AMT MLT PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

AMT MLT PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Hoesch test is a rapid test that is used for a screening test for Porphobilinogen Ammonium Biurate crystals have distinctive yellow spherical bodies, with long prismatic spicules, resembling a 'thorn apple' What is the traditional method for the observation of the urine sediment? Brightfield microscopy Clinitest is used to confirm glucose. All but ________ can be found in increased levels with urines having a maple syrup odor. Tyrosine Which reagent strip test is associated with a screening test for bilirubin? diazo reaction Waxy Casts are almost always pathologic because they indicate renal disease What varies from person to person and is the lowest blood glucose concentration that will result in glycosuria? Renal threshold What is a high molecular weight glycoprotein (mucoprotein) that is normally secreted by renal tubular epithelial cells? Tamm-Horsfall protein Specific Gravity may be measured with all the following except Colorimetric assay What is a gram negative, obligate intracellular parasite that multiplies in monocytic white cells (human monocytic ehrlichiosis)? <i>Ehrlichia chaffeensis</i> What is the recommended protocol for collecting a stool sample? Three stool samples, 1 or 2 days apart, within a 10 day period Fungi can generally be divided into two broad groups based on the appearance of the colonies formed in the clinical laboratory, what are they? Yeast and mold A pseudogerm tube occurs when there is a constriction present at the base of the germ tube where it attaches to the mother cell. Options for treating fungal infections include drugs from the following classes polyenes, azoles and candins. Candida dubliensis and Candida albicans may be presumptively identified by the presence of germ tubes. Any condition where the body uses large amounts of fats to form fatty acids for its energy source will result in ketone bodies.