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MMSC402 Exam 2 Practice Questions

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Which confirmatory test would you expect to perform on a dark yellow urine producing yellow foam?
A) Ictotest
B) Acetest
C) Clinitest
D) leukocyte esterase
A) Ictotest
Morphologic changes in the glomeruli are seen in all these conditions EXCEPT _______________________.
A) Glomerular basement thickening
B) Acute pyelonephritis
C) Leukocytic infiltration
D) Cellular proliferation
B) Acute pyelonephritis
Secondary glomerular diseases include which types of disorders?
A) Systemic
B) metabolic
C) immunologic
D) hereditary
A) Systemic
What type of morphologic change results in the accumulation of a homogeneous eosinophilic extracellular material in the glomeruli?
A) Glomerular basement membrane thickening
B) Hyalinization of glomeruli
C) Leukocyte infiltration
D) Cellular proliferation
B) Hyalinization of glomeruli
The pathogenesis of all of the following forms of primary glomerulonephritis is antibody mediated except ________________.
A) acute glomerulonephritis.
B) rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.
C) Minimal change disease.
D) membranous glomerulonephritis.
C) Minimal change disease.
The stain most commonly used to enhance visualization of urine sediment is ___________________.
A) Sternheimer-Malbin.
B) Prussian blue.
C) Sudan III.
D) Hansel stain.
A) Sternheimer-Malbin.
As the technologist is scanning for casts, she notes several hyaline-looking casts with a few yellowish cells that appear to be embedded in the matrix. She also notes several muddy brown casts. After closer inspection, the technologist reports out which of the following?
A) Bilirubin cast
B) Renal epithelial cast
C) WBC cast
D) RBC cast
D) RBC cast
A urine crystal that is not considered clinically significant is __________________.
A) cysteine.
B) tyrosine.
C) cholesterol.
D) leucine.
C) cholesterol.
Which of the following microscopy techniques is used to confirm the presence of fat (i.e., cholesterol)?
A) Polarizing
B) Phase-contrast
C) Interference contrast
D) brightfield
A) Polarizing
Which type of crystal is found in acidic urine?
A) triple phosphate
B) amorphous phosphates
C) Calcium oxalate
D) calcium carbonate
C) Calcium oxalate
Leukocyte Esterase positivity on a urine test strip directly measures the presence of WBCs. Indirectly, it indicates the presence of ______________________.
A) Bacteria
B) RBCs
C) protein
D) specific gravity
A) Bacteria
Microalbumin is an important measure of ________________________.
A) Early kidney disease
B) kidney stones
C) presence of bacteria
D) jaundice
A) Early kidney disease
(T or F) There is never a good reason to choose liquid or tablet tests over the use of reagent strips.
False
When using urine test strips, you should use ________________.
A) Uncentrifuged urine
B) centrifuged urine
C) filtered urine
A) Uncentrifuged urine
(T or F) When using urine test strips, the test for blood measures whole RBCs ONLY.
False
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