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Question 1 of 10

1. Question
Functional lab ranges are crucial for the practice of preventative medicine and health optimization.
- a. True. Unlike conventional ranges, functional lab ranges are designed to detect imbalance or pathology that precedes disease.
- b. False. Since all labs test with the same range, all clinicians judge lab results with the same tools.
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2. Question
How is a conventional medicine reference range typically made?
- a. By mining medical records for a large population of patients.
- b. By consensus from leading physicians in a specialty.
- c. From a bell curve of results from a reference sample of a population.
- d. Using clinical study results for therapeutics that treat a disease relevant to a given lab test.
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3. Question
Why is an iron panel crucial for standard blood testing?
- a. Iron imbalance (both deficiency and excess) is frequently misdiagnosed.
- b. The consequences of iron imbalance can be severe—and even fatal.
- c. Iron imbalance is a contributing factor in many other conditions.
- d. All of the above.
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4. Question
Which blood markers are on the comprehensive metabolic panel?
- a. Liver function
- b. Thyroid function
- c. Kidney function
- d. A & C
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5. Question
How are functional lab reference ranges made?
- a. By shrinking conventional ranges 20 to 30 percent.
- b. They are determined by organizations that embrace functional or preventative medicine.
- c. By individual clinicians or groups of researchers based on extensive review of the published scientific literature.
- d. All of the above.
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6. Question
What basic lipid test correlates well for LDL particle number?
- a. LDL/HDL ratio
- b. Total cholesterol/HDL ratio
- c. VLDL cholesterol
- d. LDL cholesterol minus triglycerides
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7. Question
Which mineral ratio is associated with immune and inflammatory issues?
- a. Serum copper-zinc ratio
- b. Serum calcium-magnesium ratio
- c. Serum iron-copper ratio
- d. Serum selenium-magnesium ratio
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8. Question
What additional marker(s) should be useful to add to the comprehensive metabolic panel?
- a. Lactate dehydrogenase
- b. Uric acid
- c. Hemoglobin A1c
- d. All of the above
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9. Question
The complete blood count (CBC) helps identify conditions like:
- a. Thyroid disease
- b. Anemia
- c. Bleeding disorders
- d. Both B and C
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10. Question
An advantage of treating abnormalities in functional vs. conventional ranges is that lifestyle change is more likely to be effective.
- a. True. Since treatment occurs earlier in the disease progression, less drastic measures can be used to great effect.
- b. False. Lifestyle change tends to be equally effective across the range of disease progression.
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