MLT Chemistry Part 2 2021 Exam
Questions with All Correct
Answers
What type of chemical is lithium?
1 An anionic metal
2 A synthetic salt
3 A cationic metal
4 A naturally-occurring salt - Answer-4. A naturally-occurring salt
Unconjugated bilirubin is conjugated in the liver with which of the following substances
to become water-soluble?
1 Glycogen
2 Glucose oxidase
3 Glucuronic acid
4 Glycine - Answer-3. Glucuronic acid
Estrogen (ERs) and progesterone (PRs) receptors used as tumor markers are most
commonly employed to provide prognostic information about:
1 Breast cancer
2 Uterine cancer
3 Menopause
4 Cervical cancer - Answer-1. Breast cancer
Which of the following medications is known to cause Reye's Syndrome in children?
1 Acetaminophen
2 Ibuprofen
3 Acetylsalicylic acid
4 Morphine - Answer-3. Acetylsalicylic acid
When considering therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), what is the definition of
bioavailability?
1 The relative proportion between the circulation and the tissues
2 The fraction of the administered dose eventually reaches its site of action.
3 The variations in drug metabolism as related to genetics.
, 4 The metabolic generation of a therapeutically active metabolite. - Answer-2. The
fraction of the administered dose eventually reaches its site of action.
Which two of the following biomarkers are not specific to cardiac muscle and may be
elevated in patients with injury to muscle other that cardiac muscle?
1 cTnl and cTnT
2 CK-MB and myoglobin
3 cTnT and CK-MB
4 Myoglobin and cTnl - Answer-2. CK-MB and myoglobin
Which of the following characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid is present if blood is due to
subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)?
1 Sample clots on standing
2 Blood is evenly distributed in all tubes.
3 The supernatant is clear when centrifuged within one hour
Blood is more visible in the first tube collected and less and less visible in each
subsequent tube thereafter. - Answer-2. Blood is evenly distributed in all tubes
A clinical laboratory scientist is reviewing the results of comparative studies between
laboratory plasma glucose results and patients' self-monitoring (whole-blood) blood
glucose (SMBG) results. Which SMBG results are expected?
1 The whole blood result is 11% higher
2 The whole blood result is 11% lower
3 The plasma result is 11% lower
4 The difference between results should be negligible. - Answer-2. The whole blood
result is 11% lower
Creatinine excretion correlates best with which of the following parameters:
1 Age
2 Sex
3 Muscle mass
4 Bodyweight - Answer-3. Muscle mass
All of the following hormones increase or decrease plasma glucose concentration by
regulating glycogenolysis (converting glycogen to glucose) EXCEPT?
1 Cortisol
2 Glucagon
3 Epinephrine
4 Insulin - Answer-1. Cortisol
A patient has a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) performed at an outpatient laboratory. He
has fasted as instructed.
Questions with All Correct
Answers
What type of chemical is lithium?
1 An anionic metal
2 A synthetic salt
3 A cationic metal
4 A naturally-occurring salt - Answer-4. A naturally-occurring salt
Unconjugated bilirubin is conjugated in the liver with which of the following substances
to become water-soluble?
1 Glycogen
2 Glucose oxidase
3 Glucuronic acid
4 Glycine - Answer-3. Glucuronic acid
Estrogen (ERs) and progesterone (PRs) receptors used as tumor markers are most
commonly employed to provide prognostic information about:
1 Breast cancer
2 Uterine cancer
3 Menopause
4 Cervical cancer - Answer-1. Breast cancer
Which of the following medications is known to cause Reye's Syndrome in children?
1 Acetaminophen
2 Ibuprofen
3 Acetylsalicylic acid
4 Morphine - Answer-3. Acetylsalicylic acid
When considering therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), what is the definition of
bioavailability?
1 The relative proportion between the circulation and the tissues
2 The fraction of the administered dose eventually reaches its site of action.
3 The variations in drug metabolism as related to genetics.
, 4 The metabolic generation of a therapeutically active metabolite. - Answer-2. The
fraction of the administered dose eventually reaches its site of action.
Which two of the following biomarkers are not specific to cardiac muscle and may be
elevated in patients with injury to muscle other that cardiac muscle?
1 cTnl and cTnT
2 CK-MB and myoglobin
3 cTnT and CK-MB
4 Myoglobin and cTnl - Answer-2. CK-MB and myoglobin
Which of the following characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid is present if blood is due to
subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)?
1 Sample clots on standing
2 Blood is evenly distributed in all tubes.
3 The supernatant is clear when centrifuged within one hour
Blood is more visible in the first tube collected and less and less visible in each
subsequent tube thereafter. - Answer-2. Blood is evenly distributed in all tubes
A clinical laboratory scientist is reviewing the results of comparative studies between
laboratory plasma glucose results and patients' self-monitoring (whole-blood) blood
glucose (SMBG) results. Which SMBG results are expected?
1 The whole blood result is 11% higher
2 The whole blood result is 11% lower
3 The plasma result is 11% lower
4 The difference between results should be negligible. - Answer-2. The whole blood
result is 11% lower
Creatinine excretion correlates best with which of the following parameters:
1 Age
2 Sex
3 Muscle mass
4 Bodyweight - Answer-3. Muscle mass
All of the following hormones increase or decrease plasma glucose concentration by
regulating glycogenolysis (converting glycogen to glucose) EXCEPT?
1 Cortisol
2 Glucagon
3 Epinephrine
4 Insulin - Answer-1. Cortisol
A patient has a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) performed at an outpatient laboratory. He
has fasted as instructed.
