RODAKS HEMATOLOGY 6TH EDITION FINAL
PAPER EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ The M:E ratio in polycythemia vera is usally:
a. normal
b. high
c. low
d. variable
Answer: a
◉ A patient has a tumor that concentrates erythropoietin. He is most
likely to have which of the following types of polycythemia?
a. polycythemia vera
b. polycythemia, secondary to hypoxia
c. benign familial polycythemia
d. polycythemia associated with renal disease
Answer: d
◉ Which of the following types of polycythemia is most often
associated with lung disease?
,a. polycythemia vera
b. polycythemia, secondary to hypoxia
c. relative polycythemia associated with dehydration
d. polycythemia associated with renal disease
Answer: b
◉ A patient diagnosed with polycythemia vera 5 years previously
now has a decreased hemoglobin and microcytic, hypochromic red
cells. What is the most probable cause for the current peripheral
blood findings?
a. phlebotomy
b. myelofibrosis
c. preleukemia
d. aplastic anemia
Answer: a
◉ A patient has been treated for polycythemia vera for several years.
His blood smear now shows
oval macrocytes
Howell-Jolly bodies
hypersegmented neutrophils
large, agranular platelets
,The most probaly cause of this blood picture is:
a. iron deficiency
b. alcoholism
c. dietary B12 deficiency
d. chemotherapy
Answer: d
◉ The most likely cause of the macrocytosis that often accompanies
primary myelofibrosis is:
a. folic acid deficiency
b. increased reticulocyte count
c. inadequate B12 absorption
d. pyridoxine dificiency
Answer: a
◉ Giant, vacuolated, multinucleated erythroid precursors are
present in which of the following:
a. chronic myelocytic leukemia
b. primary myelofibrosis
c. erythroleukemia
d. acute myelocytic leukemia
, Answer: c
◉ Which of the following is a significant feature of
dsyserythropiesis?
a. persistently increased M:E ration
b. megaloblastoid erythropoieisis
c. marked thrombocytosis
d. decreased ferritin levels
Answer: b
◉ The M:E ratio in erythroleukemia is usually:
a. normal
b. high
c. low
d. variable
Answer: c
◉ Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is often a complication of:
a. PV
b. CML
c. CLL
d. HCL
PAPER EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ The M:E ratio in polycythemia vera is usally:
a. normal
b. high
c. low
d. variable
Answer: a
◉ A patient has a tumor that concentrates erythropoietin. He is most
likely to have which of the following types of polycythemia?
a. polycythemia vera
b. polycythemia, secondary to hypoxia
c. benign familial polycythemia
d. polycythemia associated with renal disease
Answer: d
◉ Which of the following types of polycythemia is most often
associated with lung disease?
,a. polycythemia vera
b. polycythemia, secondary to hypoxia
c. relative polycythemia associated with dehydration
d. polycythemia associated with renal disease
Answer: b
◉ A patient diagnosed with polycythemia vera 5 years previously
now has a decreased hemoglobin and microcytic, hypochromic red
cells. What is the most probable cause for the current peripheral
blood findings?
a. phlebotomy
b. myelofibrosis
c. preleukemia
d. aplastic anemia
Answer: a
◉ A patient has been treated for polycythemia vera for several years.
His blood smear now shows
oval macrocytes
Howell-Jolly bodies
hypersegmented neutrophils
large, agranular platelets
,The most probaly cause of this blood picture is:
a. iron deficiency
b. alcoholism
c. dietary B12 deficiency
d. chemotherapy
Answer: d
◉ The most likely cause of the macrocytosis that often accompanies
primary myelofibrosis is:
a. folic acid deficiency
b. increased reticulocyte count
c. inadequate B12 absorption
d. pyridoxine dificiency
Answer: a
◉ Giant, vacuolated, multinucleated erythroid precursors are
present in which of the following:
a. chronic myelocytic leukemia
b. primary myelofibrosis
c. erythroleukemia
d. acute myelocytic leukemia
, Answer: c
◉ Which of the following is a significant feature of
dsyserythropiesis?
a. persistently increased M:E ration
b. megaloblastoid erythropoieisis
c. marked thrombocytosis
d. decreased ferritin levels
Answer: b
◉ The M:E ratio in erythroleukemia is usually:
a. normal
b. high
c. low
d. variable
Answer: c
◉ Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is often a complication of:
a. PV
b. CML
c. CLL
d. HCL
