PRACTICE CERTIFICATION EXAM
HARTMAN QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
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Your Exam Plug
, A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following reflects the proper
order of draw? - Answer: Citrate (blue top), SST (red top), and EDTA (lavender).
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the _________ - Answer: Aorta
What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be filled with one puncture?
- Answer: The interior needle/tube holder.
When drawing blood for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy technician have ready for
specimen transportation? - Answer: An ice slurry
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to state and spell his name. He says, "Chris Morgan, CHRIS
MORGAN." The name listed on the requisition is "Chiss Morgan." What should the Phlebotomy
technician do? - Answer: Call the ordering provider to resolve the issue and get a new requisition with
the correct spelling if the spelling was an error
When a blood culture is ordered along with other tests, which tube is filled first? - Answer: yellow, SPS
patient reports that during a previous blood draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed out. What
should the phlebotomy technician do? - Answer: Perform the draw with the patient reclined or in a
supine position
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? - Answer: Gloves 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? - Answer: Petechiae
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? - Answer: The tube's
vacuum is compromised.
HARTMAN QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
Your Exam Plug
, A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following reflects the proper
order of draw? - Answer: Citrate (blue top), SST (red top), and EDTA (lavender).
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the _________ - Answer: Aorta
What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be filled with one puncture?
- Answer: The interior needle/tube holder.
When drawing blood for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy technician have ready for
specimen transportation? - Answer: An ice slurry
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to state and spell his name. He says, "Chris Morgan, CHRIS
MORGAN." The name listed on the requisition is "Chiss Morgan." What should the Phlebotomy
technician do? - Answer: Call the ordering provider to resolve the issue and get a new requisition with
the correct spelling if the spelling was an error
When a blood culture is ordered along with other tests, which tube is filled first? - Answer: yellow, SPS
patient reports that during a previous blood draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed out. What
should the phlebotomy technician do? - Answer: Perform the draw with the patient reclined or in a
supine position
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? - Answer: Gloves 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? - Answer: Petechiae
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? - Answer: The tube's
vacuum is compromised.
