AMCA PHLEBOTOMY REVISION PAST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔What documents would you refer to in case of a chemical spill? - ✔✔Material Safety
Data Sheet (MSDS)
✔✔In the chain of infection the host can become the: - ✔✔Resevoir
✔✔When you are doing a bleeding time test, what should the blood pressure cuff
beinflated to? - ✔✔40 mmhg
✔✔What color tube top would be used to check coagulation? - ✔✔Lt. Blue
✔✔What department in the hospital is responsible for sterile supplies? - ✔✔Central
Supply
✔✔What is the document in the lab that describes the detailed steps to follow to collect
specimens? - ✔✔Procedural Manual
✔✔What is the most common test for the lavender top tube? - ✔✔CBC
✔✔Blood is carried away from the heart by: - ✔✔arteries
✔✔A lipemic specimen, usually indicates the patient has not been doing what? -
✔✔Fasting
✔✔What gauge winged needle would you use when drawing from a hand, select one of
the following sizes: 15, 17 ,19 ,23 - ✔✔23
✔✔The antiglycolitic agent function does what? - ✔✔Preserve Glucose
✔✔What ratio of bleach to water can be used as a medical grade disinfectant? -
✔✔10:1
✔✔T or F: OSHA requires the HBV vaccine for healthcare workers? - ✔✔True
✔✔What would you do if your adult patient refuses a blood draw? - ✔✔Document it and
notify provider
✔✔What is the best urine specimen fora urine culture? - ✔✔Clean catch and midstream
✔✔If you have a blood spill, where do you dispose of the materials? - ✔✔Biohazard
waste
, ✔✔Where would a phlebotomist document poor technique that affected sample quality?
- ✔✔Quality Improvement Form
✔✔What kind of container should you dispose of used needle in? - ✔✔Puncture
Resistant Container
✔✔If a patient is on a blood thinners, what should you put on the patients after the
blood draw to cover the puncture site? - ✔✔Coban
✔✔What precaution requires special handling and ventilation? - ✔✔Airborne
✔✔What lab department is CBC sent to? - ✔✔Hematology
✔✔If a tourniquet is left on to long, ____________________ of the blood could result. -
✔✔Hemononcentration
✔✔What is the muscle layer of the heart? - ✔✔Myocardium
✔✔Plasma is composed of 90% water and 10% what? - ✔✔Dissolved Solutes
✔✔For a regular blood draw what should the angleof the needleand direction of the
bevel be? - ✔✔Bevel up and 15 to 30 degrees
✔✔What is the additive found in the yellow top? - ✔✔Sodium Polyanetholesulfonate
(SPS)
✔✔What color top tube is used to test Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)? -
✔✔Lavender
✔✔What tests are collected in a Royal blue top tube? - ✔✔Trace Elements or Aluminum
✔✔Almost all coagulation tests require that a plasma specimen be drawn in what
colortube top? - ✔✔Lt. Blue
✔✔The SST goes to which lab department? - ✔✔Chemistry
✔✔By what structure does oxygenated blood leave the heart? - ✔✔Aorta
✔✔What is the point-of-care test that can be performed at home as well as at the
hospital? - ✔✔Glucose testing
✔✔Who is trained to use safety features of phlebotomy equipment? - ✔✔Professionals
AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔What documents would you refer to in case of a chemical spill? - ✔✔Material Safety
Data Sheet (MSDS)
✔✔In the chain of infection the host can become the: - ✔✔Resevoir
✔✔When you are doing a bleeding time test, what should the blood pressure cuff
beinflated to? - ✔✔40 mmhg
✔✔What color tube top would be used to check coagulation? - ✔✔Lt. Blue
✔✔What department in the hospital is responsible for sterile supplies? - ✔✔Central
Supply
✔✔What is the document in the lab that describes the detailed steps to follow to collect
specimens? - ✔✔Procedural Manual
✔✔What is the most common test for the lavender top tube? - ✔✔CBC
✔✔Blood is carried away from the heart by: - ✔✔arteries
✔✔A lipemic specimen, usually indicates the patient has not been doing what? -
✔✔Fasting
✔✔What gauge winged needle would you use when drawing from a hand, select one of
the following sizes: 15, 17 ,19 ,23 - ✔✔23
✔✔The antiglycolitic agent function does what? - ✔✔Preserve Glucose
✔✔What ratio of bleach to water can be used as a medical grade disinfectant? -
✔✔10:1
✔✔T or F: OSHA requires the HBV vaccine for healthcare workers? - ✔✔True
✔✔What would you do if your adult patient refuses a blood draw? - ✔✔Document it and
notify provider
✔✔What is the best urine specimen fora urine culture? - ✔✔Clean catch and midstream
✔✔If you have a blood spill, where do you dispose of the materials? - ✔✔Biohazard
waste
, ✔✔Where would a phlebotomist document poor technique that affected sample quality?
- ✔✔Quality Improvement Form
✔✔What kind of container should you dispose of used needle in? - ✔✔Puncture
Resistant Container
✔✔If a patient is on a blood thinners, what should you put on the patients after the
blood draw to cover the puncture site? - ✔✔Coban
✔✔What precaution requires special handling and ventilation? - ✔✔Airborne
✔✔What lab department is CBC sent to? - ✔✔Hematology
✔✔If a tourniquet is left on to long, ____________________ of the blood could result. -
✔✔Hemononcentration
✔✔What is the muscle layer of the heart? - ✔✔Myocardium
✔✔Plasma is composed of 90% water and 10% what? - ✔✔Dissolved Solutes
✔✔For a regular blood draw what should the angleof the needleand direction of the
bevel be? - ✔✔Bevel up and 15 to 30 degrees
✔✔What is the additive found in the yellow top? - ✔✔Sodium Polyanetholesulfonate
(SPS)
✔✔What color top tube is used to test Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)? -
✔✔Lavender
✔✔What tests are collected in a Royal blue top tube? - ✔✔Trace Elements or Aluminum
✔✔Almost all coagulation tests require that a plasma specimen be drawn in what
colortube top? - ✔✔Lt. Blue
✔✔The SST goes to which lab department? - ✔✔Chemistry
✔✔By what structure does oxygenated blood leave the heart? - ✔✔Aorta
✔✔What is the point-of-care test that can be performed at home as well as at the
hospital? - ✔✔Glucose testing
✔✔Who is trained to use safety features of phlebotomy equipment? - ✔✔Professionals
