Blood Banking MCQs:
These 300+ multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to test your knowledge and understanding of various aspects of blood banking, a critical component of transfusion medicine. Blood banking involves the collection, processing, testing, storage, and distribution of blood and blood components to ensure their safe and effective use in medical treatments. The questions cover a wide range of topics, including blood typing, compatibility testing, transfusion reactions, blood component therapy, and the management of adverse events. By answering these questions, you will gain a deeper insight into the complexities and importance of blood banking in modern healthcare.

A. M,N ✅
B. Lea, Leb
C. S, s
D. P, P1, Pk
A. Kell system antigens
B. Duffy system antigens
C. P antigen
D. I antigen ✅
A. associated with warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
B. found in the serum of patients with infectious mononucleosis
C. detected at lower temperatures in the serum of normal individuals ✅
D. found only in the serum of group O individuals
A. group A cells, B cells and O cells, but not his own cells
B. cord cells but not his own or other adult cells
C. all cells of a group O cell panel and his own cells ✅
D. only penicillin-treated panel cells, not his own cells
A. Fy:3
B. P
C. I ✅
D. Rh:1
A. often associated with hemolytic disease of the newborn
B. reacts best at room temperature or 4oC ✅
C. reacts best at 37oC
D. is usually IgG
A. absent from the red cells of neonates
B. strongly immunogenic ✅
C. destroyed by enzymes
D. has a frequency of 50% in the random population
A. Rh
B. P
C. Kell ✅
D. Duffy
A. react best by the indirect antiglobulin test ✅
B. are predominantly IgM
C. often cause allergic transfusion reactions
D. do not generally react with antigen positive enzyme-treated RBCs
A. Jka
B. E
C. Fya
D. k ✅
A. usually a cold-reactive agglutinin
B. more reactive when tested with enzyme-treated red blood cells ✅
C. capable of causing hemolytic transfusion reactions
D. often an autoagglutinin
A. Rh
B. I/i ✅
C. P
D. Duffy
A. 2.5
B. 6.8
C. 25.0
D. 68.0 ✅
System | Phenotype frequency(%) |
---|---|
ABO | O 45 |
Gm | Fb 48 |
PGM1 | 2-1 37 |
EsD | 2-1 18 |
A. 1
B. 14
C. 144
D. 1,438 ✅
A. 1%
B. 10%
C. 18% ✅
D. 45%
Cell | D | C | c | E | e | K | Jka | Lea | Leb | M | N | P1 | 37oC | AHG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | + | + | 0 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
2 | + | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | + | + | + | 0 | 1+ | |
4 | + | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | 1+ | |
5 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+ | |
6 | 0 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 1+ | |
7 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | 1+ | |
8 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | 1+ | |
auto | 0 | 0 |
A. rr
B. r’r’
C. R0r ✅
D. R1R1
Test | Result | Control |
---|---|---|
PT | 20 seconds | 12 seconds |
APTT | 43 seconds | 31 seconds |
platelet count | 160 x 103/uL | 160-109/L |
Hgb | 10g/dL | 100g/L |
Factor VIII | 85% |
A. Fresh Frozen Plasma ✅
B. Red Blood Cells
C. Factor VIII Concentrate
D. Platelets
A. whole blood
B. fresh frozen plasma
C. cryoprecipitated AHF ✅
D. platelets
A. Factor VIII Concentrate ✅
B. Fresh Frozen Plasma
C. Platelets
D. Whole Blood
A. Cryoprecipitated AHF
B. Red Blood Cells
C. Platelets
D. Factor VIII Concentrate ✅
A. all coagulation factors
B. Factor V
C. Factor VIII ✅
D. Factor IX
A. Red Blood Cells
B. Fresh Frozen Plasma
C. Platelets ✅
D. Cryoprecipitated AHF
A. father ✅
B. mother
C. pooled platelet-rich plasma
D. polycythemic donor
A. ABO incompatibility
B. immune deficiency disease
C. congenital spherocytic anemia
D. Rh incompatibility ✅
Test | Result |
---|---|
anti-A | 4+ |
anti-B | negative |
anti-D | 3+ |
Rh-control | negative |
Direct antiglobulin test | 2+ |
A. anti-A
B. anti-D
C. anti-c ✅
D. anti-C