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Chapter 1: Introduction
Multiple-Choice Questions
Level I
1. Which two populations account for the greatest difference in reference intervals?
a. Adults and 12-year-olds
b. Newborns and 12-year-olds
c. Newborns and adults
d. Whites and blacks
Correct answer: C
(Objective 1)
2. What component of plasma assists in the transport of bilirubin?
a. Enzymes
b. Hydrogen
c. Calcium
d. Albumin
Correct answer: D
(Objective 3)
3. When bilirubin is increased above the reference range, what disease process should be
suspected if liver disease is ruled out?
a. Increased osmotic pressure
b. Hormone imbalance
c. Decreased albumin
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d. Increased metabolism of hemoglobin
Correct answer: D
(Objective 3, 4)
4. Which of the following can explain a decrease in the number of circulating erythrocytes?
a. Blood loss
b. Infection
c. Dehydration
d. Neutropenia
Correct answer: A
(Objective 4)
5. Platelets and coagulation proteins are circulating components responsible for what
process?
a. Hemolysis
b. Hemostasis
c. Normal cell production
d. Immune defense
Correct answer: B
(Objective 2)
6. The predominant blood leukocyte found in children is the:
a. Monocyte
b. Lymphocyte
c. Neutrophil
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d. Eosinophil
Correct answer: B
(Objective 1)
7. The cellular component of blood that is involved in hemostasis is:
a. Leukocyte
b. Erythrocyte
c. Thrombocyte
d. Hemoglobin
Correct answer: C
(Objective 2)
8. The protein found in erythrocytes that is responsible for oxygen transport is:
a. Albumin
b. Gamma globulin
c. Oxygen protein
d. Hemoglobin
Correct answer: D
(Objective 2)
9. Which of the following is not a cellular component of blood?
a. Leukocyte
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Multiple-Choice Questions
Level I
1. Which two populations account for the greatest difference in reference intervals?
a. Adults and 12-year-olds
b. Newborns and 12-year-olds
c. Newborns and adults
d. Whites and blacks
Correct answer: C
(Objective 1)
2. What component of plasma assists in the transport of bilirubin?
a. Enzymes
b. Hydrogen
c. Calcium
d. Albumin
Correct answer: D
(Objective 3)
3. When bilirubin is increased above the reference range, what disease process should be
suspected if liver disease is ruled out?
a. Increased osmotic pressure
b. Hormone imbalance
c. Decreased albumin
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d. Increased metabolism of hemoglobin
Correct answer: D
(Objective 3, 4)
4. Which of the following can explain a decrease in the number of circulating erythrocytes?
a. Blood loss
b. Infection
c. Dehydration
d. Neutropenia
Correct answer: A
(Objective 4)
5. Platelets and coagulation proteins are circulating components responsible for what
process?
a. Hemolysis
b. Hemostasis
c. Normal cell production
d. Immune defense
Correct answer: B
(Objective 2)
6. The predominant blood leukocyte found in children is the:
a. Monocyte
b. Lymphocyte
c. Neutrophil
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d. Eosinophil
Correct answer: B
(Objective 1)
7. The cellular component of blood that is involved in hemostasis is:
a. Leukocyte
b. Erythrocyte
c. Thrombocyte
d. Hemoglobin
Correct answer: C
(Objective 2)
8. The protein found in erythrocytes that is responsible for oxygen transport is:
a. Albumin
b. Gamma globulin
c. Oxygen protein
d. Hemoglobin
Correct answer: D
(Objective 2)
9. Which of the following is not a cellular component of blood?
a. Leukocyte
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