OSMT Test Prep Questions and Answers | 100% Pass

OSMT Test Prep Questions and Answers | 100% Pass Which of the following is the best example of homeostasis? - Answer️️ -Regulation and body temperature The concentration of physiological saline is? - Answer️️ -0.85% Which of the following pipettes is the most accurate? - Answer️️ -Volumetric pipette Hypersecretion of insulin would result in? - Answer️️ -Hypoglycemia Deoxygenated blood is pumped into the? - Answer️️ -Pulmonary circulation The semi-lunar valves: - Answer️️ -Guard the bases of the two large arterise leaving the ventricles and are known as the pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves. After pulmonary circulation, the blood is received by? - Answer️️ -Left atrium When you have a STAT request you should perform the test: - Answer️️ -Immediately If you use a to contain" pipette, you should? - Answer️️ -Rinse it to make sure all of the content is delivered The valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle is the? - Answer️️ - Mitral valve The electrical conductivity of distilled or deionized water is? - Answer️️ -Low In order to deliver the total volume form the pipette which has a frosted ring near the colour code, you will? - Answer️️ -Blow out the last drop ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 2 Which sample should be processed as STAT first? - Answer️️ -Blood gas Which of the following is not a cardiac enzyme? - Answer️️ -Alkaline phosphatase VMA is used to test for? (24hr urine-breakdown) - Answer️️ -Epinephrine metabolism Which of the following has valves? - Answer️️ -Veins The specimen commonly used for 17-ketosteroids is? (male hormone steroids) - Answer️️ -24-hour urine For an accurate cholesterol test the patient should? - Answer️️ --Fast overnight -Follow a normal diet 1 week before the test -Be restricted from alcohol for 24 hours prior to the test -Be restricted from lipid lowering drugs CPK can be found in? - Answer️️ -The brain The muscles The heart Xylose tolerance test is primarily tested for? - Answer️️ -Absorption ability of the small intestine Which of the following could not be considered as a source of error in micro-hematocrit tests? - Answer️️ -Not Haemolysed specimen Not Hemoconcentrated specimen Not Overfilling the capillary tube Not Overfilling the vacuum tube What is the right answer? The normal life span of the erythrocyte is? - Answer️️ -120 days ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 3 Leaving the urine for prolonged time will increase? - Answer️️ -Bacteria Hemoconcentration can be caused by? - Answer️️ -Tourniquet which is left on the patient too long Whole blood is defribrinated by? - Answer️️ -Glass beads The basic dye in Romanowsky staining is? - Answer️️ -Methylene blue Supravital stain is used for? - Answer️️ -Reticulocyte count Which of the following does not have a nucleus? - Answer️️ -RBC count Platelet Which of the following tests are not part of a CBC profile? - Answer️️ -Not Leukocyte count Not Hb estimation Not Differential cell count Not RBC count The counting chamber used for the RBC count is the? - Answer️️ -Hemocytometer The pH of blood is? - Answer️️ -Slightly alkaline The anticoagulant used in a CBC profile is? - Answer️️ -EDTA Which of the following should not be considered as a source of error in an ESR? - Answer️️ -Using blood form an EDTA tube A decrease in the size of the erythrocyte is known as? - Answer️️ -Microcytosis Which of the following anticoagulant does not react with calcium to prevent clotting? - Answer️️ -Heparin ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 4 When blood clots, the fluid that remains after separation of the clot is called? - Answer️️ -Serum Which of the following does not belong to the granulocytic series? - Answer️️ - Lymphocytes The buffer solution used in the Wright's stain procedure should have a precise range. Which pH value is satisfactory? - Answer️️ -6.4 The cytoplasm of the eosinophilic segmented cells after Wright's stain contains? - Answer️️ -Large coarse re-orange granules Which components would normally be found in plasma? - Answer️️ -Cholesterol Calcium Glucose Fibrinogen A type of cancer in which white blood cells multiply wildly and crowd out the red blood cells and platelets is called? - Answer️️ -Leukemia Absorbance gel is placed in TDG container: - Answer️️ -Inside the internal bag Absorbance material in TDG box should be enough: - Answer️️ -To absorb all the entire liquids Patient consent for the phlebotomy procedure is permission which is? - Answer️️ - Verbal Rouleaux is the? - Answer️️ -Aggregation of RBC Which is not required in blood clotting? - Answer️️ -Heparin ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 5 Which of the following specimens are required for creatinine clearance tests? - Answer️️ -Serum and 24 hour urine If a patient refuses having blood work done, the MLA/T should? - Answer️️ -Inform the supervisor Accept the patient's decision and document on the requisition If a urine specimen is allowed to site for more than one hour, which changes may take place? - Answer️️ -It will become cloudy The pH level will increase Any present glucose levels will be decreased Any RBC or WBC present will be broken down If a urine specimen has a light straw colour, this indicates? - Answer️️ -The urine does not contain much solute Bile pigments in a urine specimen will cause the urine to be? - Answer️️ -Yellowish- brown in colour Which reading indicates a concentrated urine specimen? - Answer️️ -Specific gravity: 1.035 What should normally be present in urine? - Answer️️ -Nitrate and Urea The normal pH of urine is? - Answer️️ -Acidic Blood may normally be present in the urine due to? - Answer️️ -Menstruation The first voided morning urine specimen is preferred for performing a microscopic examination because? - Answer️️ -It contains more dissolved substances. ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 6 What effect does dilute urine have on red blood cells? - Answer️️ -Causes them to swell and become rounded. 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