ASCP CERTIFICATION UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔veins suitable for possible venipuncture in the antecubital area include all of the
following: - ✔✔Brachial veins
✔✔A plasma protein that serves to help regulate blood volume by maintaining osmotic
pressure and by transporting many different types of molecules is: - ✔✔Albumin
✔✔a muscular skeletal test includes: - ✔✔Creatine Kinase
✔✔when the body acts to maintain a dynamic steady state, it is referred to as: -
✔✔Homeostasis
✔✔the following term means a decrease of red blood cells: - ✔✔Erythrocytopenia
✔✔Thrombocytosis means: - ✔✔increased number of platelets
✔✔Agency or Agencies that approve pbt training programs: - ✔✔National Accrediting
Agency of Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS)
✔✔NPO means - ✔✔Nothing By Mouth
✔✔the suffix in the term hemostasis means: - ✔✔Control
✔✔the difference between arteries and veins is that: - ✔✔arteries have a thicker
muscular wall and are deeper that veins in tissue (hmm..that's what the review says??)
✔✔Hyperglycemia is a symptom of which endocrine disorger? - ✔✔diabetes mellitus
✔✔all of the following are common lab tests for the digestive system, except -
✔✔Microalbumin
✔✔preventing the spread of infection to patients, health care workers, and visitors
requires breaking the chain of infection through use of all of the following except -
✔✔HIPAA
✔✔pbt is about to enter the room of a patient in airborne isolation. which of the following
PPE will be needed - ✔✔Glove, N95 respirator
✔✔another name for nosocomial infection is - ✔✔Health care associated infection
✔✔terms that refers to RBCs is - ✔✔Erythrocytes
, ✔✔Inflammation of a vein is referred to as: - ✔✔Phlebitis
✔✔all manufacturers of hazardous chemicals are required to provide users of
hazardous chemicals a __________ - ✔✔MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)
✔✔to prevent parenteral exposure to blood borne pathogens during venipuncture
procedures, the pbt should not: - ✔✔hold evacuated tube while transferring blood from
syringe into tube
✔✔a color-coded, numeric system for indicating the health, flammability, and reactivity
hazards of chemicals was developed by: - ✔✔NFPA
✔✔blue quadrant of the NFPA label lists the relative danger of a chemical in the area of:
- ✔✔Health
✔✔OSHA regulation requires that all health care personnel in job classifications where
there is exposure to blood and body fluids be offered the opportunity to receive a
caccination free of charge or sign a declination form for which of the following infectious
agents: - ✔✔HBV
✔✔greatest bloodborne pathogen risk to lab employees is: - ✔✔HBV infection
✔✔employee right to know law allows employees to review the - ✔✔Hazard
Communication Standard
✔✔Standard Precautions is used in the hospital setting to prevent the spread of HIV
and HBV during patient care and applies to all body fluids, except: - ✔✔sweat
✔✔as a member of the health care team, the pbt knows the importance of standard of
precautions and routinely applies them to the care of: - ✔✔ALL PATIENTS
✔✔anatomic and surgical pathology - ✔✔the main division of the lab that analysis cells
and tissues is
✔✔analysis of DNA samples is performed in: - ✔✔Molecular Diagnostics
✔✔pbt is called to the ER for blood work on a patient suspected of having an MI. One
test that will most likely be drawn is - ✔✔Troponin
✔✔accreditation of labs is a fxn of which of the following.... - ✔✔JCAHO and CAP
✔✔standards and guidelines for laboratory patient testing are set forth by: - ✔✔CLSI
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔veins suitable for possible venipuncture in the antecubital area include all of the
following: - ✔✔Brachial veins
✔✔A plasma protein that serves to help regulate blood volume by maintaining osmotic
pressure and by transporting many different types of molecules is: - ✔✔Albumin
✔✔a muscular skeletal test includes: - ✔✔Creatine Kinase
✔✔when the body acts to maintain a dynamic steady state, it is referred to as: -
✔✔Homeostasis
✔✔the following term means a decrease of red blood cells: - ✔✔Erythrocytopenia
✔✔Thrombocytosis means: - ✔✔increased number of platelets
✔✔Agency or Agencies that approve pbt training programs: - ✔✔National Accrediting
Agency of Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS)
✔✔NPO means - ✔✔Nothing By Mouth
✔✔the suffix in the term hemostasis means: - ✔✔Control
✔✔the difference between arteries and veins is that: - ✔✔arteries have a thicker
muscular wall and are deeper that veins in tissue (hmm..that's what the review says??)
✔✔Hyperglycemia is a symptom of which endocrine disorger? - ✔✔diabetes mellitus
✔✔all of the following are common lab tests for the digestive system, except -
✔✔Microalbumin
✔✔preventing the spread of infection to patients, health care workers, and visitors
requires breaking the chain of infection through use of all of the following except -
✔✔HIPAA
✔✔pbt is about to enter the room of a patient in airborne isolation. which of the following
PPE will be needed - ✔✔Glove, N95 respirator
✔✔another name for nosocomial infection is - ✔✔Health care associated infection
✔✔terms that refers to RBCs is - ✔✔Erythrocytes
, ✔✔Inflammation of a vein is referred to as: - ✔✔Phlebitis
✔✔all manufacturers of hazardous chemicals are required to provide users of
hazardous chemicals a __________ - ✔✔MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)
✔✔to prevent parenteral exposure to blood borne pathogens during venipuncture
procedures, the pbt should not: - ✔✔hold evacuated tube while transferring blood from
syringe into tube
✔✔a color-coded, numeric system for indicating the health, flammability, and reactivity
hazards of chemicals was developed by: - ✔✔NFPA
✔✔blue quadrant of the NFPA label lists the relative danger of a chemical in the area of:
- ✔✔Health
✔✔OSHA regulation requires that all health care personnel in job classifications where
there is exposure to blood and body fluids be offered the opportunity to receive a
caccination free of charge or sign a declination form for which of the following infectious
agents: - ✔✔HBV
✔✔greatest bloodborne pathogen risk to lab employees is: - ✔✔HBV infection
✔✔employee right to know law allows employees to review the - ✔✔Hazard
Communication Standard
✔✔Standard Precautions is used in the hospital setting to prevent the spread of HIV
and HBV during patient care and applies to all body fluids, except: - ✔✔sweat
✔✔as a member of the health care team, the pbt knows the importance of standard of
precautions and routinely applies them to the care of: - ✔✔ALL PATIENTS
✔✔anatomic and surgical pathology - ✔✔the main division of the lab that analysis cells
and tissues is
✔✔analysis of DNA samples is performed in: - ✔✔Molecular Diagnostics
✔✔pbt is called to the ER for blood work on a patient suspected of having an MI. One
test that will most likely be drawn is - ✔✔Troponin
✔✔accreditation of labs is a fxn of which of the following.... - ✔✔JCAHO and CAP
✔✔standards and guidelines for laboratory patient testing are set forth by: - ✔✔CLSI
