SBB ASCP Practice Test: Questions

SBB ASCP Practice Test: Questions&

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A donor experiences perioral paresthesia during an apheresis procedure.Which of the following should be performed?

• Increase the flow rate.
• Reduce the flow rate.
• Elevate the donor's feet.
• Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.

(Ans- b. Reduce the flow rate.

A unit of autologous blood tested repeatedly reactive for HBsAg. The patient is scheduled for surgery in three days. What action should be taken?

• Discard the unit.
• Send the unit with a biohazard label and "autologous use only."
• Obtain a written request from the patient's physician and send the unit

with a biohazard label and "autologous use only."

• Wait for confirmatory testing before contacting physician to see what he

wants to do.(Ans- c. Obtain a written request from the patient's physician and send the unit with a biohazard label and "autologous use only."

Which of the following individuals can be accepted for allogeneic blood donation?

• Male, age 72, Hb 13.5, BP 124/88
• Female, age 22, Hb 14.0, spontaneous abortion 5 weeks ago
• Female, age 37, Hb 12.2, BP 160/116
• Male, age 61, Hb 12, cardiac bypass surgery 4 years ago
• Female, age 61, Hb 13.5, breast cancer 5 years ago

(Ans- a. Male, age 72, Hb 13.5, BP 124/88

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A 64-year-old male prospective donor states that he had a positive TB skin test one year ago. When further questioned, he states that the x-ray was done and was negative with no other abnormal

findings. You should:

• Accept the donor.
• Defer the donor for 6 months.
• Defer the donor for 1 year.
• Defer the donor indefinitely.

(Ans- a. Accept the donor.

A 27-year old truck driver has just finished donating blood and complained of tingling in his fingers and toes, and his fingers are in a strange rigid position. What should be done?

• Give the donor a beverage and cookies.
• Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.
• Ask the donor to lie down and elevate his feet.
• Administer oxygen immediately.

(Ans- b. Have the donor breathe into a paper bag.

When preparing cryoprecipitate from plasma, the cryoprecipitate must be placed in the freezer within ___ after removal from the refrigerated centrifuge.

• 15 minutes
• 1 hour
• 6 hours
• 24 hours

(Ans- b. 1 hour

FFP thawed but not used can be relabeled to:

• Liquid plasma
• Thawed plasma
• Recovered plasma
• Source plasma

(Ans- b. Thawed plasma

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Donated blood may NOT be used for allogeneic transfusion when HCV

testing shows:

• EIA initial testing reactive
• EIA initial testing reactive and RNA testing nonreactive
• EIA initial testing reactive, and one of the duplicate repeat results is

reactive

• EIA initial tesling is reactive, and both of the duplicate repeat results are

nonreactive (Ans- c. EIA initial testing reactive, and one of the duplicate repeat results is reactive

With nucleic acid testing, the window period of HIV is approximately how many days?

• 5
• 9
• 16
• 22

(Ans- b. 9

The following hepatitis B testing results indicates:

HBsAG=Non-reactive, Anti-HBc=Reactive, Anti-HBs=Reactive, HBV DNA=Non-reactive

• Acute infection
• Chronic infection
• Infection is clear
• Recurring infection
• The person has received hepatitis B vaccination

(Ans- c. Infection is clear

The following hepatitis C testing results indicates:

HCV RNA=Reactive, Anti-HCV (IgM)=Nonreactive, Anti-HCV (lgG)=Reactive

• Acute infection
• Chronic infection
• Infection resolved 3 / 4

• Recurring infection

(Ans- b. Chronic infection

A family study consists of 4 daughters, 4 sons, and 12 grandchildren. One son and one daughter have an inherited genetic disorder that is not present

in any of the grandchildren. This is an example of:

• Sex-linked dominant inheritance
• Autosomal recessive inheritance
• Autosomal dominant inheritance
• Non-paternity

(Ans- b. Autosomal recessive inheritance

A disease is linked to the ABO system. The pedigree demonstrates:

• Parental haplotye
• Linkage disequilibrium
• Crossing over
• Nondisjunction

(Ans- c. Crossing over

A trait carried on the Y chromosome will be passed from:

• Fathers to 50% of sons or daughters
• fathers to 100% of sons and 50% of daughters
• Fathers to 100% of sons and no daughters
• Fathers to 100% of daughters and no sons

(Ans- c. Fathers to 100% of sons and no daughters

A man who is genotype AO married a genotype 00 woman. What is the probability that their first child will be type A?

• 12.5%
• 25%

C. 50%

• 75%

(Ans- C. 50%

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