ASCP RECALLS TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Normality equation - ✔✔N = (g/L)/eq wt.
✔✔Substance responsible to bilirubin conjugation - ✔✔Glucuronic acid
✔✔This Nocardia spp. can hydrolyze casein, but cannot hydrolyze acetamide -
✔✔Nocardia brasilienis
✔✔May sometimes be seen as a naturally occurring antibody - ✔✔Anti-Lua
✔✔RBC cast UA - ✔✔appear as brown to almost colorless
✔✔Significant microbial target for NK cells - ✔✔Viruses
✔✔Site used for CSF collection - ✔✔L3-L4
✔✔This HBV marker is associated with transmission - ✔✔HBeAg
✔✔Best specimen type for recovery of Diphyllobothrium latum - ✔✔Stool
✔✔Globin gene loci order for C16 - ✔✔Zeta, alpha 2, alpha 1
✔✔Globin gene loci order for C11 - ✔✔Beta, delta, epsilon
✔✔High hsCRP indicate ( >10 mg/L ) - ✔✔Acute inflammation such as infection
✔✔This nematode egg is characteristically flattened on one side - ✔✔Enterobius
vermicularis
✔✔Habitats in milk and milk products, and is responsible for both the color (yellow) and
aroma of certain cheeses. - ✔✔Brevibacterium spp.
✔✔Infective stage for intestinal amebae - ✔✔Cyst
✔✔Defective platelet component in Bernard-Soulier - ✔✔Glycoprotein Ib/IX
✔✔T cell CD markers - ✔✔CD2, CD3. CD4 (T helper only), CD8 (Cytotoxic t cell only)
✔✔B cell CD markers - ✔✔CD19, CD20, CD21
✔✔NK cell CD markers - ✔✔CD16 and CD56
,✔✔Type I hypersensitivity reaction - ✔✔IgE mediated
Release of histamine
eg. food allergy, bee sting
✔✔Type II hypersensitivity - ✔✔IgG, IgM and complement mediated
eg. transfusion rxn, Hashimoto's, autoimmune hemolytic anemia
✔✔Type III hypersensitivity - ✔✔immune complex mediated
eg. SLE, RA
✔✔Type IV hypersensitivity - ✔✔T cell mediated; monocyte and lymphocyte infiltration
eg. contact dermatitis, TB skin test, leprosy, GVHD
✔✔Prozone - ✔✔antibody excess
false negative
✔✔Postzone - ✔✔antigen excess
false negative
✔✔Nephelometry measures - ✔✔Light scattered
✔✔Nonlattice v lattice sensitivity comparison - ✔✔Nonlattice is more sensitive eg. RIA,
EIA, FIA
✔✔CRP (C-Reactive Protein) - ✔✔Acute phase protein
Released after inflammation or tissue damage
Non-specific
✔✔hs-CRP (high sensitivity C-reactive protein) - ✔✔High sensitivity used to indicate risk
of coronary artery disease
✔✔Syphilis caused by - ✔✔Treponema pallidum
✔✔RA lab findings - ✔✔High titers of RF
, Low titers of complement
Positive anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP)
✔✔Confirmatory test for RA - ✔✔CCP (cyclic citrullinated peptides)
✔✔Confirmatory test for celiac disease - ✔✔Tissue transglutaminase antibody (tTG-IgA,
tTG-IgG)
✔✔Causative agent of infectious mono - ✔✔EBV
✔✔Order of EBV antibodies - ✔✔1. Anti-EA
2. Anti-VCA IgM
3. Anti-VCA- IgG
4. Anti-EBNA
✔✔HIV attacks which cell - ✔✔Helper T cells (CD4)
✔✔Proteins specific for HIV demonstrated in western blot - ✔✔p24, gp41, gp120,
gp160
✔✔Viral hepatitis associated with what lab findings - ✔✔Increase in AST, ALT, GGT
✔✔HBeAg associated with - ✔✔Acute infection, virus is replicating in pt
✔✔Graves autoantibody specificity - ✔✔TSH
✔✔Hashimotos autoantibody specificity - ✔✔Thryoglobulin
✔✔MS autobody specificity - ✔✔Myelin sheath of nerves or myelin protein
✔✔RA autobody specificity - ✔✔IgG (Fc) - 19s anti-IgM
✔✔Sjorgen's autobody specificity - ✔✔Salivary duct, tear duct
✔✔What condition is caused by Typnosoma cruzi - ✔✔Chagas disease
✔✔Humans acquire this infection from raw, smoked, undercooked, dried, or pickled fish
- ✔✔Clonorchiasis
✔✔CMV infection associated with decrease in which cells - ✔✔CD4 cells
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Normality equation - ✔✔N = (g/L)/eq wt.
✔✔Substance responsible to bilirubin conjugation - ✔✔Glucuronic acid
✔✔This Nocardia spp. can hydrolyze casein, but cannot hydrolyze acetamide -
✔✔Nocardia brasilienis
✔✔May sometimes be seen as a naturally occurring antibody - ✔✔Anti-Lua
✔✔RBC cast UA - ✔✔appear as brown to almost colorless
✔✔Significant microbial target for NK cells - ✔✔Viruses
✔✔Site used for CSF collection - ✔✔L3-L4
✔✔This HBV marker is associated with transmission - ✔✔HBeAg
✔✔Best specimen type for recovery of Diphyllobothrium latum - ✔✔Stool
✔✔Globin gene loci order for C16 - ✔✔Zeta, alpha 2, alpha 1
✔✔Globin gene loci order for C11 - ✔✔Beta, delta, epsilon
✔✔High hsCRP indicate ( >10 mg/L ) - ✔✔Acute inflammation such as infection
✔✔This nematode egg is characteristically flattened on one side - ✔✔Enterobius
vermicularis
✔✔Habitats in milk and milk products, and is responsible for both the color (yellow) and
aroma of certain cheeses. - ✔✔Brevibacterium spp.
✔✔Infective stage for intestinal amebae - ✔✔Cyst
✔✔Defective platelet component in Bernard-Soulier - ✔✔Glycoprotein Ib/IX
✔✔T cell CD markers - ✔✔CD2, CD3. CD4 (T helper only), CD8 (Cytotoxic t cell only)
✔✔B cell CD markers - ✔✔CD19, CD20, CD21
✔✔NK cell CD markers - ✔✔CD16 and CD56
,✔✔Type I hypersensitivity reaction - ✔✔IgE mediated
Release of histamine
eg. food allergy, bee sting
✔✔Type II hypersensitivity - ✔✔IgG, IgM and complement mediated
eg. transfusion rxn, Hashimoto's, autoimmune hemolytic anemia
✔✔Type III hypersensitivity - ✔✔immune complex mediated
eg. SLE, RA
✔✔Type IV hypersensitivity - ✔✔T cell mediated; monocyte and lymphocyte infiltration
eg. contact dermatitis, TB skin test, leprosy, GVHD
✔✔Prozone - ✔✔antibody excess
false negative
✔✔Postzone - ✔✔antigen excess
false negative
✔✔Nephelometry measures - ✔✔Light scattered
✔✔Nonlattice v lattice sensitivity comparison - ✔✔Nonlattice is more sensitive eg. RIA,
EIA, FIA
✔✔CRP (C-Reactive Protein) - ✔✔Acute phase protein
Released after inflammation or tissue damage
Non-specific
✔✔hs-CRP (high sensitivity C-reactive protein) - ✔✔High sensitivity used to indicate risk
of coronary artery disease
✔✔Syphilis caused by - ✔✔Treponema pallidum
✔✔RA lab findings - ✔✔High titers of RF
, Low titers of complement
Positive anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP)
✔✔Confirmatory test for RA - ✔✔CCP (cyclic citrullinated peptides)
✔✔Confirmatory test for celiac disease - ✔✔Tissue transglutaminase antibody (tTG-IgA,
tTG-IgG)
✔✔Causative agent of infectious mono - ✔✔EBV
✔✔Order of EBV antibodies - ✔✔1. Anti-EA
2. Anti-VCA IgM
3. Anti-VCA- IgG
4. Anti-EBNA
✔✔HIV attacks which cell - ✔✔Helper T cells (CD4)
✔✔Proteins specific for HIV demonstrated in western blot - ✔✔p24, gp41, gp120,
gp160
✔✔Viral hepatitis associated with what lab findings - ✔✔Increase in AST, ALT, GGT
✔✔HBeAg associated with - ✔✔Acute infection, virus is replicating in pt
✔✔Graves autoantibody specificity - ✔✔TSH
✔✔Hashimotos autoantibody specificity - ✔✔Thryoglobulin
✔✔MS autobody specificity - ✔✔Myelin sheath of nerves or myelin protein
✔✔RA autobody specificity - ✔✔IgG (Fc) - 19s anti-IgM
✔✔Sjorgen's autobody specificity - ✔✔Salivary duct, tear duct
✔✔What condition is caused by Typnosoma cruzi - ✔✔Chagas disease
✔✔Humans acquire this infection from raw, smoked, undercooked, dried, or pickled fish
- ✔✔Clonorchiasis
✔✔CMV infection associated with decrease in which cells - ✔✔CD4 cells
