AAMI: Science Review Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
According to OSHA, to clean up a formaldehyde spill: - Correct answer-Add
ammonia and wipe up.
TWA for HCHO: - Correct answer-8 Hours.
Action Level: - Correct answer-0.5ppm.
STEL for HCHO: - Correct answer-15 minutes.
Hypostasis: - Correct answer-Intravascular blood discoloration.
Preservatives: - Correct answer-Inactivates saprophytic bacteria.
Phenol aka: - Correct answer-Carbolic Acid.
Naturally Acquired Active Immunity: - Correct answer-Exposed to live pathogens,
develops the disease.
Artificially Acquired Active Immunity: - Correct answer-Vaccine.
Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity: - Correct answer-Injection of antibody.
Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity: - Correct answer-During pregnancy.
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,Order of decomposition: - Correct answer-Cells, tissues, organs
Soft, firm, hard
____% of drainage is embalming fluid. - Correct answer-50.
Leucocytosis: - Correct answer-Increase in WBC.
Leucopenia: - Correct answer-Decrease in WBC.
Erythropoeisis: - Correct answer-Formation of RBCs.
Primary Erythrocytosis: - Correct answer-Increase in RBCs due to disease.
Polycythemia: - Correct answer-Increase in RBCs.
Secondary Erythrocytosis: - Correct answer-Increase in RBCs; compensatory
mechanism.
Many cells = - Correct answer-Tissues.
2+ different cells = - Correct answer-Organs.
Groups of organs = - Correct answer-Systems.
What has no cell wall? - Correct answer-Mycoplasma.
What is a cell wall made of? - Correct answer-Peptidoglycan.
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, _______ form the golgi apparatus. - Correct answer-Lysosomes.
Arterial solution moves from: - Correct answer-Capillaries to interstitial fluids to
cell by osmosis (solvent) and dialysis (solutes).
Enzyme decomposition comes from: - Correct answer-Saprophytic bacteria and
lysosomes.
Hypertonic: - Correct answer-SHRINKS cells.
Hypotonic: - Correct answer-SWELLS cells.
Hemolysis: - Correct answer-RBC burst in hypotonic solution.
Plasmoptysis: - Correct answer-Bacterial cell burst in hypotonic solution.
Crenation: - Correct answer-RBCs shrink in hypertonic solution.
Plasmolysis: - Correct answer-Bacterial cells shrink in hypertonic solution.
Which type of embalming solution removes excess moisture? - Correct answer-
Hypertonic.
Which type of embalming solution add moisture? - Correct answer-
Hypotonic/Humectants.
Which type of embalming solution should you use for normal bodies? - Correct
answer-Slightly hypotonic.
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Questions and Answers
According to OSHA, to clean up a formaldehyde spill: - Correct answer-Add
ammonia and wipe up.
TWA for HCHO: - Correct answer-8 Hours.
Action Level: - Correct answer-0.5ppm.
STEL for HCHO: - Correct answer-15 minutes.
Hypostasis: - Correct answer-Intravascular blood discoloration.
Preservatives: - Correct answer-Inactivates saprophytic bacteria.
Phenol aka: - Correct answer-Carbolic Acid.
Naturally Acquired Active Immunity: - Correct answer-Exposed to live pathogens,
develops the disease.
Artificially Acquired Active Immunity: - Correct answer-Vaccine.
Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity: - Correct answer-Injection of antibody.
Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity: - Correct answer-During pregnancy.
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,Order of decomposition: - Correct answer-Cells, tissues, organs
Soft, firm, hard
____% of drainage is embalming fluid. - Correct answer-50.
Leucocytosis: - Correct answer-Increase in WBC.
Leucopenia: - Correct answer-Decrease in WBC.
Erythropoeisis: - Correct answer-Formation of RBCs.
Primary Erythrocytosis: - Correct answer-Increase in RBCs due to disease.
Polycythemia: - Correct answer-Increase in RBCs.
Secondary Erythrocytosis: - Correct answer-Increase in RBCs; compensatory
mechanism.
Many cells = - Correct answer-Tissues.
2+ different cells = - Correct answer-Organs.
Groups of organs = - Correct answer-Systems.
What has no cell wall? - Correct answer-Mycoplasma.
What is a cell wall made of? - Correct answer-Peptidoglycan.
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, _______ form the golgi apparatus. - Correct answer-Lysosomes.
Arterial solution moves from: - Correct answer-Capillaries to interstitial fluids to
cell by osmosis (solvent) and dialysis (solutes).
Enzyme decomposition comes from: - Correct answer-Saprophytic bacteria and
lysosomes.
Hypertonic: - Correct answer-SHRINKS cells.
Hypotonic: - Correct answer-SWELLS cells.
Hemolysis: - Correct answer-RBC burst in hypotonic solution.
Plasmoptysis: - Correct answer-Bacterial cell burst in hypotonic solution.
Crenation: - Correct answer-RBCs shrink in hypertonic solution.
Plasmolysis: - Correct answer-Bacterial cells shrink in hypertonic solution.
Which type of embalming solution removes excess moisture? - Correct answer-
Hypertonic.
Which type of embalming solution add moisture? - Correct answer-
Hypotonic/Humectants.
Which type of embalming solution should you use for normal bodies? - Correct
answer-Slightly hypotonic.
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