CLS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The branch of medicine that contributes to diagnosis, prognosis,
and treatment of disease through lab applications.
Answer: Pathology
◉ The medical discipline in which diseases are diagnosed by
examination of surgical tissue and through autopsy.
Answer: Anatomical Pathology
◉ The medical discipline in which clinical lab science and
technology are applied to the care of patients.
Answer: Clinical Pathology
◉ A process of establishing the qualifications of individuals and
organizations meeting acceptable training education standards.
Answer: Credentialing
◉ Process by which a non-governmental agency or association
grants recognition of competence to an individual who has met
predetermined qualifications.
Answer: Certification
, ◉ Enacted by legislation on a state level to protect the public,
control the entrance into the professional practice enforcement of
standards of practice.
Answer: Licensure
◉ Approval program of training by an appropriate agency.
Answer: Accreditation
◉ Evaluates school/education programs by site visits, a self-study
report done by the Program Director, and interviews with students.
Answer: NAACLS
◉ The Clinical Lab Regulation Act ensures high quality of lab results
regardless of where the testing is performed, proficiency testing
programs, management of patient testing, Lab procedure manuals,
quality assessment program, and Quality control guidelines and
proper documentation of all pre-analytical, analytical, and post-
analytical procedures.
Answer: CLIA 88'
◉ Plant to carry out policies and practices necessary to make certain
that lab results are reliable and that theses results are used to the
best interest of the patient.
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The branch of medicine that contributes to diagnosis, prognosis,
and treatment of disease through lab applications.
Answer: Pathology
◉ The medical discipline in which diseases are diagnosed by
examination of surgical tissue and through autopsy.
Answer: Anatomical Pathology
◉ The medical discipline in which clinical lab science and
technology are applied to the care of patients.
Answer: Clinical Pathology
◉ A process of establishing the qualifications of individuals and
organizations meeting acceptable training education standards.
Answer: Credentialing
◉ Process by which a non-governmental agency or association
grants recognition of competence to an individual who has met
predetermined qualifications.
Answer: Certification
, ◉ Enacted by legislation on a state level to protect the public,
control the entrance into the professional practice enforcement of
standards of practice.
Answer: Licensure
◉ Approval program of training by an appropriate agency.
Answer: Accreditation
◉ Evaluates school/education programs by site visits, a self-study
report done by the Program Director, and interviews with students.
Answer: NAACLS
◉ The Clinical Lab Regulation Act ensures high quality of lab results
regardless of where the testing is performed, proficiency testing
programs, management of patient testing, Lab procedure manuals,
quality assessment program, and Quality control guidelines and
proper documentation of all pre-analytical, analytical, and post-
analytical procedures.
Answer: CLIA 88'
◉ Plant to carry out policies and practices necessary to make certain
that lab results are reliable and that theses results are used to the
best interest of the patient.
