FREE Medical Laboratory Technician MCQ Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Which blood type is considered the universal plasma donor?
Answer: AB
Type AB plasma lacks both anti-A and anti-B antibodies, making it safe for transfusion to any recipient.
What is the expected platelet count range for a normal adult?
Answer: 150,000-400,000/mcL
The normal adult platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 400,000 per microliter of blood.
Which organism is the most common cause of urinary tract infections in the United States?
Answer: Escherichia coli
E. coli accounts for approximately 80% of uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
A serum specimen appears lipemic. Which test result is most likely to be affected?
Answer: Triglycerides
Lipemia directly interferes with triglyceride measurement and causes turbidity that affects spectrophotometric assays.
Which quality control rule indicates a systematic error when two consecutive controls exceed 2 standard deviations on the same side of the mean?
Answer: 2-2s rule
The 2-2s rule detects systematic error when two consecutive controls exceed 2 SD in the same direction.
What is the confirmatory test for syphilis after a reactive RPR screening result?
Answer: FTA-ABS
The FTA-ABS is a treponemal-specific confirmatory test used to verify reactive nontreponemal screening results.