BOC: ASCP prep UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1) Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is d (Diagnosis of hypoglycemia in adults.)
defined as a glucose of:
a. <70 mg/dL (<3.9 mmol/L)
b. <60 mg/dL (<3.3mmol/L)
c. <55 mg/dL (<3.0mmol/L)
d. <45mg/dL (<2.5mmol/L)
3) The preparation of a patient for standard glucose a (GTT diet preparation.)
tolerance testing should include:
a. a high carbohydrate diet for 3 days
b. a low carbohydrate diet for 3 days
c. fasting for 48 hrs. prior to testing
d. bed rest for 3 days
4) If a fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the b (Normal 2 hour postprandial value.)
following 2 hr. postprandial glucose result would most
closely represent normal glucose metabolism?
a. 55 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L)
b. 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
c. 180 mg/dL (9.9 mmol/L)
d. 260 mg/dL (14.3 mmol/L)
, 5) A healthy person with a blood glucose of 80 mg/dL b (Ratio of CSF glucose to blood glucose)
(4.4 mmol/L) would have a simultaneously determined
cerebrospinal fluid glucose value of:
a. 25 mg/dL (1.4 mmol/L)
b. 50 mg/dL (2.3 mmol/L)
c. 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
d. 150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/L)
6) A 25 yr. old man became nauseated and vomited 90 c (Use of partial GTT information.)
mins after receiving a standard 75 g carbohydrate dose
for an oral glucose tolerance test. The best course of
action is to:
a. give the patient a glass of orange juice and continue
the test
b. start the test over immediately with a 50 g
carbohydrate dose
c. draw blood for glucose and discontinue the test
d. place the patient in a recumbent position, reassure
him and continue the test.
7) Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be: b (Effect of glycolysis on glucose.)
a. refrigerated
b. analyzed immediately
c. heated to 56C
d. stored at room temperature after centrifugation
8) Which of the following 2 hr. postprandial glucose d (Unequivocal diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.)
values demonstrates unequivocal hyperglycemia
diagnostic for diabetes mellitus?
a. 160 mg/dL (8.8 mmol/L)
b. 170 mg/dL (9.4 mmol/L)
c. 180 mg/dL (9.9 mmol/L)
d. 200 mg/dL (11.0 mmol/L)
10) A 45 yr. old woman has a fasting serum glucose a (Factors contributing to PBS.)
concentration of 95 mg/dL (5.2 mmol/L) and a 2 hr.
postprandial glucose concentration of 105 mg/dL (5.8
mmol/L). The statement which best describes this
patient's fasting serum glucose concentration is:
a. normal; reflecting glycogen breakdown by the liver
b. normal; reflecting glycogen breakdown by skeletal
muscle
c. abnormal; indication diabetes mellitus
d. abnormal; indicating hypoglycemia
9) Serum levels that define hypoglycemia in pre-term b (Age effect on glucose.)
or low birth weight infants are:
a. the same as adults
b. lower than adults
c. the same as a normal full-term infant
d. higher than a normal full-term infant
CORRECT Answers
1) Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is d (Diagnosis of hypoglycemia in adults.)
defined as a glucose of:
a. <70 mg/dL (<3.9 mmol/L)
b. <60 mg/dL (<3.3mmol/L)
c. <55 mg/dL (<3.0mmol/L)
d. <45mg/dL (<2.5mmol/L)
3) The preparation of a patient for standard glucose a (GTT diet preparation.)
tolerance testing should include:
a. a high carbohydrate diet for 3 days
b. a low carbohydrate diet for 3 days
c. fasting for 48 hrs. prior to testing
d. bed rest for 3 days
4) If a fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the b (Normal 2 hour postprandial value.)
following 2 hr. postprandial glucose result would most
closely represent normal glucose metabolism?
a. 55 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L)
b. 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
c. 180 mg/dL (9.9 mmol/L)
d. 260 mg/dL (14.3 mmol/L)
, 5) A healthy person with a blood glucose of 80 mg/dL b (Ratio of CSF glucose to blood glucose)
(4.4 mmol/L) would have a simultaneously determined
cerebrospinal fluid glucose value of:
a. 25 mg/dL (1.4 mmol/L)
b. 50 mg/dL (2.3 mmol/L)
c. 100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
d. 150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/L)
6) A 25 yr. old man became nauseated and vomited 90 c (Use of partial GTT information.)
mins after receiving a standard 75 g carbohydrate dose
for an oral glucose tolerance test. The best course of
action is to:
a. give the patient a glass of orange juice and continue
the test
b. start the test over immediately with a 50 g
carbohydrate dose
c. draw blood for glucose and discontinue the test
d. place the patient in a recumbent position, reassure
him and continue the test.
7) Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be: b (Effect of glycolysis on glucose.)
a. refrigerated
b. analyzed immediately
c. heated to 56C
d. stored at room temperature after centrifugation
8) Which of the following 2 hr. postprandial glucose d (Unequivocal diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.)
values demonstrates unequivocal hyperglycemia
diagnostic for diabetes mellitus?
a. 160 mg/dL (8.8 mmol/L)
b. 170 mg/dL (9.4 mmol/L)
c. 180 mg/dL (9.9 mmol/L)
d. 200 mg/dL (11.0 mmol/L)
10) A 45 yr. old woman has a fasting serum glucose a (Factors contributing to PBS.)
concentration of 95 mg/dL (5.2 mmol/L) and a 2 hr.
postprandial glucose concentration of 105 mg/dL (5.8
mmol/L). The statement which best describes this
patient's fasting serum glucose concentration is:
a. normal; reflecting glycogen breakdown by the liver
b. normal; reflecting glycogen breakdown by skeletal
muscle
c. abnormal; indication diabetes mellitus
d. abnormal; indicating hypoglycemia
9) Serum levels that define hypoglycemia in pre-term b (Age effect on glucose.)
or low birth weight infants are:
a. the same as adults
b. lower than adults
c. the same as a normal full-term infant
d. higher than a normal full-term infant
