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Hematology/Anemia FNP Review
|Actual Questions And Answers
2026
b. chemotherapy drugs - correct-answer - which of the following is a genotoxic
carcinogen?
a. vinyl chloride polymers
b. chemotherapy drugs
c. asbestos
d. wood and leather dust
a. alpha fetoprotein - correct-answer - which tumor marker may detect a tumor
of the ovary or testis?
a. alpha fetoprotein
b. carcinoembronic antigen
c. human chorionic gonadotropin
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d. cancer antigen 125
a. smoking - correct-answer - Candy, an older adult, is homeless and has iron-
deficiency anemia. She smokes and drinks when she can and has an ulcer. Which
of the following is not one of the risk factors of iron-deficiency anemia?
a. smoking
b. poverty
c. ulcer disease
d. age older than 60
b. not enough intrinsic factor - correct-answer - pernicious anemia is a result of:
a. not enough folic acid
b. not enough intrinsic factor
c. not enough vitamin D
d. not enough iron
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c. increased destruction of RBC - correct-answer - thalassemia is caused by:
a. blood loss
b. impaired production of all blood-forming elements
c. increased destruction of RBC
d. autoimmune antibodies
c. chronic lymphocytic leukemia - correct-answer - which type of leukemia
produces sxs with an insidious onset including weakness, fatigue, massive
lymphadenopathy, pruritic vesicular skin lesions, anemia, and thrombocytopenia?
a. acute lymphocytic leukemia
b. acute myelogenous leukemia
c. chronic lymphocytic leukemia
d. chronic myelogenous leukemia
d. none of the above; there is no early detection - correct-answer - bladder cancer
can be detected early by:
a. an annual urine culture
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b. a bladder tumor marker blood test
c. an annual cystocopy
d. none of the above; there is no early detection
c. lower back pain and hypercalcemia - correct-answer - multiple myeloma is a
plasma cell malignancy in which the bone marrow is replaced, and there is bone
destruction and paraprotein formation. Myeloma is a disease of older adults
overall (median age at presentation, 65 yrs). Common presenting sxs include:
a. nausea and vomiting and chronic cough
b. fatigue and splenomegaly
c. lower back pain and hypercalcemia
d. nausea and vomiting and fatigue
c. in the case of infection - correct-answer - when should you order a CBC for your
clt?
a. routinely
b. before dental work
Hematology/Anemia FNP Review
|Actual Questions And Answers
2026
b. chemotherapy drugs - correct-answer - which of the following is a genotoxic
carcinogen?
a. vinyl chloride polymers
b. chemotherapy drugs
c. asbestos
d. wood and leather dust
a. alpha fetoprotein - correct-answer - which tumor marker may detect a tumor
of the ovary or testis?
a. alpha fetoprotein
b. carcinoembronic antigen
c. human chorionic gonadotropin
,2|Page
d. cancer antigen 125
a. smoking - correct-answer - Candy, an older adult, is homeless and has iron-
deficiency anemia. She smokes and drinks when she can and has an ulcer. Which
of the following is not one of the risk factors of iron-deficiency anemia?
a. smoking
b. poverty
c. ulcer disease
d. age older than 60
b. not enough intrinsic factor - correct-answer - pernicious anemia is a result of:
a. not enough folic acid
b. not enough intrinsic factor
c. not enough vitamin D
d. not enough iron
,3|Page
c. increased destruction of RBC - correct-answer - thalassemia is caused by:
a. blood loss
b. impaired production of all blood-forming elements
c. increased destruction of RBC
d. autoimmune antibodies
c. chronic lymphocytic leukemia - correct-answer - which type of leukemia
produces sxs with an insidious onset including weakness, fatigue, massive
lymphadenopathy, pruritic vesicular skin lesions, anemia, and thrombocytopenia?
a. acute lymphocytic leukemia
b. acute myelogenous leukemia
c. chronic lymphocytic leukemia
d. chronic myelogenous leukemia
d. none of the above; there is no early detection - correct-answer - bladder cancer
can be detected early by:
a. an annual urine culture
, 4|Page
b. a bladder tumor marker blood test
c. an annual cystocopy
d. none of the above; there is no early detection
c. lower back pain and hypercalcemia - correct-answer - multiple myeloma is a
plasma cell malignancy in which the bone marrow is replaced, and there is bone
destruction and paraprotein formation. Myeloma is a disease of older adults
overall (median age at presentation, 65 yrs). Common presenting sxs include:
a. nausea and vomiting and chronic cough
b. fatigue and splenomegaly
c. lower back pain and hypercalcemia
d. nausea and vomiting and fatigue
c. in the case of infection - correct-answer - when should you order a CBC for your
clt?
a. routinely
b. before dental work
