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All of the following are true regarding hematopoiesis except….

A. In children, it is confined to the yellow or fatty marrow

B. In adults it is confined to the axial skeleton and proximal humerus and femur

C. Under extreme conditions embryonic patterns may occur

D. The bone marrow is the only blood cell producing organ at birth

A

A. In children, it is confined to the yellow or fatty marrow

1
Q

All of the following could be features of megaloblastic anemia except…

A. Low serum B12 or folate

B. Microcystosis (decreased MCV)

C. Pancytopenia

D. Hypersegmented neutrophils

A

B. Microcystosis (decreased MCV)

2
Q

All of the following are asso w/ megaloblasice anemia except…

A. Phenytoin

B. ethanol

C. Aspirin

D. Methotrexate

A

C. Aspirin

3
Q

All of the following are characteristics of aplastic anemia except…

A. Causation by radiation exposure

B. Peripheral blood pancytopenia

C. Bone marrow hypoplasia

D. Reticulocytosis

A

D. Reticulocytosis

4
Q

All of the following have been asso w/ aplastic anemia except…

A. Gold

B. chloramphenicol

C. Acetone

D. Felbamate

A

D. Felbamate

5
Q

A defect in the synthesis of the porphyrin ring of heme can produce…

A. Iron precipitation within mitochondria

B. Sideroblastic anemia

C. Accumulation of iron in the bone marrow

D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

6
Q

All of the following are true of carboxyhemaglobin except…

A. Low conc can be cytoprotective during inflammatory stress…

B. Symptoms appear at levels of 3%

C. The oxygen-disassociation curve is shifted to the left

D. Smoking during pregnancy could produce levels in the fetus that decrease tissue oxygenation

A

B. Symptoms appear at levels of 3%

7
Q

Methemoglobin can reversibly bind all of the following ions except…

A. Calcium

B. Azide

C. Sulfide

D. Cyanide

A

A. Calcium

8
Q

Infectious diseases causing direct hemolysis of red blood cells include all of the following except…

A. Malaria

B. Babesiosis

C. Chlamydial urethritis

D. Bartonellosis

A

C. Chlamydial urethritis

9
Q

During oxidative hemolysis of red blood cells, the ferric iron in heme can react with chloride to form a complex called…

A. Heinz bodies

B. Hemin

C. Hemosiderin

D. Beta-2-macroglobulin

A

B. Hemin

10
Q

The major enzymes that protect against oxidative injury in red blood cells include all of the following except…

A. Aldehyde reductase

B. superoxide dismutase

C. Glutathione peroxidase

D. NADH-diaphorase

A

A. Aldehyde reductase

11
Q

All of the following have been asso w/ ox stress in RBCs except…

A. Primaquine

B. ethanol

C. Dapsone

D. Nitrofurantoin

A

B. ethanol

12
Q

Snake venom produces…

A. Oxidative hemolytic anemia

B. Nonoxidative chemical-induced hemolytic anemia

C. Immune hemolytic anemia

D. All of the above

A

B. Nonoxidative chemical-induced hemolytic anemia

13
Q

All of the following are mechanisms for drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia except..

A. Hapten

B. Conformational change in erythrocyte membrane

C. Schistocyte formation

D. Drug-induced autoantibody

A

C. Schistocyte formation

14
Q

An enzyme that markedly increases in the serum after hemolysis is…

A. Alkaline phosphatase

B. creatine phosphokinase

C. Acid phosphatase

D. Lactate dehydrogenase

A

D. Lactate dehydrogenase

15
Q

Eosinophilia is seen in all of the following conditions except…

A. Toxic oil syndrome

B. Contaminated tryptophan preparations

C. Megoblastic anemia

D. Drug allergic reactions

A

C. Megoblastic anemia

16
Q

All of the following are true of neutrophils except…

A. A ‘shift to the right’ occurs during major infection

B. serious infections can occur when counts fall below 500/ul

C. G-CSF regulates both PMN production and release from bone marrow

D. Bands and metamyelocytes are immature forms that can appear in the peripheral blood during infection

A

A. A ‘shift to the right’ occurs during major infection

17
Q

An inhibition of CXR-chemokine ligand CXCR4 will be expected to…

A. Mobilize stem cells from the bone marrow

B. Mobilize mature neutrophils from BM

C. Treat the myelotoxicity of cancer chemo

D. All of the above.

A

D. All of the above.

18
Q

Which of the following is most likely to cause neutropenia?

A. Lithium carbonate

B. Lindane

C. Dexamethasone

D. Hydrocortisone

A

B. Lindane

19
Q

All of the following inhibit phagocytosis except…

A. Glucocorticoids

B. Ethanol

C. Iohexol

D. Calcium ion

A

D. Calcium ion

20
Q

All of the following are true regarding idiosyncratic toxic neutropenia except…

A. It may or may not be dose related

B. toxicants that do not affect uncommitted stem cells are asso w/ better outcome

C. It usually persists for months after drug withdrawal

D. The immunologic form is more common in women and the elderly

A

C. It usually persists for months after drug withdrawal

21
Q

All of the following agents affect stem cells except…

A. Aminopyrine

B. gold

C. Chloramphenicol

D. Phenylbutazone

A

A. Aminopyrine

22
Q

Which of the following is true for clozapine-induced agranulocytosis?

A. The incidence, even with frequent monitoring is 6%

B. A genetic predisposition has been established

C. Olanzapine causes agranulocytosis by the same mechanism

D. All of the above

A

B. A genetic predisposition has been established

23
Q

All of the following are true of immune neutropenia except…

A. The incidence is considerably higher than immune hemolytic anemia

B. direct antigeanulocyte antibodies are difficult to measure

C. Antigen-antibody reactions can lead to the destruction of peripheral WBCs

D. Propylthiouracil causes neutropenia by this mechanism

A

A. The incidence is considerably higher than immune hemolytic anemia

24
Q

Deletions in chromosomes 5 and 7 occur at a low frequency in…

A. AML secondary to alkalating agents

B. AML secondary to benzine

C. AML secondary to topoII inhibitors

D. Non-toxicant and non-chemotherapy-related AML

A

D. Non-toxicant and non-chemotherapy-related AML

25
Q

The two conditions most frequently asso w/ drug or chemical exposure is…

A. AML and CLL

B. AML and ALL

C. AML and MDS

D. AML and CML

A

C. AML and MDS

26
Q

Current theories on the origin of AML suggest…

A. Its a multievent progression

B. It is caused by an infectious RNA virus

C. In utero exposure to a toxicant is necessary for development

D. None of the above

A

A. Its a multievent progression

27
Q

For which of the following drugs is causation data for AML inconclusive?

A. Cyclophosphamide

B. busilfan

C. Chlorambucil

D. None of the above

A

D. None of the above

28
Q

There is evidence that xylene causes…

A. CLL

B. CML

C. ALL

D. None of the above

A

D. None of the above

29
Q

All of the following are asso w/ heparin-induced thrombocytopenia except…

A. Formation of an immune complex that binds to platelets

B. retroperitoneal hematomas

C. Arterial thrombosis

D. Venous thrombosis

A

B. retroperitoneal hematomas

30
Q

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) has been asso w/ all of the following except…

A. Cocaine

B. hydrochlorothiazide

C. Ticlopidine

D. Clopidogrel

A

B. hydrochlorothiazide

31
Q

All of the following are asso w/ an increased risk of bleeding except…

A. Asprin

B. ibuprofen

C. Vit B6

D. N-methylthiotetrazole ceohalosporins

A

C. Vit B6

32
Q

All of the following will decrease bleeding except…

A. Nadolol

B. Aprotinin

C. Aminocaproic acid

D. Transexamic acid

A

A. Nadolol

33
Q

All of the following are true of lupus anticoagulates except…

A. They are antibodies that interfere with coag rxns

B. they potentiate procoagulant mechanisms

C. They cause severe bleeding

D. They can be induced by procainamide and hydralazine

A

C. They cause severe bleeding

34
Q

All of the following are true of heparin except…

A. Unfractionated heparin causes a higher incidence of thrombocytopenia

B. it causes osteoporosis

C. It crosses the placenta

D. It causes transaminase elevations

A

C. It crosses the placenta

35
Q

To detect one adverse event in a clinical trial that occurs at a frequency of 1% at a 95% confidence level, how many test subjects need to be exposed?

A. 100

B. 300

C. 500

D. 1000

A

B. 300

36
Q

A hematologic problem detected through postmarketing surveillance was…

A. Bleeding and urokinase

B. acute allergy and streptokinase

C. Aplastic anemia and felbamate

D. Leukopenia and transexamic acid

A

C. Aplastic anemia and felbamate

37
Q

A grading system for hematologic toxicity was established in 1979 by…

A. WHO

B. FDA

C. EPA

D. OSHA

A

A. WHO

38
Q

Serial blood and bone marrow sampling is best done in…

A. Hamster

B. rat

C. Dog

D. Mouse

A

C. Dog

39
Q

All of the following are advantages of in vitro bone marrow assays except…

A. Can examine effects on myeloid, erythroid and platelet precursors

B. can predict pharmacokinetics in humans

C. Can examine combinations of chemicals

D. Can make interspecies comparisons

A

B. can predict pharmacokinetics in humans

40
Q

A chemical causing nonoxidative chemical-induced hemolysis of red blood cells is…

A. Hydrogen sulfide

B. arsine

C. Ozone

D. Xylene

A

B. arsine

41
Q

Drug-induced immunohemolytic anemia is asso w/ all of the following except…

A. Alpha-methyldopa

B. Warfarin

C. Penicillin

D. Quinidine

A

B. Warfarin

42
Q

The hemolytic uremic syndrome has been linked to…

A. Endotoxin-producing P. aeruginosa

B. Tetrodotoxin

C. Emetic toxins from B. cerus

D. Verocytotoxin from E. coli

A

D. Verocytotoxin from E. coli

43
Q

Acetominophen overdose would affect the clotting factor with the shortest half-life, which would be…

A. II

B. VII

C. IX

D. X

A

B. VII

44
Q

All of the following are asso w/ warfarin except…

A. Hepatitis

B. congenital abnormalities

C. Bone demineralization

D. Skin necrosis

A

A. Hepatitis

45
Q

All of the following are true of methemoglobin except…

A. Methylene Blue is not an effective antidote in G6PD deficiency

B. the predominant detoxication pathway involves methemoglobin reductase and NADPH

C. Most patients tolerate low levels of methemoglobin without clinical symptoms

D. Aniline dyes are causative agents

A

B. the predominant detoxication pathway involves methemoglobin reductase and NADPH

46
Q

The hemoglobin-oxygen dissociation curve is shifted to the left by…

A. Fever

B. Acidosis

C. Hypophosphatemia

D. 2,3-BPG

A

C. Hypophosphatemia

47
Q

The presence of schistocytes on a perpherial blood smear is indicative of…

A. Iron deficiency

B. lead poisoning

C. Malaria

D. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

A

D. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

48
Q

Oxidative injury to red blood cells is most severe in humans with a deficiency of…

A. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

B. Cytochrome P450 2E1

C. Aspartate transaminase

D. Creatine phospokinase

A

A. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

49
Q

In the human fetus, hematopoiesis can occur in all of the following organs except…

A. Liver

B. Lung

C. Spleen

D. Thymus

A

B. Lung

50
Q

An imbalance in the production of alpha and beta globulin chains is the basis for…

A. Iron deficiency anemias

B. Congenital thalassemia

C. Sideroblastic anemias

D. Megaloblastic anemia

A

B. Congenital thalassemia

51
Q

Ringed sideroblasts are characteristic of anemias caused by…

A. Alpha methyldopa

B. Phenytoin

C. Lead

D. Folate deficiency

A

C. Lead

52
Q

Pure red cell aplasia is caused by all of the following except…

A. Isoniazid

B. acetaminophen

C. Phenytoin

D. Azathioprine

A

B. acetaminophen