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Bms Professional Exams. Haematology - Mcqs Choose The Best Answer From A - E
Bms Professional Exams. Haematology - Mcqs Choose The Best Answer From A - E
HAEMATOLOGY - MCQS
a) Cryofibrinogen
b) Hyperglycemia
c) Autoagglutination
d) High WBC count
e) Reduced red cell deformity
2 One of these terms is used to describe the suppression of entire full blood count:
a) Erythroplasia
b) Thrombocytopenia
c) Pancytopenia
d) Leucocytopenia
e) Neutropenia
3 What is the major metabolically active storage form of Iron in the body
a) Haemosiderin
b) Ferritin
c) Transferin
d) Globulin
e) Haemoglobin
4 Hb A2 consists of
a) Hb A
b) Hb A2
c) Hb F
d) Hb C
e) Hb S
6 The leucocyte responsible for parasite infection and allergic reaction is:
a) Lymphocyte
b) Monocyte
c) Basophil
d) Neutrophil
e) Eosinophil
7 The type of WBC that often arrives at the site of infection first is a granulocyte and contains
granules that stain light purple is a:
a) Macrocyte
b) Basophil
c) Eosinophil
d) Neutrophil
e) Monocyte
8 The largest cells in the blood that leave the blood stream to become macrophages are the:
a) Eosinophils
b) Large lymphocyte
c) Neutrophils
d) Monocytes
e) Basophils
a) Platelets
b) Neutrophil
c) Eosinophil
d) Erythrocyte
e) Lymphocyte
a) Whole blood
b) Haematocrit
c) Plasma
d) Serum
e) Clotted blood
a) Haemoglobin
b) Oxyhaemoglobin
c) Reduced haemoglobin
d) Deoxyhaemoglobin
e) Red cell count
a) 120 days
b) 240 days
c) 10 days
d) 365 days
e) 90 days
a) 1 miilion/mm3
b) 15,000/ mm3
c) 10,000/ mm3
d) 3,000/ mm3
e) 1.5million/ mm3
14 Which of the following cell types should not be grouped with the others?
a) Neutrophil
b) Lymphocyte
c) Eosinophil
d) Basophil
e) Segmented Neutrophil
a) Neutrophil granulocyte
b) Neutrophil
c) Monocyte
d) Lymphocyte
e) Eosinophil
17 Which of the following anticoagulants is mostly used for routine haematology tests
a) EDTA
b) Sodium citrate
c) Sodium fluoride
d) Lithium heparin
e) Sodium oxalate
18 Mostly a full blood count blood is collected into one of the following stopper colours
a) Purple
b) Blue
c) Green
d) Yellow
e) Gray
a) Leishman
b) Jenners
c) Giemsa
d) Wrights
e) Mason Fontana
20 Brilliant cresyl blue or new methylene blue are stains used for
a) Reticulocyte count
b) Platelets count
c) Malaria parasites
d) Howell-jolly bodies
e) Differential count
21 One of the following conditions will not give high ESR result:
a) Multiple myeloma
b) Rheumatic fever
c) Tuberloculosis
d) Pregnancy
e) Sickle cell disease
22 Which of the following organizes and directs light through the specimen?
a) Ocular
b) Objective lens
c) Condenser
d) Optical tube
e) Stage
a) 21 days
b) 28 days
c) 35 days
d) 42 days
e) 120 days
24 A smear that is prepared from equal parts of methylene blue and whole blood will be used
for:
a) WBC count
b) Platelet count
c) RBC count
d) Reticulocyte count
e) Trophozoeite count
a) 8.5%
b) 0.85%
c) 85%
d) 0.6%
e) 1 molar
27 During the crossmatch procedure, a negative result on the addition of Coombs control cells
indicate that the :
a) Crossmatch is compatible and the blood may be infused
b) Crossmatch is incompatible
c) Antiglobulin reagent is inactivated, neutralized, or not added to the test
d) Antiglobulin reagent is detecting antibody globulin, indicating adequate washing during
the crossmatch procedures
e) The recipient does not need blood transfusion
29 This cell is the precursor of platelet and is commonly found in the bone marrow:
a) Myelocyte
b) Metamyelocyte
c) Metakaryocyte
d) Megakaryocyte
e) Erythroblast
a) Vertebrae
b) Skull
c) Proximal end of long bone
d) Ribs
e) All of the above
31 A simple check which can be employed to verify that haemoglobin and haematocrit values
match would be:
a) Hct * 3 = Hb
b) Hb * 3 = Hct
c) Hct / Hb = 3
d) Hb + 3 = Hct
e) Hb + Hct = 3
a) 18
b) 20
c) 21
d) 22
e) 23
a) Hct
b) Retic count
c) ESR
d) WBC count
e) Differential count
39 The liquid portion of blood remaining after a clot has formed is called:
a) Basilica vein
b) Cephalic
c) Medial cubital vein
d) Edematous vein
e) Veins on the back of the hand
a) Thymus
b) Liver
c) Spleen
d) Reticuloendothelial system
e) Red marrow
a) Platelets
b) Granulocytes
c) Erythrocytes
d) Leukocytes
e) Reticuloendothelial cells
47 The following results were obtained on a patient sample: RBC- 3.72*1012/L, Hb- 12.0g/dl,
Hct- 0.36. What would the red cell indices be?
48 When doing a manual WBC count, BMS counts an average of 102 cells in the white cell
squares of haemocytometer, if the dilution factor was 1:20, what would the calculated WBC
count be?
a) 2.6*109/L
b) 10.7*109/L
c) 20.4*109/L
d) 5.1*109/L
e) 102*109/L
49 If the centrifuge is not properly balanced, which of the following may occur?
50 The first drop of blood is wiped away after performing a skin puncture to: