MLPAO EXAM SET LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

MLPAO EXAM SET 2024-2025 LATEST UPDATE
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A patient being tested for fecal occult blood should not eat foods containing: -
CORRECT ANSWER No red meat and & excess vitamin C.


Which of the following is the counterstain for the gram stain method?
- crystal violet
- safranin
- acetone-alcohol
- iodine
-gentian-violet - CORRECT ANSWER Safranin


Most fixatives act by:
- precipitating calcium ions in cells
- precipitating cell wall
- precipitating carbohydrates in cells
- precipitating enzymes in the cells
- none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER precipitating cell wall


A Westergren tube is used for which test procedure?
- prothrombin time
- hematocrit
- platelet count
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- reticulocyte count - CORRECT ANSWER Erythrocyte Count


Which of the following is the best examples of homeostasis?
- sexual reproduction
- growth
- regulation of body temperature
- growth of hair under arms
- storage of fat as adipose - CORRECT ANSWER Regulation of body temperature

,MLPAO EXAM SET 2024-2025 LATEST UPDATE
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A Gaspack/candle jar can be used to produce:
- an aerobic environment
- an anaerobic environment
- more vacuum
- a vacuum
- two of the above - CORRECT ANSWER An Anaerobic Environment
- this is used for bacteria that need an anaerobic environment
- inoculated petri dishes will go inside the gaspack and then placed inside the
incubator


Exchange of Oxygen and nutrients take place via:
- lymphatic vessels
- arteries
- arterioles
- capillaries
- venules - CORRECT ANSWER Capillaries


MLA is going to prepare 70.5 mL of a solution with 90% concentration. Best glassware
used to make this:
- volumetric flask
- erlenmeyer cylinder
- beaker
- graduated cylinder
- none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER Graduated Cylinder


The range of pH is:
1-14
1-7
1-12

,MLPAO EXAM SET 2024-2025 LATEST UPDATE
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0-12
0-14 - CORRECT ANSWER 0-14


A pH of 2 is _________ a pH of 5
- 1000 times less acidic than
- 100 time more acidic than
- 2 times less acidic than
- 20 time less acidic than
- 1000 times more acidic than - CORRECT ANSWER 1000 Times more acidic than


A blood glucose is preferred to be done on:
- a whole blood using sodium citrate
- clotted blood
- whole blood using oxalate and sodium fluoride as an anticoagulant
- a finger prick specimen
- urine - CORRECT ANSWER Whole blood using oxalate and sodium fluoride as an
anticoagulant


What is the name give to a substance that kills disease causing microorganisms but not
spores and is used on inanimate object?
- disinfectant
- antiseptic
- antibiotic
- fungicide - CORRECT ANSWER Disinfectant


Tissues are generally embedded in paraffin wax so that they may be:
- decalcified
- cut into sections
- dehydrated
- fixed

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- stained - CORRECT ANSWER Cut into Sections


The pipette with a bulged middle section is a:
- mohr pipette
- serological pipette
- micro pipette
- volumetric pipette
- broken pipette - CORRECT ANSWER Volumetric Pipette


A patient asks you to tell him his test results.. You should,
- ask him to check with his physician
- tell him the results are not ready
- tell him his results
- refuse to discuss the subject
- only tell him if results are normal - CORRECT ANSWER Ask him to check with his
physician.


A plasma protein involved in clotting is:
- immunoglobulin
- gamma globulin
- albumin
- fibrinogen
- unable to determine with information given - CORRECT ANSWER Fibrinogen


What tube would be drawn if a physician requested a heterophile antibody screen?
- green
-grey
- lavender
- SST
- light blue - CORRECT ANSWER SST