Hartman Phlebotomy Practice Exam 150 Questions WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS

Hartman Phlebotomy Practice Exam 150 Questions
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS

_________________________ is an illness

spread by droplets.

(A) MRSA

(B) Influenza

(C) Measles

(D) C. diff - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(B) Influenza



100. In addition to causing pain for the patient,

probing for a vein can result in ____________,

which may affect analytes in a specimen.

(A) Hemostasis

(B) Hemoconcentration

(C) Homeostasis

(D) Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(D) Hematoma



101. Which of the following is permitted during

blood donation collections but should not be

done during routine venipuncture collections?

(A) Opening and closing the hand during

collection

(B) Palpating for a vein

(C) Applying a tourniquet during site

selection

(D) Applying pressure to the puncture site

after needle removal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(A) Opening and closing the hand during

,collection



102. When should gloves be removed and

replaced?

(A) Only if they become visibly soiled

(B) Always between patients

(C) Only if they are punctured or torn

(D) After every three patients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(B) Always between patients



103. The bloodborne illness that has most commonly

affected healthcare workers is

(A) HIV

(B) AIDS

(C) Hepatitis B

(D) Hepatitis C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(C) Hepatitis B



104. Coagulation studies are ordered for a patient

whose veins require use of a butterfly assembly.

Which of the following is true?

(A) A discard tube should be started first,

then a light blue tube filled completely

(B) A discard tube should be started first,

then a light green tube filled completely

(C) A light blue tube should be filled at least

halfway

(D) A lavender tube should be filled

completely - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(A) A discard tube should be started first,

then a light blue tube filled completely

,105. If a phlebotomy technician is not able to read

a note made on a manual requisition form,

she should

(A) Perform the draw as long as she can read

which tests are ordered

(B) Ask the patient if she knows what the

doctor wrote at the top of her requisition

(C) Contact the ordering provider for

clarification

(D) Send the patient back to the ordering provider

for a new requisition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(C) Contact the ordering provider for

clarification



106. Sharp, shooting pain during venipuncture is a

possible sign of what complication?

(A) Nerve involvement

(B) Hematoma

(C) Vein collapse

(D) Artery involvement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(A) Nerve involvement



107. Which of the following patients is most

likely to require use of a syringe and transfer

device?

(A) A 10-month-old infant

(B) A 12-year-old child

(C) A 40-year-old woman

(D) An 80-year old man - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(D) An 80-year old man



108. Hemolysis of a capillary specimen is most

, likely to have resulted from

(A) Warming the collection site for too long

(B) "Milking" the finger during collection

(C) Using incorrect order of draw

(D) Creating too deep a puncture with the

lancet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(B) "Milking" the finger during collection



109. A patient indicates that phlebotomy technicians

have always had the best luck drawing

blood from his right arm, but no suitable site

can be found in the right arm after visual

inspection and palpation. What should the

phlebotomy technician do next?

(A) Draw from the patient's hand

(B) Check the left arm

(C) Attempt to draw from the right arm

(D) Perform capillary puncture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(B) Check the left arm



110. Which of the following are effects of warming

a capillary puncture site? (Choose two.)

(A) Decreased pain for the patient

(B) Improved blood flow

(C) Arterialization of the blood

(D) Decreased blood oxygen at the site

(E) Increased platelet activation at the site - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅(B) Improved blood flow

(C) Arterialization of the blood



111. Gray-topped tubes typically have two additives.

What are the actions of these two additives?