🩸 Hematology Study Guide – 20 Key Questions & Answers
1. 1. Is necessary to produce the precursors II, VII, IX, X and _____ is necessary to activate
these precursors.
Answer: Vitamin K and calcium
2. 2. A 5-year-old child with fatigue, bruising, pallor, bone pain, and hepatosplenomegaly
likely has which hematologic cancer?
Answer: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
3. 3. A 25-year-old woman with night sweats, weight loss, and a painless enlarged cervical
lymph node most likely has:
Answer: Hodgkin lymphoma
4. 4. A 55-year-old woman with hypochromic, microcytic anemia most likely has:
Answer: Iron deficiency resulting from chronic gastrointestinal blood loss
5. 5. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) activates plasminogen in order to:
Answer: Promote fibrinolysis
6. 6. A patient with myelodysplastic syndrome is at risk for developing:
Answer: Acute myelogenous leukemia
7. 7. A 66-year-old man with back pain and 'punched out' lytic lesions on X-ray likely has:
Answer: Multiple myeloma
8. 8. The chromosomal abnormality associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia is:
Answer: Translocation of chromosome 9 and 22 leading to a fusion protein known as BCR-
ABL
9. 9. A 7-year-old African boy with jaw swelling and lymphadenopathy most likely has:
Answer: Burkitt lymphoma
10. 10. Von Willebrand factor is directly involved in:
Answer: Platelet adhesion and aggregation
11. 11. Abnormalities in immature precursor leukocyte cells associated with leukemia are
known as:
1. 1. Is necessary to produce the precursors II, VII, IX, X and _____ is necessary to activate
these precursors.
Answer: Vitamin K and calcium
2. 2. A 5-year-old child with fatigue, bruising, pallor, bone pain, and hepatosplenomegaly
likely has which hematologic cancer?
Answer: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
3. 3. A 25-year-old woman with night sweats, weight loss, and a painless enlarged cervical
lymph node most likely has:
Answer: Hodgkin lymphoma
4. 4. A 55-year-old woman with hypochromic, microcytic anemia most likely has:
Answer: Iron deficiency resulting from chronic gastrointestinal blood loss
5. 5. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) activates plasminogen in order to:
Answer: Promote fibrinolysis
6. 6. A patient with myelodysplastic syndrome is at risk for developing:
Answer: Acute myelogenous leukemia
7. 7. A 66-year-old man with back pain and 'punched out' lytic lesions on X-ray likely has:
Answer: Multiple myeloma
8. 8. The chromosomal abnormality associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia is:
Answer: Translocation of chromosome 9 and 22 leading to a fusion protein known as BCR-
ABL
9. 9. A 7-year-old African boy with jaw swelling and lymphadenopathy most likely has:
Answer: Burkitt lymphoma
10. 10. Von Willebrand factor is directly involved in:
Answer: Platelet adhesion and aggregation
11. 11. Abnormalities in immature precursor leukocyte cells associated with leukemia are
known as:
