AUMT STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
1. What cleansing solution is used for a venipuncture?
A. 50% Isopropyl Alcohol
B. 75% Isopropyl Alcohol
C. 10% Isopropyl Alcohol
D. 70% Isopropyl Alcohol - ANSWER-D. 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
2. What is the liquid portion of whole blood called?
A. Plasma
B. Water
C. Lymph
D. Serum - ANSWER-A. Plasma
3. What does OSHA stand for?
A. Occupational Service & Health Administration
B. Occupational System & Health Admission
C. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
D. Occupational Simple & Health Act - ANSWER-C. Occupational Safety & Health
Administration
4. Where should a phlebotomist dispose of a cracked tube?
A. Discard tube in a glove then place in trash
B. Dispose of tube in the trash
C. Return tube to lab as is
D. Discard tube in sharp's container - ANSWER-D. Discard tube in sharp's container
5. What is the appropriate choice to do a dermal puncture on an infant less than 1 year
of age?
A. Call the nurse
B. Either heel
C. Either hand
D. Both pinky fingers - ANSWER-B. Either heel
6. Which of the following tests might be collected in a light blue tube?
A. HDL Test
B. TSH Test
C. CBC Test
D. Coagulation Test - ANSWER-D. Coagulation Test
7. Which of the following organization is committed to providing high quality care for
patients?
, A. CALI
B. CLSI
C. CLAA
D. CILA - ANSWER-B. CLSI
8. After a venipuncture when are tubes labeled?
A. Before the draw
B. With the patient present
C. During the draw
D. After patient leaves - ANSWER-B. With the patient present
9. Which of the following should be reported in the sharps log?
A. An accidental needle sticks
B. The time the phlebotomist arrived at work
C. The patients vein location
D. The nurses name - ANSWER-A. An accidental needle sticks
17. Light Blue tubes must be filled?
A. Halfway
B. All the way
C. Part of the way
D. As much as you want - ANSWER-B. All the way
18. A blood culture tube/bottles should be drawn?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th - ANSWER-A. 1st
19. What are some examples of specimens delivery methods?
A. Hand Delivery
B. Pneumatic Tube System
C. Automated Carrier
D. All the above - ANSWER-D. All the above
20. What does a fecal test look for?
A. Bacteria
B. Parasites
C. Occult blood
D. All the above - ANSWER-D. All the above
10. What can cause a specimen to become hemolyzed?
A. Showing the tube to a co-worker
B. Shaking or roughly handling the tube
C. Slowly inverting the tube
D. Showing the tube to the patient - ANSWER-B. Shaking or roughly handling the tube
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
1. What cleansing solution is used for a venipuncture?
A. 50% Isopropyl Alcohol
B. 75% Isopropyl Alcohol
C. 10% Isopropyl Alcohol
D. 70% Isopropyl Alcohol - ANSWER-D. 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
2. What is the liquid portion of whole blood called?
A. Plasma
B. Water
C. Lymph
D. Serum - ANSWER-A. Plasma
3. What does OSHA stand for?
A. Occupational Service & Health Administration
B. Occupational System & Health Admission
C. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
D. Occupational Simple & Health Act - ANSWER-C. Occupational Safety & Health
Administration
4. Where should a phlebotomist dispose of a cracked tube?
A. Discard tube in a glove then place in trash
B. Dispose of tube in the trash
C. Return tube to lab as is
D. Discard tube in sharp's container - ANSWER-D. Discard tube in sharp's container
5. What is the appropriate choice to do a dermal puncture on an infant less than 1 year
of age?
A. Call the nurse
B. Either heel
C. Either hand
D. Both pinky fingers - ANSWER-B. Either heel
6. Which of the following tests might be collected in a light blue tube?
A. HDL Test
B. TSH Test
C. CBC Test
D. Coagulation Test - ANSWER-D. Coagulation Test
7. Which of the following organization is committed to providing high quality care for
patients?
, A. CALI
B. CLSI
C. CLAA
D. CILA - ANSWER-B. CLSI
8. After a venipuncture when are tubes labeled?
A. Before the draw
B. With the patient present
C. During the draw
D. After patient leaves - ANSWER-B. With the patient present
9. Which of the following should be reported in the sharps log?
A. An accidental needle sticks
B. The time the phlebotomist arrived at work
C. The patients vein location
D. The nurses name - ANSWER-A. An accidental needle sticks
17. Light Blue tubes must be filled?
A. Halfway
B. All the way
C. Part of the way
D. As much as you want - ANSWER-B. All the way
18. A blood culture tube/bottles should be drawn?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th - ANSWER-A. 1st
19. What are some examples of specimens delivery methods?
A. Hand Delivery
B. Pneumatic Tube System
C. Automated Carrier
D. All the above - ANSWER-D. All the above
20. What does a fecal test look for?
A. Bacteria
B. Parasites
C. Occult blood
D. All the above - ANSWER-D. All the above
10. What can cause a specimen to become hemolyzed?
A. Showing the tube to a co-worker
B. Shaking or roughly handling the tube
C. Slowly inverting the tube
D. Showing the tube to the patient - ANSWER-B. Shaking or roughly handling the tube
