OHIO SCHOOL OF PHLEBOTOMY TEST PAPER 2025/2026
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔After being spun down in a centrifuge, a tube without a anticoagulant will yield which
fluid? - ✔✔Serum
✔✔The process of clotting is also called: - ✔✔Hemostasis
✔✔The condition of having a lower than normal number red blood cells is called: -
✔✔Anemia
✔✔Which type of blood cell causes allergic reactions? - ✔✔Basophil
✔✔T-cells and B-cells are: - ✔✔Lymphocytes
✔✔What determines blood type? - ✔✔Antigens
✔✔Which of the following blood types could donate to a patient who has O+ blood? -
✔✔O-
✔✔Which fluid has no fibrin? - ✔✔Serum
✔✔In which of the following tubes might you find a clot? - ✔✔Red Tiger Top
✔✔You are asked to draw a Chem 7. What tube might be ordered on the requisition? -
✔✔Lavender
✔✔The results of the BUN and Creatinine on a Chem 7 test tell us about the function of
the: - ✔✔Kidney
✔✔Define Blood Pressure: - ✔✔The force the aqueous blood exerts on the arterial
walls
✔✔Which of the following is true about veins? - ✔✔They carry blood toward the heart
✔✔The place where veins join together is called a: - ✔✔Confluence
✔✔Which of the following is true about arteries? - ✔✔They carry blood away from the
heart
✔✔What is the technical term for fats in the blood? - ✔✔Lipids
✔✔The fluid between the cells of the body is called? - ✔✔Lymph
, ✔✔Which of the following is true about capillary beds? - ✔✔They are at a higher
pressure than veins
✔✔The pulmonary portion of the cardiovascular system performs what function? -
✔✔Reoxygenation of blood
✔✔The "circulatory system" refers to: - ✔✔The cardiovascular system and lymphatic
system
✔✔Which layer of tissue is essentially the same in both the veins and the arteries? -
✔✔Tunica Intima
✔✔All very small organisms can be called: - ✔✔Microbes
✔✔A serum test for pregnancy would test for the hormone: - ✔✔hcG
✔✔Hematopoiesis is: - ✔✔The production of red blood cells in the marrow of long
bones
✔✔Immunizations protect the body from disease because they activate: - ✔✔The
adaptive immune system
✔✔The cardiovascular system delivers oxygen to the individual cells of the body at what
type of vessel? - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔Which of the following actions should you take after an accidental arterial puncture?
- ✔✔All of the above
✔✔A reticulocyte is: - ✔✔An immature red blood cell
✔✔The muscular layer of the heart is the: - ✔✔Myocardium
✔✔Blood passing through the heart will enter which chamber first? - ✔✔Right Atrium
✔✔Which is closer to the surface of the skin? - ✔✔Veins
✔✔Which is the following could cause hemolysis? - ✔✔Insufficient samples in the blue
top tubes
✔✔What might cause hemoconcentration? - ✔✔Leaving the tourniquet on too long
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔After being spun down in a centrifuge, a tube without a anticoagulant will yield which
fluid? - ✔✔Serum
✔✔The process of clotting is also called: - ✔✔Hemostasis
✔✔The condition of having a lower than normal number red blood cells is called: -
✔✔Anemia
✔✔Which type of blood cell causes allergic reactions? - ✔✔Basophil
✔✔T-cells and B-cells are: - ✔✔Lymphocytes
✔✔What determines blood type? - ✔✔Antigens
✔✔Which of the following blood types could donate to a patient who has O+ blood? -
✔✔O-
✔✔Which fluid has no fibrin? - ✔✔Serum
✔✔In which of the following tubes might you find a clot? - ✔✔Red Tiger Top
✔✔You are asked to draw a Chem 7. What tube might be ordered on the requisition? -
✔✔Lavender
✔✔The results of the BUN and Creatinine on a Chem 7 test tell us about the function of
the: - ✔✔Kidney
✔✔Define Blood Pressure: - ✔✔The force the aqueous blood exerts on the arterial
walls
✔✔Which of the following is true about veins? - ✔✔They carry blood toward the heart
✔✔The place where veins join together is called a: - ✔✔Confluence
✔✔Which of the following is true about arteries? - ✔✔They carry blood away from the
heart
✔✔What is the technical term for fats in the blood? - ✔✔Lipids
✔✔The fluid between the cells of the body is called? - ✔✔Lymph
, ✔✔Which of the following is true about capillary beds? - ✔✔They are at a higher
pressure than veins
✔✔The pulmonary portion of the cardiovascular system performs what function? -
✔✔Reoxygenation of blood
✔✔The "circulatory system" refers to: - ✔✔The cardiovascular system and lymphatic
system
✔✔Which layer of tissue is essentially the same in both the veins and the arteries? -
✔✔Tunica Intima
✔✔All very small organisms can be called: - ✔✔Microbes
✔✔A serum test for pregnancy would test for the hormone: - ✔✔hcG
✔✔Hematopoiesis is: - ✔✔The production of red blood cells in the marrow of long
bones
✔✔Immunizations protect the body from disease because they activate: - ✔✔The
adaptive immune system
✔✔The cardiovascular system delivers oxygen to the individual cells of the body at what
type of vessel? - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔Which of the following actions should you take after an accidental arterial puncture?
- ✔✔All of the above
✔✔A reticulocyte is: - ✔✔An immature red blood cell
✔✔The muscular layer of the heart is the: - ✔✔Myocardium
✔✔Blood passing through the heart will enter which chamber first? - ✔✔Right Atrium
✔✔Which is closer to the surface of the skin? - ✔✔Veins
✔✔Which is the following could cause hemolysis? - ✔✔Insufficient samples in the blue
top tubes
✔✔What might cause hemoconcentration? - ✔✔Leaving the tourniquet on too long
