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MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN - MLT(ASCP) Questions and Answers

Question 5

Match each of the following definitions associated with heart disease and heart failure to the term that it defines.

1. Congestive heart failure

2. Infarction

3. Ischemia

4. Angina

Options:

A.

An inadequate blood supply that decreases availability of oxygen.

B.

Chest pain caused by inadequate supply of oxygen to heart myocardium.

C.

An area of tissue death that occurs due to lack of oxygen.

D.

A left ventricular dysfunction resulting from aging, hypertension, atherosclerosis or muscle damage from an AMI or repeated AMIs.

Question 6

Myoglobin release is strongly associated with muscle damage; therfore, it would most closely match a diagnosis of massive muscle trauma in this question.

Myoglobinuria is MOST likely to be noted in urine specimens from patients with which of the following disorders?

Options:

A.

hemolytic anemia

B.

lower urinary tract infections

C.

massive muscle trauma

D.

paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Question 7

Which of the following cardiac biomarkers rises within 30 minutes - 4 hours after chest pain, peaks in 2 - 12 hours, and is usually normal within 24 - 36 hours.

Options:

A.

Cardiac troponins

B.

CK-MB

C.

Myoglobin

Question 8

The Bethesda assay is used to measure the titer and activity of the antibody present in a patient's sample. Prothrombin time is an initial screening procedure for bleeding disorders and a test used for monitoring anticoagulant therapy. A thrombin time is used to detect heparin interference in an aPTT mixing study. A mixing study is performed to detect the presence of a factor deficiency or coagulation inhibitor, but does not quantify the result.

Hematology

Which of the following tests is used to quantify a coagulation inhibitor?

Options:

A.

Prothrombin time

B.

Thrombin time

C.

Mixing study

D.

Bethesda assay

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