CMLA LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does the term syncope mean? - ✔✔fainting
✔✔For a lab having a Certificate of Provider Performed Microscopy, what type of
healthcare provider would NOT be allowed to perform microscopic procedures? -
✔✔medical assistant
✔✔Who can give consent for treatment if the patient is a married minor? - ✔✔the
patient themselves
✔✔Another type of testing that can ensure accuracy in addition to QC is: -
✔✔proficiency testing
✔✔Which of the following analytes would be most affected by a hemolyzed specimen? -
✔✔K+
✔✔Liver enzymes can easily be assessed through: - ✔✔blood testing
✔✔A specimen that is divided into two parts an analyzed in two different laboratories to
check for accuracy is: - ✔✔split specimen
, ✔✔What is the name of the muscle of the chest? - ✔✔pectoralis major
✔✔The pathogen most commonly isolated from a wound infection is: -
✔✔staphylococcus areus
✔✔To protect confidentiality, what question should a healthcare worker ask themselves
before looking at a patient's medical information? - ✔✔Do I need to know this?
✔✔How many stool samples are needed for an O&P? - ✔✔3 fresh
✔✔The value of QC material provided by the manufacturer is known as: - ✔✔target
value
✔✔A sudden change in the mean that becomes continuous is known as: - ✔✔shift
✔✔Which term describes the TOP portion of a centrifuged specimen? - ✔✔supernatant
✔✔When blood is allowed to coagulate, the liquid portion is known as: - ✔✔serum
✔✔Where should a fingerstick be performed? - ✔✔on the 2nd or 3rd finger
✔✔What is it called to be free from infectious organisms? - ✔✔aseptic
✔✔The HIPAA privacy rule does not protect patient information that is: - ✔✔accidentally
overheard
✔✔In a normal distribution curve, more values are: - ✔✔close to the mean
✔✔If the laboratory receives a tube with no name, what is the proper procedure? -
✔✔discard it and ask for a redraw
✔✔Quality Control is plotted on a: - ✔✔Levey-Jennings chart
✔✔What information must always be clearly noted in a prominent area of a patient's file,
such as the front cover or immediately inside the cover? - ✔✔any known drug allergies
✔✔What does Universal Precautions mean to a healthcare worker? - ✔✔to treat
everything as contaminated
✔✔Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidose (GGT) is particularly elevated in: - ✔✔alcoholic
cirrhosis
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does the term syncope mean? - ✔✔fainting
✔✔For a lab having a Certificate of Provider Performed Microscopy, what type of
healthcare provider would NOT be allowed to perform microscopic procedures? -
✔✔medical assistant
✔✔Who can give consent for treatment if the patient is a married minor? - ✔✔the
patient themselves
✔✔Another type of testing that can ensure accuracy in addition to QC is: -
✔✔proficiency testing
✔✔Which of the following analytes would be most affected by a hemolyzed specimen? -
✔✔K+
✔✔Liver enzymes can easily be assessed through: - ✔✔blood testing
✔✔A specimen that is divided into two parts an analyzed in two different laboratories to
check for accuracy is: - ✔✔split specimen
, ✔✔What is the name of the muscle of the chest? - ✔✔pectoralis major
✔✔The pathogen most commonly isolated from a wound infection is: -
✔✔staphylococcus areus
✔✔To protect confidentiality, what question should a healthcare worker ask themselves
before looking at a patient's medical information? - ✔✔Do I need to know this?
✔✔How many stool samples are needed for an O&P? - ✔✔3 fresh
✔✔The value of QC material provided by the manufacturer is known as: - ✔✔target
value
✔✔A sudden change in the mean that becomes continuous is known as: - ✔✔shift
✔✔Which term describes the TOP portion of a centrifuged specimen? - ✔✔supernatant
✔✔When blood is allowed to coagulate, the liquid portion is known as: - ✔✔serum
✔✔Where should a fingerstick be performed? - ✔✔on the 2nd or 3rd finger
✔✔What is it called to be free from infectious organisms? - ✔✔aseptic
✔✔The HIPAA privacy rule does not protect patient information that is: - ✔✔accidentally
overheard
✔✔In a normal distribution curve, more values are: - ✔✔close to the mean
✔✔If the laboratory receives a tube with no name, what is the proper procedure? -
✔✔discard it and ask for a redraw
✔✔Quality Control is plotted on a: - ✔✔Levey-Jennings chart
✔✔What information must always be clearly noted in a prominent area of a patient's file,
such as the front cover or immediately inside the cover? - ✔✔any known drug allergies
✔✔What does Universal Precautions mean to a healthcare worker? - ✔✔to treat
everything as contaminated
✔✔Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidose (GGT) is particularly elevated in: - ✔✔alcoholic
cirrhosis
