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100

What is the formula for transmittance

% T = (I)/(Io)

100

What is the formula for transferrin saturation?

=(Serum Iron/TIBC) x 100

100

How many mL of a 5M solution to make 250 mL of a 2M solution?

100 mL

100

Which giant microbe is this?


TB

100

What is the formula for specificity?

(TN/ (TN + FP)

200

How is equivalent weight calculated

Molecular weight/ positive valance

200

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Strep pyogenes

200

What is the molality of a solution of 116 g NaCl in 1 kg water? Molecular weight is 58g

2

200

What is the formula for standard deviation?


200

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rhinovirus

300

???


RNA

300

What is the formula for negative predictive value?

NPV= TN / (TN+FN)

300

A 0.5% solution contains how much solute?

5 grams, assuming 100 mL of solution

300

Random error describes points that are:

a. consistently above the mean

b. above or below the mean

c. above or below the mean, by the same percent

b

300

How is LDL calculated?

LDL= TC - (HDL)- (Triglycerides/5)

400

In a normal distribution, how much of the data is included in the following standard deviations:

1SD, 2SD, 3SD

1SD = 68%

2SD= 95%

3SD= 99%

400

What is the osmolality formula?

Osmolality = [1.86 x Na] + [Glu / 18] + [BUN / 2.8]

400

What is the formula for normality?

Number of gram equivalent/ liters solution

400

Coefficient of variation= standard deviation / __

SD/ (mean*100)
400

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Measles

500

What is the formula for absorbance, using I and Io?

A = Log (Io/ I)

500

What is the creatinine clearance formula?

C = U*V/P

U= urine creatinine

P= plasma creatinine

V= volume/min

500

?????


Syphillis

500

What are the three methods of central tendancy?

mean, median, mode

500

If a control is run with a mean of 12 and a SD of 2, what is the acceptable 96% range?

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