Practice Questions

Front 1

EDTA prevents coagulation by:

Back 1

Binding calcium

Front 2

ABG results will most likely be compromised if the specimen:

Back 2

Has a few air bubbles

Front 3

How long should a patient fast, if at all, when a physician orders a lipid profile?

Back 3

8-12 hrs

Front 4

When collecting all of the following specimens from a newborns heel, which specimen is collected first?

Back 4

CBC

Front 5

A phlebotomist is sent to collect a carotene specimen on a patient. What special handling, if any, is required for the specimen?

Back 5

Protect the specimen from light

Front 6

For which of the following tests would reference values be higher for capillary specimens than for venous specimens?

Back 6

Glucose

Front 7

All of the following blood vessels are part of the systemic circulation EXCEPT :

Back 7

Pulmonary vein

Front 8

When the following sign is posted on a patients door, it means:

Back 8

The patients care involves radioactive isotopes

Front 9

You draw a CBC and an extra clot tube Ina patient in the ER. Upon returning to the laboratory, you find the physician has added a crossmatch on the same patient. The extra tube only has the last name of the patient. What should you do?

Back 9

Redraw the patient and label the new tube with the required blood bank information.

Front 10

Laboratory interaction with the pharmacy most likely involves :

Back 10

TDM testing

Front 11

Which of the following blood components with diurnal rhythms have results typically higher in the morning ?

Back 11

Cortisol

Front 12

Gel separator tubes should NOT be used to collect specimens for :

Back 12

Type and screen

Front 13

Which of the following requirements do GTT and TDM tests have in common?

Back 13

Timed specimens

Front 14

Manufactures affix expiration dates to tube. An expiration date of 12.05.11 indicates that :

Back 14

Tubes may be used through 12.05.11

Front 15

A phlebotomist is being asked to recollect a finger stick specimen because it was hemolyzed. The hemolysis could have been caused by all the following EXCEPT:

Back 15

Warming the site excessively prior to collect

Front 16

Abnormally high blood sugar is called:

Back 16

Hyperglycemia

Front 17

Amniotic fluid alpha fetoprotein (AFP) levels are used to identify fetal:

Back 17

Development issues

Front 18

Platelet clumping on a blood smear made from an EDTA specimen indicated that the:

Back 18

EDTA tube was contaminated

Front 19

When a protein specimen is spun in the centrifuge, the liquid that separates from the cells is called :

Back 19

Plasma