PRACTICE CERTIFICATION EXAM
HARTMAN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following
reflects the proper order of draw? - answersCitrate (blue top), SST (red top), and
EDTA (lavender).
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the _________ -
answersAorta
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care clinic is performing venipuncture on a
patient with suspected influenza. The patient is wearing a mask. What PPE should
the technician wear? - answersGloves and a mask
Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for
discontinuing a draw or likely to affect analytes? - answersPetechiae
A phlebotomy technician is performing a venipuncture collection on a young adult
and needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator tube, and an EDTA tube. The
citrate tube and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway and then blood flow
stops. What is the most likely explanation? - answersThe tube's vacuum is
compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient whose requisition requires CBC and
electrolytes. After finding no acceptable venipuncture site on either arm or hand, the
phlebotomy technician sees that the scarring does not extend to the fingertips.
Which of the following is true? - answersThe phlebotomy technician can do a
capillary draw and document that where the blood was collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to be overfilled according to OSHA
standards? - answersWhen it is more than 3/4 full
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist to draw blood from an
unconscious patient of unknown identity. This is ..... - answersLegal under the
concept of implied consent
Of the three veins commonly assessed for venipuncture, which is considered the
least favorable? - answersbasilic vein
When performing a draw on an inpatient with a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy
technician finds that an IV is running in the arm on the non-mastectomy side. Which
site should the phlebotomy technician use? - answersA site distal to the IV on the
non-mastectomy side.
HARTMAN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following
reflects the proper order of draw? - answersCitrate (blue top), SST (red top), and
EDTA (lavender).
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the _________ -
answersAorta
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care clinic is performing venipuncture on a
patient with suspected influenza. The patient is wearing a mask. What PPE should
the technician wear? - answersGloves and a mask
Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for
discontinuing a draw or likely to affect analytes? - answersPetechiae
A phlebotomy technician is performing a venipuncture collection on a young adult
and needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator tube, and an EDTA tube. The
citrate tube and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway and then blood flow
stops. What is the most likely explanation? - answersThe tube's vacuum is
compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient whose requisition requires CBC and
electrolytes. After finding no acceptable venipuncture site on either arm or hand, the
phlebotomy technician sees that the scarring does not extend to the fingertips.
Which of the following is true? - answersThe phlebotomy technician can do a
capillary draw and document that where the blood was collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to be overfilled according to OSHA
standards? - answersWhen it is more than 3/4 full
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist to draw blood from an
unconscious patient of unknown identity. This is ..... - answersLegal under the
concept of implied consent
Of the three veins commonly assessed for venipuncture, which is considered the
least favorable? - answersbasilic vein
When performing a draw on an inpatient with a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy
technician finds that an IV is running in the arm on the non-mastectomy side. Which
site should the phlebotomy technician use? - answersA site distal to the IV on the
non-mastectomy side.
