AMT RMA UPDATED CORE MAIN EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following electrophoresis support materials separates proteins on the
basis of charge and molecular size?
Select one:
a. Cellulose acetate
b. Agarose gel
c. Polyacrylamide gel
d. Starch gel - ✔✔Agarose gel
✔✔In order for a laboratory to handle TB sputum and TB materials, the laboratory must
operate
at a
Select one:
a. biosafety level of 2+ or 3.
b. biosafety level 4.
c. location where air exchange is continuous.
d. location where fume hood exhausts are monitored daily. - ✔✔biosafety level of 2+ or
3
✔✔Prohibiting mouth pipetting is an example of
Select one:
,a. a workplace control.
b. an engineering control.
c. a best practice in the workplace.
d. a human resources requirement - ✔✔a best practice in the workplace
✔✔The new Safety Data Sheets (S.D.S.) will require ______ specific sections, ensuring
consistency in the presentation of the information.
Select one:
a. 16
b. 10
c. 25
d. 12 - ✔✔16
✔✔All of the following are bloodborne pathogens except
Select one:
a. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).
b. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
c. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
d. Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). - ✔✔Epstein Barr Virus (EBV).
✔✔How can you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Select one:
a. [Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
b. [Celsius * (5/9)] + 32
c. [Celsius * (5/8)] + 32
d. [Celsius * (8/5)] + 32 - ✔✔[Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
✔✔MCV = HCT * 10/(?)
Select one:
a. MCHC
b. MCV
c. RBC
d. MCH - ✔✔RBC
✔✔Which lamps are most common when working in the ultraviolet region?
Select one:
a. Incandescent tungsten and tungsten-iodide
b. Incandescent tungsten and deuterium discharge
c. Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
d. Mercury arc and tungsten-iodide - ✔✔Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
✔✔The magnification of a microscope is determined by the
Select one:
a. high power objective multiplied by the low power objective.
b. thickness of the condenser.
,c. powers of the eyepiece and objective.
d. fine focus adjustment. - ✔✔powers of the eyepiece and objective.
✔✔You are working in specimen processing and receive a specimen from the
emergency department (ED) for a STAT CBC. The requisition contains information for
Bobby Brown but the tube is labeled Bobby Smith. You call the ED and speak with the
collecting nurse who
assures you the blood is that of Bobby Brown and she asked you to relabel the
specimen. How should you proceed?
Select one:
a. Relabel the specimen as instructed by the nurse.
b. Send the specimen back to the ED for them to properly relabel.
c. Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
d. Hold the mislabeled specimen until the end of the shift, when there's more time to
deal
with it. - ✔✔Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
✔✔Which microcollection tube should be collected FIRST when performing a capillary
puncture?
Select one:
a. Tube with NO additive (gold or red top)
b. Heparinized tube (green top)
c. EDTA tube (lavender top)
d. Sterile blood culture - ✔✔EDTA tube (lavender top)
✔✔Glucose test. How should this request be handled?
Select one:
a. Centrifuge the specimen and aliquot some serum into another tube for chemistry.
Then send the tube to blood bank for the DAT.
b. Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum
glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is not the appropriate
specimen.
c. Have both tests recollected since this is not an appropriate specimen for either test.
d. Send the specimen to blood bank first for the DAT and ask them to send it on to
chemistry when they are through. - ✔✔Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and
deliver it to chemistry for the serum glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected
because this is not the appropriate
specimen.
✔✔Which of the following instruments ionizes the target molecule then separates and
measures
the mass-to-charge ratio?
Select one:
a. Atomic absorption spectrometer
b. Ion selective electrode
, c. Mass spectrometer
d. Gas chromatography - ✔✔Mass spectrometer
✔✔Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize monoclonal
proteins?
Select one:
a. IEP and IFE
b. DIF and RID
c. IEP and RID
d. DIF and IFE - ✔✔IEP and IFE
✔✔An immunoassay methodology using either europium or phycobiliproteins would use
which detection method?
Select one:
a. Gamma counter
b. Luminometer
c. Fluorometer
d. Photometer - ✔✔Fluorometer
✔✔The measurement of the decrease in intensity of an incident light beam as it passes
through
a solution of particles defines which of the following methods?
Select one:
a. Turbidimetry
b. Nephelometry
c. Chemiluminescence
d. Bioluminescence - ✔✔Turbidimetry
✔✔In what manner is the dye uptake by a sample following electrophoresis and staining
related
to the sample concentration?
Select one:
a. Directly proportional
b. Inversely proportional
c. Linearly
d. Unequally - ✔✔Directly proportional
✔✔Which of the following uses a graphite cylinder to hold the sample?
Select one:
a. Flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer
b. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer
c. Isoelectric focusing
d. Anodic stripping voltammetry - ✔✔Flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following electrophoresis support materials separates proteins on the
basis of charge and molecular size?
Select one:
a. Cellulose acetate
b. Agarose gel
c. Polyacrylamide gel
d. Starch gel - ✔✔Agarose gel
✔✔In order for a laboratory to handle TB sputum and TB materials, the laboratory must
operate
at a
Select one:
a. biosafety level of 2+ or 3.
b. biosafety level 4.
c. location where air exchange is continuous.
d. location where fume hood exhausts are monitored daily. - ✔✔biosafety level of 2+ or
3
✔✔Prohibiting mouth pipetting is an example of
Select one:
,a. a workplace control.
b. an engineering control.
c. a best practice in the workplace.
d. a human resources requirement - ✔✔a best practice in the workplace
✔✔The new Safety Data Sheets (S.D.S.) will require ______ specific sections, ensuring
consistency in the presentation of the information.
Select one:
a. 16
b. 10
c. 25
d. 12 - ✔✔16
✔✔All of the following are bloodborne pathogens except
Select one:
a. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).
b. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
c. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
d. Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). - ✔✔Epstein Barr Virus (EBV).
✔✔How can you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Select one:
a. [Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
b. [Celsius * (5/9)] + 32
c. [Celsius * (5/8)] + 32
d. [Celsius * (8/5)] + 32 - ✔✔[Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
✔✔MCV = HCT * 10/(?)
Select one:
a. MCHC
b. MCV
c. RBC
d. MCH - ✔✔RBC
✔✔Which lamps are most common when working in the ultraviolet region?
Select one:
a. Incandescent tungsten and tungsten-iodide
b. Incandescent tungsten and deuterium discharge
c. Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
d. Mercury arc and tungsten-iodide - ✔✔Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
✔✔The magnification of a microscope is determined by the
Select one:
a. high power objective multiplied by the low power objective.
b. thickness of the condenser.
,c. powers of the eyepiece and objective.
d. fine focus adjustment. - ✔✔powers of the eyepiece and objective.
✔✔You are working in specimen processing and receive a specimen from the
emergency department (ED) for a STAT CBC. The requisition contains information for
Bobby Brown but the tube is labeled Bobby Smith. You call the ED and speak with the
collecting nurse who
assures you the blood is that of Bobby Brown and she asked you to relabel the
specimen. How should you proceed?
Select one:
a. Relabel the specimen as instructed by the nurse.
b. Send the specimen back to the ED for them to properly relabel.
c. Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
d. Hold the mislabeled specimen until the end of the shift, when there's more time to
deal
with it. - ✔✔Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
✔✔Which microcollection tube should be collected FIRST when performing a capillary
puncture?
Select one:
a. Tube with NO additive (gold or red top)
b. Heparinized tube (green top)
c. EDTA tube (lavender top)
d. Sterile blood culture - ✔✔EDTA tube (lavender top)
✔✔Glucose test. How should this request be handled?
Select one:
a. Centrifuge the specimen and aliquot some serum into another tube for chemistry.
Then send the tube to blood bank for the DAT.
b. Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum
glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is not the appropriate
specimen.
c. Have both tests recollected since this is not an appropriate specimen for either test.
d. Send the specimen to blood bank first for the DAT and ask them to send it on to
chemistry when they are through. - ✔✔Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and
deliver it to chemistry for the serum glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected
because this is not the appropriate
specimen.
✔✔Which of the following instruments ionizes the target molecule then separates and
measures
the mass-to-charge ratio?
Select one:
a. Atomic absorption spectrometer
b. Ion selective electrode
, c. Mass spectrometer
d. Gas chromatography - ✔✔Mass spectrometer
✔✔Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize monoclonal
proteins?
Select one:
a. IEP and IFE
b. DIF and RID
c. IEP and RID
d. DIF and IFE - ✔✔IEP and IFE
✔✔An immunoassay methodology using either europium or phycobiliproteins would use
which detection method?
Select one:
a. Gamma counter
b. Luminometer
c. Fluorometer
d. Photometer - ✔✔Fluorometer
✔✔The measurement of the decrease in intensity of an incident light beam as it passes
through
a solution of particles defines which of the following methods?
Select one:
a. Turbidimetry
b. Nephelometry
c. Chemiluminescence
d. Bioluminescence - ✔✔Turbidimetry
✔✔In what manner is the dye uptake by a sample following electrophoresis and staining
related
to the sample concentration?
Select one:
a. Directly proportional
b. Inversely proportional
c. Linearly
d. Unequally - ✔✔Directly proportional
✔✔Which of the following uses a graphite cylinder to hold the sample?
Select one:
a. Flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer
b. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer
c. Isoelectric focusing
d. Anodic stripping voltammetry - ✔✔Flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer
