Plasma Reagin, or RPR, is used to test for:
- HIV/ I/II
- Hepatitis C
- COVID-19
- Syphilis. Answer: Syphilis
◉ Which of the following is NOT a required test for MS tissue donor?
- HBsAg
- HTLV I/II
- NAT HIV-1
- NAT HCV. Answer: HTLV I/II
◉ Total non-cooled/out of cooling time may not exceed:
- 15 hours
- 12 hours
- 24 hours
- 18 hours. Answer: 15 hours
,◉ If a donor is NOT cooled within 12 hours of death...
- the case must be deferred.
- the recovery must commence within 15 hours after death.
- the recovery may proceed if total intermittent non-cooling time is
less than 15 hours.
- the recovery must commence within 24 hours after death.. Answer:
the recovery must commence within 15 hours after death
◉ It is 1400 on July 6 and you have been assigned to a case. Your
donor was last known alive on July 5 at 2300. They were
pronounced dead on the scene at 0700 and transported to the local
morgue cooler at 0800. The autopsy started at 1000 and the donor
was returned to the morgue cooler at 1130. You arrange transport to
your recovery suite and the donor is picked up by the transporter at
1600 and was placed in your morgue cooler at 1830.
Based on the cooling times, which of the following statements
applies:
- You must defer the case as total time out of cooling exceeds 12
hours.
- You may only recover skin.
- You must defer the case due to it being post-autopsy.
- Recovery must commence in under 2 hours from removing the
donor from your morgue cooler.. Answer: Recovery must commence
in under 2 hours from removing the donor from your morgue cooler
, ◉ Plasma dilution algorithms are designed to:
- Verify sufficient blood for test.
- Limit case volumes.
- Evaluate when samples could be too diluted to provide accurate
infectious disease testing results.
- Assure an accurate donor body weight can be taken.. Answer:
Evaluate when samples could be too diluted to provide accurate
infectious disease testing results
◉ Which of the following is a colloid?
- Normal saline
- Lactated ringers
- Whole blood
- Albumin. Answer: Albumin
◉ Which of the following products must be included in the
plasmadilution calculation if received 36 hours before the time of
death?
- Normal saline
- Packed red blood cells
- Dextrose in water
- Lactated ringers. Answer: Packed red blood cells
PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION
◉ CAPTIA—EIA and Rapid Plasma Reagin, or RPR, is used to test for:
- HIV/ I/II
- Hepatitis C
- COVID-19
- Syphilis. Answer: Syphilis
◉ Which of the following is NOT a required test for MS tissue donor?
- HBsAg
- HTLV I/II
- NAT HIV-1
- NAT HCV. Answer: HTLV I/II
◉ Total non-cooled/out of cooling time may not exceed:
- 15 hours
- 12 hours
- 24 hours
- 18 hours. Answer: 15 hours
,◉ If a donor is NOT cooled within 12 hours of death...
- the case must be deferred.
- the recovery must commence within 15 hours after death.
- the recovery may proceed if total intermittent non-cooling time is
less than 15 hours.
- the recovery must commence within 24 hours after death.. Answer:
the recovery must commence within 15 hours after death
◉ It is 1400 on July 6 and you have been assigned to a case. Your
donor was last known alive on July 5 at 2300. They were
pronounced dead on the scene at 0700 and transported to the local
morgue cooler at 0800. The autopsy started at 1000 and the donor
was returned to the morgue cooler at 1130. You arrange transport to
your recovery suite and the donor is picked up by the transporter at
1600 and was placed in your morgue cooler at 1830.
Based on the cooling times, which of the following statements
applies:
- You must defer the case as total time out of cooling exceeds 12
hours.
- You may only recover skin.
- You must defer the case due to it being post-autopsy.
- Recovery must commence in under 2 hours from removing the
donor from your morgue cooler.. Answer: Recovery must commence
in under 2 hours from removing the donor from your morgue cooler
, ◉ Plasma dilution algorithms are designed to:
- Verify sufficient blood for test.
- Limit case volumes.
- Evaluate when samples could be too diluted to provide accurate
infectious disease testing results.
- Assure an accurate donor body weight can be taken.. Answer:
Evaluate when samples could be too diluted to provide accurate
infectious disease testing results
◉ Which of the following is a colloid?
- Normal saline
- Lactated ringers
- Whole blood
- Albumin. Answer: Albumin
◉ Which of the following products must be included in the
plasmadilution calculation if received 36 hours before the time of
death?
- Normal saline
- Packed red blood cells
- Dextrose in water
- Lactated ringers. Answer: Packed red blood cells
