UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Factors consumed in Clot (not found in serum) - CORRECT ANSWER - Factors I, II, V,
VIII, and XIII
Vitamin K dependent Factors (affected by Coumadin) - CORRECT ANSWER - Factors II,
VII, IX, X
Labile Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Factors V and VIII
Factors removed my absorption with barium sulfate - CORRECT ANSWER - Factors II,
VII, IX, X
Contact Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - XII, XI, Fletcher and Fitzgerald
Common Pathway Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - I, II, IX, X
Normal PT, PTT - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor XIII Deficiency
Causes Thrombosis not bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor XII deficiency
Measure with urea solubility - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor XIII deficiency
Hemophilia B (Christmas Deficiency) - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor IX deficiency
Measured by Thrombin Time - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor I Deficiency
, The purpose of the trypsin inhibitor used in FSP or FDP slide agglutination tests - CORRECT
ANSWER - to prevent in vitro fibrinolysis
Diagnosis if a patient has a +FSP and normal D-Dimer - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary
Fibrinolysis
Diagnosis if a patient has a +FSP and a positive D-Dimer - CORRECT ANSWER - DIC
Factors unique to the extrinsic system - CORRECT ANSWER - III and VII
Factors unique to the intrinsic system - CORRECT ANSWER - VIII, IX, XI, and XII
Therapeutic range for INR - CORRECT ANSWER - 2.0-3.0
INR therapeutic range for mechanical heart valves - CORRECT ANSWER - 2.5-3.5
Components in the PT reagent - CORRECT ANSWER - Rabbit Thromboplastin and
Calcium
Reagents used in PTT - CORRECT ANSWER - Actin, phospholipid substitute, Calcium
Chloride
Type of anticoagulant in coag tubes - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.2% sodium citrate
Proper blood to anticoagulant ratio for coag tests - CORRECT ANSWER - 9:1
A deficiency in Protein C, S, or antithrombin will result in - CORRECT ANSWER - DVT
(thrombosis)