Urinalysis and Body Fluids Certification
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An abdominal fluid is submitted from surgery. The physician wants to determine if this fluid
could be urine. The technologist should:
A. perform a culture
B. smell the fluid
C. test for urea, creatinine, sodium and chloride
D. test for protein, glucose and pH - CORRECT ANSWER- C
The clarity of a urine sample should be determined:
A. using glass tubes only, never plastic
B. following thorough mixing of the specimen
C. after addition of sulfosalicylic acid
D. after the specimen cools to room temperature - CORRECT ANSWER- B
A sperm count is diluted 1:20 and 50 sperm are counted in two large squares of the Neubauer
counting chamber. The sperm count in mLs is:
A. 5000
B. 50,000
C. 500,000
D. 5,000,000 - CORRECT ANSWER- D
A physician attempts to aspirate a knee joint and obtains 0.1 mL of slightly bloody fluid.
Addition of acetic acid results in turbidity and a clot. This indicates that:
A. the fluid is synovial fluid
B. plasma was obtained
C. red blood cells caused a false positive reaction
,D. the specimen is not adequate - CORRECT ANSWER- A
A clean-catch urine sample is submitted to the laboratory for routine urinalysis and culture. The
routine urinalysis is done first, and the specimen is then sent to microbiology for culture. The
specimen should:
A. be centrifuged and the supernatant cultured
B. be rejected due to possible contamination from routine urinalysis
C. not be cultured if no bacteria are seen
D. be immediately processed for culture regardless of urinalysis results - CORRECT ANSWER-
B
A reagent strip area impregnated with stabilized, diazotized 2,4-dichloroaniline will yield a
positive reaction with:
A. bilirubin
B. hemoglobin
C. ketones
D. urobilinogen - CORRECT ANSWER- A
Which of the following components is/are present in serum but NOT present in the glomerular
filtrate?
A. glucose
B. amino acids
C. urea
D. large molecular weight proteins - CORRECT ANSWER- D
An antidiuretic hormone deficiency is associated with a:
A. specific gravity around 1.031
B. low specific gravity
C. high specific gravity
, D. variable specific gravity - CORRECT ANSWER- B
Urine reagent strips should be stored in a(n):
A. refrigerator (4°C-7°C)
B. incubator (37°C)
C. cool dry area
D. open jar exposed to air - CORRECT ANSWER- C
Patients with diabetes mellitus have urine with:
A. decreased volume and decreased specific gravity
B. decreased volume and increased specific gravity
C. increased volume and decreased specific gravity
D. increased volume and increased specific gravity - CORRECT ANSWER- D
The primary constituent of hyaline casts is:
A. fat
B. cells
C. protein
D. mucus - CORRECT ANSWER- C
A component seen during a microscopic urinalysis stains positively with Sudan III stain but does
not polarize. This most likely is a:
A. cholesterol ester
B. neutral fat
C. lipid
D. leucine - CORRECT ANSWER- B
The amber yellow color of urine is primarily due to:
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
An abdominal fluid is submitted from surgery. The physician wants to determine if this fluid
could be urine. The technologist should:
A. perform a culture
B. smell the fluid
C. test for urea, creatinine, sodium and chloride
D. test for protein, glucose and pH - CORRECT ANSWER- C
The clarity of a urine sample should be determined:
A. using glass tubes only, never plastic
B. following thorough mixing of the specimen
C. after addition of sulfosalicylic acid
D. after the specimen cools to room temperature - CORRECT ANSWER- B
A sperm count is diluted 1:20 and 50 sperm are counted in two large squares of the Neubauer
counting chamber. The sperm count in mLs is:
A. 5000
B. 50,000
C. 500,000
D. 5,000,000 - CORRECT ANSWER- D
A physician attempts to aspirate a knee joint and obtains 0.1 mL of slightly bloody fluid.
Addition of acetic acid results in turbidity and a clot. This indicates that:
A. the fluid is synovial fluid
B. plasma was obtained
C. red blood cells caused a false positive reaction
,D. the specimen is not adequate - CORRECT ANSWER- A
A clean-catch urine sample is submitted to the laboratory for routine urinalysis and culture. The
routine urinalysis is done first, and the specimen is then sent to microbiology for culture. The
specimen should:
A. be centrifuged and the supernatant cultured
B. be rejected due to possible contamination from routine urinalysis
C. not be cultured if no bacteria are seen
D. be immediately processed for culture regardless of urinalysis results - CORRECT ANSWER-
B
A reagent strip area impregnated with stabilized, diazotized 2,4-dichloroaniline will yield a
positive reaction with:
A. bilirubin
B. hemoglobin
C. ketones
D. urobilinogen - CORRECT ANSWER- A
Which of the following components is/are present in serum but NOT present in the glomerular
filtrate?
A. glucose
B. amino acids
C. urea
D. large molecular weight proteins - CORRECT ANSWER- D
An antidiuretic hormone deficiency is associated with a:
A. specific gravity around 1.031
B. low specific gravity
C. high specific gravity
, D. variable specific gravity - CORRECT ANSWER- B
Urine reagent strips should be stored in a(n):
A. refrigerator (4°C-7°C)
B. incubator (37°C)
C. cool dry area
D. open jar exposed to air - CORRECT ANSWER- C
Patients with diabetes mellitus have urine with:
A. decreased volume and decreased specific gravity
B. decreased volume and increased specific gravity
C. increased volume and decreased specific gravity
D. increased volume and increased specific gravity - CORRECT ANSWER- D
The primary constituent of hyaline casts is:
A. fat
B. cells
C. protein
D. mucus - CORRECT ANSWER- C
A component seen during a microscopic urinalysis stains positively with Sudan III stain but does
not polarize. This most likely is a:
A. cholesterol ester
B. neutral fat
C. lipid
D. leucine - CORRECT ANSWER- B
The amber yellow color of urine is primarily due to:
