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CSMLS PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED
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What is caused by a tourniquet being left
on too long? Select one:
a. hemoconcentration
b. hemodilution
c. hemolysis
d. hemophilia - ✔a
What substance can be used to unmask epitopes in
Immunohistochemistry methods? Select one:
a. glycine
b. peroxidase
c. pronase
d. tryosine - ✔c
Which of the following could interfere with an automated
reticulocyte count and necessitate doing a manual reticulocyte
count?
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Select one:
a. Heinz bodies
b. platelet clumps
c. rouleaux
d. WBC aggregates - ✔a
For which conditions is the ESR valuable as a
diagnostic tool? Select one:
a. Polymyalgia rheumatic and rheumatoid arthritis
b. Rheumatoid arthritis and SLE
c. Temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica
d. Temporal arteritis and rheumatoid arthritis - ✔c
What makes the best positive control for
immunohistochemistry? Select one:
a. tissue known to be reactive for the seconary antibody
b. commercial prepared blocks
c. tissue lacking an epitope for the primary antibody
d. "in house" prepared blocks - ✔d
What is
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exudate?
Select one:
a. Abnormal fluid accumulation caused by an infection
b. Abnormal fluid accumulation with a non- infectious origin
c. Normal fluid found in a body cavity - ✔a
Failing to do something which a reasonable person in the
profession would have done is known as:
Select one:
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a. liability
b. tort
c. 'res superior'
d. Negligence - ✔d
What is the term used to describe a complaint process by an
employee who feels they have been treated unfairly according to
the contract agreement?
Select one:
a. Arbitration
b. Grievance
c. Collective bargaining
d. Harassment - ✔b
As the size of an organization increases, the potential for
conflict decreases. Select one:
a. True
b. False - ✔b
Which result may alert a technologist to the presence of
cold agglutinins? Select one:
a. An increased hematocrit
CSMLS PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED
{390 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW! |
100% GUARANTEED PASS
What is caused by a tourniquet being left
on too long? Select one:
a. hemoconcentration
b. hemodilution
c. hemolysis
d. hemophilia - ✔a
What substance can be used to unmask epitopes in
Immunohistochemistry methods? Select one:
a. glycine
b. peroxidase
c. pronase
d. tryosine - ✔c
Which of the following could interfere with an automated
reticulocyte count and necessitate doing a manual reticulocyte
count?
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Select one:
a. Heinz bodies
b. platelet clumps
c. rouleaux
d. WBC aggregates - ✔a
For which conditions is the ESR valuable as a
diagnostic tool? Select one:
a. Polymyalgia rheumatic and rheumatoid arthritis
b. Rheumatoid arthritis and SLE
c. Temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica
d. Temporal arteritis and rheumatoid arthritis - ✔c
What makes the best positive control for
immunohistochemistry? Select one:
a. tissue known to be reactive for the seconary antibody
b. commercial prepared blocks
c. tissue lacking an epitope for the primary antibody
d. "in house" prepared blocks - ✔d
What is
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exudate?
Select one:
a. Abnormal fluid accumulation caused by an infection
b. Abnormal fluid accumulation with a non- infectious origin
c. Normal fluid found in a body cavity - ✔a
Failing to do something which a reasonable person in the
profession would have done is known as:
Select one:
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a. liability
b. tort
c. 'res superior'
d. Negligence - ✔d
What is the term used to describe a complaint process by an
employee who feels they have been treated unfairly according to
the contract agreement?
Select one:
a. Arbitration
b. Grievance
c. Collective bargaining
d. Harassment - ✔b
As the size of an organization increases, the potential for
conflict decreases. Select one:
a. True
b. False - ✔b
Which result may alert a technologist to the presence of
cold agglutinins? Select one:
a. An increased hematocrit
