Prepare for the NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) exam with this study guide and practice questions. This covers venipuncture techniques, specimen handling, and patient safety.
Q: A phlebotomy technician is preparing to perform blood collection for blood cultures, PTT, and testosterone levels. In which of the following orders should the technician collect these samples?
Answer: Yellow-topped tube, blue-topped tube, red-topped tube
Q: A phlebotomy technician is collecting a peripheral blood smear from a patient. The technician should identify that this collection technique is used for which of the following tests?
Answer: WBC differential test
Q: A phlebotomy technician is preparing a peripheral blood slide from a capillary puncture. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Answer: Touch the slide to the second drop of blood
Q: A phlebotomy technician is instructing a patient about how to collect a sputum specimen. Which of the following statements should the technician make?
Answer: ” You should provide the specimen in the morning before eating or drinking”
Q: A phlebotomy technician is performing a brief physical examination on a prospective blood donor. Which of the following measurements would indicate the donor’s eligibility to donate blood?
Answer: Hematocrit level 42%
Q: A phlebotomy technician is collecting a blood culture from an infant who weighs 3 kg (6.6 lb). The technician should identify that which of the following is the total blood volume for this infant?
Answer: 240 to 330 ml
Q: A phlebotomy technician is collecting capillary blood form a patient for a neonatal screening. Which of the following actions should the technician take to complete the newborn screening card?
Answer: Touch the paper to a drop of blood and saturate each circle of the card
Q: A phlebotomy technician is instructing a patient about how to perform a pregnancy test. Which of the following statements should the technician include?
Answer: “Collect your first urine specimen of the morning”
Q: A phlebotomy technician is preparing to process a WBC differential test, testosterone test, and a glucose test. Which of the following actions should the technician take to process these tests?
Answer: Prepare ta slide from a lavender topped tube and centrifuge a red topped tube and a grey tube topped tube
Q: A phlebotomy technician has collected a neonatal screening card. Which of the following actions should the technician take to properly dry the blood spot collection card?
Answer: Place the card on a flat dry surface
Q: A phlebotomy technician is performing two sets of blood cultures for a patient. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Answer: EDTA
Q: A phlebotomy technician is performing two sets of blood cultures for a patient. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Answer: Collect one set from the patients left arm and one set from a diferent site on the same arm
Q: A phlebotomy technician is caring for a 3-year-old child in an inpatient setting who weighs 15.9 kg (35 lb). The technician should identify that which of the following blood collection amounts is within total volume guidelines for a 1-month period for this patient?
Answer: 95 mL
Q: A phlebotomy technician receives a forensic specimen. The technician should verify that which of the following specimen information matches the requisition form?
Answer: Case number
Q: A phlebotomy technician is screening potential blood donors. The technician should identify that which of the following patients is able to donate blood?
Answer: A 65 year old patient who weighs 54.4 kg (120lbs)
Q: A phlebotomy technician should recognize that which of the following blood types is compatible with type O blood?
Answer: Type O
Q: A phlebotomy technician is using a syringe method to collect blood cultures set, a PTT, and a CBC test. Which of the following should the technician identify as the proper order of the draw?
Answer: Anaerobic bottle, aerobic bottle, light blue topped tube, EDTA
Q: A phlebotomy technician is preparing to perform a neonatal screening test. The technician should identify that which of the following is the optimal time to perform the test?
Answer: Between 24 and 72 hr after birth
Q: A phlb tech instrucng pt collct fecal specmn home. whch follng instr tech incld?
Answer: “Do not mix urine with the fecal sample”
Q: A phlebotomy technician should identify that a patient who has which of the following blood types as a universal recipient?
Answer: AB