AMT Practice Exam
Questions PART 1
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of
control specimens?
a. quality control
b. standards
c. precision
d. calibration - Answer A
Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and transported to the laboratory, to
the analysis itself and the reporting of the results, must be documented by a process known
as?
a. chain of custody
b. quality assessment
c. calibration
d. standards - Answer A
Describes how close a test result is to the true value?
a. accuracy
b. calibrations
c. precision
d. standard - Answer A
What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations,
fern test) performed by a physician for his or her own patients?
,a. proficiency testing
b. point of care testing
c. provider performed microscopy (PPM)
d. waived testing - Answer C
What regulation that became law in 1992, requires that laboratories develop, implement,
and comply with a plan that ensures the protective safety of laboratory staff to potential
infectious blood-borne pathogens and manage and handle medical waste in a safe and
effective manner?
a. occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)
b. centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)
c. college of American pathologists (CAP)
d. occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens - Answer D
What category of bioterrorism agent has the following characteristics?
Pathogens that are seen in the united states, these agents have the highest priority
organisms in this category pose a risk to national security because they can be easily
disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high mortality rates and have
potential for major public health impact.
a. category a
b. category b
c. category c
d. category d - Answer A
OSHA has defined __________ as blood and blood products, contaminated sharps,
pathology waste products, and microbiological waste.
a. nuclear waste
b. infectious waste
,c. bioharzard containers
d. biohazard bags - Answer B
Agents anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, filoviruses, and arenaviruses are
classified as?
a. category a
b. category b
c. category c
d. category d - Answer A
What category of bioterrorism agent has the following characteristics?
These agents have the third highest priority and include emerging pathogens that could be
engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of availability, ease of production,
and dissemination.
a. category a
b. category b
c. category c
d. category d - Answer C
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained about the
new labels and elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by December 1 of ____ ?
a. 2012
b. 2016
c. 2013
d. 2014 - Answer C
, In 2012, the united states department of labor, department of occupational safety and
health administration finalized their new Hazard communication standard.
What do the letters GHS stand for?
a. Government Health and Safety
b. Globally Harmonized System
c. Global Hospital Safety
d. Government Help Society - Answer B
Which Hazard Symbol is this representing?
**Fire with Red square around it**
a. Explosive
b. Flammable
c. Health Hazard
d. Corrosive - Answer B
Which Hazard Symbol is this representing?
**something exploding with Red square around it**
a. Explosive
b. Flammable
c. Health Hazard
d. Corrosive - Answer A
The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using ?
a. pictures of the chemical
b. cartoon characterizations
c. pictograms
Questions PART 1
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of
control specimens?
a. quality control
b. standards
c. precision
d. calibration - Answer A
Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and transported to the laboratory, to
the analysis itself and the reporting of the results, must be documented by a process known
as?
a. chain of custody
b. quality assessment
c. calibration
d. standards - Answer A
Describes how close a test result is to the true value?
a. accuracy
b. calibrations
c. precision
d. standard - Answer A
What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations,
fern test) performed by a physician for his or her own patients?
,a. proficiency testing
b. point of care testing
c. provider performed microscopy (PPM)
d. waived testing - Answer C
What regulation that became law in 1992, requires that laboratories develop, implement,
and comply with a plan that ensures the protective safety of laboratory staff to potential
infectious blood-borne pathogens and manage and handle medical waste in a safe and
effective manner?
a. occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)
b. centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)
c. college of American pathologists (CAP)
d. occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens - Answer D
What category of bioterrorism agent has the following characteristics?
Pathogens that are seen in the united states, these agents have the highest priority
organisms in this category pose a risk to national security because they can be easily
disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high mortality rates and have
potential for major public health impact.
a. category a
b. category b
c. category c
d. category d - Answer A
OSHA has defined __________ as blood and blood products, contaminated sharps,
pathology waste products, and microbiological waste.
a. nuclear waste
b. infectious waste
,c. bioharzard containers
d. biohazard bags - Answer B
Agents anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, filoviruses, and arenaviruses are
classified as?
a. category a
b. category b
c. category c
d. category d - Answer A
What category of bioterrorism agent has the following characteristics?
These agents have the third highest priority and include emerging pathogens that could be
engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of availability, ease of production,
and dissemination.
a. category a
b. category b
c. category c
d. category d - Answer C
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained about the
new labels and elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by December 1 of ____ ?
a. 2012
b. 2016
c. 2013
d. 2014 - Answer C
, In 2012, the united states department of labor, department of occupational safety and
health administration finalized their new Hazard communication standard.
What do the letters GHS stand for?
a. Government Health and Safety
b. Globally Harmonized System
c. Global Hospital Safety
d. Government Help Society - Answer B
Which Hazard Symbol is this representing?
**Fire with Red square around it**
a. Explosive
b. Flammable
c. Health Hazard
d. Corrosive - Answer B
Which Hazard Symbol is this representing?
**something exploding with Red square around it**
a. Explosive
b. Flammable
c. Health Hazard
d. Corrosive - Answer A
The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using ?
a. pictures of the chemical
b. cartoon characterizations
c. pictograms
