ASCP- EXAM (LABCE UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

ASCP- EXAM (LABCE UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The small club-shaped, "drumstick" nuclear appendage attached to one lobe of a neutrophil
(marked by the blue arrow in the image) may be found in:
A. Normal Male XY
B. Homozygous Hemophilia A Male (XY)
C. Normal Female (XX)

d. Turner Syndrome (XO) - CORRECT ANSWER - Normal Female. Barr Body- The
appendage thought to be the inactive X- chromosome is found in <1-16% of neutrophils in
normal females and possibly in Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY), where the extra chromosome is
inactivated


The mode of transmission for Enterobius Vermicularis (Pinworm) infection is:
A. Skin penetration of larvae
B. Insect Bite
C. Ingestion or inhalation of Egg

D. Ingestion of infected Fish - CORRECT ANSWER - Ingestion or inhalation of egg.
Adult females will migrate to the anus and lay eggs in the perianal region. Scotch tape diagnostic
test.


Identify the urine sediment elements shown by the arrow:
A. Cholesterol Crystals
B. Uric Acid Crystals
C. Amorphous Urate Crystals

D. Cystine Crystals - CORRECT ANSWER - Cystine Crystals. Found in acid urine.
Nitroprusside test can be used to confirm the presence of cystine in urine