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MLS ASCP Exam Recall Questions And
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Procainamide - Answer✔NAPA
loose clusters of small spherical microconidia, positive urease - Answer✔Trichophyton
mentagrophytes
BHCG tumor marker - Answer✔chorocarcinoma
5HIAA - Answer✔carcinoid tumors
Proteus vulgaris vs P. mirabilis indole test - Answer✔P. vulgaris is indole pos. P. mirabilis is
indole neg
Hydatid cyst fluid - Answer✔used to neutralize Anti-P1 antibody
Antacid overdose - Answer✔Check pH
Prolonged PT, PTT, and thrombin after collecting from catheter - Answer✔heparin
contamination
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mixing study that was performed with a prolonged PTT that couldn't be corrected -
Answer✔DRVVT (Dilute Russell Viper Venom Test)
two pt's ran in duplicate (PT and PTT). The PTT seemed to always be prolonged but PT looked
ok - Answer✔check the CaCl/phospholipid reagent delivery
Patient is on coumadin therapy, what will be affected - Answer✔Decreased protein C
Lots of stomatocytes - Answer✔Liver disease
Burr cells - Answer✔Uremia
Picture of target cells with hemoglobin C crystals. The white count was high on instrument 1, so
a second instrument was used with a stronger lysing agent, and the white count was corrected -
Answer✔anti-lysing target cells are what increased the white count? Erythrocytes containing
hemoglobin C do not lyse normally (sickle cell diseases)
A sodium citrate tube was drawn for a HCT on a pt but the hematocrit was abnormal -
Answer✔recollect with decreased anticoagulant. high hct (>55%) causes low plasma so you
need less anticoagulant
Question that gives a red blood cells count, HGB, and HCT. I did the rule of 3 and found that the
HGB didn't meet the rule of 3 because it was too high - Answer✔check for lipemia (elevates
HGB)
PBS with an elevated reticulocyte count and howell jolly bodies in the RBC's - Answer✔Prussian
blue for howell jolly bodies made of iron. Prussian blue stain, which is not taken up by
reticulocytes, is helpful in differentiating the two.
what RBC inclusion is composed of DNA? - Answer✔howell jolly bodies
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what falsely increases ESR - Answer✔vibration, tilting of tube, higher temps, >1 hr test time,
improper mixing of blood, improper dilution
factors decreasing ESR - Answer✔Polycythemia, Microcytosis (Hb C), Sickle cells, spherocytes,
Anti-inflammatory medications, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Hypofibrinogenemia (DIC), High
WBC count, Hyperviscosity
Factors increasing ESR - Answer✔Anemia, Macrocytosis, Female gender, Age >50 years,
Obesity, Pregnancy, Hypercholesterolemia, cancer, multiple myeloma, rouleaux, infections,
inflammation
what falsely decreases ESR - Answer✔low blood/ room temps, air bubbles, tests <1 hr,
improper mixing of blood, improper dilution
lactic acid collection - Answer✔separate from serum and put on ice
coefficient of variation - Answer✔(standard deviation/ mean) X 100
Carbon dioxide electrode measures what - Answer✔Used to measure free carbon dioxide ions
by detecting pH. The change in pH is measured by an internal pH sensor, which is proportional
to the carbon dioxide level.
patient that had a random glucose >200 and an FPG >126. What do you do next? -
Answer✔diagnosis with diabetes mellitus.
(need secondary confirmation from 4 criteria. FRG >126, Random glucose >200, ogtt >200, or
Hb A1c >6.5)
Man tested positive for syphilis 2 years ago but may have again, how would you test him? -
Answer✔RPR
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MLS ASCP Exam Recall Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
Procainamide - Answer✔NAPA
loose clusters of small spherical microconidia, positive urease - Answer✔Trichophyton
mentagrophytes
BHCG tumor marker - Answer✔chorocarcinoma
5HIAA - Answer✔carcinoid tumors
Proteus vulgaris vs P. mirabilis indole test - Answer✔P. vulgaris is indole pos. P. mirabilis is
indole neg
Hydatid cyst fluid - Answer✔used to neutralize Anti-P1 antibody
Antacid overdose - Answer✔Check pH
Prolonged PT, PTT, and thrombin after collecting from catheter - Answer✔heparin
contamination
1
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mixing study that was performed with a prolonged PTT that couldn't be corrected -
Answer✔DRVVT (Dilute Russell Viper Venom Test)
two pt's ran in duplicate (PT and PTT). The PTT seemed to always be prolonged but PT looked
ok - Answer✔check the CaCl/phospholipid reagent delivery
Patient is on coumadin therapy, what will be affected - Answer✔Decreased protein C
Lots of stomatocytes - Answer✔Liver disease
Burr cells - Answer✔Uremia
Picture of target cells with hemoglobin C crystals. The white count was high on instrument 1, so
a second instrument was used with a stronger lysing agent, and the white count was corrected -
Answer✔anti-lysing target cells are what increased the white count? Erythrocytes containing
hemoglobin C do not lyse normally (sickle cell diseases)
A sodium citrate tube was drawn for a HCT on a pt but the hematocrit was abnormal -
Answer✔recollect with decreased anticoagulant. high hct (>55%) causes low plasma so you
need less anticoagulant
Question that gives a red blood cells count, HGB, and HCT. I did the rule of 3 and found that the
HGB didn't meet the rule of 3 because it was too high - Answer✔check for lipemia (elevates
HGB)
PBS with an elevated reticulocyte count and howell jolly bodies in the RBC's - Answer✔Prussian
blue for howell jolly bodies made of iron. Prussian blue stain, which is not taken up by
reticulocytes, is helpful in differentiating the two.
what RBC inclusion is composed of DNA? - Answer✔howell jolly bodies
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what falsely increases ESR - Answer✔vibration, tilting of tube, higher temps, >1 hr test time,
improper mixing of blood, improper dilution
factors decreasing ESR - Answer✔Polycythemia, Microcytosis (Hb C), Sickle cells, spherocytes,
Anti-inflammatory medications, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Hypofibrinogenemia (DIC), High
WBC count, Hyperviscosity
Factors increasing ESR - Answer✔Anemia, Macrocytosis, Female gender, Age >50 years,
Obesity, Pregnancy, Hypercholesterolemia, cancer, multiple myeloma, rouleaux, infections,
inflammation
what falsely decreases ESR - Answer✔low blood/ room temps, air bubbles, tests <1 hr,
improper mixing of blood, improper dilution
lactic acid collection - Answer✔separate from serum and put on ice
coefficient of variation - Answer✔(standard deviation/ mean) X 100
Carbon dioxide electrode measures what - Answer✔Used to measure free carbon dioxide ions
by detecting pH. The change in pH is measured by an internal pH sensor, which is proportional
to the carbon dioxide level.
patient that had a random glucose >200 and an FPG >126. What do you do next? -
Answer✔diagnosis with diabetes mellitus.
(need secondary confirmation from 4 criteria. FRG >126, Random glucose >200, ogtt >200, or
Hb A1c >6.5)
Man tested positive for syphilis 2 years ago but may have again, how would you test him? -
Answer✔RPR
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