ASCP ASCP Certifications ASCP-MLT Questions & Answers

• Question 301:

  The type of isolation category that always requires a HEPA mask or respirator to be worn is:

  A. contact

  B. droplet

  C. airborne

  D. blood and body fluid

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 302:

  Blood Bank

  What other component(s) can be shipped together with Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)?

  A. frozen RBC's and cryoprecipitate

  B. platelets

  C. packed RBC's and granulocytes

  D. whole blood

  E. none

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 303:

  Any oxidase-positive organism can be excluded from the Enterobacteriaceae. The other characteristics are as a rule present in these organisms.

  Which of the following is not true about members of the Enterobacteriaceae:

  A. Gram-negative

  B. Oxidase positive

  C. Reduce nitrate to nitrite

  D. Ferment glucose

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 304:

  Cryptococcus neoformans is the MOST likely identification of the encapsulated yeast in this question. C. neoformans is urease +, and grows brown colonies on birdseed agar. In addition, India ink stain can also be used for Cryptococus spp. identification.

  What is the MOST likely identification of an encapsulated yeast in a blood culture bottle from a patient with septicemia with the following additional culture information?:

  Failure to produce germ tubes

  Urease positive

  Produced brown pigment on bird seed agar

  A. Candida albicans

  B. Candida pseudotropicalis

  C. Cryptococcus neoformans

  D. Torulopsis glabrata

  E. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 305:

  Glucagon and epinephrine promote glycogenolysis, conversion of glycogen to glucose, which increases plasma glucose.

  Cortisol along with glucagon increases gluconeogenesis, formation of glucose from noncarbohydrates which also raises plasma glucose concentration.

  Chem

  Which of the following hormones increases plasma glucose concentration by converting glycogen to glucose? Please select all correct answers

  A. Cortisol

  B. Glucagon

  C. Epinephrine

  Correct Answer: BC

• Question 306:

  Heinz bodies occur as the result of denaturation and precipitation of hemoglobin, and are often attached to the red cell membrane. They require staining with crystal violet or methyl violet to be visible. They may be seen in thalassemia, with

  unstable hemoglobins, or during a hemolytic episode in G6PD deficiency.

  Hematology

  The intracellular precipitates seen in the RBCs in this illustration is termed:

  

  A. Dohle bodies

  B. Heinz bodies

  C. May-Hegglin anomaly

  D. Reticulocytes

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 307:

  Which of the following is NOT part of the stand or framework of the microscope?

  A. stage

  B. base

  C. ocular lenses

  D. arm

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 308:

  Increased concentrations of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in adults are MOST characteristically associated with:

  A. hepatocellular carcinoma

  B. alcoholic cirrhosis

  C. chronic active hepatitis

  D. multiple myeloma

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 309:

  Medical ethics

  A. Includes situational ethics

  B. has strict guidelines

  C. Applies to laboratory professionals and includes situational ethics

  D. Applies to laboratory professionals

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 310:

  The DAT, or direct antiglobulin test, is used to detect antibodies coating RBC's in vivo. The Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT) is usually used to detect:

  A. Antibodies coating red cells

  B. Antibodies in the plasma

  C. Antigens coating red cells

  D. Antigens in the plasma

  E. Antibody-hapten reactions

  Correct Answer: A