Urinalysis and body fluids: Ch 3
Exam Questions and Answers
The primary inorganic substance found in urine is? - -calcium
- An unidentified fluid is received in the laboratory with a request to
determine whether the fluid is urine or another body flui. Using routine
laboratory tests, which substances would determine that the fluid is urine? -
-Urea and creatinine
- The average daily output of urine is? - -1200ml
- A patient presenting with polyurea, nocturea, polydipsia, and a low urine
specific gravity is exhibiting symptoms of what? - -Diabetes insipidus
- A patient with oligurea might progress to having? - -Anurea
- All of the following are characteristics of recommended urine conatiners
except? - -A snap-on lid
- Labels for urine containers are? - -Placed on the container before
collection
- A urine specimen may be rejected from the laboratory for all of the
following except? - -Requisition form states the specimen is catheterized
- A cloudy specimen received in the laboratory may have been preserved
using? - -refrigeration
- For general screening, the specimen collected most frequently is a? - -
random one
- The primary advantage of a first morning specimen, over a random
specimen is that it is? - -more concentrated
- If a routine urinalysis and culture are requested on a catheterized
specimen, then? - -The culture is performed first
- If a patient fails to discard the first specimen when collecting a times
specimen, then the? - --Specimen must be recollected
-Results will be falsely elevated
- The primary cause of unsatifactory results in an unpreserved routine
specimen not tested for 8 hours is? - -Bacterial growth
Exam Questions and Answers
The primary inorganic substance found in urine is? - -calcium
- An unidentified fluid is received in the laboratory with a request to
determine whether the fluid is urine or another body flui. Using routine
laboratory tests, which substances would determine that the fluid is urine? -
-Urea and creatinine
- The average daily output of urine is? - -1200ml
- A patient presenting with polyurea, nocturea, polydipsia, and a low urine
specific gravity is exhibiting symptoms of what? - -Diabetes insipidus
- A patient with oligurea might progress to having? - -Anurea
- All of the following are characteristics of recommended urine conatiners
except? - -A snap-on lid
- Labels for urine containers are? - -Placed on the container before
collection
- A urine specimen may be rejected from the laboratory for all of the
following except? - -Requisition form states the specimen is catheterized
- A cloudy specimen received in the laboratory may have been preserved
using? - -refrigeration
- For general screening, the specimen collected most frequently is a? - -
random one
- The primary advantage of a first morning specimen, over a random
specimen is that it is? - -more concentrated
- If a routine urinalysis and culture are requested on a catheterized
specimen, then? - -The culture is performed first
- If a patient fails to discard the first specimen when collecting a times
specimen, then the? - --Specimen must be recollected
-Results will be falsely elevated
- The primary cause of unsatifactory results in an unpreserved routine
specimen not tested for 8 hours is? - -Bacterial growth
