NRCPT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Which system works with the circulatory system by mediating bloos supply in the capillaries and the tissues of the body?
A. endocrine
B. lymphatic
C. digestive
D. respiratory correct answer: lymphatic
Antibodies that are released into the bloodstream where they circulate and attack foreign cells are:
A. eosinophils
B. chromosomes
C. agranulocytes
D. immunoglobulins correct answer: immunoglobulins
The abbreviation for Carbon Dioxide is:
A. CO2
B. co2
C. CO
D. C2o correct answer: CO2
What is the smallest living unit of structure?
A. cell
B. digit C. microbe
D. organelle correct answer: cell
Red blood cells contain:
A. granules
B. hemoglobin
C. bile
D. serum correct answer: hemoglobin
Which of the following PPE is required for Strict isolation?
A. mask and gloves
B. gown, mask and gloves
C. gown and gloves
D. sterile gown, mask and gloves correct answer: gown, mask and gloves
When collecting a blood specimen using the vacuum tube method of venipuncture, venous reflux is prevented by:
A. keeping the patients arm in a downward position
B. inserting the needle at a 15-degree angle to the patient's arm
C. removing the tourniquet before withdrawing the needle from the patient's arm
D. filling the evacuated tube to the exhaustion of the vacuum correct answer: keeping the patients arm in a downward position
The abbreviation for fasting blood sugar is: A. FTSB
B. FBS
C. FbS
D. none of the choices correct answer: FBS
What color stopper tube is used to collect a blood specimen for most blood chemistry tests?
A. lavender
B. light blue
C. red
D. gray correct answer: red
Historically, the modern code of medical ethics can be traced back to:
A. Hammurabi
B. Socrates
C. Apollo
D. Hippocrates correct answer: Hippocrates
Which of the following identifies how much of the volume of a sample is made up of red blood cells after the sample has been spun in a centrifuge
A. hemoglobin determination
B. hematocrit determination
C. platelet count
D. differential white blood cell count correct answer: hematocrit
determination An evacuated glass tube with a lavender stopper contains:
A. EDTA
B. potassium oxalate
C. no additive
D. heparin correct answer: EDTA
What color stopper tube is used to collect a blood specimen for a
complete blood count (CBC)?
A. light blue
B. lavender
C. red
D. gray correct answer: lavender
The abbreviation for complete blood count is:
A. CBC
B. c b c
C. cBc
D. Cbc correct answer: CBC
All of the following would be a correct technique for the phlebotomist to use when inserting the needle during vacuum tube method of venipuncture EXCEPT:
A. insert the needle at a 45-degree angle
B. position the evacuated tube with the label facing downward
C. pointing the needle in the same direction as the vein
D. insert the needle with the bevel facing up correct answer: insert the needle at a 45-degree angle
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Which system works with the circulatory system by mediating bloos supply in the capillaries and the tissues of the body?
A. endocrine
B. lymphatic
C. digestive
D. respiratory correct answer: lymphatic
Antibodies that are released into the bloodstream where they circulate and attack foreign cells are:
A. eosinophils
B. chromosomes
C. agranulocytes
D. immunoglobulins correct answer: immunoglobulins
The abbreviation for Carbon Dioxide is:
A. CO2
B. co2
C. CO
D. C2o correct answer: CO2
What is the smallest living unit of structure?
A. cell
B. digit C. microbe
D. organelle correct answer: cell
Red blood cells contain:
A. granules
B. hemoglobin
C. bile
D. serum correct answer: hemoglobin
Which of the following PPE is required for Strict isolation?
A. mask and gloves
B. gown, mask and gloves
C. gown and gloves
D. sterile gown, mask and gloves correct answer: gown, mask and gloves
When collecting a blood specimen using the vacuum tube method of venipuncture, venous reflux is prevented by:
A. keeping the patients arm in a downward position
B. inserting the needle at a 15-degree angle to the patient's arm
C. removing the tourniquet before withdrawing the needle from the patient's arm
D. filling the evacuated tube to the exhaustion of the vacuum correct answer: keeping the patients arm in a downward position
The abbreviation for fasting blood sugar is: A. FTSB
B. FBS
C. FbS
D. none of the choices correct answer: FBS
What color stopper tube is used to collect a blood specimen for most blood chemistry tests?
A. lavender
B. light blue
C. red
D. gray correct answer: red
Historically, the modern code of medical ethics can be traced back to:
A. Hammurabi
B. Socrates
C. Apollo
D. Hippocrates correct answer: Hippocrates
Which of the following identifies how much of the volume of a sample is made up of red blood cells after the sample has been spun in a centrifuge
A. hemoglobin determination
B. hematocrit determination
C. platelet count
D. differential white blood cell count correct answer: hematocrit
determination An evacuated glass tube with a lavender stopper contains:
A. EDTA
B. potassium oxalate
C. no additive
D. heparin correct answer: EDTA
What color stopper tube is used to collect a blood specimen for a
complete blood count (CBC)?
A. light blue
B. lavender
C. red
D. gray correct answer: lavender
The abbreviation for complete blood count is:
A. CBC
B. c b c
C. cBc
D. Cbc correct answer: CBC
All of the following would be a correct technique for the phlebotomist to use when inserting the needle during vacuum tube method of venipuncture EXCEPT:
A. insert the needle at a 45-degree angle
B. position the evacuated tube with the label facing downward
C. pointing the needle in the same direction as the vein
D. insert the needle with the bevel facing up correct answer: insert the needle at a 45-degree angle
