CAL REGIONAL MIDTERM PHLEBOTOMY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following is a test of the urinary system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Creatine clearance
An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain type of... - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Antigen present in red blood cells
The solution normally used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl)
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ACT
Capillary puncture blood most likely resembles? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Arterial blood.
Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Femoral Vein
The relaxing phase of of the cardiac cycle is called? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Diastole.
What is the most important factor in choosing which gauge needle to use fore venipuncture? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅The size and condition of the vein.
A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the following situations EXCEPT
when? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Drawing a light blue top.
What does the term calcaneus mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heel bone.
For which condition is a unit of blood withdrawn from a patient as treatment? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Hemochromatosis.
, Prolonged tourniquet application may cause change in blood composition primarily because of? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hemoconcentration
A blood smear from a EDTA specimen should be made? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Within 1 hour of
collection time.
The ability of the body to maintain itself to achieve a "steady state" defines what term? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Homeostasis.
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during capillary puncture to avoid? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Injuring a bone.
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Misidentifying a
patient.
If a patient is complaining of sharp radiating pain from a needle insertion site, the phlebotomist should?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Immediately terminate the draw.
Capillary puncture that are deeper than recommended are more painful because pain fibers increase in
abundance below? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2.4 mm.
A tube fails to fill with blood during a venipuncture. Which of the following might lead you to think that
the vein has collapsed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Vein disappears when you engage tube.
A chain of custody is a ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Special protocol for forensic specimen.
A phlebotomist has attempted twice to draw a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) specimen for a patient
with difficult veins. Both times the phlebotomist has been able to draw only a partial tube. What should
the phlebotomist do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Have another phlebotomist try.
Why should the laboratory report form indicate the fact that a specimen has been collected by capillary
puncture? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The test results may very.
ANSWERS
Which of the following is a test of the urinary system? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Creatine clearance
An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain type of... - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Antigen present in red blood cells
The solution normally used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl)
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ACT
Capillary puncture blood most likely resembles? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Arterial blood.
Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Femoral Vein
The relaxing phase of of the cardiac cycle is called? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Diastole.
What is the most important factor in choosing which gauge needle to use fore venipuncture? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅The size and condition of the vein.
A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the following situations EXCEPT
when? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Drawing a light blue top.
What does the term calcaneus mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heel bone.
For which condition is a unit of blood withdrawn from a patient as treatment? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Hemochromatosis.
, Prolonged tourniquet application may cause change in blood composition primarily because of? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hemoconcentration
A blood smear from a EDTA specimen should be made? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Within 1 hour of
collection time.
The ability of the body to maintain itself to achieve a "steady state" defines what term? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Homeostasis.
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during capillary puncture to avoid? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Injuring a bone.
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Misidentifying a
patient.
If a patient is complaining of sharp radiating pain from a needle insertion site, the phlebotomist should?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Immediately terminate the draw.
Capillary puncture that are deeper than recommended are more painful because pain fibers increase in
abundance below? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2.4 mm.
A tube fails to fill with blood during a venipuncture. Which of the following might lead you to think that
the vein has collapsed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Vein disappears when you engage tube.
A chain of custody is a ? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Special protocol for forensic specimen.
A phlebotomist has attempted twice to draw a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) specimen for a patient
with difficult veins. Both times the phlebotomist has been able to draw only a partial tube. What should
the phlebotomist do? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Have another phlebotomist try.
Why should the laboratory report form indicate the fact that a specimen has been collected by capillary
puncture? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The test results may very.
