BOC HEMATOLOGY EXAMINATION SCRIPT
FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● The light-colored zone adjacent to the nucleus in a plasmacyte is the:
Answer: Golgi area
●● The majority of the iron in an adult is found as a constituent of
Answer: Hemoglobin
●● The main function of the hexose monophosphate shunt in the
erythrocyte is to:
Answer: Provide reduced glutathione to prevent oxidation of
hemoglobin
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of alpha polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: B
●● Refer to the following illustration:
,Which curve represents the production of beta polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: D
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of gamma polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: C
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of delta polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: E
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of epsilon polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: A
,●● In order for hemoglobin to combine reversibly with oxygen, the iron
must be:
Answer: In the ferrous state
●● In which of the following disease states are teardrop cells and
abnormal platelets most characteristically seen?
Answer: myeloid metaplasia
●● In the normal adult, the spleen acts as a site for:
Answer: removal of imperfect and aging cells
●● After the removal of red blood cells from the circulation hemoglobin
is broken down into:
Answer: iron, protoporphyrin, and globin
●● Heinz bodies are:
Answer: denatured hemoglobin inclusions that are readily removed by
the spleen
●● Cells for the transport of O2 and CO2 are:
Answer: erythrocytes
●● Erythropoietin acts to:
, Answer: stimulate RNA synthesis of erythroid cells
●● What cell shape is most commonly associated with an increased
MCHC?
Answer: spherocytes
●● Which of the following characteristics are common to hereditary
spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, hereditary stomatocytosis, and
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Answer: red cell membrane defects
●● A patient is admitted with a history of chronic bleeding secondary to
peptic ulcer. Hematology workup reveals a severe microcytic,
hypochromic anemia. Iron studies were requested. Which of the
following would be expected in this case?
Serum iron, TIBC, Storage iron
-Result A: dec inc inc
-Result B: inc dec inc
-Result C: dec inc dec
-Result D: inc nL dec
Answer: result C
●● Which of the following is most closely associated with iron
deficiency anemia?
FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● The light-colored zone adjacent to the nucleus in a plasmacyte is the:
Answer: Golgi area
●● The majority of the iron in an adult is found as a constituent of
Answer: Hemoglobin
●● The main function of the hexose monophosphate shunt in the
erythrocyte is to:
Answer: Provide reduced glutathione to prevent oxidation of
hemoglobin
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of alpha polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: B
●● Refer to the following illustration:
,Which curve represents the production of beta polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: D
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of gamma polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: C
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of delta polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: E
●● Refer to the following illustration:
Which curve represents the production of epsilon polypeptide chains of
hemoglobin?
Answer: A
,●● In order for hemoglobin to combine reversibly with oxygen, the iron
must be:
Answer: In the ferrous state
●● In which of the following disease states are teardrop cells and
abnormal platelets most characteristically seen?
Answer: myeloid metaplasia
●● In the normal adult, the spleen acts as a site for:
Answer: removal of imperfect and aging cells
●● After the removal of red blood cells from the circulation hemoglobin
is broken down into:
Answer: iron, protoporphyrin, and globin
●● Heinz bodies are:
Answer: denatured hemoglobin inclusions that are readily removed by
the spleen
●● Cells for the transport of O2 and CO2 are:
Answer: erythrocytes
●● Erythropoietin acts to:
, Answer: stimulate RNA synthesis of erythroid cells
●● What cell shape is most commonly associated with an increased
MCHC?
Answer: spherocytes
●● Which of the following characteristics are common to hereditary
spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, hereditary stomatocytosis, and
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Answer: red cell membrane defects
●● A patient is admitted with a history of chronic bleeding secondary to
peptic ulcer. Hematology workup reveals a severe microcytic,
hypochromic anemia. Iron studies were requested. Which of the
following would be expected in this case?
Serum iron, TIBC, Storage iron
-Result A: dec inc inc
-Result B: inc dec inc
-Result C: dec inc dec
-Result D: inc nL dec
Answer: result C
●● Which of the following is most closely associated with iron
deficiency anemia?
