Heme Exam Questions and Answers 100%
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1. Which of the following can explain a decrease of erythrocytes? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Blood loss
QUESTION: Platelets and coagulation proteins are circulating
components responsible for what process? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Hemostasis
QUESTION: Which of the following cell types is commonly infected by
the HIV-1 virus? -
CORRECT ANSWER: CD4 cells
QUESTION: Cell lineage of leukemic blasts can be determined by: -
CORRECT ANSWER: Cytochemical stains and immunophenotyping
,QUESTION: Myelodysplastic syndromes are sometimes called pre-
leukemias because: -
CORRECT ANSWER: They have a progress induction into acute
leukemias
QUESTION: Which myeloproliferative disorder typically produces a
dramatic increase in all cell lines -
CORRECT ANSWER: PV
QUESTION: The 5q-syndrome frequently shows dysplasia in which cell
lineage? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Megakaryocytic
QUESTION: A patients blood smear shows oval macrocytes, a
dimorphic population and basophilic stippling. There are also 6% blasts
,in the peripheral blood. What is the presumptive classification based on
these findings -
CORRECT ANSWER: Refractory anemia with excess blasts-2
QUESTION: An unknown cell possesses the following characteristics:
blast like characteristics including open chromatin pattern, prominent
nucleoli, absence of granules and a high N:C ratio. based on this
information, what is the most prominent identity of the cell? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Type I Blast
QUESTION: A patient has been confirmed with B cell ALL.
Conformation of ALL subtype has been inconclusive based on the tests
conducted. Immunophenotyping has been ordered as a last means of
confirming the subtype. Which marker would be ideal to help
differentiate Pre-B cell ALL from Pro B cell ALL? -
CORRECT ANSWER: CD1o
, QUESTION: Large cells with abundant, intensely basophilic cytoplasm
with prominent cytoplasmic vacuolization are identified on a peripheral
smear. Multiple basophilic nucleoli are present. A starry sky appearance
is seen with fields of basophilic leukemic blasts with benign
macrophages that have ingested tumor cells. What leukemia should be
suspected with this morphology -
CORRECT ANSWER: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia-Burkitt-type
QUESTION: A patient 2 years of age presents with general fatigue,
pallor, fever, and wight loss. the morphological exam reveals a normal
leukocyte count, marked neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, with 35%
blasts. A bone marrow smear reveals hypercellularity with neoplastic
lymphoid cells. What cytochemical stain should be preformed on the
peripheral blood smear? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Sudan Black B, myeloperoxidase, and
nonspecific esterase
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1. Which of the following can explain a decrease of erythrocytes? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Blood loss
QUESTION: Platelets and coagulation proteins are circulating
components responsible for what process? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Hemostasis
QUESTION: Which of the following cell types is commonly infected by
the HIV-1 virus? -
CORRECT ANSWER: CD4 cells
QUESTION: Cell lineage of leukemic blasts can be determined by: -
CORRECT ANSWER: Cytochemical stains and immunophenotyping
,QUESTION: Myelodysplastic syndromes are sometimes called pre-
leukemias because: -
CORRECT ANSWER: They have a progress induction into acute
leukemias
QUESTION: Which myeloproliferative disorder typically produces a
dramatic increase in all cell lines -
CORRECT ANSWER: PV
QUESTION: The 5q-syndrome frequently shows dysplasia in which cell
lineage? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Megakaryocytic
QUESTION: A patients blood smear shows oval macrocytes, a
dimorphic population and basophilic stippling. There are also 6% blasts
,in the peripheral blood. What is the presumptive classification based on
these findings -
CORRECT ANSWER: Refractory anemia with excess blasts-2
QUESTION: An unknown cell possesses the following characteristics:
blast like characteristics including open chromatin pattern, prominent
nucleoli, absence of granules and a high N:C ratio. based on this
information, what is the most prominent identity of the cell? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Type I Blast
QUESTION: A patient has been confirmed with B cell ALL.
Conformation of ALL subtype has been inconclusive based on the tests
conducted. Immunophenotyping has been ordered as a last means of
confirming the subtype. Which marker would be ideal to help
differentiate Pre-B cell ALL from Pro B cell ALL? -
CORRECT ANSWER: CD1o
, QUESTION: Large cells with abundant, intensely basophilic cytoplasm
with prominent cytoplasmic vacuolization are identified on a peripheral
smear. Multiple basophilic nucleoli are present. A starry sky appearance
is seen with fields of basophilic leukemic blasts with benign
macrophages that have ingested tumor cells. What leukemia should be
suspected with this morphology -
CORRECT ANSWER: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia-Burkitt-type
QUESTION: A patient 2 years of age presents with general fatigue,
pallor, fever, and wight loss. the morphological exam reveals a normal
leukocyte count, marked neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, with 35%
blasts. A bone marrow smear reveals hypercellularity with neoplastic
lymphoid cells. What cytochemical stain should be preformed on the
peripheral blood smear? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Sudan Black B, myeloperoxidase, and
nonspecific esterase
