Blood Identification Quiz

To determine whether a blood stain is of human or animal origin, the serologist will perform:

• a luminol test.

• EMIT

• 1. a precipitin test.

• a forensic test

The amount of acid phosphatase in seminal fluid is _____________the amount of

acid phosphatase in blood.

• greater then

• less then

• the same as

• not

PSA (p30) is a:

• polymorphic enzyme found in red blood cells.

• protein found in seminal plasma.

• blood enzyme used to discriminate bloodstains.

• protein specific to females.

In which phenotype pairings can the genotypes of the individuals be directly known?

• type A and type AB

• type AB and type O

• type A and type B

• type O and type A

Antibodies are found:

• in the solid portion of blood

• on the red blood cells

• in the blood serum

• on the white blood cells

An individual who is type O has:

• O antibodies

• A antibodies

• B antibodies

• neither A nor B antibodies

If blood is found to have both A and B antigens, it is typed as:

• O

• A

• B

• AB

A gene pair made up of two similar alleles – for example, AA and BB – is said to be:

• homozygous

• monoclonal

• polyclonal

• Heterozygous

The presence or absence of how many antigens determines an individual’s blood type in the A-B-O system?

• 2

• 3

• 0

• 4

The clumping together of red blood cells by the action of an antibody is known as:

• agglutination

• serology

• clotting

• blood typing