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Which is the detector of choice for nephelometers?
Select one:
a. diode array
b. photomultiplier tube
c. gas photodiode
d. LED ✔Correct Answer-b
Which statement regarding turbidimetry is NOT correct?
Select one:
a. light scattered by solutes in the solution at 180° from the incident light is measured by a photon
detector
b. the measurement of light is made at right angles to the incident light
c. scattered light is directly proportional to the number of particles in solution
d. measures the amount of incident light blocked by particles ✔Correct Answer-b
What is the effect on the colligative properties when you increase the number of particles in the
solution?
Select one:
a. Increases the boiling point, increases the freezing point
b. Increases the boiling point, increases the vapor pressure
c. Decreases the boiling point, increases the freezing point,
d. Decreases the freezing point, decreases the vapor pressure ✔Correct Answer-d
- increase boiling point
- decrease freezing point
- decrease vapor pressure
- increase osmotic pressure
What is the definition of retention factor (Rf) in thin layer chromatography?
Select one:
a. Ratio of distance moved by the unknown solute to distance moved by the solvent in the mobile
phase
b. Rate of movement of the mobile phase through adsorbant compared with standards and controls
c. Measurement in centimeters of the distance the solute moved in the mobile phase from the point
of application
d. Distance moved by the mobile phase front from the point of application compared with a control
✔Correct Answer-a
What is quenching?
Select one:
a. a type of resonant fluorescence
b. an analytical procedure for determining fluorescent compounds.
c. the loss of fluorescent intensity which produces falsely decreased patient results.
d. the loss of fluorescent intensity which produces falsely increased patient results. ✔Correct
Answer-c
What will cause false values when using nephelometric analysis?
,Select one:
a. absorption by a closely related atomic species
b. excess analyte in the antigen/antibody reaction
c. hemolyzed sample
d. too much fluorophore in the analyte/fluorescing compound mixture ✔Correct Answer-b
What measurement describes a current flow between two non-polarized electrodes with a known
electrical potential?
Select one:
a. amperometry
b. conductometry
c. coulometry
d. potentiometry ✔Correct Answer-b
What does aldosterone secretion lead to?
Select one:
a. hypotension
b. increased ECF (extracellular fluid) volume
c. increased serum potassium
d. none of the above ✔Correct Answer-b
Which of these factors DO NOT influence the rate of an enzyme reaction?
Select one:
a. enzyme concentration
b. substrate concentration
c. cofactors
d. nomenclature ✔Correct Answer-d
Which statement regarding serum urea is correct?
Select one:
a. is elevated in prerenal and renal failure
b. it is not reabsorbed by the renal tubules
c. high levels can result from necrotic liver disease
d. levels are independent of diet ✔Correct Answer-a
Which of the following dyes is the most specific for the measurement of albumin?
Select one:
a. tetrabromosulfophthalein
b. bromcresol green
c. bromcresol purple
d. tetrabromphenol blue ✔Correct Answer-c
Which of the following lipid results would be expected to be falsely elevated on a serum specimen
from a non-fasting patient?
Select one:
a. Cholesterol
b. HDL
c. LDL
d. Triglyceride ✔Correct Answer-d
What is the major consequence of acetaminophen poisoning?
,Select one:
a. Seizures
b. Hyperventilation
c. Hepatocystic necrosis
d. Renal failure ✔Correct Answer-c
What is the most common method to measure hormone levels in the blood?
Select one:
a. electrophoresis
b. immunoassays
c. photometry
d. gas chromatography ✔Correct Answer-b
Question text
You are examining a protein electrophoresis pattern and notice an unusual band at the starting point
of the electropherogram that is not present in the normal control. If the patient was healthy, what is
the most likely cause of the unusual banding pattern?
Select one:
a. a plasma sample was probably applied instead of serum
b. the buffer used was the wrong pH
c. an inappropriate support medium was used
d. the patient likely has a genetic abnormality ✔Correct Answer-d
How would hemolysis affect the banding pattern of serum protein electrophoresis?
Select one:
a. Increased α1 globulin band
b. Increased β globulin band
c. Increased γ globulin band
d. No effect ✔Correct Answer-b
How far from the hazard should an emergency eyewash be located?
Select one:
a. Within 10 feet
b. Within 10 seconds walking distance
c. Within 30 feet
d. Within 30 seconds walking distance ✔Correct Answer-b
A Medical Laboratory Technologist from the RAH Laboratory is part of a team traveling to the North
Thunder Bay Laboratory to assess if that laboratory is adhering to the set standards for laboratory
services. This MLT is taking part in which one of the following processes?
Select one:
a. Risk Management
b. Quality Improvement
c. Empowerment
d. Accreditation ✔Correct Answer-d
Random errors are frequently caused by:
Select one:
a. attention to the timing of a reaction
b. changing over to a new lot of reagent
c. inaccurate specimen identification
, d. storing specimens at the correct temperature ✔Correct Answer-c
Westgard rules:
Select one:
a. Require a large amount of time to maintain
b. Are a good visual representation of precision
c. Distinguish between random and systematic error
d. Predict errors ✔Correct Answer-c
The Medical Laboratory Technologists working in Microbiology have been given the assignment of
designing a quick reference guide for their laboratory to distribute to other departments in the
hospital. Which one of the following terms, best describes this assignment?
Select one:
a. Management
b. Empowerment
c. Quality Control
d. Accreditation ✔Correct Answer-b (authority or power given to someone to do something)
What is caused by a tourniquet being left on too long?
Select one:
a. hemoconcentration
b. hemodilution
c. hemolysis
d. hemophilia ✔Correct Answer-a
What is exudate?
Select one:
a. Abnormal fluid accumulation caused by an infection
b. Abnormal fluid accumulation with a non-infectious origin
c. Normal fluid found in a body cavity ✔Correct Answer-a
Failing to do something which a reasonable person in the profession would have done is known as:
Select one:
a. liability
b. tort
c. 'res superior'
d. Negligence ✔Correct Answer-d
What is the term used to describe a complaint process by an employee who feels they have been
treated unfairly according to the contract agreement?
Select one:
a. Arbitration
b. Grievance
c. Collective bargaining
d. Harassment ✔Correct Answer-b
As the size of an organization increases, the potential for conflict decreases.
Select one:
a. True
b. False ✔Correct Answer-b
Answers |Latest Version |Already Graded A+
Which is the detector of choice for nephelometers?
Select one:
a. diode array
b. photomultiplier tube
c. gas photodiode
d. LED ✔Correct Answer-b
Which statement regarding turbidimetry is NOT correct?
Select one:
a. light scattered by solutes in the solution at 180° from the incident light is measured by a photon
detector
b. the measurement of light is made at right angles to the incident light
c. scattered light is directly proportional to the number of particles in solution
d. measures the amount of incident light blocked by particles ✔Correct Answer-b
What is the effect on the colligative properties when you increase the number of particles in the
solution?
Select one:
a. Increases the boiling point, increases the freezing point
b. Increases the boiling point, increases the vapor pressure
c. Decreases the boiling point, increases the freezing point,
d. Decreases the freezing point, decreases the vapor pressure ✔Correct Answer-d
- increase boiling point
- decrease freezing point
- decrease vapor pressure
- increase osmotic pressure
What is the definition of retention factor (Rf) in thin layer chromatography?
Select one:
a. Ratio of distance moved by the unknown solute to distance moved by the solvent in the mobile
phase
b. Rate of movement of the mobile phase through adsorbant compared with standards and controls
c. Measurement in centimeters of the distance the solute moved in the mobile phase from the point
of application
d. Distance moved by the mobile phase front from the point of application compared with a control
✔Correct Answer-a
What is quenching?
Select one:
a. a type of resonant fluorescence
b. an analytical procedure for determining fluorescent compounds.
c. the loss of fluorescent intensity which produces falsely decreased patient results.
d. the loss of fluorescent intensity which produces falsely increased patient results. ✔Correct
Answer-c
What will cause false values when using nephelometric analysis?
,Select one:
a. absorption by a closely related atomic species
b. excess analyte in the antigen/antibody reaction
c. hemolyzed sample
d. too much fluorophore in the analyte/fluorescing compound mixture ✔Correct Answer-b
What measurement describes a current flow between two non-polarized electrodes with a known
electrical potential?
Select one:
a. amperometry
b. conductometry
c. coulometry
d. potentiometry ✔Correct Answer-b
What does aldosterone secretion lead to?
Select one:
a. hypotension
b. increased ECF (extracellular fluid) volume
c. increased serum potassium
d. none of the above ✔Correct Answer-b
Which of these factors DO NOT influence the rate of an enzyme reaction?
Select one:
a. enzyme concentration
b. substrate concentration
c. cofactors
d. nomenclature ✔Correct Answer-d
Which statement regarding serum urea is correct?
Select one:
a. is elevated in prerenal and renal failure
b. it is not reabsorbed by the renal tubules
c. high levels can result from necrotic liver disease
d. levels are independent of diet ✔Correct Answer-a
Which of the following dyes is the most specific for the measurement of albumin?
Select one:
a. tetrabromosulfophthalein
b. bromcresol green
c. bromcresol purple
d. tetrabromphenol blue ✔Correct Answer-c
Which of the following lipid results would be expected to be falsely elevated on a serum specimen
from a non-fasting patient?
Select one:
a. Cholesterol
b. HDL
c. LDL
d. Triglyceride ✔Correct Answer-d
What is the major consequence of acetaminophen poisoning?
,Select one:
a. Seizures
b. Hyperventilation
c. Hepatocystic necrosis
d. Renal failure ✔Correct Answer-c
What is the most common method to measure hormone levels in the blood?
Select one:
a. electrophoresis
b. immunoassays
c. photometry
d. gas chromatography ✔Correct Answer-b
Question text
You are examining a protein electrophoresis pattern and notice an unusual band at the starting point
of the electropherogram that is not present in the normal control. If the patient was healthy, what is
the most likely cause of the unusual banding pattern?
Select one:
a. a plasma sample was probably applied instead of serum
b. the buffer used was the wrong pH
c. an inappropriate support medium was used
d. the patient likely has a genetic abnormality ✔Correct Answer-d
How would hemolysis affect the banding pattern of serum protein electrophoresis?
Select one:
a. Increased α1 globulin band
b. Increased β globulin band
c. Increased γ globulin band
d. No effect ✔Correct Answer-b
How far from the hazard should an emergency eyewash be located?
Select one:
a. Within 10 feet
b. Within 10 seconds walking distance
c. Within 30 feet
d. Within 30 seconds walking distance ✔Correct Answer-b
A Medical Laboratory Technologist from the RAH Laboratory is part of a team traveling to the North
Thunder Bay Laboratory to assess if that laboratory is adhering to the set standards for laboratory
services. This MLT is taking part in which one of the following processes?
Select one:
a. Risk Management
b. Quality Improvement
c. Empowerment
d. Accreditation ✔Correct Answer-d
Random errors are frequently caused by:
Select one:
a. attention to the timing of a reaction
b. changing over to a new lot of reagent
c. inaccurate specimen identification
, d. storing specimens at the correct temperature ✔Correct Answer-c
Westgard rules:
Select one:
a. Require a large amount of time to maintain
b. Are a good visual representation of precision
c. Distinguish between random and systematic error
d. Predict errors ✔Correct Answer-c
The Medical Laboratory Technologists working in Microbiology have been given the assignment of
designing a quick reference guide for their laboratory to distribute to other departments in the
hospital. Which one of the following terms, best describes this assignment?
Select one:
a. Management
b. Empowerment
c. Quality Control
d. Accreditation ✔Correct Answer-b (authority or power given to someone to do something)
What is caused by a tourniquet being left on too long?
Select one:
a. hemoconcentration
b. hemodilution
c. hemolysis
d. hemophilia ✔Correct Answer-a
What is exudate?
Select one:
a. Abnormal fluid accumulation caused by an infection
b. Abnormal fluid accumulation with a non-infectious origin
c. Normal fluid found in a body cavity ✔Correct Answer-a
Failing to do something which a reasonable person in the profession would have done is known as:
Select one:
a. liability
b. tort
c. 'res superior'
d. Negligence ✔Correct Answer-d
What is the term used to describe a complaint process by an employee who feels they have been
treated unfairly according to the contract agreement?
Select one:
a. Arbitration
b. Grievance
c. Collective bargaining
d. Harassment ✔Correct Answer-b
As the size of an organization increases, the potential for conflict decreases.
Select one:
a. True
b. False ✔Correct Answer-b
