BOC CHEMISTRY TEST | LATEST UPGRADE
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is defined as a glucose of:
a. <70 mg/dl
b. <60 mg/dl
c.<55 mg/dl
d.<45 mg/dl - ✔✔c
The following results are from a 21-year-old patient with a back injury who
appears otherwise healthy:
Whole blood glucose: 77 mg/dl
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,Serum glucose: 88 mg/dl
CSF glucose: 56 mg/dl
The best interpretation of these results is that:
a. the whole blood and serum values are expected but the csf value is elevated
b. the whole blood glucose value should be higher than the serum value
c. all values are consistent with a normal healthy individual
d. the serum and whole blood values should be identical - ✔✔c
The preparation of a patient for standard glucose tolerance testing should
include:
a. a high carbohydrate diet for 3 days
b. a low carbohydrate diet for 3 days
c. fasting for 48 hours prior to testing
d. bed rest for 3 days - ✔✔a
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,If a fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the following 2-hour postprandial
glucose results would most closely represent normal glucose metabolism?
a. 55 mg/dl
b. 100 mg/dl
c. 180 mg/dl
d. 260 mg/dl - ✔✔b
A healthy person with a blood glucose of 80 mg/dl (4.4 mmol/l) would have a
simultaneously determined cerebrospinal fluid glucose value of: .
a. 25 mg/dl
b. 50 mg/dl
c. 100 mg/dl
d. 150 mg/dl - ✔✔b
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, A 25-year-old man became nauseated and vomited 90 minutes after receiving a
standard 75 g carbohydrate dose for an oral glucose tolerance test. The best
course of action is to:
a. give the patient a glass of orange juice and continue the test
b. start the test over immediately with a 50 g carbohydrate dose
c. draw blood for glucose and discontinue test
d. place the patient in a recumbent position, reassure him and continue the test -
✔✔c
Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be:
a. refrigerated
b. analyzed immediatley
c. heated to 56*C
d. stored at room temperature after centrifugation - ✔✔b
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is defined as a glucose of:
a. <70 mg/dl
b. <60 mg/dl
c.<55 mg/dl
d.<45 mg/dl - ✔✔c
The following results are from a 21-year-old patient with a back injury who
appears otherwise healthy:
Whole blood glucose: 77 mg/dl
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,Serum glucose: 88 mg/dl
CSF glucose: 56 mg/dl
The best interpretation of these results is that:
a. the whole blood and serum values are expected but the csf value is elevated
b. the whole blood glucose value should be higher than the serum value
c. all values are consistent with a normal healthy individual
d. the serum and whole blood values should be identical - ✔✔c
The preparation of a patient for standard glucose tolerance testing should
include:
a. a high carbohydrate diet for 3 days
b. a low carbohydrate diet for 3 days
c. fasting for 48 hours prior to testing
d. bed rest for 3 days - ✔✔a
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,If a fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the following 2-hour postprandial
glucose results would most closely represent normal glucose metabolism?
a. 55 mg/dl
b. 100 mg/dl
c. 180 mg/dl
d. 260 mg/dl - ✔✔b
A healthy person with a blood glucose of 80 mg/dl (4.4 mmol/l) would have a
simultaneously determined cerebrospinal fluid glucose value of: .
a. 25 mg/dl
b. 50 mg/dl
c. 100 mg/dl
d. 150 mg/dl - ✔✔b
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, A 25-year-old man became nauseated and vomited 90 minutes after receiving a
standard 75 g carbohydrate dose for an oral glucose tolerance test. The best
course of action is to:
a. give the patient a glass of orange juice and continue the test
b. start the test over immediately with a 50 g carbohydrate dose
c. draw blood for glucose and discontinue test
d. place the patient in a recumbent position, reassure him and continue the test -
✔✔c
Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be:
a. refrigerated
b. analyzed immediatley
c. heated to 56*C
d. stored at room temperature after centrifugation - ✔✔b
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
