PCAB-AMO TEST LATEST COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• Agency or Agencies that approve pbt training programs:.
Answer: National Accrediting Agency of Clinical Laboratory Science
(NAACLS)
• Poorly reacting pupils might indicate a severe_____..
Answer: head injury
• NPO means.
Answer: Nothing By Mouth
• A sterile covering placed over a wound is called a____..
Answer: dressing
• employee right to know law allows employees to review the.
Answer: Hazard Communication Standard
• health maintenance organization (HMO).
Answer: functions as a full-service outpatient clinic
• The pbt is preparing to go to several of the nursing homes to collect routine
blood draws for glucose and CBC's on several patients and will be gone for
the morning. The following tube will be used to draw the glucose:.
Answer: Gray (Flouride - -preservative)
• Instruments that are touched by ungloved hands are_____..
Answer: contaminated
• pbt is working in the outpatient dept and has an order for a patient who
routinely faints when his/her blood is drawn. The best practice to employ for
this patient is to:.
Answer: put the patient in the room with a reclining chair or bed
,• pbt returns to lab with a specimen for cross-match or compatibility testing
and delivers it to.
Answer: Immunohematology
• pbt must draw blood for a STAT glucose, BUN, and electrolytes in ER and
deliver it to the lab for testing as the I-Stat instrument is not fxning properly.
Which type of sample is most appropriate?.
Answer: Plasma (green top tube0
• All procedures during a medical emergency must be_____..
Answer: documented
• pbt is processing speciments received for lead testing and is preparing them
to be delivered to which departments?.
Answer: toxicology
• the following term means a decrease of red blood cells:.
Answer: Erythrocytopenia
• A 4 yr old outpatient requires a blood draw for collection of a CBC and
venous blood gases. The child had been crying excessingly before your
arrival. Which of the following lab values may be elevated because of
prolonged stress or crying by an infant or child if you were to proceed with
the draw?.
Answer: Both A and B
• Martial status is considered_____..
Answer: social history
• OSHA regulation requires that all health care personnel in job classifications
where there is exposure to blood and body fluids be offered the opportunity
to receive a caccination free of charge or sign a declination form for which
of the following infectious agents:.
Answer: HBV
• A chemical substance that prevents clotting of blood in a blood
specimen_____..
, Answer: heparin
• pbt must redraw a patient that was reported to be a difficult draw due to
veins that collapse during venipuncture. Which of the following techniques
could the pbt use to minimize the likelihood of collapsing a vein?.
Answer: Threading the needle up into the vein
• pbt has an order for a routine CBC, metabolic panel, and a blood typing. The
pbt will select which of the following sets of tubes:.
Answer: Gold, Lavendar, Pink
• greatest bloodborne pathogen risk to lab employees is:.
Answer: HBV infection
• The intensity of color in a urine specimen indicates_____..
Answer: concentration
• another term for WBC is.
Answer: Leukocyte
• A machine used for testing lung capacity_____..
Answer: spirometer
• To open the airway, the patient should be placed on the_____, the
head_____, and the chin_____..
Answer: back, tilted, lifted
• Stool specimens are tested for_____..
Answer: occult blood
• Check the carotid pulse and if present,_____..
Answer: continue rescue breathing (10-12 breaths/minute)
• A plasma protein that serves to help regulate blood volume by maintaining
osmotic pressure and by transporting many different types of molecules is:.
Answer: Albumin
• terms that refers to RBCs is.
Answer: Erythrocytes
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
• Agency or Agencies that approve pbt training programs:.
Answer: National Accrediting Agency of Clinical Laboratory Science
(NAACLS)
• Poorly reacting pupils might indicate a severe_____..
Answer: head injury
• NPO means.
Answer: Nothing By Mouth
• A sterile covering placed over a wound is called a____..
Answer: dressing
• employee right to know law allows employees to review the.
Answer: Hazard Communication Standard
• health maintenance organization (HMO).
Answer: functions as a full-service outpatient clinic
• The pbt is preparing to go to several of the nursing homes to collect routine
blood draws for glucose and CBC's on several patients and will be gone for
the morning. The following tube will be used to draw the glucose:.
Answer: Gray (Flouride - -preservative)
• Instruments that are touched by ungloved hands are_____..
Answer: contaminated
• pbt is working in the outpatient dept and has an order for a patient who
routinely faints when his/her blood is drawn. The best practice to employ for
this patient is to:.
Answer: put the patient in the room with a reclining chair or bed
,• pbt returns to lab with a specimen for cross-match or compatibility testing
and delivers it to.
Answer: Immunohematology
• pbt must draw blood for a STAT glucose, BUN, and electrolytes in ER and
deliver it to the lab for testing as the I-Stat instrument is not fxning properly.
Which type of sample is most appropriate?.
Answer: Plasma (green top tube0
• All procedures during a medical emergency must be_____..
Answer: documented
• pbt is processing speciments received for lead testing and is preparing them
to be delivered to which departments?.
Answer: toxicology
• the following term means a decrease of red blood cells:.
Answer: Erythrocytopenia
• A 4 yr old outpatient requires a blood draw for collection of a CBC and
venous blood gases. The child had been crying excessingly before your
arrival. Which of the following lab values may be elevated because of
prolonged stress or crying by an infant or child if you were to proceed with
the draw?.
Answer: Both A and B
• Martial status is considered_____..
Answer: social history
• OSHA regulation requires that all health care personnel in job classifications
where there is exposure to blood and body fluids be offered the opportunity
to receive a caccination free of charge or sign a declination form for which
of the following infectious agents:.
Answer: HBV
• A chemical substance that prevents clotting of blood in a blood
specimen_____..
, Answer: heparin
• pbt must redraw a patient that was reported to be a difficult draw due to
veins that collapse during venipuncture. Which of the following techniques
could the pbt use to minimize the likelihood of collapsing a vein?.
Answer: Threading the needle up into the vein
• pbt has an order for a routine CBC, metabolic panel, and a blood typing. The
pbt will select which of the following sets of tubes:.
Answer: Gold, Lavendar, Pink
• greatest bloodborne pathogen risk to lab employees is:.
Answer: HBV infection
• The intensity of color in a urine specimen indicates_____..
Answer: concentration
• another term for WBC is.
Answer: Leukocyte
• A machine used for testing lung capacity_____..
Answer: spirometer
• To open the airway, the patient should be placed on the_____, the
head_____, and the chin_____..
Answer: back, tilted, lifted
• Stool specimens are tested for_____..
Answer: occult blood
• Check the carotid pulse and if present,_____..
Answer: continue rescue breathing (10-12 breaths/minute)
• A plasma protein that serves to help regulate blood volume by maintaining
osmotic pressure and by transporting many different types of molecules is:.
Answer: Albumin
• terms that refers to RBCs is.
Answer: Erythrocytes
