AMT MLT Exam Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions | CORRECT Answers | 2026
• What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value of the
control for 3 days in a row? -✓✓ Shift
• A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the
use of control specimens. -✓✓ Quality control
• What detects an increase in the frequency of both high and low minimally
acceptable values? -✓✓ Dispersion
• What refers to the reproducibility of test results? -✓✓ Precision
• These agents have the third-highest priority and include emerging pathogens that
could be engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of availability,
ease of production and dissemination? -✓✓ Category C
• Class B fire extinguishers are used for -✓✓ Flammable liquids
• Agents brucellosis, epsilon toxin, food contaminants, glanders, melioidosis,
psittacosis, Q fever, and ricin toxin are classified as -✓✓ Category B
• OSHA has defined __________ as blood and blood products, contaminated
sharps, pathology waste products, and microbiological waste. -✓✓ Infectious
waste
,• Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the highest
priority; organisms in this category pose a risk to national security because they
can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high
mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact. -✓✓
Category A
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are now called: -✓✓ Safety Data Sheets
• The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using ____________. -
✓✓ Pictograms
• All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained
about the new labels and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by
December 1 of ___________. -✓✓ 2013
• All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new
provisions in the revised standards by June 1 ______________. -✓✓ 2015
• The entire amount of the measured substance is transferred from one vessel to
another for dilution is known as -✓✓ Quantitative transfer
• The substance in which the solute is dissolved is known as -✓✓ Solvent
• What is 40 degrees Fahrenheit converted to Celsius? -✓✓ 4
• How do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? -✓✓ 9/5 (Celsius degrees number +
32)
, • What would cause the constituents, including enzymes acid phosphatase, lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to significantly
elevate the value obtained for these substances in serum? -✓✓ Hemolyzed
specimens
• What is milky-white in color and may interfere with chemical determinations
such as triglyceride assay? -✓✓ Lipemic specimens
• The three veins that are typically used for venipuncture are the -✓✓ Cephalic,
basilic and median cubital
• When collecting blood specimens, it is important that the phlebotomist consider
the rights of the patient at all times. Which document developed by the American
Hospital Association replaces the former Patient's Bill of Rights? -✓✓ Patient Care
Partnership
• What are the two general sources of blood for clinical laboratory tests? -✓✓
Peripheral (or capillary) blood and venous blood
• Transmission-based precautions are divided into three basic categories: -✓✓
Contact, airborne, and droplet
• Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize monoclonal
proteins? -✓✓ IEP and IFE
• Which of the following is the key membrane component for a potassium selective
electrode? -✓✓ Valinomycin
Questions | CORRECT Answers | 2026
• What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value of the
control for 3 days in a row? -✓✓ Shift
• A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the
use of control specimens. -✓✓ Quality control
• What detects an increase in the frequency of both high and low minimally
acceptable values? -✓✓ Dispersion
• What refers to the reproducibility of test results? -✓✓ Precision
• These agents have the third-highest priority and include emerging pathogens that
could be engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of availability,
ease of production and dissemination? -✓✓ Category C
• Class B fire extinguishers are used for -✓✓ Flammable liquids
• Agents brucellosis, epsilon toxin, food contaminants, glanders, melioidosis,
psittacosis, Q fever, and ricin toxin are classified as -✓✓ Category B
• OSHA has defined __________ as blood and blood products, contaminated
sharps, pathology waste products, and microbiological waste. -✓✓ Infectious
waste
,• Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the highest
priority; organisms in this category pose a risk to national security because they
can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high
mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact. -✓✓
Category A
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are now called: -✓✓ Safety Data Sheets
• The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using ____________. -
✓✓ Pictograms
• All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained
about the new labels and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by
December 1 of ___________. -✓✓ 2013
• All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new
provisions in the revised standards by June 1 ______________. -✓✓ 2015
• The entire amount of the measured substance is transferred from one vessel to
another for dilution is known as -✓✓ Quantitative transfer
• The substance in which the solute is dissolved is known as -✓✓ Solvent
• What is 40 degrees Fahrenheit converted to Celsius? -✓✓ 4
• How do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? -✓✓ 9/5 (Celsius degrees number +
32)
, • What would cause the constituents, including enzymes acid phosphatase, lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to significantly
elevate the value obtained for these substances in serum? -✓✓ Hemolyzed
specimens
• What is milky-white in color and may interfere with chemical determinations
such as triglyceride assay? -✓✓ Lipemic specimens
• The three veins that are typically used for venipuncture are the -✓✓ Cephalic,
basilic and median cubital
• When collecting blood specimens, it is important that the phlebotomist consider
the rights of the patient at all times. Which document developed by the American
Hospital Association replaces the former Patient's Bill of Rights? -✓✓ Patient Care
Partnership
• What are the two general sources of blood for clinical laboratory tests? -✓✓
Peripheral (or capillary) blood and venous blood
• Transmission-based precautions are divided into three basic categories: -✓✓
Contact, airborne, and droplet
• Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize monoclonal
proteins? -✓✓ IEP and IFE
• Which of the following is the key membrane component for a potassium selective
electrode? -✓✓ Valinomycin
