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Question 1

color variations of RBCs

Answer 1

polychromatophilia

Question 2

RBC count is reported as

Answer 2

liters (cubic millimeter or mm3)

Question 3

not an RBC parameter

Answer 3

WBC count

Question 4

lifespan of a normal RBC

Answer 4

120 days

Question 5

reference range for ESR in males younger than 50 years old

Answer 5

0-15 mm/hr

Question 6

test for pernicious anemia

Answer 6

Schilling test

Question 7

poikilocyte is seen in renal insufficiency

Answer 7

echinocytes (burr cells)

Question 8

Incomplete centrifugation of the microhematocrit tube will cause a/an ___ in hematocrit level

Answer 8

(false) increase

Question 9

formula is used by automated hematology analyzers to compute for hematocrit

Answer 9

Hct = RBC count × MCV

Question 10

immediate precursor of metamyelocyte

Answer 10

myelocyte

Question 11

Round cells with pince-nez-shaped nuclei

Answer 11

Pelger-Huet

Question 12

Reticulated platelets are also known as

Answer 12

stressed platelets

Question 13

Pyruvate kinase deficiency is a/an

Answer 13

autosomal recessive

Question 14

not inherited

Answer 14

DIC

Question 15

other name HMWK

Answer 15

Fitzgerald

Question 16

Normal PT
Normal aPTT
Abnormal 5M urea test

Answer 16

Factor XIII deficiency

Question 17

typical range of platelets shed from a single megakaryocyte

Answer 17

2,000-4,000

Question 18

principle of the fibrometer used in coagulation testing

Answer 18

Conduction or impedance of an electrical current by fibrin

Question 19

used to reduce cell coincidence in an analyzer

Answer 19

Hydrodynamic focusing

Question 20

In doing a blood smear, the spreader slide should be held at ___

Answer 20

30-45 degrees

Question 21

not a platelet parameter

Answer 21

MCV

Question 22

Differentiation among RBCs, yeast, and oil
droplets may be accomplished by: (3)

Answer 22

1. Observation of budding in yeast cells
2. Increased refractility of oil droplets
3. Lysis of RBCs by acetic acid

Question 23

Most common acquired platelet dysfunction:

Answer 23

Drug-induced

Question 24

characteristic of anemia of renal
disease (2)

Answer 24

1. Presence of burr cells in the peripheral blood smear
2. Normocytic, normochromic

Question 25

Part of flow cytometry (3)

Answer 25

Fluidics Optics Electronics

Question 26

In protime effect if tube is not filled

Answer 26

prolonged

Question 27

Romanowsky stain, except:

Answer 27

Hematoxylin (Wright stain, Giemsa stain, May-Grunwald stain, Jenner’s stain, Leishman’s stain

Question 28

A blood sample with high titer agglutinins was tested in room temperature with an electron particle scanner. What indices would be erroneous

Answer 28

MCHC and MCV (Hct)

Question 29

activates fibrinolysis

Answer 29

Tissue plasminogen activator

Question 30

Acute myelomonocytic leukemia

Answer 30

M4

Question 31

what morphologic changes occurs during normal blood cell maturation

Answer 31

Condensation of nuclear chromatin

Question 32

A reduction in thrombin generation in patients with Scott Syndrome results from

Answer 32

Altered expression of phospholipids on the platelet membrane

Question 33

blood film findings indicates EDTA-induced pseudo thrombocytopenia

Answer 33

platelets are adhering to WBCs

Question 34

not a fragment degradation product of fibrinolysis

Answer 34

Fragment Z (Fragment XYD)

Question 35

molecular composition of hemoglobin

Answer 35

Four heme groups, two alpha and two beta globin chains

Question 36

In leukemia, which term describes a peripheral blood finding of leukocytosis with a shift to the left, accompanied by nucleated red cells

Answer 36

Leukoerythroblastosis

Question 37

“C” In VCS Hematology Coulter technology

Answer 37

Conductivity (volume, scatter)

Question 38

newer clinical instruments for measuring blood clotting are based on

Answer 38

conduction of impedance of an electrical current by fibrin

Question 39

sorting of leukocyte subpopulations in the WBC histogram determined by electrical impedance reflects

Answer 39

1. relative size 2. nuclear size