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WorksheetsClinical Chemistry Topic 5
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A 55-year-old male possesses with polydipsia and malaise. His blood test results were normal but the fasting blood glucose gave 6.4 mmol/L. He repeats the same test after one week but the results is 6.6 mmol/L. What does the most likely diagnosis for this patient?
Diabetes mellitus type I
Diabetes mellitus type II
Impaired fasting glycaemia
Impaired glucose tolerance
Which of the following colour blood collection tubes is the most suitable to measure glucose concentration in the serum?
Yellow
Red
Grey
Green
Which of the following are complications due to diabetes mellitus?
Hyperosmolar state in plasma
Lactic acidosis
Hypertriglyceridemia
Vascular disease
‘Reverse cholesterol transport’ involves
VLDL
IDL
LDL
HDL
Which of the following is TRUE regarding vitamins and minerals?
Deficiency of vitamin A will cause scurvy
Magnesium is a microelement
Vitamin K facilitate the calcium absorption
Molybdenum is a cofactor of tyrosinase
Vitamin E stores in the liver
Which of the following is NOT a correct match for the transporter in the plasma?
Cobalamin – transcobalamin
Iron – transferrin
Zinc – albumin
Copper – haptoglobin
Which of the following catalyses the committed step in heme synthesis?
Ferrochelatase
Porphobilinogen synthase
Coproporphyrinogen oxidase
δ-Aminolevulinic acid synthase
Iron deficiency anemia will be associated with
Low plasma iron, high TIBC
Low plasma iron, low TIBC
High plasma iron, high TIBC
High plasma iron, low TIBC
Unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma binds to
Hemoglobin
Albumin
Transferrin
Ceruloplasmin
Which of the following statements are NOT TRUE regarding bilirubin metabolism and jaundice?
Unconjugated bilirubin is soluble in plasma
Conjugation on bilirubin is catalyzed by UDP-glucoronyl transferase
Hepatocellular jaundice associated with AST elevation
Cholestasis contributes pale clay coloured stool
