Chemistry MT AAB Board Exam Review
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Specimens that can be analyzed for carbon dioxide - correct answers ✔✔1. Serum
2. Plasma
3. Whole blood
What will happen if blood is exposed to air during specimen collection for pH and blood gases? -
correct answers ✔✔p C O 2 decreases
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation - correct answers ✔✔p H = p k a + log salt / acid
What is the ratio of bicarbonate:carbonic acid in normal plasma - correct answers ✔✔20:1
Lab results on a known diabetic patient revealed a decreased bicarbonate and decreased ph.
Which acid base disorder would most likely cause these lab values? - correct answers
✔✔Metabolic acidosis
Decrease Bicarbonate decrease p H
Normal range for pH of blood - correct answers ✔✔7:35 to 7:45
Beer law concerning optical density it is: - correct answers ✔✔Directly proportional to the
concentration
For the ultraviolet range what part must be employed - correct answers ✔✔Quartz cuvette
Quartz cuvette
, When performing spectrophotometer quality checks, what is the holmium oxide glass filter
used to assess? - correct answers ✔✔Wavelength accuracy
What is the principle of flame photometry? - correct answers ✔✔Emission of a color when an
element is burned
What is the principle of atomic absorption spectrophotometry? - correct answers ✔✔It
measures light absorption of electromagnetic radiation
What is the light source in atomic absorption instrumentation - correct answers ✔✔Cathode
lamp
Quenching is a disadvantage in which type of instrumentation - correct answers
✔✔Fluorometry
Which analytical method measures the amount of light scattered by the particles in solution -
correct answers ✔✔Nephelometry
p c o 2 electrode - correct answers ✔✔The actual pH of the sample has no effect
The protein at its isoelectric point - correct answers ✔✔Net zero charge
In immunoelectrophoresis - correct answers ✔✔There must be excess antibody present and
constant trough distance between antibody and antigen
To achieve the best levels of sensitivity and specificity, a gas chromatograph may be coupled
with a - correct answers ✔✔Mass spectrophotometer
With 100% Correct Answers
Specimens that can be analyzed for carbon dioxide - correct answers ✔✔1. Serum
2. Plasma
3. Whole blood
What will happen if blood is exposed to air during specimen collection for pH and blood gases? -
correct answers ✔✔p C O 2 decreases
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation - correct answers ✔✔p H = p k a + log salt / acid
What is the ratio of bicarbonate:carbonic acid in normal plasma - correct answers ✔✔20:1
Lab results on a known diabetic patient revealed a decreased bicarbonate and decreased ph.
Which acid base disorder would most likely cause these lab values? - correct answers
✔✔Metabolic acidosis
Decrease Bicarbonate decrease p H
Normal range for pH of blood - correct answers ✔✔7:35 to 7:45
Beer law concerning optical density it is: - correct answers ✔✔Directly proportional to the
concentration
For the ultraviolet range what part must be employed - correct answers ✔✔Quartz cuvette
Quartz cuvette
, When performing spectrophotometer quality checks, what is the holmium oxide glass filter
used to assess? - correct answers ✔✔Wavelength accuracy
What is the principle of flame photometry? - correct answers ✔✔Emission of a color when an
element is burned
What is the principle of atomic absorption spectrophotometry? - correct answers ✔✔It
measures light absorption of electromagnetic radiation
What is the light source in atomic absorption instrumentation - correct answers ✔✔Cathode
lamp
Quenching is a disadvantage in which type of instrumentation - correct answers
✔✔Fluorometry
Which analytical method measures the amount of light scattered by the particles in solution -
correct answers ✔✔Nephelometry
p c o 2 electrode - correct answers ✔✔The actual pH of the sample has no effect
The protein at its isoelectric point - correct answers ✔✔Net zero charge
In immunoelectrophoresis - correct answers ✔✔There must be excess antibody present and
constant trough distance between antibody and antigen
To achieve the best levels of sensitivity and specificity, a gas chromatograph may be coupled
with a - correct answers ✔✔Mass spectrophotometer
