8. Which of the following is NOT an FDA-approved test for quality control of platelets?

a. BacT/ALERT

b. eBDS

c. Gram stain

d. Pan Genera Detection (PGD) test

13. Which of the following is approved for bacterial detection specific to extending the expiration of
apheresed

platelets to 7 days?

a. BacT/ALERT

b. eBDS

c. Gram stain

d. Pan Genera Detection (PGD) test

14. Prestorage pooled platelets can be stored for:

a. 4 hours.

b. 24 hours.

c. 5 days.

d. 7 day

10. Whole blood and RBC units are stored at what

temperature? ----------------------------------------

a. 1°C to 6°C

b. 20°C to 24°C

c. 37°C

d. 24°C to 27°C

What is the minimum number of platelets required in a

platelet concentrate prepared from whole blood by centrifugation (90% of sampled units)?
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a. 5.5 1011

b. 3 1010

c. 3 1011

d. 5.5 1010

What is the minimum number of platelets required in

an apheresis component (90% of the sampled units)?

a. 3 1011

b. 4 1011

c. 2 1011

d. 3.5 1011

Frozen and thawed RBCs processed in an open system

can be stored for how many days/hours?

a. 3 days

b. 6 hours

c. 24 hours

d. 15 days

In a pedigree, the “index case” is another name for: --------------------------------

a. Stillbirth.

b. Consanguineous mating.

c. Propositus.

d. Monozygotic twins

Which phenotype(s) could not result from the mating

of a Jk(a+b+) female and a Jk(a-b+) male?

a. Jk(a+b–)

b. Jk(a+b+)

c. Jk(a–b+)

d. Jk(a–b-)

PCR technology can be used to:

a. Amplify small amounts of DNA.

b. Isolate intact nuclear RNA.

c. Digest genomic DNA into small fragments.

d. Repair broken pieces of DNA.

DNA is replicated:

a. Semiconservatively from DNA.

b. In a random manner from RNA.

c. By copying protein sequences from RNA.

d. By first copying RNA from protein.

RNA is processed:

a. After RNA is copied from DNA template.

b. After protein folding and unfolding on the ribosome.

c. Before DNA is copied from DNA template.

d. After RNA is copied from protein on ribosomes.

ranslation of proteins from RNA takes place:

a. On the ribosomes in the cytoplasm of the cell.

b. On the nuclear membrane.

c. Usually while attached to nuclear pores.

d. Inside the nucleolus of the cell.

Meiosis is necessary to:

a. Keep the N number of the cell consistent within

populations.

b. Prepare RNA for transcription.

c. Generate new DNA sequences in daughter cells.

d. Stabilize proteins being translated on the ribosome.

Which of the following MHC classes are found on

antigen presenting cells?

a. Class I

b. Class II

c. Class III

d. Class IV

Which of the following immunoglobulins is most efficient at binding complement?

a. IgA

b. IgE

c. IgG

d. IgM

Which of the following refers to a state of equilibrium

in antigen-antibody reactions?

a. Postzone

b. Prozone

c. Zone of equivalence

d. Endzone

An in vitro phenomenon associated with a positive

IAT is:

a. Maternal antibody coating fetal RBCs

b. Patient antibody coating patient RBCs

c. Recipient antibody coating transfused donor RBCs

d. Identification of alloantibody specificity using a panel

of reagent RBCs