AAB BASIC KNOWLEDGE UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what are the testing personnel responsible for? - ✔✔specimen processing
test performance
reporting test results
✔✔what is the difference between moderate complexity testing personnel and high
complexity testing personnel responsibilities? - ✔✔high complexity testing personnel
perform high complexity testing under the onsite, direct supervision of a general
supervisor
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - ✔✔a federal agency that
issues regulations to ensure employee workplace safety
✔✔Hazardous Materials include: - ✔✔Compressed gases- liquefied, non-liquefied &
dissolved gases
Flammable Liquids
✔✔Biohazard labels must be colored - ✔✔fluorescent orange-red with lettering in
contrasting color
✔✔the lab exposure control plan must provide employee training on - ✔✔blood borne
pathogen regulations with an annual review
✔✔what are environmental controls used in the lab? - ✔✔safety color coding and
proper signage
✔✔color used to indicate fire, danger and stop - ✔✔red with lettering or symbols in a
contrasting color, preferably black
✔✔color used to indicate caution - ✔✔yellow with lettering or symbols in a contrasting
color, preferably black
ex. radiation signs are typically yellow
✔✔color used to indicate warning - ✔✔orange with lettering or symbols in a contrasting
color, preferably black
✔✔color used to indicate biological hazard - ✔✔fluorescent orange with lettering or
symbols in black color
✔✔mnemonic for fire plan - ✔✔RACE
Remove anyone from danger
, Activate fire alarm
Confine the fire by closing doors
Extinguish fire or evacuate area
✔✔mnemonic for fire extinguisher operation - ✔✔PASS
Pull the pin
Aim the hose at base of fire
Squeeze handle
Sweep side to side
✔✔NFPA diamond - ✔✔
✔✔NFPA blue Diamond - ✔✔health hazard
4- deadly
3-extreme danger
2-hazardous
1-slightly hazardous
0- normal material
✔✔NFPA red diamond - ✔✔fire hazard
4-very flammable
3-readily ignitable
2-ignited with heat
1-combustible
0- will not burn
✔✔NFPA yellow diamond - ✔✔reactivity hazard
4-may detonate
3-shock and heat may detonate
2- violent chemical change
1- unstable if heated
0- stable
✔✔NFPA white diamond - ✔✔specific hazard
OXY- oxidizer
ACID- acid
ALK- alkali
COR- corrosive
3 triangles- radioactive
W with strike through it- use no water
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what are the testing personnel responsible for? - ✔✔specimen processing
test performance
reporting test results
✔✔what is the difference between moderate complexity testing personnel and high
complexity testing personnel responsibilities? - ✔✔high complexity testing personnel
perform high complexity testing under the onsite, direct supervision of a general
supervisor
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - ✔✔a federal agency that
issues regulations to ensure employee workplace safety
✔✔Hazardous Materials include: - ✔✔Compressed gases- liquefied, non-liquefied &
dissolved gases
Flammable Liquids
✔✔Biohazard labels must be colored - ✔✔fluorescent orange-red with lettering in
contrasting color
✔✔the lab exposure control plan must provide employee training on - ✔✔blood borne
pathogen regulations with an annual review
✔✔what are environmental controls used in the lab? - ✔✔safety color coding and
proper signage
✔✔color used to indicate fire, danger and stop - ✔✔red with lettering or symbols in a
contrasting color, preferably black
✔✔color used to indicate caution - ✔✔yellow with lettering or symbols in a contrasting
color, preferably black
ex. radiation signs are typically yellow
✔✔color used to indicate warning - ✔✔orange with lettering or symbols in a contrasting
color, preferably black
✔✔color used to indicate biological hazard - ✔✔fluorescent orange with lettering or
symbols in black color
✔✔mnemonic for fire plan - ✔✔RACE
Remove anyone from danger
, Activate fire alarm
Confine the fire by closing doors
Extinguish fire or evacuate area
✔✔mnemonic for fire extinguisher operation - ✔✔PASS
Pull the pin
Aim the hose at base of fire
Squeeze handle
Sweep side to side
✔✔NFPA diamond - ✔✔
✔✔NFPA blue Diamond - ✔✔health hazard
4- deadly
3-extreme danger
2-hazardous
1-slightly hazardous
0- normal material
✔✔NFPA red diamond - ✔✔fire hazard
4-very flammable
3-readily ignitable
2-ignited with heat
1-combustible
0- will not burn
✔✔NFPA yellow diamond - ✔✔reactivity hazard
4-may detonate
3-shock and heat may detonate
2- violent chemical change
1- unstable if heated
0- stable
✔✔NFPA white diamond - ✔✔specific hazard
OXY- oxidizer
ACID- acid
ALK- alkali
COR- corrosive
3 triangles- radioactive
W with strike through it- use no water
