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NR 507 ANEMIA EXAM
Question: Which of the following is considered a
microcytic anemia?
Correct answer: Iron deficiency.
Question: Which of the following indices measures the
average size of red blood cells?
Correct answer: MCV (mean corpuscular volume).
Question: Which of the following microcytic anemias is
characterized by hyperchromic RBCs?
Correct answer: Hereditary spherocytosis.
Question: The terms normocytic, microcytic, and
macrocytic characterizes red blood cells by their __?
Correct answer: Size.
Question: Which of the following would normocytic-
normochromic indicate?
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Correct answer: The cell is normal in size and normal in
hemoglobin level.
Question: Which of the following symptoms reflect
decreased tissue oxygenation as an effect of anemia?
Correct answer: Dizziness, Dyspnea, Weakness.
Question: Anemia can be caused from which of the
following? (Select all that apply.)
Correct answer: Excessive blood loss, Impaired red blood
cell production, Increased red blood cell destruction.
Question: Which of the following anemias can be
categorized as microcytic-hypochromic? (Select all that apply.)
Correct answer: Sideroblastic anemia, Iron deficiency
anemia, Anemia of inflammation and chronic disease.
Question: Which of the following is a cause of hemolytic
anemia? (Select all that apply.)
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Correct answer: Drugs, Transfusion reaction, Infection.
Question: Which of the following statements are correct
regarding thalassemia?
Correct answer: May have many possible genetic
mutations.
Question: In pernicious anemia, the RBCs are not high in
number but are larger in size.
Correct answer: True; MCV.
Question: In folic acid deficiency, the cells are enlarged.
Correct answer: True.
Question: One of the common precipitating factors of
folate deficiency is alcohol abuse.
Correct answer: True.
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Question: Loss of vibratory sense in a patient with
Vitamin B-12 deficiency is due to which of the following pathophysiological changes?
Correct answer: Posterior and lateral column spinal cord
changes due to nerve demyelination.
Question: A non-megaloblastic anemia would be caused
by
Correct answer: Liver disease.
Question: Folic acid is essential to the body because it:
Correct answer: Plays a major role in the maturing of
RBCs.
Question: Which of the following lab values will be low
in a patient with folate deficiency?
Correct answer: Reticulocyte count.
Question: Which of the following will be elevated in a
patient with pernicious anemia?