Chemistry
Coagulation
Hematology
BloodBank
Microbiology
100

If all light is absorbed, the % Transmittance would be: 

0

100

Which coagulation factor is responsible for stabilizing a fibrin clot? 

13 

100

Name this cell. What type of anemia is this often associated with? 

Segmented neutrophil 

Megaloblastic Anemia 

100

List the Rh antigens in order from most immunogenic to least immunogenic 

D, c, E, C,e 

100

What organism causes bacterial vaginosis? 

Gardnerella Vagninalis 

200

A person is breathing very heavily. Which acid-base disorder might occur? 

Respiratory Alkalosis 

200

Part 1: A sodium citrate tube that is half full will have what effect on a PTT test? 

Part 2: What is the desired ratio of additive : patient sample for this test?

Falsely prolonged PTT

1:9 Ratio

200

A patient has a positive solubility screen. What would the next step be? 

Hemoglobin electrophoresis 

200

Explain a Group 2 ABO Discrepancy 

Unexpected Reactions in the forward type due to weakly reacting or missing antigens 

200

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a gram positive bacilli that is intrinsically resistant to which antibiotic?

Vancomycin 

300

As a patient's pH increases their Ionized Calcium: 

Decreases 

300

In order to differentiate between Vitamin K deficiency and Liver Disease, what could be tested? 

5,7,9,8

300

When the body has adequate levels of iron, what will the hepcidin value do? Increase, decrease or remain the same. 

Where is hepcidin produced? 

Increase , hepatocytes 

300

Anti-JK3 can be made by individuals of what phenotype? 

Jka- and JKb- 

300

An oozing blister on a woman's hand was swabbed and plated in microbiology. The culture produced 3 organisms which (if any) would be considered pathogenic? 

- Group B Streptococcus, E. Coli, and Streptococcus viridans 

Group B and Viridans 

400

When plotting initial velocity versus substrate concentration, during which phase does the velocity increase with increasing substrate concentration?

First Order 

400

A patient has a PTT of 50.5 seconds, when performing a mixing study, the initial repeat is 30.8 seconds and the 1 hour incubation repeat is 49.2 seconds.  This is indicative of of:

Factor Inhibitor 

400

Define Chemotaxis: 

In immunology we discussed a immunodeficiency disorder that disrupts this process- what is that? 

The process where neutrophils are sent signals to migrate to a site of infection. 

Leukocyte adhesion deficiency -missing a protein that help stimulate chemotaxis 

400

True or False- 

Anti-P and Autoanti-P are IgG

False (See slide explanation) 

400

Pushy pink, gram negative diplococci, oxidase positive, catarrhalis disc+   

What organism would fit the above characteristics? 

Moraxella catarrhalis 

500


A Lineweaver-Burke plot that shows an unchanging y-intercept but has an increased slope is an example of:

Competitive Inhibition 

500

Draw the Coagulation Cascade. State the factors that are vitamin K dependent. Indicate the difference between the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Pathways

Vitamin K- 2,7,9,10 protein C and S 

500

What abnormal finding is in this picture? 

Hbg C crystal 

500

Which Lewis antibody is more prevalent? Lea or Leb. 

If that antibody is found, is finding compatible blood easy or hard? Why? 

Lea 

it is very easy to find compatible blood. 80% of the population are secretors 

500

The following characteristics can describe which bacteria? 

Shooting star/ darting motility 

Oxidase positive 

Positive string test 

Vibrio spp. 

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