Test Bank for Urinalysis and Body
Fluids
7th Edition by Strasinger & Lorenzo, Chapters 1 - 17
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Basic Principles
1. Safety and Quality
Management
2. Urine and Body
Fluid Analysis
Automation
3. Introduction to
Urinalysis
4. Renal Function
II. Urinalysis
5. Physical
Examination of Urine
6. Chemical
Examination of Urine
7. Microscopic
Examination of Urine
8. Renal Disease
,9. Urine Screening for Metabolic Disorders
III. Other Body Fluids
10. Cerebrospinal Fluid
11. Semen
12. Synovial Fluid
13. Serous Fluid
14. Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
15. Amniotic Fluid
16. Fecal Analysis
17. Vaginal Secretions
,Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management
Multiple Choice
1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
A. Carcinogen exposure
B. Strained back
C. Viral infection
D. Shock
ANS: A
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards
2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
A. Electrical shock
B. Broken tube
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D
DIF: Level 2
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards
3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of
infection?
A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry
D. Point of exit
ANS: B
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
, 4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method
ANS: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand.
Your supervisor removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties
for the day, citing chain of infection protocols. Why is your supervisor
concerned about the cut on your hand?
A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces
ANS: C
DIF: Level 3
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should
consider all patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
A. Urinalysis precautions
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions
C. Standard precautions
D. Body fluid precautions
ANS: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-3
TOP: Standard precautions
7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
recommends that universal precautions be followed when
encountering:
A. Specimens containing visible blood
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
Fluids
7th Edition by Strasinger & Lorenzo, Chapters 1 - 17
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Basic Principles
1. Safety and Quality
Management
2. Urine and Body
Fluid Analysis
Automation
3. Introduction to
Urinalysis
4. Renal Function
II. Urinalysis
5. Physical
Examination of Urine
6. Chemical
Examination of Urine
7. Microscopic
Examination of Urine
8. Renal Disease
,9. Urine Screening for Metabolic Disorders
III. Other Body Fluids
10. Cerebrospinal Fluid
11. Semen
12. Synovial Fluid
13. Serous Fluid
14. Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
15. Amniotic Fluid
16. Fecal Analysis
17. Vaginal Secretions
,Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management
Multiple Choice
1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
A. Carcinogen exposure
B. Strained back
C. Viral infection
D. Shock
ANS: A
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards
2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
A. Electrical shock
B. Broken tube
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D
DIF: Level 2
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards
3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of
infection?
A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry
D. Point of exit
ANS: B
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
, 4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method
ANS: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand.
Your supervisor removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties
for the day, citing chain of infection protocols. Why is your supervisor
concerned about the cut on your hand?
A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces
ANS: C
DIF: Level 3
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should
consider all patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
A. Urinalysis precautions
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions
C. Standard precautions
D. Body fluid precautions
ANS: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-3
TOP: Standard precautions
7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
recommends that universal precautions be followed when
encountering:
A. Specimens containing visible blood
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
