Medication Quiz Questions

1. Which of the following terms means kidney inflammation?

Cystitis

Hepatitis

Nephristis

Neuritis

2. Electrolyte testing icludes:

Bilirubin, creatinine

Bun, Cholesterol

Glucose, uric acid

Sodium, potassium

3. What color top tube is a ESR drawn in?

Lavendar

Red

Light blue

Navy blue

4. The tests performed in the following department are collected in a light blue stopper:

Chemistry

Hematology

Coagulation

Microbiology

5. You have no choice but to draw a specimen from a site with a hematoma. Where should you obtain the specimen?

Distal to the hematoma

In the area of the hematoma

Proximal to the hematoma

None are correct

6. Normal electrical conduction through the heart pauses for a fraction of a second at which of the following?

The purkinje fibers

The septal fascicle of the left bundle branch

The left posterior fascicle

The AV node

7. Why is it nessary to determine a patient's blood glucose level before administerig a dose of insulin?

Because the insulin will not work if the blood glucose level is too high

Because the amount of insulin a patient needs is affected by many different factors

Because if the patient is hyperglycemic, the insulin isn't given

Because if the patient is hypoglycemic, the insulin must be given immediately

8. The place in the body where the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system come together for the transfer of oxygen into the blood and carbon dioxide out of the blood is?

The bronchioles

The heart chambers

The abdominal cavity

The alveoli

9. What is the most outer layer of the vein called?

Tunina intima

Tunica media

Tunica adventiia

Lumen

10. According to CLSI standards, which tube is filled last using a syringe?

EDTA

Heparin

Sodium citrate

Sterile

11. The avascular layer of the skin is the?

Dermis

Epidermis

Subcutaneous

None are correct

12. A patient with COPD is in respiratory distress. Which of the following methods of measuring oxygen levels in the blood will provide the most accurate measurement of this patient's current blood oxygen level?

Arterial blood gas analysis

A peak expiratory flow rate

Pulse oximetry reading

Bronchoscopy study

13. What lead is placed midclavicular line at the fifth intercostal space?

V-1

V-4

V-6

V-5

14. Glass particles present in serum separator tubes?

Deter coagulation

Enhance clotting

Inhibit glycolysis

Prevent hemolysis

15. When present, U waves represent?

Atrial depolarization

Artial repolarization

Ventricular deplarization

Ventricular repolarization

16. Which of the following best represents the apperence of a bunble branch block on a patient's ECG?

There is no relationship beteween the P wave and the QRS complexes

Th P wave appears without a QRS complex, then the pattern begins again

17. What lead is placed mid-axillary line at the third intercostal space?

V-1

V-3

V-5

V-6

18. What is PKU?

A contagious condition caused by lack of phenylalanine

A hereditary inability to metabolize phenylalanine

An acquired condition caused by lack of phenylalanine

An inherited condition caused by lack of thyroid hormone

19. Which of the following vascular access devices is inserted in the peripheral venous system for the purpose of blood collection and administration of medication?

Fistula

Heparin lock

Implanted port

PICC

20. If your patient has a atrial pacemaker, where will the pacer spikes appear?

Before the QRS complex

Ater the T wave

Before the P wave

After the P wave

21. An EKG rhythm strip shows "saw toothed" P waves that are regular but faster than normal. The QRS complexes on the EKG are regular and at a normal rate. The ratio of P waves to QRS complexes is consistant. Which of the following dysrhythmias is seen on this ECG strip, and where does it begin?

It is atrial fibrillation, and it begins in the atria

It isa junctional rhythm, and it begins in the artioventricular juntion.

It is an atrial flutter, and it begins in the atria.

It is sinus tachycardia, and it begins in the sinoatrial node.