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CCBMA BASIC EXAM TESTBANK COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: The final link in the chain of infection is someone at rist of infection. THis person is
called a _______ host.
a. contagious
b. reservoir
c. resistant
d. susceptible - ANSWER-d. susceptible
QUESTION: Nosocomial infections are acquired in:
a. homes
b. hospitals
c. nursing homes
d. schools - ANSWER-b. hospitals
QUESTION: Substances that prevent blood clotting are called:
a. anticoagulants
b. coagulants
c. platelets
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d. thrombi - ANSWER-a. anticoagulants
QUESTION: What does PSA stand for?
a. Patient safety awareness
b. Plasma specific antibody
c. Platelet specific antigen
d. Prostate specific antigen - ANSWER-d. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) important for detection
of prostate cancer.
QUESTION: Small red or purple spots caused by a minor hemorrhage are called:
a. palachiae
b. parachiae
c. pasachiae
d. petechiae - ANSWER-c. petechiae
QUESTION: ETS stands for:
a. electrical tube system
b. evacuated tube system
c. extravascular testing system
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d. extravascular tube system - ANSWER-b. evacuated tube system
QUESTION: BT and CT stand for: - ANSWER-bleeding time and clotting time
QUESTION: What is edema?
a. A bruise on the head
b. A collection of blood outside blood vessels
c. Swelling caused by fluid retention
d. the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis - ANSWER-c. swelling caused by
blood outside blood vessels
QUESTION: What does ACD stand for? - ANSWER-Acute calcium deficiency
QUESTION: Hemolysis is the destruction of which type of cell?
a. endothelial cells
b. platelets
c. red blood cells
d. white blood cells - ANSWER-c. red blood cells
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QUESTION: What is macrocytosis?
a. a blood cancer
b. a tumor
c. abnormally large red blood cells
d. too many white blood cells - ANSWER-c. abnormally large red blood cells
QUESTION: What is thiamine? - ANSWER-Vitamin B1
QUESTION: What does the terms oliguria, polyuria, and anuria mean? - ANSWER-oliguria: a
urine volume that is lower that usual
polyuria: a urine volume that is higher than usual
anuria: the absence of urine
QUESTION: The negative log of hydrogen ion concentration is better known as: - ANSWER-pH
QUESTION: What does the term P.C mean? - ANSWER-after meals
QUESTION: Urticaria is another name for - ANSWER-hives, a red bumpy rash
CCBMA BASIC EXAM TESTBANK COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: The final link in the chain of infection is someone at rist of infection. THis person is
called a _______ host.
a. contagious
b. reservoir
c. resistant
d. susceptible - ANSWER-d. susceptible
QUESTION: Nosocomial infections are acquired in:
a. homes
b. hospitals
c. nursing homes
d. schools - ANSWER-b. hospitals
QUESTION: Substances that prevent blood clotting are called:
a. anticoagulants
b. coagulants
c. platelets
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d. thrombi - ANSWER-a. anticoagulants
QUESTION: What does PSA stand for?
a. Patient safety awareness
b. Plasma specific antibody
c. Platelet specific antigen
d. Prostate specific antigen - ANSWER-d. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) important for detection
of prostate cancer.
QUESTION: Small red or purple spots caused by a minor hemorrhage are called:
a. palachiae
b. parachiae
c. pasachiae
d. petechiae - ANSWER-c. petechiae
QUESTION: ETS stands for:
a. electrical tube system
b. evacuated tube system
c. extravascular testing system
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d. extravascular tube system - ANSWER-b. evacuated tube system
QUESTION: BT and CT stand for: - ANSWER-bleeding time and clotting time
QUESTION: What is edema?
a. A bruise on the head
b. A collection of blood outside blood vessels
c. Swelling caused by fluid retention
d. the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis - ANSWER-c. swelling caused by
blood outside blood vessels
QUESTION: What does ACD stand for? - ANSWER-Acute calcium deficiency
QUESTION: Hemolysis is the destruction of which type of cell?
a. endothelial cells
b. platelets
c. red blood cells
d. white blood cells - ANSWER-c. red blood cells
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QUESTION: What is macrocytosis?
a. a blood cancer
b. a tumor
c. abnormally large red blood cells
d. too many white blood cells - ANSWER-c. abnormally large red blood cells
QUESTION: What is thiamine? - ANSWER-Vitamin B1
QUESTION: What does the terms oliguria, polyuria, and anuria mean? - ANSWER-oliguria: a
urine volume that is lower that usual
polyuria: a urine volume that is higher than usual
anuria: the absence of urine
QUESTION: The negative log of hydrogen ion concentration is better known as: - ANSWER-pH
QUESTION: What does the term P.C mean? - ANSWER-after meals
QUESTION: Urticaria is another name for - ANSWER-hives, a red bumpy rash
