MLAT OSMT Prep with comprehensive questions and answers
Glassware used to measure 24 hour urine volumes is a:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️d. graduated cylinder
Glassware used to make 100 mls of a 12% solution is a:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️a. volumetric cylinder
A suction device used to draw up liquids is a:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️e. safety bulb
The pipette with a bulged out portion in the middle is a :
a. mohr pipette
b. pasture pipette
c. serological pipette
,d. volumetric pipette
e. micro-pipette.✔️✔️d. volumetric pipette
Which piece of glassware would not give critical measurement:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️b. beaker
The durable material used to make heat resistant glassware is:
a. polyethylene
b. soda lime
c. polystyrene
d. borosilicate
e. polyvinyl chloride.✔️✔️d. borosilicate
Solid crystals of potassium oxalate are added to distilled water in a container. What term would
describe the potassium oxalate?
a. solution
b. solvent
c. solute
d. reagent
e. a & c.✔️✔️c. solute
The destruction of all micro-organisms including spores is called:
a. sanitation
b. antisepsis
,c. sterilization
d. disinfection
e. asepesis.✔️✔️c. sterilization
A ug is a unit to describe:
a. time
b. volume
c. distance
d. weight
e. length.✔️✔️d. weight
A pH of 2 is _____then a pH of 5:
a. 1000 times more acidic
b. 100 times more acidic
c. 2 times less acidic
d. 20 times less acidic
e. 1000 times more acidic.✔️✔️e. 1000 times more acidic
Cells in a hypertonic solution will:
a. swell and burst
b. dehydrate
c. hemolyze
d. not be affected
e. stop mitosis.✔️✔️b. dehydrate
The solution used to fix a pap smear is:
a. wright stain
b. hematoxylin
, c. physiological saline
d. cytospray
e. methylene blue.✔️✔️d. cytospray
Blood for an RBC count must be prepared from:
a. EDTA blood
b. citrated blood
c. heparinized blood
d. oxalated blood
e. clotted blood.✔️✔️a. EDTA blood
Which reagent is not routinely used to preserve tissue in a life-like manner:
a. formic acid
b. zenkers fluid
c. 40% formaldehyde dissolved in water
d. bouin's fluid
e. 10% formalin.✔️✔️a. formic acid
Which piece of histology equipment is not temperature dependant:
a. wax
b. tissue proocessor
c. microtome
d. embedding center
e. water-bath.✔️✔️c. microtome
A biopsy is:
a. a removal of biological fluid
b. the removal of an organ
Glassware used to measure 24 hour urine volumes is a:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️d. graduated cylinder
Glassware used to make 100 mls of a 12% solution is a:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️a. volumetric cylinder
A suction device used to draw up liquids is a:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️e. safety bulb
The pipette with a bulged out portion in the middle is a :
a. mohr pipette
b. pasture pipette
c. serological pipette
,d. volumetric pipette
e. micro-pipette.✔️✔️d. volumetric pipette
Which piece of glassware would not give critical measurement:
a. volumetric flask
b. beaker
c. erlenmeyer cylinder
d. graduated cylinder
e. safety bulb.✔️✔️b. beaker
The durable material used to make heat resistant glassware is:
a. polyethylene
b. soda lime
c. polystyrene
d. borosilicate
e. polyvinyl chloride.✔️✔️d. borosilicate
Solid crystals of potassium oxalate are added to distilled water in a container. What term would
describe the potassium oxalate?
a. solution
b. solvent
c. solute
d. reagent
e. a & c.✔️✔️c. solute
The destruction of all micro-organisms including spores is called:
a. sanitation
b. antisepsis
,c. sterilization
d. disinfection
e. asepesis.✔️✔️c. sterilization
A ug is a unit to describe:
a. time
b. volume
c. distance
d. weight
e. length.✔️✔️d. weight
A pH of 2 is _____then a pH of 5:
a. 1000 times more acidic
b. 100 times more acidic
c. 2 times less acidic
d. 20 times less acidic
e. 1000 times more acidic.✔️✔️e. 1000 times more acidic
Cells in a hypertonic solution will:
a. swell and burst
b. dehydrate
c. hemolyze
d. not be affected
e. stop mitosis.✔️✔️b. dehydrate
The solution used to fix a pap smear is:
a. wright stain
b. hematoxylin
, c. physiological saline
d. cytospray
e. methylene blue.✔️✔️d. cytospray
Blood for an RBC count must be prepared from:
a. EDTA blood
b. citrated blood
c. heparinized blood
d. oxalated blood
e. clotted blood.✔️✔️a. EDTA blood
Which reagent is not routinely used to preserve tissue in a life-like manner:
a. formic acid
b. zenkers fluid
c. 40% formaldehyde dissolved in water
d. bouin's fluid
e. 10% formalin.✔️✔️a. formic acid
Which piece of histology equipment is not temperature dependant:
a. wax
b. tissue proocessor
c. microtome
d. embedding center
e. water-bath.✔️✔️c. microtome
A biopsy is:
a. a removal of biological fluid
b. the removal of an organ
