MLS AMT 2026 EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM|
ALREADY GRADED A+
What is a substance or constituent in which the laboratory conducts testing?
a. A solution
b. An additive
c. An analyte
d. An anticoagulant ✔Correct Answer-An analyte
Absorbance can be calculated easily from percent transmission using which calculation?
a. 2 - log10 %T
b. 2 + log10 %T
c. log10 %T - 2
d. log10 %T + 2 ✔Correct Answer-2 - log10 %T
Which immunoassay methodology is the emission of light by molecules in an excited state with a
limited amount of heat as the result of a chemical reaction?
a. Chemiluminescence
b. Immunochromatography
c. Photometry
d. Spectrophotometry ✔Correct Answer-Chemiluminescence
How must a laboratory operate to handle TB sputum and TM materials?
a. Biosafety level of 2+ or 3
b. Biosafety level 4
c. Location where air exchange is continuous
d. Location where fume hood exhausts are monitored daily ✔Correct Answer-Biosafety level of 2+
or 3d.
What characteristics/functions do calibrators have?
a. Contains a known amount of analyte being tested
b. Monitors the quality of reagents
c. Monitors the quality of the sample
d. Prevents equipment failure ✔Correct Answer-Contains a known amount of analyte being tested
What does a common application of the polarized light microscope in the clinical laboratory do?
a. Determine FANAs with fluorescence
b. Determine neutrophilic from lymphocytic leukemia
c. Examine histochemical reactions
d. Study crystals in urine and in cells ✔Correct Answer-d. Study crystals in urine and in cells
What is the chelation of calcium in the EDTA tube?
a. Maintains a constant temperature for components
b. Prevents coagulation by inhibiting coagulation
c. Prevents the separation of blood components
d. Stops the lysing of the red blood cells ✔Correct Answer-b. Prevents coagulation by inhibiting
coagulation
,What category of testing involves microscopic evaluation (i.e., wet mount, Potassium hydroxide
preparation, fern test, etc.) by a physician in the office for their own patient?
a. Moderate Complexity Testing
b. Point-Of-Care Testing (POCT)
c. Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM)
d. Waived Testing ✔Correct Answer-c. Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM)
In the more common spectrophotometer, the electronic measuring device consists of a
____________ and a galvanometer.
. concentrator
b. cuvette reader
c. Light transmitter
d. photoelectric cell ✔Correct Answer-d. photoelectric cell
What does this symbol represent?
a. Corrosive
b. Explosive
c. Flammable
d. Health hazard ✔Correct Answer-d. Health hazard
What process documents a specimen the moment it is collected, transported to the laboratory,
analyzed, and reports the results?
a. Calibration
b. Chain of custody
c. Quality assessment
d. Standards ✔Correct Answer-b. Chain of custody
Why do laboratories record temperature and humidity levels daily?
a. All chemistry and hematology labs are required to record the levels
b. It is required by OSHA to protect personnel from hazardous conditions
c. Out-of-control conditions could be caused by changes in temperature and humidity
d. The recordings are necessary to adjust instrument settings ✔Correct Answer-c. Out-of-control
conditions could be caused by changes in temperature and humidity
Which part of the microscope requires the condenser in the UP position while regulating the amount
of light?
a. Diaphragm
b. Eyepiece
c. Rotatable nosepiece
d. Stage ✔Correct Answer-a. Diaphragm
Which term helps describe how close a test result is to the true value?
. Accuracy
b. Calibration
c. Precision
d. Standard ✔Correct Answer-. Accuracy
What are Class B fire extinguishers used for?
a. Electric equipment
b. Flammable liquids
,c. Ordinary combustibles
d. Powdered metal (combustible) material ✔Correct Answer-b. Flammable liquids
What category of bioterrorism agents include pathogens that are moderately easy to disseminate,
result in moderate and low morbidity rates, and require specific enhancements of the CDC's
diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance?
a. Category A
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D ✔Correct Answer-b. Category B
What formula is used to convert Celsius to Kelvin?
a. Celsius plus 73
b. Celsius plus 173
c. Celsius plus 273
d. Celsius plus 373 ✔Correct Answer-c. Celsius plus 273
What refers to the reproducibility of test results?
a. Accuracy
b. Calibration
c. Precision
d. Standard ✔Correct Answer-c. Precision
A microscope should never be left with the __________ in place.
a. condenser
b. ocular lens
c. oil-immersion objective
d. scanning lens ✔Correct Answer-c. oil-immersion objective
How is quality control between laboratories maintained?
a. Highly complex tests
b. Moderately complex tests
c. Proficiency testing
d. Waived testing ✔Correct Answer-c. Proficiency testing
What does this symbol represent?
a. Corrosive
b. Explosive
c. Flammable
d. Health hazard ✔Correct Answer-a. Corrosive
Which part of the microscope directs and focuses the beam of light from the bulb onto the material
under examination?
a. Aperture
b. C- mount
c. Condenser
d. Diaphragm ✔Correct Answer-c. Condenser
How many milliliters can a 3% solution make if 6 grams of solute are available?
a. 100 mL
b. 200 mL
, c. 300 mL
d. 400 mL ✔Correct Answer-b. 200 mL
How many milliliters (mL) of 0.25 M NaOH are needed to make 100 mL of a 0.05 M solution of
NaOH?
a. 0.2 mL
b. 2.0 mL
c. 20 mL
d. 0.02 mL ✔Correct Answer-c. 20 mL
A 200-mg/dL solution was diluted 1:10. This diluted solution was then additionally diluted 1:5. What
is the concentration of the final solution?
a. 4 mg/dL
b. 5 mg/dL
c. 8 mg/dL
d. 10 mg/dL ✔Correct Answer-a. 4 mg/dL
What does this symbol represent?
a. Corrosive
b. Explosive
c. Flammable
d. Health hazard ✔Correct Answer-b. Explosive
What category of bioterrorism agents have the highest priority and pose a risk to national security
because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high
mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact?
a. Category A
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D ✔Correct Answer-a. Category A
What is the order of draw for multiple evacuated tubes?
a. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green stopper, lavender, and gray
b. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, gray, speckled stopper, green stopper,
and gold
c. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), red, gold, speckled stopper, green stopper, blue,
and gray
d. Blood culture (anaerobic), blood culture (aerobic), blue, red, gold, lavender, green stopper, and
gray ✔Correct Answer-a. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green
stopper, lavender, and gray
The concept where all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be
infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens is known as
a. Appropriate Precautions.
b. Regulated Waste Precautions.
c. Standard Precautions.
d. Universal Precautions. ✔Correct Answer-d. Universal Precautions.
What are Class C fire extinguishers used for?
a. Electric equipment
b. Flammable liquids
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM|
ALREADY GRADED A+
What is a substance or constituent in which the laboratory conducts testing?
a. A solution
b. An additive
c. An analyte
d. An anticoagulant ✔Correct Answer-An analyte
Absorbance can be calculated easily from percent transmission using which calculation?
a. 2 - log10 %T
b. 2 + log10 %T
c. log10 %T - 2
d. log10 %T + 2 ✔Correct Answer-2 - log10 %T
Which immunoassay methodology is the emission of light by molecules in an excited state with a
limited amount of heat as the result of a chemical reaction?
a. Chemiluminescence
b. Immunochromatography
c. Photometry
d. Spectrophotometry ✔Correct Answer-Chemiluminescence
How must a laboratory operate to handle TB sputum and TM materials?
a. Biosafety level of 2+ or 3
b. Biosafety level 4
c. Location where air exchange is continuous
d. Location where fume hood exhausts are monitored daily ✔Correct Answer-Biosafety level of 2+
or 3d.
What characteristics/functions do calibrators have?
a. Contains a known amount of analyte being tested
b. Monitors the quality of reagents
c. Monitors the quality of the sample
d. Prevents equipment failure ✔Correct Answer-Contains a known amount of analyte being tested
What does a common application of the polarized light microscope in the clinical laboratory do?
a. Determine FANAs with fluorescence
b. Determine neutrophilic from lymphocytic leukemia
c. Examine histochemical reactions
d. Study crystals in urine and in cells ✔Correct Answer-d. Study crystals in urine and in cells
What is the chelation of calcium in the EDTA tube?
a. Maintains a constant temperature for components
b. Prevents coagulation by inhibiting coagulation
c. Prevents the separation of blood components
d. Stops the lysing of the red blood cells ✔Correct Answer-b. Prevents coagulation by inhibiting
coagulation
,What category of testing involves microscopic evaluation (i.e., wet mount, Potassium hydroxide
preparation, fern test, etc.) by a physician in the office for their own patient?
a. Moderate Complexity Testing
b. Point-Of-Care Testing (POCT)
c. Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM)
d. Waived Testing ✔Correct Answer-c. Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM)
In the more common spectrophotometer, the electronic measuring device consists of a
____________ and a galvanometer.
. concentrator
b. cuvette reader
c. Light transmitter
d. photoelectric cell ✔Correct Answer-d. photoelectric cell
What does this symbol represent?
a. Corrosive
b. Explosive
c. Flammable
d. Health hazard ✔Correct Answer-d. Health hazard
What process documents a specimen the moment it is collected, transported to the laboratory,
analyzed, and reports the results?
a. Calibration
b. Chain of custody
c. Quality assessment
d. Standards ✔Correct Answer-b. Chain of custody
Why do laboratories record temperature and humidity levels daily?
a. All chemistry and hematology labs are required to record the levels
b. It is required by OSHA to protect personnel from hazardous conditions
c. Out-of-control conditions could be caused by changes in temperature and humidity
d. The recordings are necessary to adjust instrument settings ✔Correct Answer-c. Out-of-control
conditions could be caused by changes in temperature and humidity
Which part of the microscope requires the condenser in the UP position while regulating the amount
of light?
a. Diaphragm
b. Eyepiece
c. Rotatable nosepiece
d. Stage ✔Correct Answer-a. Diaphragm
Which term helps describe how close a test result is to the true value?
. Accuracy
b. Calibration
c. Precision
d. Standard ✔Correct Answer-. Accuracy
What are Class B fire extinguishers used for?
a. Electric equipment
b. Flammable liquids
,c. Ordinary combustibles
d. Powdered metal (combustible) material ✔Correct Answer-b. Flammable liquids
What category of bioterrorism agents include pathogens that are moderately easy to disseminate,
result in moderate and low morbidity rates, and require specific enhancements of the CDC's
diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance?
a. Category A
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D ✔Correct Answer-b. Category B
What formula is used to convert Celsius to Kelvin?
a. Celsius plus 73
b. Celsius plus 173
c. Celsius plus 273
d. Celsius plus 373 ✔Correct Answer-c. Celsius plus 273
What refers to the reproducibility of test results?
a. Accuracy
b. Calibration
c. Precision
d. Standard ✔Correct Answer-c. Precision
A microscope should never be left with the __________ in place.
a. condenser
b. ocular lens
c. oil-immersion objective
d. scanning lens ✔Correct Answer-c. oil-immersion objective
How is quality control between laboratories maintained?
a. Highly complex tests
b. Moderately complex tests
c. Proficiency testing
d. Waived testing ✔Correct Answer-c. Proficiency testing
What does this symbol represent?
a. Corrosive
b. Explosive
c. Flammable
d. Health hazard ✔Correct Answer-a. Corrosive
Which part of the microscope directs and focuses the beam of light from the bulb onto the material
under examination?
a. Aperture
b. C- mount
c. Condenser
d. Diaphragm ✔Correct Answer-c. Condenser
How many milliliters can a 3% solution make if 6 grams of solute are available?
a. 100 mL
b. 200 mL
, c. 300 mL
d. 400 mL ✔Correct Answer-b. 200 mL
How many milliliters (mL) of 0.25 M NaOH are needed to make 100 mL of a 0.05 M solution of
NaOH?
a. 0.2 mL
b. 2.0 mL
c. 20 mL
d. 0.02 mL ✔Correct Answer-c. 20 mL
A 200-mg/dL solution was diluted 1:10. This diluted solution was then additionally diluted 1:5. What
is the concentration of the final solution?
a. 4 mg/dL
b. 5 mg/dL
c. 8 mg/dL
d. 10 mg/dL ✔Correct Answer-a. 4 mg/dL
What does this symbol represent?
a. Corrosive
b. Explosive
c. Flammable
d. Health hazard ✔Correct Answer-b. Explosive
What category of bioterrorism agents have the highest priority and pose a risk to national security
because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high
mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact?
a. Category A
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D ✔Correct Answer-a. Category A
What is the order of draw for multiple evacuated tubes?
a. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green stopper, lavender, and gray
b. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, gray, speckled stopper, green stopper,
and gold
c. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), red, gold, speckled stopper, green stopper, blue,
and gray
d. Blood culture (anaerobic), blood culture (aerobic), blue, red, gold, lavender, green stopper, and
gray ✔Correct Answer-a. Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green
stopper, lavender, and gray
The concept where all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be
infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens is known as
a. Appropriate Precautions.
b. Regulated Waste Precautions.
c. Standard Precautions.
d. Universal Precautions. ✔Correct Answer-d. Universal Precautions.
What are Class C fire extinguishers used for?
a. Electric equipment
b. Flammable liquids
