AAB MT Basic Knowledge Guide
3 - answer What is the minimum number of standards required for a standard curve?
1000X - answer What is the maximum magnification using a brightfield microscope?
Glass volumetric pipettes - answer What is the most accurate pipette for reconstituting
control material?
Milli- - answer Which unit of measure refers to 10^-3?
225/75= 3.00 - answer What is the calculated cholesterol/HDL ratio given the following
results?
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL
1:5 - answer200 microliters of patient serum is diluted with 800 microliters of saline.
What is the final dilution?
LDL = Total cholesterol - HDL - (TG/5)
112 = 225 - 75 - (190/5) - answer What is the calculated LDL cholesterol given the
following lipid profile results?
Triglycerides 190 mg/dL
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL
1.18 x 10^-5 x r x rpm^2 - answerHow is relative centrifugal force calculated?
Flammable safety cabinet - answerWhere should an unopened container of methanol
be stored?
Hepatitis B and HIV - answerWhich bloodborne pathogens are of greatest risk to
laboratorians?
After pulling the alarm - answerWhen a fire occurs, when should the hospital operator
be notified of the fire?
1:1000 - answerWhat is the accuracy of a volumetric pipette?
Primary standard - answerWhat is the term used to describe a 99.95% purified chemical
that can be measured directly referred to as?
, What is a solution in which the molecules of solute in the solution are in equilibrium with
excess undissolved molecules referred to as? - answerBadly written question
7.0 - answerWhat is the pH of pure water?
Coefficient of variation - answerWhich statistical term most specifically describes
analytical precision?
95.45% - answerA procedure has a 2SD variation from a mean value. How many values
from a normal population will 2SD include?
12-16 hours - answerTo produce reliable results, how long should a patient fast before
having blood drawn for lipid studies?
100 mL bleach added to 900 mL water - answerHow is a 10% bleach solution to
disinfect the work area made?
Yellow - answerReactivity is what color diamond using the National Fire Protection
Agency code?
Buffer - answerWhat is a substance that minimizes any change in hydrogen ion
concentration?
Whole blood - answerWhich type of specimen provides the fastest turnaround time?
17.7-18.3 mg/dL - answerIf the mean for BUN is 18.0 and one standard deviation is
0.15, then what is the acceptable range for this control?
0.13/18.0 = 0.7% - answerIf the mean for BUN is 18.0 and one standard deviation is
0.13, then what is the coefficient of variation?
3.8/(.3+.8+1.2+1.1) = 1.1 - answerThe total protein is 7.2 g/dL. The serum protein
results are:
Albumin 53.0% 3.8 g/dL
Alpha1 3.6% 0.3 g/dL
Alpha2 11.0% 0.8 g/dL
Beta 17.6% 1.2 g/dL
Gamma 14.8% 1.1 g/dL
What is the A/G ratio?
4 types of centrifuges - answer-tabletop
-microcentrifuges
-high-speed centrifuges(17,000-30000)
-ultracentrifuges(150000)
3 types of pipettes - answer1. automated
3 - answer What is the minimum number of standards required for a standard curve?
1000X - answer What is the maximum magnification using a brightfield microscope?
Glass volumetric pipettes - answer What is the most accurate pipette for reconstituting
control material?
Milli- - answer Which unit of measure refers to 10^-3?
225/75= 3.00 - answer What is the calculated cholesterol/HDL ratio given the following
results?
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL
1:5 - answer200 microliters of patient serum is diluted with 800 microliters of saline.
What is the final dilution?
LDL = Total cholesterol - HDL - (TG/5)
112 = 225 - 75 - (190/5) - answer What is the calculated LDL cholesterol given the
following lipid profile results?
Triglycerides 190 mg/dL
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL
1.18 x 10^-5 x r x rpm^2 - answerHow is relative centrifugal force calculated?
Flammable safety cabinet - answerWhere should an unopened container of methanol
be stored?
Hepatitis B and HIV - answerWhich bloodborne pathogens are of greatest risk to
laboratorians?
After pulling the alarm - answerWhen a fire occurs, when should the hospital operator
be notified of the fire?
1:1000 - answerWhat is the accuracy of a volumetric pipette?
Primary standard - answerWhat is the term used to describe a 99.95% purified chemical
that can be measured directly referred to as?
, What is a solution in which the molecules of solute in the solution are in equilibrium with
excess undissolved molecules referred to as? - answerBadly written question
7.0 - answerWhat is the pH of pure water?
Coefficient of variation - answerWhich statistical term most specifically describes
analytical precision?
95.45% - answerA procedure has a 2SD variation from a mean value. How many values
from a normal population will 2SD include?
12-16 hours - answerTo produce reliable results, how long should a patient fast before
having blood drawn for lipid studies?
100 mL bleach added to 900 mL water - answerHow is a 10% bleach solution to
disinfect the work area made?
Yellow - answerReactivity is what color diamond using the National Fire Protection
Agency code?
Buffer - answerWhat is a substance that minimizes any change in hydrogen ion
concentration?
Whole blood - answerWhich type of specimen provides the fastest turnaround time?
17.7-18.3 mg/dL - answerIf the mean for BUN is 18.0 and one standard deviation is
0.15, then what is the acceptable range for this control?
0.13/18.0 = 0.7% - answerIf the mean for BUN is 18.0 and one standard deviation is
0.13, then what is the coefficient of variation?
3.8/(.3+.8+1.2+1.1) = 1.1 - answerThe total protein is 7.2 g/dL. The serum protein
results are:
Albumin 53.0% 3.8 g/dL
Alpha1 3.6% 0.3 g/dL
Alpha2 11.0% 0.8 g/dL
Beta 17.6% 1.2 g/dL
Gamma 14.8% 1.1 g/dL
What is the A/G ratio?
4 types of centrifuges - answer-tabletop
-microcentrifuges
-high-speed centrifuges(17,000-30000)
-ultracentrifuges(150000)
3 types of pipettes - answer1. automated
