1. What is the most preferred vein for venipuncture?

a. Median cubital vein

2. Which anticoagulant is preferred for platelet testing?
a. EDTA - Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid
3. A screw connection on a syringe that creates a leak-free seal.
a. Luer-lock
4. What is the first type of cell produced by the developing embryo?
a. Erythrocyte
5. What is the average life span of a normal red blood cell?
a. about 120 days
6. Discombobulated dark purple granules which covers the nucleus.
a. Basophil

7.
8. In the third month of gestation, what is the primary site of hematopoiesis?
a. Liver
9. In an adult, what are the two best areas for obtaining active bone marrow by
aspiration?
a. Posterior iliac crest, sternum
10. Programmed cell death is called
a. Apoptosis
11. Antigen-independent lymphopoiesis occurs in primary lymphoid tissue located in
the
a. Thymus and bone marrow
12. Interleukins and colony stimulating factors are cytokines produced by
a. Monocytes and T lymphocytes
13. What is the approximate total blood volume in an adult?
a. 6 liters
14. The majority of iron found in an adult is a constituent of
a. Hemoglobin
15. Howell-Jolly bodies are composed of
a. DNA
16. The red cells found in lead poisoning characteristically exhibit coarse granules
composed of _______________ that are reported as ______________
a. Aggregated ribosomes; basophilic stippling
17. Which erythrocyte metabolic pathway generates adenosine triphosphate (ATP) via
glycolysis?
a. Embden-Meyerhof
18. The major storage form of iron is
a. Ferritin
19. Impaired DNA metabolism is characteristic of
a. Megaloblastic anemia
20. Which carbohydrate measurement is clinically useful when performing a seminal
fluid analysis?
a. Fructose
21. Description: Laminar flow cabinets with variable sash opening. Air passes through
1 HEPA filter before reaching work surface & 2nd one before being exhausted.
Use: Type most commonly used in hospital micro labs. Provides protection from
worker and work.
1. Class II Biohazard Safety Cabinet
22. What is the infective stage of Coccidioides immitis?
a. Arthroconidia
23. Which type of media where it contains additives such as dyes, bile salts, alcohols,
acids, or antibiotics to inhibit growth of certain bacteria (ex., gram positive).
a. Selective media
24. Which of the schistosoma eggs may be recovered in rectal biopsy?
a. S. mansoni and S. japonicum
25. Muscle biopsy is a diagnosis technique employed to detect?
a. Trichinosis
26. Correct sequence for Gram staining procedure
a. Crystal violet - Gram's iodine - Acetone-Alcohol - Safranin
27. Under what conditions are media typically sterilized in an autoclave?
a. Media are sterilized at 121ºC with 15 psi of steam for at least 15 minutes.
28. A technique where microorganism must be transferred from one vessel to another
or from stock culture in various media for maintenance and study
a. Subculturing
29. This method is used in acid-fast staining procedure where blood smears with
carbolfuschin and in a warm hot plate, allowing the preparation to steam for 5
mins.
a. Ziehl-Neelson Staining
30. Gram negative bacteria suspects and assume the color of the counterstain which
is?
a. Safranin
31. In the United States, most blood agar plates are prepared with 5% or 10% red
blood cells (RBCs) obtained from:
a. Sheep
32. A sheep blood agar plate is used as a primary isolation medium when all of the
following organisms are to be recovered from a wound specimen except:
a. Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae
33. Colistin-nalidixic acid agar (CNA) is usually primarily for the recovery of:
a. Staphylococcus aureus
34. Chocolate agar and modified Thayer-Martin agar are used for the recovery of:
a. Haemophilus spp. and N. gonorrhoeae, respectively
35. The cellulose acetate electrophoresis at pH 8.6 of serum proteins will show an
order of migration beginning with the fastest migration as follows:
a. albumin, alpha-1 globulin, alpha-2 globulin, beta globulin, gamma globulin.
36. Increased serum albumin concentrations are seen in which of the following
conditions?
a. Dehydration
37. Select the most appropriate adult reference range for fasting blood glucose.
a. 65-99 mg/dL (3.61-5.50 mmol/L)
38. According to American Diabetes Association criteria, which result is consistent
with a diagnosis of impaired fasting glucose?
a. 117 mg/dL - Impaired fasting glucose is defined as a plasma glucose ≥100
but <126 mg/dL. A fasting glucose of 126 or higher on two consecutive
occasions indicates diabetes. A fasting glucose of 99 mg/dL is considered
normal.
39. What substance is commonly used as a marker for GFR?
a. Creatinine
40. The closeness of the agreement between the measured value of an analyte to its
true value
a. Accuracy
41. The extent to which measurements agree with the true value of the quantity
being measured is known as:
a. Accuracy
42. The majority of laboratory errors occur in the:
 a. preanalytical phase
43. Also known as serum separator tubes or SSTs,
a. Serum separator tubes
44. The proportion of formalin to surgical specimen to ensure a good fixation is
a. 1:10
b. 1:50
c. 1:30
d. 1:40
45. Fat is better demonstrated in?
a. Frozen section
46. The time required for needle biopsies of liver and kidney to be well fixed in
Zenker's solution:
a. 20-60 minutes
b. 50-80 minutes
c. 30-60 minutes
d. 1-2 hours
47. An ideal fixative is all of these, except
a. Inexpensive
b. Prevents autolysis
c. Preserve tissue elements
d. Penetrates tissue slowly
48. A histotech may refuse to accept surgical specimens for pathological examination:
a. Specimen supposedly obtained by a faith healer
b. Whole specimen is not obtained portion kay wala na submit sa pathologist
c. Both
d. Neither
49. Si Maria kay teacher siya sa weekdays nya Medtech siya during weekends
a. Can accept employment only if there is no conflict of interest
50. What 3 things determine the thickness of the smear?
a. Angle of the spreader slide ( > angles = > thickness)
b. Size of blood drop
c. Speed of spreading
d. Ag answer ngari kay <30'C angle
51. The most widely used and recommended fixative in routine histopathology
a. 10% neutral buffered formalin
52. Telling the patient how to secure or out dextrose shows?
a. Responsible professional
b. Uphold the dignity of
c. Act of brotherhood
d. Sharing ones ideal
53. The decision has been made?
a. After 15 days
54. Registration may be imposed by the board if:
55. Processing:
a. Renal blood flow
b. Function of the pancreas
56. The following operating principle, except
a. Atomic absorption
b. Centrifugal analyzers
57. Determining true glucose value by colorimetric method
a. Somogyi-Nelson
b. o-toulidine
c. Glucose oxidase
d. Glucose tolerance test
58. How does the body compensate for metabolic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis?:
a. Decreased breathing rate
b. All of the above
59. You received and processed a hemolyzed sample for HbA1c, what will be the
expected result?
a. No change in the result
b. Result will be falsely increased
c. Result will be falsely decreased
d. Result will be the same
60. Apolipoprotein B-100 is the primary component of:
a. LDL-C
61. Which result of administration is associated with 100% bioavailability?
a. Intravenous
62. The serum TSH level is most absent in:
a. Primary hyperthyroidism
63. Melanin pigmentation is found to be distinct in:
a. Cushing's syndrome (check lang ni if sakto)
64. Proteins gas precipitated (denatured) when boiled in an acidic medium.
a. Benedicts test
b. Sulfosalicylic acid
c. Abell-Kendall's test
d. Heat and Acetic acid test
65. Which of the following statements regarding WBCs in urinary sediment is true?
a. WBC casts indicate that pyuria is of renal, rather than lower urinary, origin
66. The normal renal threshold for glucose is:
a. 165-180 mg/dL
67. The normal daily urine output for an adult is approximately:
a. 0.6-1.6 L
68. In what condition may urinary ketone tests underestimate ketosis?
a. Acidosis
69. A type of urine specimen collected by inserting needle through abdomen into
bladder
a. Suprapubic Aspiration
70. The color of in a normal urine specimens is mostly attributed to:
a. Urochrome

71. Passive reabsorption of water takes place in all parts of the nephron, excepts
a. Ascending loop of henle
72. What is the 11th pad in the reagent strip?
a. Vitamin C; Ascorbic acid
73. Light clay colored stool may be due to:
a. Diminution or absence of bile in the intestine
74. Uses steam under pressure to kill bacteria, viruses, and spores present in/on the
equipment for culture media.
a. Autoclave
75. Candida albicans is also known as:
a. Yeast

76. A gram negative bacillus, catalase positive, spore forming, causes black eschars
lesions
77. A gram negative enteric, lactose fermenter, citrate negative, causes hemorrhagic
colitis
78. New York agar causes ophthalmia neonatorum
79. A gram negative, curve rod, grows in TCBS paraphilic causes mild diarrhea through
shellfish
80. A gram negative bacillus, that causes antibiotic associated pseudomembranous
colitis
81. A gram negative bacilli, oxidase and ONPG negative, causes cat scratch disease
82. Transmitted through the body lice causes epidemic relapsing fever
83. Method, the error manifested in old cultures (+24hours)
a. False sensitive
84. Example of selective agar
a. Chocolate agar
b. Löwenstein–Jensen agar
c. Blood agar
d. Thioglycollate agar
85. A gram positive, except
a. Moraxella catarrhalis
b. Branhamella catarrhalis
c. Both
d. Neither
86. Responsible for helical/ icosahedral structure
a. Capsid
87. A 1.0 mL EDTA tube is received in the laboratory containing only 8.6 mL of blood.
If the laboratory is using manual techniques, which of the following tests will
most likely be erroneous?
a. RBC count
b. Hemoglobin
c. Hematocrit
d. WBC count
88. What is the largest white blood cell normally found in the peripheral blood?
a. Monocyte
89. Which of the following are most characteristic of the red cell indices associated
with megaloblastic anemia
a. MCV 125 fL, MCH 36 pg, MCHC 34%
90. "Isosthenuria" is a term applied to a series of urine specimens from the same
patient that exhibit a
a. Fixed specific gravity of approximately 1.010
91. The normal daily urine output for an adult is approximately:
a. 0.6-1.6 L
92. Whewellite and weddellite kidney stones are composed of:
a. Calcium oxalate

93. Parasite may be found in the urinary sediment?

a. Schisostoma haemotobium

94. Cessation of urine flow is also described as:

a. Anuria
95. Which of the following is not a constituent of a fecal specimen?
a. Parasite

96. Kato naa answer kay 1 drop refractometer ni

97. The type of fluid obtained by arthrocentesis is called:
a. Synovial fluid
 98. Which carbohydrate measurement is clinically useful when performing a seminal
fluid analysis?
a. Galactose
b. Glucose
c. Sucrose
d. Fructose
99. Select the most sensitive marker for alcoholic liver disease
a. GGT
[Link] of the following is inappropriate when collecting urine for routine
bacteriologic culture?
a. the sample may be held at 2-8C for up to 48 hours prior to plating
101. Principle sa automated cell counter
102. Diagnostic test sa hodgkin’s lymphoma—- bone marrow biopsy
103. Not associated with neutrophil — naa ni choices na crushings injury? Scarlet fever, strep
pneumoniae
104. Kadto milk and something basta answer kay PASTEURIZATION
105. Important in allergic reaction, helminths —- neutrophil and eosinophil
106. Unsa di maka transmit sa HIV — saliva
107. Most important in not spreading disease —— proper hand washing
108. Final stage of b-cell maturation after activation of antigen (isearch lang ni)
109. Ideal na size sa needle—— 21G, 1 inch
110. Kadto thrombocytopenia associated with dengue hemmorhagic fever — randon donor
platelets (wakoy sure mao na ako answer)
111. Tuberculin what type of reaction —- type IV
112. If emergency and ihatag ang blood ——- O + pos whole blood (isure lang di ba both sa
packed rbc) if dli kana gud whole blood ang answer
113. Transfused from a mother to a baby —- natural passive (icheck if sakto ba)
114. Responsible for production of antibodies, choices : NK cells, t helper, cytotoxic t cell, b
lymphocyte
115. Nephelometry is a measurement of???? Scattered light? Wakoy sure isearch niii
116. Rigidity of muscles after 6-12 hours —- Rigor mortis
117. Marilyn Cabral Braza and leila lany m florentino.. 1,3 answer ani
118. Most severe cause of HDFN —— ABO
119. Naay mga tao na question na ang choices kay loius pasteur, basta answer ato kay SUSUMO
120. Cadinal signs except —- PALOR
[Link] anaylte—- 3.5-5.1
122. Patient is NPO since 7am what is recollected? ——— triglycerides
123. Distance of rbc falls in test tube in 1 hour ——— ESR
124. Kadto mamatay ang rbc —— ANISOCYTOSIS
125. Mononucleosis, which WBC are infected by the —— monocytes
126. Increase OFT execept basta ang choices naay thalassemia, spherocytosis, —— wako
kabalo unsay answer ani I check lang unsay decrease kung OFT
127. Kadto size ——— poikilocytosis
128. Light intensity — rheostat
129. Steam method for sterilization—— 15 psi for 15 minutes
130. CNA agar used to recover —- S. Aureus
131. Inappropriate for urine bacteriologic culture——sample maybe held for 2-4C for 48 hours
ang answer ani
132. TIMAN-I sad and forward ug reverse kay 3 questions to