HM Practice Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
When performing the finger puncture blood collection method, what action should you avoid
so your blood sample will not be diluted with tissue fluid?
a. Milk the finger towards the fingertip
b. Lance the fingertip on the side of the finger
c. Immediately apply the collection tube to the lanced fingertip
d. Do not squeeze the fingertip - verified answers; Immediately apply the collection tube to
the lanced fingertip
Leuckocytosis can be caused by which of the following infections?
a. Hepatitis
b. Rubella
c. Meningitis
d. Measels - verified answers; Meningitis
As most ships of the stations are not equipped with photometers, which of the following test
is the hemoglobin determination method this is most commonly used aboard ships?
a. Huscher's modification
b. Sahli-Hellige
c. Newcomer
d. Haden-Hausser - verified answers; Sahli-Hellige
4. A normal WBC should contain what minimum to maximum number of cells per cubic
millimeter of whole blood?
,a. 20,000-30,000
b. 10,000-30,000
c. 4,000-11,000
d. 8,000-10,000 - verified answers; c. 4,000-11,000
5. What chemical is considered to be best urine preservation?
a. Thymol
b. Flourine
c. Toluene
d. Formalin - verified answers; c. Toluene
6. Gram-positive organisms are easily seen on a smear because they stain what color?
a. Deep Blue
b. Dark Green
c. Pink
d. Dark Pink - verified answers; a. Deep Blue
7. The Rapid Plasma Reagin card test is a screening test for what infection or disease?
a. Syphilis
b. Fungus infection
c. Gonorrhea
d. Infectios Monucleois - verified answers; a. Syphilis
8. A hemocratic value below an individual's normal range for the sex and age indicates which
of the following conditions?
a. Anemia
, b. Protozoal Infection
c. Leukemia
d. Viral Infection - verified answers; a. Anemia
9. The normal hemocratic value for adult female is within what range of percentages?
a. 40%-48%
b. 42%-50%
c. 40%-50%
d. 33%-48% - verified answers; a. 40%-48%
10. When potable water aboard ships is tested for available chlorine residual, which of the
following technique should be used?
a. Hypochlorinate Method
b. Lithus Paper Test
c. Palin-DPD Method
d. Membrane-Filter Method - verified answers; c. Palin-DPD Method
11. The medical Department Representative aborad ship is required to test the water for
bacteria conent at what minimum interval?
a. Once a day
b. Once a week
c. Twice a week
d. Twice a month - verified answers; b. Once a week
12. Early stages of chlorea, the infection is transmitted by what agent?
a. Food
b. Conamintated water
Answers
When performing the finger puncture blood collection method, what action should you avoid
so your blood sample will not be diluted with tissue fluid?
a. Milk the finger towards the fingertip
b. Lance the fingertip on the side of the finger
c. Immediately apply the collection tube to the lanced fingertip
d. Do not squeeze the fingertip - verified answers; Immediately apply the collection tube to
the lanced fingertip
Leuckocytosis can be caused by which of the following infections?
a. Hepatitis
b. Rubella
c. Meningitis
d. Measels - verified answers; Meningitis
As most ships of the stations are not equipped with photometers, which of the following test
is the hemoglobin determination method this is most commonly used aboard ships?
a. Huscher's modification
b. Sahli-Hellige
c. Newcomer
d. Haden-Hausser - verified answers; Sahli-Hellige
4. A normal WBC should contain what minimum to maximum number of cells per cubic
millimeter of whole blood?
,a. 20,000-30,000
b. 10,000-30,000
c. 4,000-11,000
d. 8,000-10,000 - verified answers; c. 4,000-11,000
5. What chemical is considered to be best urine preservation?
a. Thymol
b. Flourine
c. Toluene
d. Formalin - verified answers; c. Toluene
6. Gram-positive organisms are easily seen on a smear because they stain what color?
a. Deep Blue
b. Dark Green
c. Pink
d. Dark Pink - verified answers; a. Deep Blue
7. The Rapid Plasma Reagin card test is a screening test for what infection or disease?
a. Syphilis
b. Fungus infection
c. Gonorrhea
d. Infectios Monucleois - verified answers; a. Syphilis
8. A hemocratic value below an individual's normal range for the sex and age indicates which
of the following conditions?
a. Anemia
, b. Protozoal Infection
c. Leukemia
d. Viral Infection - verified answers; a. Anemia
9. The normal hemocratic value for adult female is within what range of percentages?
a. 40%-48%
b. 42%-50%
c. 40%-50%
d. 33%-48% - verified answers; a. 40%-48%
10. When potable water aboard ships is tested for available chlorine residual, which of the
following technique should be used?
a. Hypochlorinate Method
b. Lithus Paper Test
c. Palin-DPD Method
d. Membrane-Filter Method - verified answers; c. Palin-DPD Method
11. The medical Department Representative aborad ship is required to test the water for
bacteria conent at what minimum interval?
a. Once a day
b. Once a week
c. Twice a week
d. Twice a month - verified answers; b. Once a week
12. Early stages of chlorea, the infection is transmitted by what agent?
a. Food
b. Conamintated water
