AMCA CMAC EXAM 4
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1. Which organization developed the guidelines for uni- c. CDC
versal precautions?
Select one:
a. CLIA
b. OSHA
c. CDC
d. EPA
e. FDA
2. According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE b. blood
(personal protective equipment) when they have con-
tact with:
Select one:
a. sweat
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin
3. To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is b. HCG hormone
tested for the presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations
4. A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on c. Void a specimen mid-
a collected urine specimen. Which of the following stream in a sterile cup
instructions best describe what your patient should
do?
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Select one:
a. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup.
5. If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing c. alkaline
for more than 1 hour, bacteria will grow, and the pH of
the urine will soon become:
Select one:
a. slightly acidic
b. both acidic and alkaline
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. highly acidic
6. The pH range for normal urine is b. 4.5 to 8.0
Select one:
a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 4.5 to 8.0
c. 0 to 9.0
d. 7.5 to 9.0
e. 2.5 to 7.0
7. If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses d. straw
of water each day; urine would most likely be which
color?
Select one:
a. yellow
b. dark yellow
c. brown
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d. straw
e. red
8. Urine needs to be collected in which type of container b. sterile
if it is collected for bacterial culture?
Select one:
a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. rinsed
e. glass
9. A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the a. microscopic, chemical,
following sets of examinations? physical
Select one:
a. microscopic, chemical, physical
b. reagent, chemical, physical
c. visual, culture, reagent
d. microscopic, reagent, chemical
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical
10. To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unre- d. tested within 1 hour of
liable pH sample, the specimen should be: collection
Select one:
a. exposed to air for slightly more than 1 hour
b. allowed to rise to room temperature after refriger-
ation and before testing so that any casts may break
down to release protein
c. allowed time for the urea to convert to ammonia in
order to decrease the pH
d. tested within 1 hour of collection
e. always refrigerated immediately upon collection
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11. When placing a urine specimen tube into the cen- b. directly opposite the
trifuge for later creating a wet mount, where should tube containing the urine
you place an identical tube containing water in that specimen
same centrifuge?
Select one:
a. a 2nd tube is not required
b. directly opposite the tube containing the urine
specimen
c. to the left of the urine specimen tube
d. right beside the tube containing the specimen
e. at a 90° angle from the urine specimen tube
12. The principal reason for bracing the hand holding c. prevent excess needle
the needle assembly against the patient's arm during movement
phlebotomy is to:
Select one:
a. decrease the patient's discomfort
b. cause the evaluation tubes to fill more quickly
c. prevent excess needle movement
d. ease vein palpation
e. decrease the possibility of hemolysis
13. When a reagent strip is used to test a urine specimen c. diabetes mellitus
and the result is positive for ketones, this may be an
indication of which condition?
Select one:
a. liver damage
b. alkalosis
c. diabetes mellitus
d. hypercalcemia
e. poisoning
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1. Which organization developed the guidelines for uni- c. CDC
versal precautions?
Select one:
a. CLIA
b. OSHA
c. CDC
d. EPA
e. FDA
2. According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE b. blood
(personal protective equipment) when they have con-
tact with:
Select one:
a. sweat
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin
3. To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is b. HCG hormone
tested for the presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations
4. A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on c. Void a specimen mid-
a collected urine specimen. Which of the following stream in a sterile cup
instructions best describe what your patient should
do?
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Select one:
a. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup.
5. If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing c. alkaline
for more than 1 hour, bacteria will grow, and the pH of
the urine will soon become:
Select one:
a. slightly acidic
b. both acidic and alkaline
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. highly acidic
6. The pH range for normal urine is b. 4.5 to 8.0
Select one:
a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 4.5 to 8.0
c. 0 to 9.0
d. 7.5 to 9.0
e. 2.5 to 7.0
7. If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses d. straw
of water each day; urine would most likely be which
color?
Select one:
a. yellow
b. dark yellow
c. brown
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d. straw
e. red
8. Urine needs to be collected in which type of container b. sterile
if it is collected for bacterial culture?
Select one:
a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. rinsed
e. glass
9. A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the a. microscopic, chemical,
following sets of examinations? physical
Select one:
a. microscopic, chemical, physical
b. reagent, chemical, physical
c. visual, culture, reagent
d. microscopic, reagent, chemical
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical
10. To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unre- d. tested within 1 hour of
liable pH sample, the specimen should be: collection
Select one:
a. exposed to air for slightly more than 1 hour
b. allowed to rise to room temperature after refriger-
ation and before testing so that any casts may break
down to release protein
c. allowed time for the urea to convert to ammonia in
order to decrease the pH
d. tested within 1 hour of collection
e. always refrigerated immediately upon collection
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11. When placing a urine specimen tube into the cen- b. directly opposite the
trifuge for later creating a wet mount, where should tube containing the urine
you place an identical tube containing water in that specimen
same centrifuge?
Select one:
a. a 2nd tube is not required
b. directly opposite the tube containing the urine
specimen
c. to the left of the urine specimen tube
d. right beside the tube containing the specimen
e. at a 90° angle from the urine specimen tube
12. The principal reason for bracing the hand holding c. prevent excess needle
the needle assembly against the patient's arm during movement
phlebotomy is to:
Select one:
a. decrease the patient's discomfort
b. cause the evaluation tubes to fill more quickly
c. prevent excess needle movement
d. ease vein palpation
e. decrease the possibility of hemolysis
13. When a reagent strip is used to test a urine specimen c. diabetes mellitus
and the result is positive for ketones, this may be an
indication of which condition?
Select one:
a. liver damage
b. alkalosis
c. diabetes mellitus
d. hypercalcemia
e. poisoning
