ASCP RECALLS EVALUATION EXAMS
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Activation unit in classical complement pathway - ✔✔C4, C2, C3
✔✔Urea nitrogen RR - ✔✔6-20 mg/dL
✔✔Creatinine RR - ✔✔0.6-1.2 mg/dL
✔✔This malarial parasite presents reticulocytes with Schuffner's dots - ✔✔Plasmodium
vivax
✔✔Platelet satellitism can be result of blood collection in which type of tube - ✔✔EDTA
(purple top)
✔✔What chromosome is alpha chain globin coded on - ✔✔Chromosome 16
✔✔What chromosome is beta chain globin coded on - ✔✔Chromosome 11
✔✔Method for long-term diabetic monitoring in SS patients - ✔✔Fructosamine
✔✔This organism is normal flora of skin, cause of opportunistic mycoses in
immunocompromised patients
Pink pigment is hallmark characteristic - ✔✔Rhodotorula spp.
✔✔Common cause of septic arthritis in patients <30y - ✔✔Neisseria gonorrhoeae
✔✔This adsorption technique removes cold Ab such as anti-I - ✔✔Rabbit erythrocyte
stroma (RESt)
I RESt
✔✔This plasmodium spp. contains 6 to 12 merozoites - ✔✔Plasmodium malariae
✔✔This biomarker is regulator of myocyte contraction - ✔✔cTnT
✔✔Bordet-Gengou and Regan-Lowe - ✔✔Bordetella pertussis
✔✔Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) - ✔✔Legionella spp.
✔✔Cystine Glucose Agar - ✔✔Francisella tularensis
✔✔Skirrow agar - ✔✔Helicobacter pylori
,✔✔Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose Agar (TCBS) - ✔✔Vibrio
✔✔Tinsdale agar, Loeffler's medium - ✔✔Corynebacterium diptheriae
✔✔Only helminth egg routinely recovered in sputum samples - ✔✔Paragonimus
westermani
✔✔This organism will show black colony with red ring on XLD agar - ✔✔Edwardsiella
tarda
✔✔This genotype is highest in Caucasians - ✔✔CDe/ce (R1r)
✔✔Primary virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae - ✔✔Capsular
polysaccharide
✔✔Associated with Spelunker's Scourge
production of macroconidia with a conspicuous prickly surface
High percentage in Midwest, found in bat poop - ✔✔Histoplasma capsulatum
✔✔Common cause of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
small, smooth, and dome-shaped early in incubation. - ✔✔Mycobacterium avium
complex (MAC)
✔✔Cause of false positive for ketones - ✔✔L-Dopa metabolites
✔✔Manic-depression primary treatment - ✔✔Lithium
✔✔A markedly elevated 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) associated with -
✔✔Carnicoid tumor
✔✔Normal flora in mouth but may produce thrush - ✔✔Candida albicans
✔✔Where is CSF produced - ✔✔choroid plexus
✔✔This enzyme conjugates bilirubin - ✔✔Glucuronyl transferase
✔✔Organism associated with tinea pedis - ✔✔Epidermophyton floccosum (large
shaped macroconidia each with 3-5 cells separated by septa)
Trichophyton rubrum (teardrop shaped microcondia , "birds on a fence morphology")
, ✔✔Epidermophyton floccosum - ✔✔Dermatophyte; tinea pedis with red itchy scaly feet
✔✔Trichophyton rubrum - ✔✔(This is a mold that can cause topical infections.)
A fungus that can cause topical infections of the skin and scalp including athlete's foot
and ringworm
✔✔Fatty cast - ✔✔Contains refractile oval fat bodies
✔✔Analyte to detect early nephropathy in diabetic patient - ✔✔Albumin
✔✔Confirmatory test for urobilinogen - ✔✔Watson-Shwartz test
✔✔Blood product with best source of fibrinogen - ✔✔Cryoprecipitate
✔✔Phagocytosis steps - ✔✔1. Chemotaxis
2. Adherence
3. Engulfment
4. Phagosome formation
5. Fusion.
6. Digestion and destruction
✔✔Cardiac biomarker to detect recent reinfarction - ✔✔CK-MB
✔✔This is measured to test for ketoacidosis - ✔✔Acetoacetic acid
✔✔Freshwater broad fish tapeworm, largest human tapeworm
Infection through consumption of freshwater fish - ✔✔Diphyllobothrium latum
✔✔Type IV hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High triglycerides and increased VLDL
✔✔Type I hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔Deficiencies of lipoprotein lipase
✔✔Type II hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High triglyceride and LDL
Most common
✔✔Type III hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High chylomicrons and IDL
✔✔Type V hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High chylomicrons and VLDL
✔✔This inclusion is a result of immunoglobulin accumulations commonly found in
multiple myeloma patients - ✔✔Russell bodies
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Activation unit in classical complement pathway - ✔✔C4, C2, C3
✔✔Urea nitrogen RR - ✔✔6-20 mg/dL
✔✔Creatinine RR - ✔✔0.6-1.2 mg/dL
✔✔This malarial parasite presents reticulocytes with Schuffner's dots - ✔✔Plasmodium
vivax
✔✔Platelet satellitism can be result of blood collection in which type of tube - ✔✔EDTA
(purple top)
✔✔What chromosome is alpha chain globin coded on - ✔✔Chromosome 16
✔✔What chromosome is beta chain globin coded on - ✔✔Chromosome 11
✔✔Method for long-term diabetic monitoring in SS patients - ✔✔Fructosamine
✔✔This organism is normal flora of skin, cause of opportunistic mycoses in
immunocompromised patients
Pink pigment is hallmark characteristic - ✔✔Rhodotorula spp.
✔✔Common cause of septic arthritis in patients <30y - ✔✔Neisseria gonorrhoeae
✔✔This adsorption technique removes cold Ab such as anti-I - ✔✔Rabbit erythrocyte
stroma (RESt)
I RESt
✔✔This plasmodium spp. contains 6 to 12 merozoites - ✔✔Plasmodium malariae
✔✔This biomarker is regulator of myocyte contraction - ✔✔cTnT
✔✔Bordet-Gengou and Regan-Lowe - ✔✔Bordetella pertussis
✔✔Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) - ✔✔Legionella spp.
✔✔Cystine Glucose Agar - ✔✔Francisella tularensis
✔✔Skirrow agar - ✔✔Helicobacter pylori
,✔✔Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose Agar (TCBS) - ✔✔Vibrio
✔✔Tinsdale agar, Loeffler's medium - ✔✔Corynebacterium diptheriae
✔✔Only helminth egg routinely recovered in sputum samples - ✔✔Paragonimus
westermani
✔✔This organism will show black colony with red ring on XLD agar - ✔✔Edwardsiella
tarda
✔✔This genotype is highest in Caucasians - ✔✔CDe/ce (R1r)
✔✔Primary virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae - ✔✔Capsular
polysaccharide
✔✔Associated with Spelunker's Scourge
production of macroconidia with a conspicuous prickly surface
High percentage in Midwest, found in bat poop - ✔✔Histoplasma capsulatum
✔✔Common cause of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
small, smooth, and dome-shaped early in incubation. - ✔✔Mycobacterium avium
complex (MAC)
✔✔Cause of false positive for ketones - ✔✔L-Dopa metabolites
✔✔Manic-depression primary treatment - ✔✔Lithium
✔✔A markedly elevated 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) associated with -
✔✔Carnicoid tumor
✔✔Normal flora in mouth but may produce thrush - ✔✔Candida albicans
✔✔Where is CSF produced - ✔✔choroid plexus
✔✔This enzyme conjugates bilirubin - ✔✔Glucuronyl transferase
✔✔Organism associated with tinea pedis - ✔✔Epidermophyton floccosum (large
shaped macroconidia each with 3-5 cells separated by septa)
Trichophyton rubrum (teardrop shaped microcondia , "birds on a fence morphology")
, ✔✔Epidermophyton floccosum - ✔✔Dermatophyte; tinea pedis with red itchy scaly feet
✔✔Trichophyton rubrum - ✔✔(This is a mold that can cause topical infections.)
A fungus that can cause topical infections of the skin and scalp including athlete's foot
and ringworm
✔✔Fatty cast - ✔✔Contains refractile oval fat bodies
✔✔Analyte to detect early nephropathy in diabetic patient - ✔✔Albumin
✔✔Confirmatory test for urobilinogen - ✔✔Watson-Shwartz test
✔✔Blood product with best source of fibrinogen - ✔✔Cryoprecipitate
✔✔Phagocytosis steps - ✔✔1. Chemotaxis
2. Adherence
3. Engulfment
4. Phagosome formation
5. Fusion.
6. Digestion and destruction
✔✔Cardiac biomarker to detect recent reinfarction - ✔✔CK-MB
✔✔This is measured to test for ketoacidosis - ✔✔Acetoacetic acid
✔✔Freshwater broad fish tapeworm, largest human tapeworm
Infection through consumption of freshwater fish - ✔✔Diphyllobothrium latum
✔✔Type IV hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High triglycerides and increased VLDL
✔✔Type I hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔Deficiencies of lipoprotein lipase
✔✔Type II hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High triglyceride and LDL
Most common
✔✔Type III hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High chylomicrons and IDL
✔✔Type V hyperlipoproteinemia - ✔✔High chylomicrons and VLDL
✔✔This inclusion is a result of immunoglobulin accumulations commonly found in
multiple myeloma patients - ✔✔Russell bodies
