ASCP Certification Exam Practice Questions

ASCP CERTIFICATION EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS pbt has just completed centriuging specimens for the chemistry department and notes that one of the tubes is cloudy and pinkish red. This specimen is - correct answer lipemic and hemolyzed this test will be delivered to immunology for testing - correct answer RPR physician calls the lab requesting the procedure for a patient who wishes to donate his own blood before his surgery. this type of donation is knowns as: - correct answer Autologous donation analysis of the chemical components of blood - correct answer the basic purpose of the chemistry department: pbt is processing speciments received for lead testing and is preparing them to be delivered to which departments? - correct answer toxicology health maintenance organization (HMO) - correct answer functions as a full-service outpatient clinic pbt returns to lab with a specimen for cross-match or compatibility testing and delivers it to - correct answer Immunohematology required specimen for the occult blood test is: - correct answer Feces/Dookie A patient is recovering from deep vein thrombosis and the doctor wishes to access the rate of fibrinolysis. The physician orders which of the following tests? - correct answer ALL of the above A herediatary blood disorder that results in a decreased production of hemoglobin and anemia is: - correct answer Thalassemia pbt must draw blood for a STAT glucose, BUN, and electrolytes in ER and deliver it to the lab for testing as the I-Stat instrument is not fxning properly. Which type of sample is most appropriate? - correct answer Plasma (green top tube0 a patient has been diagnosed with anemia and the physician wants to assess how well the bone marrow is producing RBC's. The physician requests which of the following test to be drawn and tested? - correct answer Reticulocyte another term for WBC is - correct answer Leukocyte cellular element that plays an impt role in coagulation is - correct answer Platelet Coagulation testing includes which of the following: - correct answer PTT impaired blood flow leading to reduced level or lack of oxygen to a tissue is referred to as: - correct answer Ischemia a patient is admitted to the ER complaining of severe chest pain. All of the following lab test may be ordered to assist in the diagnosis of a myocardial infarct, except: - correct answer CBC veins suitable for possible venipuncture in the antecubital area include all of the following: - correct answer Brachial veins A plasma protein that serves to help regulate blood volume by maintaining osmotic pressure and by transporting many different types of molecules is: - correct answer Albumin a muscular skeletal test includes: - correct answer Creatine Kinase when the body acts to maintain a dynamic steady state, it is referred to as: - correct answer Homeostasis the following term means a decrease of red blood cells: - correct answer Erythrocytopenia Thrombocytosis means: - correct answer increased number of platelets Agency or Agencies that approve pbt training programs: - correct answer National Accrediting Agency of Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) NPO means - correct answer Nothing By Mouth the suffix in the term hemostasis means: - correct answer Control the difference between arteries and veins is that: - correct answer arteries have a thicker muscular wall and are deeper that veins in tissue (hmm..that's what the review says??) Hyperglycemia is a symptom of which endocrine disorger? - correct answer diabetes mellitus all of the following are common lab tests for the digestive system, except - correct answer Microalbumin