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Chemistry Certification

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This 2-hour postprandial glucose values demonstrates unequivocal hyperglycemia diagnostic for diabetes mellitus






2. A cardiac glycoside that is used in the treatment of congenital heart failure and arrhythmias by increasing the force and velocity of myocardial contraction is...






3. This would be an example of a glucose-specific colorimetric method






4. In using ion-exchange chromatographicbmethods - falsely increased levels of Hgb A1c will be demonstrated in presence of...






5. An increase in serum acetone is indicative of a defect in the metabolism of...






6. The protein portion of an enzyme complex is called the...






7. The most widely used support medium for electrophoretic separation of lipoproteins is...






8. The buffering capacity of blood is maintained by a reversible exchange process between bicarbonate and...






9. Kernicterus is an abnormal accumulation of bilirubin in...






10. Turbidity in serum suggests elevation of...






11. Measurement of total T4 by competitive protein binding or displacement is based on the specific binding properties of...






12. A true statement about high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is that it...






13. The most consistent analytical error involved in the routine determination of HDLcholesterol is caused by...






14. An automated method for measuring chloride that generates silver ions in the reaction is...






15. The major fraction of organic iodine in the circulation is in the form of...






16. How many grams of sodium chloride are needed to prepare 1 L of 0.9% normal saline?






17. The preparation of a patient for standard tolerance testing should include...






18. A 45-year-old woman complains of fatigue - heat intolerance - and hair loss. Serum thyroxine and 125I-T3 resin uptake are abnormally low. What test would confirm that this is a pituitary deficiency?






19. 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...






20. The TRH (thyrotropin-releasing hormone) stimulation test is useful in assessing...






21. In monitoring glomerular function - this test has the highest sensitivity






22. The concentration of serum carotene is affected MOST by...






23. A spectrophotometer is being considered for purchase by a small laboratory. This specification reflects the spectral purity of the instrument






24. Creatinine clearance is used to estimate the...






25. Technical problems encountered during the collection of an amniotic fluid specimen caused doubt as to whether the specimen was amniotic in origin. This procedure would establish that the fluid is amniotic in origin






26. A reciprocal relationship exists between...






27. A one MOLAL solution is equivalent to...






28. A 68-year-old man arrives in the emergency room with a glucose level of 722 mg/dL and serum acetone of 4+ undiluted. An arterial blood gas from this patient is likely to indicate...






29. The most heat labile fraction of alkaline phosphatase is obtained from...






30. Which two conditions can "physiologically" elevate serum alkaline phosphatase?






31. This serum constituent is unstable if a blood specimen is left standing at room temperature for 8 hours before processing






32. The first step in analyzing a 24-hour urine specimen for quantitative urine protein is...






33. Bromcresol purple at a pH of 5.2 is used in a colorimetric method to measure...






34. Serum haptoglobin...






35. The reason carbon monoxide is so toxic is because it...






36. Analysis of erythrocytes for uroporphyrinogen I synthetase detects...






37. This chemical determination may be of help in establishing the presence of seminal fluid






38. The primary function of serum albumin in the peripheral blood is to...






39. The normal concentration of proteins in cerebrospinal fluid - relative to serum protein - is...






40. Most drugs and intracellular metabolites measured by radioimmunoassay have molecular weights between 200 and 1000 and can be made immunogenic by...






41. This electrolyte is the chief plasma cation whose main function is maintaining osmotic pressure






42. The formation of estriol in a pregnant woman is dependent on...






43. A 21-year-old man with nausea - vomiting - and jaundice has the following laboratory findings: Total serum bilirubin level: 8.5 mg/dL (normal - 0-1.0) Conjugated serum bilirubin level: 6.1 mg/dL (normal - 0-0.5) Urine urobilinogen: Increased Fecal u






44. In competitive inhibition of an enzyme reaction the...






45. The expected blood gas results for a patient in chronic renal failure would match the pattern of...






46. This lipid results would be expected to be falsely elevated on a serum specimen from a nonfasting patient






47. A person suspected of having metabolic alkalosis would have these laboratory findings






48. What substance gives feces its normal color?






49. When myocardial infarction occurs - the first enzyme to become elevated is...






50. A pH of 7.0 represents a H+ concentration of...







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