Phlebotomy Practice Test for NPS
Latest 2025/2026 Questions with
Correct Answers Solved
1. 80-110mL
- ANS - Newborns have a blood volume of ______ mL
2. Phenylketonuria
- ANS - When phenylalanine builds up in the body due to its
inability to convert to tyrosine, this is known as:
3. False
- ANS - It is okay to wave your hand over the site to dry excess
alcohol.
4. host
- ANS - Pathogens require a ______.
5. False
- ANS - If a green Heparin specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes,
EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely low reading.
6. blue -top tube
- ANS - The Prothrombin Time (PT) uses what color topped tube?
,7. 8-10
- ANS - A patient should be fasting _____ hours before a GTT.
8. True
- ANS - Inverting plain glass tubes can lead to hemolysis.
9. all of the above
- ANS - Which of these conditions can lead to hemolysis?
10. anaphylactic shock
- ANS - If a patient is allergic to shellfish, iodine could send them
into _____________.
11. white blood cells (leukocytes)
- ANS - Due to the lack of ___________, oncology patients are
immunosuppressed.
12. True
- ANS - Using the cephalic vein in obese patients normally renders
the best results.
13. EDTA TUBE
- ANS - Which of the following labs should be drawn first?
14. yes
- ANS - If a patient holds their arm out, is that considered consent?
,15. nosocomial infection
- ANS - If an infection is contracted while a patient is at the
hospital, you would say they contracted a _________ infection.
16. insulin antibody.
- ANS - What test is not part of the Executive profile?
17. 8-12 HOURS
- ANS - A patient must be fasting for at least _____ before
conducting a blood sugar panel.
18. Shallow
- ANS - The veins of obese people tend to be:
19. True
- ANS - Long nails could inhibit you from properly performing a
procedure and the bacteria that can grow under them could cause
infection at the procedure site.
20. mononucleosis
- ANS - A virus transmitted through saliva, usually caused by the
Epstein-Barr virus
21. pulsatile
- ANS - Using palpation, the phlebotomist assesses a vein. The
phlebotomist knows that which of the following is not a
characteristic of a vein?
, 22. All of the above
- ANS - Common tests conducted in a Coagulation Department
would be ________
23. False
- ANS - The way you remove your PPE is not important.
24. Placed in the nearest sharps container.
- ANS - After performing the venipuncture, needles should be:
25. Direct harm
- ANS - If a patient contracts a nosocomial infection due to poor
technique, that is an example of:
26. False
- ANS - A patient may bend their elbow after a venipuncture is
performed.
27. indirect transmission
- ANS - A drop of infected blood being passed from one location to
another via equipment such as your blood drawing tray is an
example of what?
28. 5 MINUTES
- ANS - A puncture site should always stop bleeding within ________.
Latest 2025/2026 Questions with
Correct Answers Solved
1. 80-110mL
- ANS - Newborns have a blood volume of ______ mL
2. Phenylketonuria
- ANS - When phenylalanine builds up in the body due to its
inability to convert to tyrosine, this is known as:
3. False
- ANS - It is okay to wave your hand over the site to dry excess
alcohol.
4. host
- ANS - Pathogens require a ______.
5. False
- ANS - If a green Heparin specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes,
EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely low reading.
6. blue -top tube
- ANS - The Prothrombin Time (PT) uses what color topped tube?
,7. 8-10
- ANS - A patient should be fasting _____ hours before a GTT.
8. True
- ANS - Inverting plain glass tubes can lead to hemolysis.
9. all of the above
- ANS - Which of these conditions can lead to hemolysis?
10. anaphylactic shock
- ANS - If a patient is allergic to shellfish, iodine could send them
into _____________.
11. white blood cells (leukocytes)
- ANS - Due to the lack of ___________, oncology patients are
immunosuppressed.
12. True
- ANS - Using the cephalic vein in obese patients normally renders
the best results.
13. EDTA TUBE
- ANS - Which of the following labs should be drawn first?
14. yes
- ANS - If a patient holds their arm out, is that considered consent?
,15. nosocomial infection
- ANS - If an infection is contracted while a patient is at the
hospital, you would say they contracted a _________ infection.
16. insulin antibody.
- ANS - What test is not part of the Executive profile?
17. 8-12 HOURS
- ANS - A patient must be fasting for at least _____ before
conducting a blood sugar panel.
18. Shallow
- ANS - The veins of obese people tend to be:
19. True
- ANS - Long nails could inhibit you from properly performing a
procedure and the bacteria that can grow under them could cause
infection at the procedure site.
20. mononucleosis
- ANS - A virus transmitted through saliva, usually caused by the
Epstein-Barr virus
21. pulsatile
- ANS - Using palpation, the phlebotomist assesses a vein. The
phlebotomist knows that which of the following is not a
characteristic of a vein?
, 22. All of the above
- ANS - Common tests conducted in a Coagulation Department
would be ________
23. False
- ANS - The way you remove your PPE is not important.
24. Placed in the nearest sharps container.
- ANS - After performing the venipuncture, needles should be:
25. Direct harm
- ANS - If a patient contracts a nosocomial infection due to poor
technique, that is an example of:
26. False
- ANS - A patient may bend their elbow after a venipuncture is
performed.
27. indirect transmission
- ANS - A drop of infected blood being passed from one location to
another via equipment such as your blood drawing tray is an
example of what?
28. 5 MINUTES
- ANS - A puncture site should always stop bleeding within ________.
