Deck 6: Chemistry

Question 1

Excessive fat in blood that gives a milky appearance in the plasma is called ____________________.

Answer 1

dyslipidemia
hyperlipidemia
lipemia

Question 2

Physicians use which of the following lipid results as the best predictive indicator of possible future myocardial infarct (MI)?

A) High-density lipoprotein (HDL) value
B) Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) value
C) Cholesterol value
D) Cholesterol/HDL ratio

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The hormone produced by the pancreas to lower blood glucose is __________________.

Answer 3

insulin

Question 4

________________ include sugars and starches.

Question 5

The hormone produced by the pancreas to raise blood glucose is ___________________.

Question 6

Elevated blood sugar is called ____________________.

Question 7

Which of the following occult blood tests does not require a restrictive diet prior to testing because it uses an antibody-antigen reaction to detect human blood rather than the guaiac methods, which detect any blood (i.e., red meat in the stool)?

A) Colocare method with testing sheets placed in the toilet after three separate bowel movements to be read within 30 seconds and recorded as positive or negative
B) iFOB method using a sampling probe that is placed in a solution and sent back to the lab for testing
C) Coloscreen III method that applies three separate fecal samples onto three testing cards that are then returned to the lab for testing
D) All the occult blood tests restrict the eating of red meat before and during the testing period.

Question 8

Excessively high blood insulin levels is referred to as ____________________.

Question 9

Man-made hydrogenated fats are called ____________________.

Question 10

An elevated glycosylated hemoglobin A₁c test result indicates:

A) not enough oxygen in the hemoglobin.
B) poor glucose control over the past 2 months.
C) excessive glucose intake over the last 24 hours.
D) oxygen overload.

Question 11

Which of the following abbreviations is not related to glucose testing?

A) GTT
B) VLDL
C) OGTT
D) FBG (FBS)
E) Hgb A1c

Question 12

_______________ is cholesterol manufactured in the liver.

Question 13

Cholesterol derived from the diet is ____________________.

Question 14

Which of the following analytes would not be part of an I-STAT CHEM8+ panel?

A) Electrolytes: Cl-, Na+, K+
B) Alcohol
C) Creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
D) Hemoglobin (Hgb) and hematocrit (HCT)
E) Glucose

Question 15

_______________ is the stored form of glucose especially found in muscles and the liver.

Question 16

Which of the following groups are allowed to be eaten2 days before collecting the fecal specimen used for the Hemoccult blood test?

A) Chicken, fish, and eggs
B) Vitamin C, alcohol, and aspirin
C) Cauliflower, broccoli, turnips, parsnips, and melons
D) Red and partially cooked meats

Question 17

Which of the following will not cause a liquid control to fall out of range?

A) Reagents stored at wrong temperature or expired
B) Failure of patient to fast before collection of the specimen
C) Poor specimen processing or faulty technique
D) Instrument dirty or faulty

Question 18

People who do not exercise regularly, are overweight, and eat mostly saturated fats will probably increase their level of which of the following?

A) Albumin
B) Bad cholesterol (LDL)
C) Glucose
D) Good cholesterol (HDL)