Complete Blood Count (CBC) Quiz

You’re assessing the patient’s complete blood count (CBC). Which lab result below demonstrates leukopenia?

• WBC 7,000

• Platelets 90,000

• WBC 3,000

• Platelets 500,000

A patient’s complete blood count (CBC) results are back. Which result demonstrates polycythemia?

• RBC 10 million

• WBC 15,000

• Platelets 600,000

• RBC 2.5 million

________ represents the average size of red blood cells on the CBC result.

• MCV

• MCHC

• MCH

• RDW

Your patient is a 39-year-old male. What is considered a normal Hemoglobin level for this patient?

• 35%

• 17 g/dL

• 11 g/dL

• 50%

You’re assessing the red blood cell indices on the complete blood count (CBC). What part of the indices represents the concentration of Hgb on the RBC?

• MCV

• MCH

• MCHC

• RDW

A patient’s platelet count is 300,000. You would interpret this result as?

• Normal

• Abnormal: thrombocytopenia

• Abnormal: thrombocytosis

A patient’s complete blood count (CBC) with differential shows an elevated Eosinophil count at 10%. As the nurse you know the Eosinophils _________?

• fight viral infections

• fight bacterial infections

• play a role in allergic reactions and parasitic infections

• play a role in clotting

Which result in the complete blood count (CBC) reflects the protein found on the red blood cell that helps carry oxygen throughout the body?

• MCH

• RDW

• Hct

• Hgb

Which lab result on a patient’s record from the complete blood count (CBC) represents thrombocytopenia?

• Platelets 250,000

• Platelets 80,000

• WBC 3,000

• WBC 15,000