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MT AMT Practice Exam LATEST 2026-2027 WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Which lamps are most common when working in the ultraviolet region?
Select one:
a. Incandescent tungsten and tungsten-iodide
b. Incandescent tungsten and deuterium discharge
c. Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
d. Mercury arc and tungsten-iodide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mercury arc and deuterium
discharge
Question: The magnification of a microscope is determined by the
Select one:
a. high power objective multiplied by the low power objective.
b. thickness of the condenser.
c. powers of the eyepiece and objective.
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d. fine focus adjustment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔powers of the eyepiece and objective.
Question: You are working in specimen processing and receive a specimen from the emergency
department (ED) for a STAT CBC. The requisition contains information for Bobby Brown but the
tube is labeled Bobby Smith. You call the ED and speak with the collecting nurse who
assures you the blood is that of Bobby Brown and she asked you to relabel the specimen. How
should you proceed?
Select one:
a. Relabel the specimen as instructed by the nurse.
b. Send the specimen back to the ED for them to properly relabel.
c. Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
d. Hold the mislabeled specimen until the end of the shift, when there's more time to deal
with it. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
Question: Which microcollection tube should be collected FIRST when performing a capillary
puncture?
Select one:
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a. Tube with NO additive (gold or red top)
b. Heparinized tube (green top)
c. EDTA tube (lavender top)
d. Sterile blood culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔EDTA tube (lavender top)
Question: Glucose test. How should this request be handled?
Select one:
a. Centrifuge the specimen and aliquot some serum into another tube for chemistry.
Then send the tube to blood bank for the DAT.
b. Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum glucose
test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is not the appropriate specimen.
c. Have both tests recollected since this is not an appropriate specimen for either test.
d. Send the specimen to blood bank first for the DAT and ask them to send it on to
chemistry when they are through. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Centrifuge the specimen once it has
clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum glucose test. The DAT will need to be
recollected because this is not the appropriate
specimen.
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Question: Which of the following instruments ionizes the target molecule then separates and
measures
the mass-to-charge ratio?
Select one:
a. Atomic absorption spectrometer
b. Ion selective electrode
c. Mass spectrometer
d. Gas chromatography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mass spectrometer
Question: Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize monoclonal
proteins?
Select one:
a. IEP and IFE
b. DIF and RID
c. IEP and RID
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MT AMT Practice Exam LATEST 2026-2027 WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Which lamps are most common when working in the ultraviolet region?
Select one:
a. Incandescent tungsten and tungsten-iodide
b. Incandescent tungsten and deuterium discharge
c. Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
d. Mercury arc and tungsten-iodide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mercury arc and deuterium
discharge
Question: The magnification of a microscope is determined by the
Select one:
a. high power objective multiplied by the low power objective.
b. thickness of the condenser.
c. powers of the eyepiece and objective.
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d. fine focus adjustment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔powers of the eyepiece and objective.
Question: You are working in specimen processing and receive a specimen from the emergency
department (ED) for a STAT CBC. The requisition contains information for Bobby Brown but the
tube is labeled Bobby Smith. You call the ED and speak with the collecting nurse who
assures you the blood is that of Bobby Brown and she asked you to relabel the specimen. How
should you proceed?
Select one:
a. Relabel the specimen as instructed by the nurse.
b. Send the specimen back to the ED for them to properly relabel.
c. Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
d. Hold the mislabeled specimen until the end of the shift, when there's more time to deal
with it. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
Question: Which microcollection tube should be collected FIRST when performing a capillary
puncture?
Select one:
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a. Tube with NO additive (gold or red top)
b. Heparinized tube (green top)
c. EDTA tube (lavender top)
d. Sterile blood culture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔EDTA tube (lavender top)
Question: Glucose test. How should this request be handled?
Select one:
a. Centrifuge the specimen and aliquot some serum into another tube for chemistry.
Then send the tube to blood bank for the DAT.
b. Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum glucose
test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is not the appropriate specimen.
c. Have both tests recollected since this is not an appropriate specimen for either test.
d. Send the specimen to blood bank first for the DAT and ask them to send it on to
chemistry when they are through. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Centrifuge the specimen once it has
clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum glucose test. The DAT will need to be
recollected because this is not the appropriate
specimen.
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Question: Which of the following instruments ionizes the target molecule then separates and
measures
the mass-to-charge ratio?
Select one:
a. Atomic absorption spectrometer
b. Ion selective electrode
c. Mass spectrometer
d. Gas chromatography - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mass spectrometer
Question: Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize monoclonal
proteins?
Select one:
a. IEP and IFE
b. DIF and RID
c. IEP and RID
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