Hematology Theory Paper
1 White cell inclusions include;
a) Anulocytes
b) Drepanopcytes
c) Dohle bodies
d) Toxic Granulations
2 Functions of Red Blood cells include the following:
a) Respiration
b) Production of oxygen
c) Production of Haemoglobin
d) Transportation of Oxygen
3 Each of the corner squares of an improved Neubauer Counting Chamber has the following number of squares;
a) 16
b) 25
c) 20
d) 400
4 Eosinophilia may be due to:
a) Helminths infections
b) Allergic reactions
c) Viral Infections
d) Lymphocytic Leukemia
5 The following blood cells have segmented nuclei;
a) Neutrophil
b) Thrombocyte
c) Erythrocyte
d) Small lymphocyte
6 Normal haemoglobin include;
a) Hb – F
b) Hb- Barts
c) Hb – S
d) Hb –H
7 Defects of blood coagulation factors may be due to;
a) Inflammation
b) Ageing
c) Toxins
d) Excessive consumption of coagulation factors
8 The following cells help in the clotting of blood;
a) Thrombocytes
b) Myelocytes
c) Metamyelocytes
d) Erythrocytes
9 Methods of estimating Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (E.S.R.) include:
a) Coulter counter
b) Wintrobe’s
c) Westergreen
d) Microheamatocrit
10 Reticulocytosis may be seen in ;
a) Sickle cell anaemia
b) Aplastic anaemia
c) Iron Deficiency anaemia
d) Tuberculosis
11 Tests for platelet function include ;
a) Bleeding time test
b) Thrombin time test
c) Prothrombin time test
d) Kaolin and Cephalin clotting time test
12 Coarse orange granules are seen in ;
a) Eosinophil
b) Basophil
c) Neutrophil
d) Myelocyte
13 Which of the following is a white blood cell diluting fluid ;
a) Baar’s fluid
b) Hayerri’s fluid
c) Drabkins
d) Turk’s
14 Schistocytes are associated with the following conditions ;
a) Liver cirrhosis
b) Aplastic Anaemia
c) Iron Deficiency Anaemia
d) Sideroblastic Anaemia
e) Sickle cell anaemia
15 The following are aqueous Romanosky stains ;
a) Field’s
b) Jenner’s
c) Giemsa
d) Leishman’s
16 The following coagulation factors are found in adsorbed plasma ;
a) Factor II
b) Factor X
c) Factor XIII
d) Factor IX
e) Factor VIII
17 The following is a supravital stain ;
a) Romanosky blue
b) Perl’s Prussian blue
c) Brilliant crystal blue
d) Leishman’s stain
18 Which of the following cells may contain nucleoli?
a) Neutrophil
b) Platelets
c) Myeloblasts
d) Basophils