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Two types of error may be encountered during chemical analysis of a substance. The type of error that occurs as a result of contaminated calibrating solutions would be _____ error.
A. systematic
B. random
C. analytical
D. calibration
systematic
You arrive at the clinical chemistry laboratory one morning and discover that personnel from the third shift left you the QC sheet from the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) run. The technician has circled the level I TSH control values, and you realize that all six of the level I control values are +3 s from the mean. No results have been released. Now it’s your decision regarding what to do next. First, which Westgard rule(s) has (have) been violated?
A. 22s
B. 41s
C. 13s
D. All of the above rules have been broken.
All of the above rules have been broken.
You arrive at the clinical chemistry laboratory one morning and discover that personnel from the third shift left you the QC sheet from the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) run. The technician has circled the level I TSH control values, and you realize that all six of the level I control values are +3 s from the mean. No results have been released. Now it’s your decision regarding what to do next. What is your decision regarding the release of results in the problem stated in the preceding question?
a. Hold all results, reject the run, and troubleshoot.
b. Release results and do nothing else.
c. Release all results and troubleshoot.
d. Call the manufacturer’s representative and ask him what to do.
Hold all results, reject the run, and troubleshoot.
To make 20 mL of a 0.1 g/L solution from a 10 mg/mL stock solution, you should add _____ mL of the stock solution to _____ mL of solvent.
a. 2; 18
b. 10; 10
c. 1; 19
d. 0.2; 19.8
If you had 10mL you’d put .1 into 9.9mL
0.1g/L=10mg/L
If you’re making 20mL you need to double it so .2 into 19.8
d. 0.2; 19.8
Which one of the following statements concerning type I water is not correct?
A. Type I water is acceptable for analytical purposes.
B. Testing that requires minimal interferences (such as iron or enzyme analysis) requires the use of type I water.
C. Type I water is obtained from distillation only and contains a few impurities.
D. Type I water results in part from ion exchange purification and reverse osmosis.
Type I water is obtained from distillation only and contains a few impurities.
What is the molarity (mol/L) of a solution containing 25 g of H2SO4 (MW= 98 g) in 150 mL of deionized water?
A. 1.7 mol/L
B. 0.59 mol/L
C. 0.002 mol/L
D. 16.3 mol/L
1.7 mol/L
How many grams of NaCl (MW = 58.5 g) are required to prepare 250 mL of a 6 mol/L solution of NaCl?
A. 87.75 g
B. 58.5 g
C. 585 g
D. 877.5 g
87.75 g
What is the normality of a solution containing 20 g of H2SO4 (MW = 98) in 500 mL of buffer?
A. 8.2 N
B. 2.8 N
C. 0.82 N
D. 176.8 N
0.82 N
EW=92/2=49
20/(49 x .5)
20/24.5
0.82 N
Fifty milligrams (mg) per 1000 mL is equal to:
a. 0.005 g/mL.
b. 0.050 g/mL.
c. 0.050 g/L.
d. 0.50 mg/mL.
0.050 g/L.
The type of pipette that is a piece of glass tubing drawn out to a tip and graduated uniformly along its length and is used for reagent measurement is referred to as a:
A. transfer pipette.
B. volumetric pipette.
C. micropipette.
D. measuring pipette.
measuring pipette
Which one of the following statements best describes Beer law?
A. The concentration of a substance is inversely proportional to the logarithm of transmitted light.
B. Absorbance is inversely proportional to the logarithm of the concentration.
C. Transmitted light is directly proportional to the concentration of a substance in solution.
D. Intensity of incident light divided by intensity of transmitted light equals concentration.
The concentration of a substance is inversely proportional to the logarithm of transmitted light.
Which one of the following statements concerning nephelometry is correct?
A. Nephelometry is the measure of the concentration of particles by measuring the amount of incident light blocked by the particles.
B. In a nephelometric measurement, light blocked by solutes in the solution at 180° from the incident light is measured by a photodetector.
C. The decrease in the intensity of scattered light is directly proportional to the number of particles in the solution, and the measurement of this decrease is called nephelometry.
D. In a nephelometric procedure, the measurement of scattered light that is not in the direct path of the transmitted light is made at right angles to the incident light.
In a nephelometric procedure, the measurement of scattered light that is not in the direct path of the transmitted light is made at right angles to the incident light.
A blood specimen is obtained from an individual who is known to have elevated lipids and the serum appears milky. This individual’s physician has ordered an estrogen immunoassay that your laboratory performs using a nephelometric technique. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the possible outcome of this assay?
A. Certain components of this individual’s sample will likely produce excess fluorescence by the phenomenon called “solvent effect” in the nephelometric assay.
B. The lipemic specimen will produce interfering background light intensity and excess light scatter in this type of assay.
C. The sample flow rate will be affected through the analyzer’s nebulizer because of the altered density of the sample.
D. Elevated serum lipids will not interfere with this assay because nephelometry is not affected by any type of sample variability.
The lipemic specimen will produce interfering background light intensity and excess light scatter in this type of assay.
A manual stat protein analysis is performed on a patient sample. The patient’s unknown sample had an absorbance reading of 0.6. The protein calibrator with an absorbance reading closest to the unknown’s absorbance had a concentration of 6 g/dL and an absorbance reading of 0.5. Applying Beer law, calculate the unknown protein concentration in the patient sample.
A. 6 g/dL
B. 7.2 g/dL
C. 8 g/dL
D. 5.5 g/dL
7.2 g/dL
Using the derived formula, , the unknown concentration would be (0.6/0.5) × 6 g/dL = 7.2 g/dL.
(Unk abs/known abs) x known conc = unknown conc
A standard calibrator solution of glucose has a concentration of 125 mg/dL and gives an absorbance of 0.20. Assuming a linear reaction, what is the concentration of glucose in a patient’s serum that has an absorbance of 0.24?
A. 104 mg/dL
B. 138 mg/dL
C. 150 mg/dL
D. 180 mg/dL
150 mg/dL
Which one of the following components is found only in a fluorometer used to make measurements of emitted fluorescent light as opposed to in a spectrophotometer used to make measurements of absorbed/transmitted light?
A. Monochromator
B. Cuvets as sample holders
C. An excitation source
D. Detector
An excitation source
Atomic absorption spectrophotometry is an emission technique that is used frequently in clinical laboratories to measure:
A. complex antigen-antibody reactions.
B. rotational relaxation of bound fluorophores.
C. elements.
D. high-molecular-weight compounds.
elements
The light source in an atomic absorption spectrophotometer is typically a:
A. prism.
B. tungsten light.
C. laser light.
D. hollow cathode tube.
hollow cathode tube
Which one of the following wavelengths is within the “near” ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum?
A. 320 nm
B. 450 nm
C. 540 nm
D. 690 nm
320 nm
In spectrophotometric determinations, which of the following is the formula for calculating the absorbance of a solution?
a. (Molar absorptivity × length of light path)/concentration in mol/L
b. (Molar absorptivity × concentration in g/dL)/length of light path
c. Molar absorptivity × length of light path × concentration in mol/L
d. (Length of light path × concentration in g/dL)/molar absorptivity
Molar absorptivity × length of light path × concentration in mol/L
In the liver, bilirubin is conjugated to:
a. vinyl groups.
b. methyl groups.
c. hydroxyl groups.
d. glucuronide
glucuronide
Functions of the liver include the synthesis of all of the following except:
a. albumin.
b. immunoglobulins.
c. glycogen.
d. coagulation factors.
immunoglobulins
In the liver, the small grooves between adjacent hepatocytes that carry bile to the gall bladder are the:
a. cords.
b. canaliculi.
c. lobules.
d. sinusoids
canaliculi
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be directly related to:
a. an acute viral hepatitis infection.
b. cholestasis.
c. a chronic hepatitis B infection.
d. the synthetic function of the liver.
a chronic hepatitis B infection