CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

1.a volumetric pipette has an accuracy of:

a. 1:10
b. 1:100
c. 1:500
d. 1:1000
2.A pipette with a bulb to the delivery lip is used for viscous fluids and is called a:
a. Mohr pipette
b. Volumetric pipette
c. Lewis-dahn pipette
d. Ostwald- Follin pipette
3.The etched rings on the top of a pipette means:
a. The pipette should be allowed to drain and the last drop should remain in the pipette
b. The last drop is to be blown out after the pipettes drains
c. The pipette is color coded
d. The pipette is a volumetric pipette
4.Standard solution from which 99.95% of the chemical can be retrieved are referred to as:
a. Secondary standards
b. Primary standards
c. Lycphilized standards
d. Preset standards
5.When preparing solutions:
a. A percent solution can be prepared from a volumetric solution
b. A volumetric solution can be prepared from a percent solution
c. A triple beam balance and cylinder are necessary in the preparation of any type of solution
d. Only an analytical balance can be used in solution preparation
6.A solution in which the molecules of solute in solution are in equilibrium with excess undissolved
molecules
referred to as:
a. -
b. Concentrated
c. Saturated
d. Supersaturated
7.Pure water has pH of:
a. 5.0
b. 7.0
c. 7.4
d. 9.0
8.A 1x10-6 N solution of hydrochloric acid (HCI) has a pH of:
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 12
9.The statistical term that most specifically describes annlytical precision is the:
a. Mode
b. Mean
c. Median
d. Coefficient of varation
10. Quality control should be used with ali procedures to determine:
a. Accuracy
b. Reliability
c. Precision
d. Coefficient of varation
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12. A procedure has a 2 SD variation from a mean value. How many values from a normal
population will the
2.30 include:
a. 68.27%
b. 84.76%
c. 95.45%
d. 99.73%
13. Material with physical and chemical properties closely resembling the test specimen and
containing
concentrations of the substances being measured in known as:
a. Control
b. Standard
c. Calibrator
d. Reference
14. Optical density according to Beer’s law, is:
a. Inversely proportional to the concentration
b. Directly proportional to the concentration
c. Proportional to the square of the concentration
d. Proportional to the square root of the concentration
15. The difference between serum and plasma is the serum does not contain:
a. Thrombin
b. Fibrin
c. Fibrinogen
d. Calcium
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