Clinical Chemistry Exam with Correct Answers
1. What is the purpose of using a wooden applicator stick To loosen the clot from the
on a serum separator tube? side of the tube
2. What part of the plasma volume is not composed of 10%
water?
3. Whole blood contains the protein that is not found fibrinogen
in serum
4. What is NOT a cause of hyperlipidemia in the sample? Increased cholesterol lev-
els
5. EDTA is not a preferred anticoagulant for plasma can falsely elevate various
chemistry because it blood values
6. If you are collecting a glucose sample for evaluation sodium fluoride
later in the day and you want to ensure the least
amount of change to the actual blood value, which
anticoagulant is preferred?
7. What is an advantage of a dry slide chemical analyzer? it requires minimal
reagent handling
8. Which of the following is a non-renal cause for an bleeding into the intestinal
increase in serum urea nitrogen? tract
9. If the veterinarian finds an animal has azotemia, what BUN and Creatinine
blood values would be affected?
10. If the veterinarian diagnoses diabetes mellitus, what plasma glucose and urine
two values would you expect to find elevated? glucose
11. If a dog is suspected of having exocrine pancreatic TLI
insufficiency (EPI), what test would you expect to run?
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1. What is the purpose of using a wooden applicator stick To loosen the clot from the
on a serum separator tube? side of the tube
2. What part of the plasma volume is not composed of 10%
water?
3. Whole blood contains the protein that is not found fibrinogen
in serum
4. What is NOT a cause of hyperlipidemia in the sample? Increased cholesterol lev-
els
5. EDTA is not a preferred anticoagulant for plasma can falsely elevate various
chemistry because it blood values
6. If you are collecting a glucose sample for evaluation sodium fluoride
later in the day and you want to ensure the least
amount of change to the actual blood value, which
anticoagulant is preferred?
7. What is an advantage of a dry slide chemical analyzer? it requires minimal
reagent handling
8. Which of the following is a non-renal cause for an bleeding into the intestinal
increase in serum urea nitrogen? tract
9. If the veterinarian finds an animal has azotemia, what BUN and Creatinine
blood values would be affected?
10. If the veterinarian diagnoses diabetes mellitus, what plasma glucose and urine
two values would you expect to find elevated? glucose
11. If a dog is suspected of having exocrine pancreatic TLI
insufficiency (EPI), what test would you expect to run?
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