Hematology Questions with 100%
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C. Anemia - correct answer ✔✔A patient comes to their PCP with pallor, fatigue, shortness of
breath, and low blood pressure. What could be the hematological differential diagnosis?
A. Hemolysis
B. thrombocytopenia
C. Anemia
D. Splenomegaly
RBC - correct answer ✔✔In order to make a differential diagnosis of abnormalities in the blood
_______, WBC, platelets, and coagulation should be analyzed
B. Megaloblastic anemia - correct answer ✔✔If a patient presents to their primary care
physician with a social history of 36 cans of beer each day, increased weight loss, and a vitamin
B12 level of 150 pg/mL. What hematological disorder could be present in this patient?
A. Microcytic anemia
B. Megaloblastic anemia
C. Polycythemia
D. Leukemia
B. Iron deficiency - correct answer ✔✔A 6 year old boy presents with spoon nails, glossitis, and
an abnormal craving to eat sand and dirt. Which of the following disease states could be the
cause of these symptoms?
A. Hodgkin lymphoma
B. Iron deficiency
C. Clotting factor deficiency
,D. Hemolysis
A & B - correct answer ✔✔Select 2 possible causes of glossitis
A. Iron deficiency
B. Vitamin B12 deficiency
C. Thiamine
D. Folic Acid
C. Albumin 3.5-5.5 g/dL - correct answer ✔✔Select the answer that has the correct reference
range matched with the correct lab value
A. Sodium: 50-60 mEq/L
B. Magnesium: 15-20 mEq/L
C. Albumin 3.5-5.5 g/dL
D. Alkaline phosphatase: 120-140 U/L
E. A and B - correct answer ✔✔A patient has a mean cell hemoglobin concentration of 21%
hb/cell. What are the possible causes?
A. Deficiency in Hgb synthesis
B. Spherocytosis
C. Autoimmune diseases
D. Bone marrow diseases
E. A and B
F. All of the above
C, D, & F - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following 3 definitions are matched correctly?
A. Anemia - increase in red cell count
B. Leukocytosis - decrease in white cell count
, C. Pancytopenia - decrease in all myeloid elements
D. Erythrocytosis - increase in red cell count
E. Thrombocytopenia - increase in platelet count
F. Lymphocytosis - increase in lymphocyte count
C. Increased myeloblasts - correct answer ✔✔A bone marrow biopsy would be appropriate to
determine which of the following?
A. Elevated platelet count
B. Decreased MCH
C. Increased myeloblasts
D. Anisocytosis
C. Peripheral smear - correct answer ✔✔_______ is when blood samples are smeared on a
microscope slide and changes in number and shape of cells are recognized
A. Culture and sensitivity
B. Blood culture
C. Peripheral smear
D. Hemoglobin-Hematocrit analysis
A, D, & F - correct answer ✔✔What are the 3 important body components of hematology?
A. Secondary lymphoid tissue
B. Heart
C. Biliary system
D. Thymus
E. Gastrointestinal system
F. Bone marrow
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C. Anemia - correct answer ✔✔A patient comes to their PCP with pallor, fatigue, shortness of
breath, and low blood pressure. What could be the hematological differential diagnosis?
A. Hemolysis
B. thrombocytopenia
C. Anemia
D. Splenomegaly
RBC - correct answer ✔✔In order to make a differential diagnosis of abnormalities in the blood
_______, WBC, platelets, and coagulation should be analyzed
B. Megaloblastic anemia - correct answer ✔✔If a patient presents to their primary care
physician with a social history of 36 cans of beer each day, increased weight loss, and a vitamin
B12 level of 150 pg/mL. What hematological disorder could be present in this patient?
A. Microcytic anemia
B. Megaloblastic anemia
C. Polycythemia
D. Leukemia
B. Iron deficiency - correct answer ✔✔A 6 year old boy presents with spoon nails, glossitis, and
an abnormal craving to eat sand and dirt. Which of the following disease states could be the
cause of these symptoms?
A. Hodgkin lymphoma
B. Iron deficiency
C. Clotting factor deficiency
,D. Hemolysis
A & B - correct answer ✔✔Select 2 possible causes of glossitis
A. Iron deficiency
B. Vitamin B12 deficiency
C. Thiamine
D. Folic Acid
C. Albumin 3.5-5.5 g/dL - correct answer ✔✔Select the answer that has the correct reference
range matched with the correct lab value
A. Sodium: 50-60 mEq/L
B. Magnesium: 15-20 mEq/L
C. Albumin 3.5-5.5 g/dL
D. Alkaline phosphatase: 120-140 U/L
E. A and B - correct answer ✔✔A patient has a mean cell hemoglobin concentration of 21%
hb/cell. What are the possible causes?
A. Deficiency in Hgb synthesis
B. Spherocytosis
C. Autoimmune diseases
D. Bone marrow diseases
E. A and B
F. All of the above
C, D, & F - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following 3 definitions are matched correctly?
A. Anemia - increase in red cell count
B. Leukocytosis - decrease in white cell count
, C. Pancytopenia - decrease in all myeloid elements
D. Erythrocytosis - increase in red cell count
E. Thrombocytopenia - increase in platelet count
F. Lymphocytosis - increase in lymphocyte count
C. Increased myeloblasts - correct answer ✔✔A bone marrow biopsy would be appropriate to
determine which of the following?
A. Elevated platelet count
B. Decreased MCH
C. Increased myeloblasts
D. Anisocytosis
C. Peripheral smear - correct answer ✔✔_______ is when blood samples are smeared on a
microscope slide and changes in number and shape of cells are recognized
A. Culture and sensitivity
B. Blood culture
C. Peripheral smear
D. Hemoglobin-Hematocrit analysis
A, D, & F - correct answer ✔✔What are the 3 important body components of hematology?
A. Secondary lymphoid tissue
B. Heart
C. Biliary system
D. Thymus
E. Gastrointestinal system
F. Bone marrow
