ASCP Chemistry Certification
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,CARBOHYDRATES
1. Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is
defined as a glucose of: - answer: <45 mg/dL (<2.5
mmol/L)
2. The following results are from a 21 year-old patient
with a back injury who appears otherwise healthy:
Whole Blood Glucose: 77 mg/dL (4.2 mmol/L)
Serum Glucose: 88 mg/dL (4.8 mmol/L)
CSF Glucose: 56 mg/dL (3.1 mmol/L
The best interpretation of these results is that: - answer:
All values are consistent with a normal healthy individual
3. The preparation of a patient for standard glucose
tolerance testing should include: - answer: A high
carbohydrate diet for 3 days
4. If a fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the
following 2-hour postprandial glucose results would most
closely represent normal glucose metabolism? - answer:
100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
5. 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: - answer: 50 mg/dL
(2.3 mmol/L)
,6. 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: - answer: Draw blood for glucose and
discontinue test
7. Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be: -
answer: Analyzed immediately
8. Which of the following 2-hour postprandial glucose
values demonstrates unequivocal hyperglycemia
diagnostic for diabetes mellitus? - answer: 200 mg/dL
(11.0 mmol/L)
9. Serum levels that define hypoglycemia in pre-term or
low birth weight infants are: - answer: Lower than adults
10. A 45-year-old woman has a fasting serum glucose
concentration of 95 mg/dL (5.2 mmol/L) and a 2-hour
postprandial glucose concentration of 105 mg/dL (5.8
mmol/L). The statement which best describes this
patient's fasting serum glucose concentration is: - answer:
Normal; reflecting glycogen breakdown by the liver
11. Pregnant women with symptoms of thirst, frequent
urination or unexplained weight loss would have which of
the following tests performed? - answer: Glucose
tolerance test
, 12. In the fasting state, the arterial and capillary blood
glucose concentration varies from the venous glucose
concentration by approximately how many mg/dL
(mmol/L)? - answer: 5 mg/dL (0 .27 mmol/L) higher
13. The conversion of glucose or other hexoses into
lactate or pyruvate is called : - answer: Glycolysis
14. Which one of the following values obtained during a
glucose tolerance test are diagnostic of diabetes mellitus?
- answer: Fasting plasma glucose = 126 mg/dL (6.9
mmol/L)
15. The glycated hemoglobin value represents the
integrated values of glucose concentration during the
preceding : - answer: 6-8 weeks
16. Monitoring long-term glucose control in patient s with
adult onset diabetes mellitus can best be accomplished by
measuring: - answer: Hgb A1C
17. A patient with Type I, insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus has the following results:
Test Patient Referenced range
FBS: 150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/dL) 70-110 mg/dL (mmol/dL)
Hgb A1C: 8.5% 4.0 % - 6.0%
Fructosamine: 2.5 mmol/dL 2.0 - 2.9 mmol/dL
Mastery: Comprehensive
Analytes Review + Lab
Method Optimization | Quick
Recall System & Clinical
Applications | Latest Update
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
,CARBOHYDRATES
1. Following overnight fasting, hypoglycemia in adults is
defined as a glucose of: - answer: <45 mg/dL (<2.5
mmol/L)
2. The following results are from a 21 year-old patient
with a back injury who appears otherwise healthy:
Whole Blood Glucose: 77 mg/dL (4.2 mmol/L)
Serum Glucose: 88 mg/dL (4.8 mmol/L)
CSF Glucose: 56 mg/dL (3.1 mmol/L
The best interpretation of these results is that: - answer:
All values are consistent with a normal healthy individual
3. The preparation of a patient for standard glucose
tolerance testing should include: - answer: A high
carbohydrate diet for 3 days
4. If a fasting glucose was 90 mg/dL, which of the
following 2-hour postprandial glucose results would most
closely represent normal glucose metabolism? - answer:
100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L)
5. 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: - answer: 50 mg/dL
(2.3 mmol/L)
,6. 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: - answer: Draw blood for glucose and
discontinue test
7. Cerebrospinal fluid for glucose assay should be: -
answer: Analyzed immediately
8. Which of the following 2-hour postprandial glucose
values demonstrates unequivocal hyperglycemia
diagnostic for diabetes mellitus? - answer: 200 mg/dL
(11.0 mmol/L)
9. Serum levels that define hypoglycemia in pre-term or
low birth weight infants are: - answer: Lower than adults
10. A 45-year-old woman has a fasting serum glucose
concentration of 95 mg/dL (5.2 mmol/L) and a 2-hour
postprandial glucose concentration of 105 mg/dL (5.8
mmol/L). The statement which best describes this
patient's fasting serum glucose concentration is: - answer:
Normal; reflecting glycogen breakdown by the liver
11. Pregnant women with symptoms of thirst, frequent
urination or unexplained weight loss would have which of
the following tests performed? - answer: Glucose
tolerance test
, 12. In the fasting state, the arterial and capillary blood
glucose concentration varies from the venous glucose
concentration by approximately how many mg/dL
(mmol/L)? - answer: 5 mg/dL (0 .27 mmol/L) higher
13. The conversion of glucose or other hexoses into
lactate or pyruvate is called : - answer: Glycolysis
14. Which one of the following values obtained during a
glucose tolerance test are diagnostic of diabetes mellitus?
- answer: Fasting plasma glucose = 126 mg/dL (6.9
mmol/L)
15. The glycated hemoglobin value represents the
integrated values of glucose concentration during the
preceding : - answer: 6-8 weeks
16. Monitoring long-term glucose control in patient s with
adult onset diabetes mellitus can best be accomplished by
measuring: - answer: Hgb A1C
17. A patient with Type I, insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus has the following results:
Test Patient Referenced range
FBS: 150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/dL) 70-110 mg/dL (mmol/dL)
Hgb A1C: 8.5% 4.0 % - 6.0%
Fructosamine: 2.5 mmol/dL 2.0 - 2.9 mmol/dL
