AMT RMA UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔By bracing the hand while holding the needle assembly against the patients arm you
- ✔✔prevent excess needle movement
✔✔When performing a capillary blood collection, the first drop of blood is wiped away
because - ✔✔the first drop typically has more tissue fluid
✔✔What instrument may be used when trying to visualize the veins during venipuncture
- ✔✔Venoscope
✔✔What is correct procedure when performing blood smear for leukocyte alkaline
phosphate (LAP)? - ✔✔Perform skin puncture, wipe away the first drop of blood & then
touch slide to the next drop of blood.
✔✔How long should a tourniquet be placed around a patients arm? - ✔✔no more than
one minute
✔✔Hemoconcentration of a specimen can be avoided by? - ✔✔Removing the
tourniquet within one minute.
, ✔✔A colllapsed vein will cause a - ✔✔cessation of blood flow.
✔✔Swelling caused from blood leaking from a blood vessel is - ✔✔hematoma
✔✔How far above the venipuncture site should the tourniquet be wrapped around arm?
- ✔✔3 to 4 inches
✔✔What vein should be used when sample is needed from dialysis patient? - ✔✔hand
vein
✔✔what is the most critically affected analyte in a hemolyzed specimen? -
✔✔Potassium
✔✔Partial penetration of the upper wall of a vein may - ✔✔allow blood to leak into
subcutaneous tissue by way of needle bevel
✔✔when blood is inoculated into blood culture bottles using a butterfly apparatus which
bottle is inoculated first? - ✔✔aerobic bottle
✔✔The color tube that is most frequently associated with coagulation tests is - ✔✔light
blue
✔✔Which substance has a higher concentration in capillary blood than venous blood? -
✔✔Glucose
✔✔A serum or plasma specimen containing abnormally increased fatty substances from
animal or vegetable origin is - ✔✔lipemic
✔✔A skin puncture is preferred over a venipuncture when the patient - ✔✔has severe
burns
✔✔Prior to bandaging the puncture site the phlebotomist should - ✔✔examine the site
for bleeding.
✔✔when blood collected in a syringe must be placed in evacuated tubes it is best to
use - ✔✔blood transfer device
✔✔Blood smears made from EDTA specimens must be prepared within - ✔✔1 hour of
collection
✔✔when patient develops syncope during a venipuncture, the phlebotomist should first
- ✔✔remove tourniquet and call for help
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔By bracing the hand while holding the needle assembly against the patients arm you
- ✔✔prevent excess needle movement
✔✔When performing a capillary blood collection, the first drop of blood is wiped away
because - ✔✔the first drop typically has more tissue fluid
✔✔What instrument may be used when trying to visualize the veins during venipuncture
- ✔✔Venoscope
✔✔What is correct procedure when performing blood smear for leukocyte alkaline
phosphate (LAP)? - ✔✔Perform skin puncture, wipe away the first drop of blood & then
touch slide to the next drop of blood.
✔✔How long should a tourniquet be placed around a patients arm? - ✔✔no more than
one minute
✔✔Hemoconcentration of a specimen can be avoided by? - ✔✔Removing the
tourniquet within one minute.
, ✔✔A colllapsed vein will cause a - ✔✔cessation of blood flow.
✔✔Swelling caused from blood leaking from a blood vessel is - ✔✔hematoma
✔✔How far above the venipuncture site should the tourniquet be wrapped around arm?
- ✔✔3 to 4 inches
✔✔What vein should be used when sample is needed from dialysis patient? - ✔✔hand
vein
✔✔what is the most critically affected analyte in a hemolyzed specimen? -
✔✔Potassium
✔✔Partial penetration of the upper wall of a vein may - ✔✔allow blood to leak into
subcutaneous tissue by way of needle bevel
✔✔when blood is inoculated into blood culture bottles using a butterfly apparatus which
bottle is inoculated first? - ✔✔aerobic bottle
✔✔The color tube that is most frequently associated with coagulation tests is - ✔✔light
blue
✔✔Which substance has a higher concentration in capillary blood than venous blood? -
✔✔Glucose
✔✔A serum or plasma specimen containing abnormally increased fatty substances from
animal or vegetable origin is - ✔✔lipemic
✔✔A skin puncture is preferred over a venipuncture when the patient - ✔✔has severe
burns
✔✔Prior to bandaging the puncture site the phlebotomist should - ✔✔examine the site
for bleeding.
✔✔when blood collected in a syringe must be placed in evacuated tubes it is best to
use - ✔✔blood transfer device
✔✔Blood smears made from EDTA specimens must be prepared within - ✔✔1 hour of
collection
✔✔when patient develops syncope during a venipuncture, the phlebotomist should first
- ✔✔remove tourniquet and call for help
