Immunohaematology
- 1.In the ABO blood system, you normally can be type :
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
ABO
- D.
A,B,AB,or O
- 2.Which of the following statements is true regarding the ABO blood system?
- A.
People who have the A antigen normally would not produce the anti-A antibody.
- B.
People who are type AB normally produce both anti-A and anti-B antibodies.
- C.
The only ABO type blood that normally does not have either A or B antigens is AB.
- 3.The universal blood donor for ABO system are type :
- A.
A
- B.
O
- C.
AB
- D.
B
- 4.Which of th following statements is true about the ABO blood system :
- A.
It was discovered in the 1950's.
- B.
It was discovered by Karl Landsteiner
- C.
Few people are actually typed for this system because of the difficulty of the procedure and high cost.
- D.
A and b
- 5.An individual's ABO blood type is normally determined by?
- A.
The inheritance of 1 of 3 possible alleles (A, B, or O) from each parent
- B.
Genetic inheritance and environmental influences during life
- C.
Environmental influences alone
- 6.In determining the phenotype for the ABO blood system
- A.
O is recessive
- B.
O is dominant over A
- C.
B is dominant over A
- D.
All of the above
- 7.If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood types would you likely be?
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
AB
- D.
O
- E.
Any of the above
- 8.A mother of known blood type A has a child whose blood turns out to be B. From this it follows that the mother:
- A.
must really have the blood type AB
- B.
Is homozygous dominant for the trait
- C.
Is heterozygous for the trait
- D.
could have several possible genotypes
- 9.Could a man with type O blood and a Women with type AB blood produce a child with type O blood?
- A.
Possible
- B.
Not possible
- 10.Which of the following statements is true of the Rh blood system?
- A.
It is more complex genetically than the ABO system.
- B.
It was the first blood type system to be discovered.
- C.
There are 45 Rh blood types.
- D.
A and c
- 11.Mother-fetus Rh blood type incompatibility problems can occur if the mother is _____ and her fetus is _____ .
- A.
Rh positive; Rh positive
- B.
Rh positive; Rh negative
- C.
Rh negative; Rh positive
- D.
Rh negative; Rh negative
- 12.Which of the following is true of Rh positive people?
- A.
They are either homozygous dominant (DD) or heterozygous (Dd) for this trait.
- B.
They are all homozygous dominant (DD).
- C.
They are all homozygous recessive (dd).
- D.
They are either homozygous recessive (dd) or heterozygous (Dd) for this trait.
- 13.If the father of a fetus is Rh positive and the mother is Rh negative, what are the chances that there will be a mother-fetus incompatibility problem? Assume that the couple has already had a child and that there has been no medical treatment to prevent this problem.
- A.
100%
- B.
At least 50%
- C.
Less than 50%
- D.
0%
- 14.Mother-fetus incompatibility problems result from:
- A.
The fetus' antibodies agglutinating its own red blood cells
- B.
The mother's antibodies agglutinating the fetus' Rh positive red blood cells
- C.
The fetus' antibodies agglutinating its mother's red blood cells
- 15.When a fetus' blood is agglutinated by its mother's Rh antibodies, the severe anemia that results is called:
- A.
Ectopic pregnancy
- B.
Percipitation
- C.
Immunization
- D.
Erythroblastosis fetalis
- 16.Name the blood groups that are commonly termed ‘Universal Donor’ and ‘Universal Receiver’.
- A.
O;AB
- B.
O-;AB-
- C.
O+;AB+
- D.
O-;AB+
- 17.According to International Red Cross Guidelines, a person cannot donate blood if-
- A.
He/she is above 18 years of age
- B.
His/her weight is above 110 pounds (ie 45 kg)
- C.
Both a and b
- D.
He/she has a history of hepatitis
- 18.What is the A1 antigen?
- A.
D-galactose
- B.
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine
- C.
Acetylcholinesterase
- D.
Glycophorin A
- 19.After the ABO blood group system, what is the second most clinically significant antigen system?
- A.
Lewis blood group system
- B.
Rh blood group system
- C.
Colton blood group system
- D.
Kell blood group system
- 20.What is the antigen missing in persons with the Bombay phenotype?
- A.
I antigen
- B.
B antigen
- C.
A antigen
- D.
H antigen
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