HM2 ADVANCEMENT TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 FULL
SOLUTION
⫸ What is the normal red blood cell values for new borns? Answer: 5.0
to 6.3 millions per mm3
⫸ What is the normal blood cell values for women? Answer: 3.6 to 5.6
millions per mm3
⫸ What is the normal blood cell values for men? Answer: 4.2 to 6.0
millions per mm3
⫸ What are the NATO codes for cyanide? Answer: AC (bitter almond
odor), CK (bleach-like odor)
⫸ What temperature is needed for 30 minute sterilization time periods?
Answer: 250 F (121 C)
⫸ What temperature is needed for 10 minute sterilization periods?
Answer: 273 F (134 C)
⫸ Instruments placed in perforated trays are "flash" sterilized for 3
minutes at what temperature? Answer: 270 F (132 C)
,⫸ What term is used to describe the channel by which staff officers
contact their counterparts at higher, adjacent, and subordinate
headquarters? Answer: Staff channel
⫸ What year were QA programs originally issued to standardized QA
activities within Naval Medical Command MTFs? Answer: 1984
⫸ What is the only liquid chemical capable of rendering an item as
sterile, as long as its submerged in the solution for 10 hours? Answer:
Glutaraldehyde
⫸ Pericoronitis most often affects what teeth? Answer: mandibular third
molars (teeth #17 and #32)
⫸ What term is defied as collection of blood from veins? Answer:
Venipuncture method
⫸ Apply a tourniquet approximately how high above the antecubital
fossa? Answer: 2-3 inches
⫸ When do you label blood specimens? Answer: Immediately after
blood collections, NEVER before
, ⫸ Introduce the needle bevel side up into the vein at what angle with the
skin? Answer: 15 degrees
⫸ What are the 4 parts of a microscope? Answer: Arm
Stage
Mechanical stage
The base
⫸ What microscope part supports magnification and focusing system?
Answer: Arm
⫸ What microscope part is the aperture that allows passage of
light/condenser? Answer: Stage
⫸ What microscope part holds the specimin? Answer: Mechanical Stage
⫸ What does the microscope part rest on? Answer: the base
⫸ GRAM Negative cells are stained what color? Answer: Pink
⫸ What is the order and time for GRAM staining? Answer: Crystal
Violet (primary) - 1 minute
Gram Iodine (mordant) - 1 minute
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 FULL
SOLUTION
⫸ What is the normal red blood cell values for new borns? Answer: 5.0
to 6.3 millions per mm3
⫸ What is the normal blood cell values for women? Answer: 3.6 to 5.6
millions per mm3
⫸ What is the normal blood cell values for men? Answer: 4.2 to 6.0
millions per mm3
⫸ What are the NATO codes for cyanide? Answer: AC (bitter almond
odor), CK (bleach-like odor)
⫸ What temperature is needed for 30 minute sterilization time periods?
Answer: 250 F (121 C)
⫸ What temperature is needed for 10 minute sterilization periods?
Answer: 273 F (134 C)
⫸ Instruments placed in perforated trays are "flash" sterilized for 3
minutes at what temperature? Answer: 270 F (132 C)
,⫸ What term is used to describe the channel by which staff officers
contact their counterparts at higher, adjacent, and subordinate
headquarters? Answer: Staff channel
⫸ What year were QA programs originally issued to standardized QA
activities within Naval Medical Command MTFs? Answer: 1984
⫸ What is the only liquid chemical capable of rendering an item as
sterile, as long as its submerged in the solution for 10 hours? Answer:
Glutaraldehyde
⫸ Pericoronitis most often affects what teeth? Answer: mandibular third
molars (teeth #17 and #32)
⫸ What term is defied as collection of blood from veins? Answer:
Venipuncture method
⫸ Apply a tourniquet approximately how high above the antecubital
fossa? Answer: 2-3 inches
⫸ When do you label blood specimens? Answer: Immediately after
blood collections, NEVER before
, ⫸ Introduce the needle bevel side up into the vein at what angle with the
skin? Answer: 15 degrees
⫸ What are the 4 parts of a microscope? Answer: Arm
Stage
Mechanical stage
The base
⫸ What microscope part supports magnification and focusing system?
Answer: Arm
⫸ What microscope part is the aperture that allows passage of
light/condenser? Answer: Stage
⫸ What microscope part holds the specimin? Answer: Mechanical Stage
⫸ What does the microscope part rest on? Answer: the base
⫸ GRAM Negative cells are stained what color? Answer: Pink
⫸ What is the order and time for GRAM staining? Answer: Crystal
Violet (primary) - 1 minute
Gram Iodine (mordant) - 1 minute
