SBB ASCP Practice Test Exam QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% RATED CORRECT
WITH 100% SURE PASS|GRADED A+
b. Reduce the flow rate. - CORRECT ANSWERS A donor experiences perioral paresthesia
during an apheresis procedure. Which of the following should be performed?
a. Increase the flow rate.
b. Reduce the flow rate.
c. Elevate the donor's feet.
d. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.
c. Obtain a written request from the patient's physician and send the unit with a biohazard label and
"autologous use only." - CORRECT ANSWERS A unit of autologous blood tested repeatedly
reactive for HBsAg. The patient is scheduled for surgery in three days. What action should be taken?
a. Discard the unit.
b. Send the unit with a biohazard label and "autologous use only."
c. Obtain a written request from the patient's physician and send the unit with a biohazard label and
"autologous use only."
d. Wait for confirmatory testing before contacting physician to see what he wants to do.
a. Male, age 72, Hb 13.5, BP 124/88 - CORRECT ANSWERS Which of the following individuals
can be accepted for allogeneic blood donation?
a. Male, age 72, Hb 13.5, BP 124/88
b. Female, age 22, Hb 14.0, spontaneous abortion 5 weeks ago
C. Female, age 37, Hb 12.2, BP 160/116
d. Male, age 61, Hb 12, cardiac bypass surgery 4 years ago
e. Female, age 61, Hb 13.5, breast cancer 5 years ago
,a. Accept the donor. - CORRECT ANSWERS A 64-year-old male prospective donor states that
he had a positive TB skin test one year ago. When further questioned, he states that the x-ray was done
and was negative with no other abnormal
findings. You should:
a. Accept the donor.
b. Defer the donor for 6 months.
c. Defer the donor for 1 year.
d. Defer the donor indefinitely.
b. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag. - CORRECT ANSWERS A 27-year old truck driver
has just finished donating blood and complained of tingling in his fingers and toes, and his fingers are in
a strange rigid position. What should be done?
a. Give the donor a beverage and cookies.
b. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.
c. Ask the donor to lie down and elevate his feet.
d. Administer oxygen immediately.
b. 1 hour - CORRECT ANSWERS When preparing cryoprecipitate from plasma, the
cryoprecipitate must be placed in the freezer within
___ after removal from the refrigerated centrifuge.
a. 15 minutes
b. 1 hour
c. 6 hours
d. 24 hours
b. Thawed plasma - CORRECT ANSWERS FFP thawed but not used can be relabeled to:
,a. Liquid plasma
b. Thawed plasma
c. Recovered plasma
d. Source plasma
c. EIA initial testing reactive, and one of the duplicate repeat results is reactive - CORRECT ANSWERS
Donated blood may NOT be used for allogeneic transfusion when HCV testing shows:
a. EIA initial testing reactive
b. EIA initial testing reactive and RNA testing nonreactive
c. EIA initial testing reactive, and one of the duplicate repeat results is reactive
d. EIA initial tesling is reactive, and both of the duplicate repeat results are nonreactive
b. 9 - CORRECT ANSWERS With nucleic acid testing, the window period of HIV is
approximately how many days?
a. 5
b. 9
C. 16
d. 22
c. Infection is clear - CORRECT ANSWERS The following hepatitis B testing results indicates:
HBsAG=Non-reactive, Anti-HBc=Reactive, Anti-HBs=Reactive, HBV DNA=Non-reactive
a. Acute infection
b. Chronic infection
c. Infection is clear
d. Recurring infection
e. The person has received hepatitis B vaccination
, b. Chronic infection - CORRECT ANSWERS The following hepatitis C testing results indicates:
HCV RNA=Reactive, Anti-HCV (IgM)=Nonreactive,
Anti-HCV (lgG)=Reactive
a. Acute infection
b. Chronic infection
c. Infection resolved
d. Recurring infection
b. Autosomal recessive inheritance - CORRECT ANSWERS A family study consists of 4
daughters, 4 sons, and 12 grandchildren. One son and one daughter have an inherited genetic disorder
that is not present in any of the grandchildren. This is an example of:
a. Sex-linked dominant inheritance
b. Autosomal recessive inheritance
c. Autosomal dominant inheritance
d. Non-paternity
c. Crossing over - CORRECT ANSWERS A disease is linked to the ABO system. The pedigree
demonstrates:
a. Parental haplotye
b. Linkage disequilibrium
c. Crossing over
d. Nondisjunction
c. Fathers to 100% of sons and no daughters - CORRECT ANSWERS A trait carried on the Y
chromosome will be passed from:
a. Fathers to 50% of sons or daughters
AND ANSWERS 100% RATED CORRECT
WITH 100% SURE PASS|GRADED A+
b. Reduce the flow rate. - CORRECT ANSWERS A donor experiences perioral paresthesia
during an apheresis procedure. Which of the following should be performed?
a. Increase the flow rate.
b. Reduce the flow rate.
c. Elevate the donor's feet.
d. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.
c. Obtain a written request from the patient's physician and send the unit with a biohazard label and
"autologous use only." - CORRECT ANSWERS A unit of autologous blood tested repeatedly
reactive for HBsAg. The patient is scheduled for surgery in three days. What action should be taken?
a. Discard the unit.
b. Send the unit with a biohazard label and "autologous use only."
c. Obtain a written request from the patient's physician and send the unit with a biohazard label and
"autologous use only."
d. Wait for confirmatory testing before contacting physician to see what he wants to do.
a. Male, age 72, Hb 13.5, BP 124/88 - CORRECT ANSWERS Which of the following individuals
can be accepted for allogeneic blood donation?
a. Male, age 72, Hb 13.5, BP 124/88
b. Female, age 22, Hb 14.0, spontaneous abortion 5 weeks ago
C. Female, age 37, Hb 12.2, BP 160/116
d. Male, age 61, Hb 12, cardiac bypass surgery 4 years ago
e. Female, age 61, Hb 13.5, breast cancer 5 years ago
,a. Accept the donor. - CORRECT ANSWERS A 64-year-old male prospective donor states that
he had a positive TB skin test one year ago. When further questioned, he states that the x-ray was done
and was negative with no other abnormal
findings. You should:
a. Accept the donor.
b. Defer the donor for 6 months.
c. Defer the donor for 1 year.
d. Defer the donor indefinitely.
b. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag. - CORRECT ANSWERS A 27-year old truck driver
has just finished donating blood and complained of tingling in his fingers and toes, and his fingers are in
a strange rigid position. What should be done?
a. Give the donor a beverage and cookies.
b. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.
c. Ask the donor to lie down and elevate his feet.
d. Administer oxygen immediately.
b. 1 hour - CORRECT ANSWERS When preparing cryoprecipitate from plasma, the
cryoprecipitate must be placed in the freezer within
___ after removal from the refrigerated centrifuge.
a. 15 minutes
b. 1 hour
c. 6 hours
d. 24 hours
b. Thawed plasma - CORRECT ANSWERS FFP thawed but not used can be relabeled to:
,a. Liquid plasma
b. Thawed plasma
c. Recovered plasma
d. Source plasma
c. EIA initial testing reactive, and one of the duplicate repeat results is reactive - CORRECT ANSWERS
Donated blood may NOT be used for allogeneic transfusion when HCV testing shows:
a. EIA initial testing reactive
b. EIA initial testing reactive and RNA testing nonreactive
c. EIA initial testing reactive, and one of the duplicate repeat results is reactive
d. EIA initial tesling is reactive, and both of the duplicate repeat results are nonreactive
b. 9 - CORRECT ANSWERS With nucleic acid testing, the window period of HIV is
approximately how many days?
a. 5
b. 9
C. 16
d. 22
c. Infection is clear - CORRECT ANSWERS The following hepatitis B testing results indicates:
HBsAG=Non-reactive, Anti-HBc=Reactive, Anti-HBs=Reactive, HBV DNA=Non-reactive
a. Acute infection
b. Chronic infection
c. Infection is clear
d. Recurring infection
e. The person has received hepatitis B vaccination
, b. Chronic infection - CORRECT ANSWERS The following hepatitis C testing results indicates:
HCV RNA=Reactive, Anti-HCV (IgM)=Nonreactive,
Anti-HCV (lgG)=Reactive
a. Acute infection
b. Chronic infection
c. Infection resolved
d. Recurring infection
b. Autosomal recessive inheritance - CORRECT ANSWERS A family study consists of 4
daughters, 4 sons, and 12 grandchildren. One son and one daughter have an inherited genetic disorder
that is not present in any of the grandchildren. This is an example of:
a. Sex-linked dominant inheritance
b. Autosomal recessive inheritance
c. Autosomal dominant inheritance
d. Non-paternity
c. Crossing over - CORRECT ANSWERS A disease is linked to the ABO system. The pedigree
demonstrates:
a. Parental haplotye
b. Linkage disequilibrium
c. Crossing over
d. Nondisjunction
c. Fathers to 100% of sons and no daughters - CORRECT ANSWERS A trait carried on the Y
chromosome will be passed from:
a. Fathers to 50% of sons or daughters
