Hematology Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is the most common myeloproliferative disorder?

Accepted Answer

Essential Thrombocythemia

Answer

Polycythemia rubra vera

Answer

CML

Answer

Myelofibrosis

Question 2

A 69-year-old Caucasian man presents for a routine health maintenance examination. He feels well. He has no significant past medical history. He takes aspirin for the occasional headaches that he has had for over several years. He exercises every day and does not smoke. His father was diagnosed with a hematologic malignancy at 79 years old. The patient’s vital signs are within normal limits. Physical examination shows no abnormalities. The laboratory test results are as follows:
Hemoglobin 14.5 g/dL
Leukocyte count 62,000/mm3
Platelet count 350,000/mm3
A peripheral blood smear is obtained (shown on the image). Which of the following best explains these findings?

Accepted Answer

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Answer

Acute lymphoid leukemia

Answer

Hairy cell leukemia

Answer

Adult T cell leukemia

Answer

Acute myeloid leukemia

Question 3

Which parameter is primarily used to diagnose macrocytosis in a complete blood count (CBC)?

Accepted Answer

Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)

Answer

Hematocrit

Answer

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)

Answer

None of the options

Question 4

A 69-year-old woman, with poor dietary habits and alcoholism, is found to have a macrocytic anemia with hyper segmented neutrophils. Which of the following is the most appropriate diagnostic test?

Accepted Answer

RBC folate levels

Answer

serum folate levels

Answer

bone marrow

Answer

Schilling test

Question 5

Radiotherapy has the most significant therapeutic role in:

Accepted Answer

Sarcomas

Answer

Monoclonal gammopathy

Answer

Tuberculosis

Answer

Sarcoidosis

Question 6

International prognostic index for lymphomas includes the following prognostic factors, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Hemoglobin and albumin

Answer

LDH

Answer

Number of extralymphatic sites involved

Answer

Stage of disease

Question 7

What are the key characteristics of Evans syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia

Answer

Low lymphocyte and red blood cell counts

Answer

High platelet and lymphocyte counts

Answer

A reduction in all blood cell types

Question 8

Most radio-resistant phase in the cell cycle:

Accepted Answer

Late S

Answer

G2

Answer

Early S

Answer

G1

Question 9

Arrange the following according to good outcome
a - zone of stasis
 b - zone of coagulation
 c - zone of hyperemia

Accepted Answer

c > a > b

Answer

a > b > c

Answer

a > c > b

Answer

a = c > b

Question 10

ALL L3 morphology is a malignancy arising from which cell lineage –

Accepted Answer

Mature B cell

Answer

Mixed B cell & T cell

Answer

Immature T cell

Answer

Precursor B cell

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Anemia Evaluation and Management

Hemoglobinopathies

Thalassemias

Platelet Disorders

Coagulation Disorders

Thrombotic Disorders

Leukemias

Lymphomas

Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Disorders

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Transfusion Medicine

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

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