Prepare for your American Medical Certification Association (AMCA) Phlebotomy Technician exam with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers venipuncture, capillary puncture, specimen handling, and infection control.
Q: Hematology tests
Answer: Lavender-stopper tubes are most commonly used to collect
Q: Lytes
Answer: Lithium heparin is a suitable anticoagulant for which of the following tests?
Q: EDTA
Answer: Which of the following additives can be found in a royal-blue topped collection tube?
Q: Royal-blue top
Answer: Measurement of copper, a trace element, requires blood collection in a tube with a:
Q: 23
Answer: This needle gauge is primarily used for infant or child veins, and difficult or hard to find veins in adults:
Q: 70% isopropyl alcohol
Answer: A solution used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is:
Q: Diameter
Answer: To what does the “gauge” of a needle relate?
Q: Bevel
Answer: The slanted tip of a needle is called the:
Q: Light-blue
Answer: Which of the following stopper colors identifies a tube used for coagulation testing?
Q: Inhibiting thrombin
Answer: Heparin prevents blood from clotting by:
Q: It preserves glucose
Answer: What is the purpose of an antiglycolytic agent?
Q: Palpate
Answer: To examine by touch or feel is to:
Q: Fasting
Answer: Going without food or drink except water for 8-12 hours is defined as:
Q: Accession number
Answer: The unique number assigned to a specimen request is called the:
Q: Manual
Answer: Outpatient requisitions are typically of this type:
Q: Lytes
Answer: Which of the following tests is commonly ordered STAT?
Q: Fragile condition
Answer: If a test is ordered STAT, it may mean that the patient is in:
Q: Results are needed soon for an appropriate response
Answer: When a test is ordered ASAP, it means that:
Q: Is being assessed for surgery
Answer: A pre-op patient:
Q: In the course of establishing a diagnosis
Answer: Tests are classified as routine if they are ordered:
Q: Medical emergency
Answer: This term means the same as STAT:
Q: Plain water
Answer: Which liquid is acceptable to drink when one is fasting?
Q: CBC
Answer: Which is a common post-op test?
Q: Edematous
Answer: A patient’s arm is swollen. The term used to describe this condition is:
Q: High fat content from the blood
Answer: Lipemic results from?
Q: Yellow skin and sclera
Answer: A patient with a high degree of jaundice typically has:
Q: Obstruction of the flow of lymph
Answer: Lymphostasis is?
Q: Stoppage of the normal venous blood flow
Answer: Venous stasis is?
Q: Bilirubin
Answer: Which of the following is a product of the breakdown of red blood cells (RBCs)?
Q: Cloudy white
Answer: The serum or plasma lipemic specimen appears:
Q: Not fasting
Answer: A lipemic specimen is a clue that the patient was probably:
Q: Triglycerides
Answer: A 12 hr fast is normally required in a testing for this analyte:
Q: Blood spread out on a micro slide
Answer: A blood smear is?
Q: CBG
Answer: This is the abbreviation for a pulmonary function test.
Q: WBC characteristics
Answer: A differential test is unable to determine:
Q: Interstitial fluid
Answer: Fluid in the spaces between the cells is called:
Q: Spiral patterns of fingerprints
Answer: Whorls are related to capillary picture are:
Q: Narrow-bore capillary tubes
Answer: CBG specimens are collected in:
Q: Bilirubin
Answer: Which capillary specimen should be collected separately?
Q: Label it as venous specimen
Answer: If venous blood is placed in a micro tube it is important to: