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PHLEBOTOMY NPS EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE ALL 400
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
QUESTION: This department performs cross-matching tests to determine if a donor is a match
for the recipient of any blood product.
Blood Bank
Serology
Chemistry
Pathology - ANSWER-Blood Bank
QUESTION: While the regulations for safety standards are handed down by OSHA, the
equipment used to meet those standards is approved by the Federal Food and Drug
Administration.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: To prepare for a GTT, the patient should _______ for three days leading up to the
test
not exercise
drink 1 gallon of water per day
eat 150 grams of carbohydrates per day
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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eat less than 50 grams of sugar - ANSWER-eat 150 grams of carbohydrates per day
QUESTION: If you receive consent and believe you have the skill to perform a procedure, even if
you haven't received the proper training for it, is it okay to do it?
Yes
No - ANSWER-No
QUESTION: What is not an example of personal protection equipment?
Gloves
Scrubs
Baseball cap
Visors - ANSWER-Baseball cap
QUESTION: The most probably site for a venipuncture will be on the inside of the arm known as
the
Antecubital fossa
Dorsal fossa
Plantar Fossa
Volar - ANSWER-Antecubital fossa
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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QUESTION: Otherwise known as clotting, ______ is where blood turns from a liquid into a gel-
like state.
Hemoconcentration
Hemolysis
Coagulation - ANSWER-Coagulation
It is NOT important to conduct yourself with a high degree of personal and professional
integrity:
True
False - ANSWER-False
QUESTION: A puncture site should always stop bleeding within ________.
30 seconds
2 minutes
5 minutes
20 minutes - ANSWER-5 minutes
QUESTION: Using the finger, pinky, or thumb when performing a finger stick could result in
injury to an artery.
True
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: A glucose tolerance test can be used to diagnose adrenal insufficiency.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: EDTA binds calcium in the blood.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: When performing a procedure on a double mastectomy patient, the patient's
doctor must give written consent to the draw site.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: Hemoconcentration occurs when ____________
the patient drank too much water prior to the procedure
when the patient is not in a fasted state
the tourniquet is left on too long
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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PHLEBOTOMY NPS EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE ALL 400
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
QUESTION: This department performs cross-matching tests to determine if a donor is a match
for the recipient of any blood product.
Blood Bank
Serology
Chemistry
Pathology - ANSWER-Blood Bank
QUESTION: While the regulations for safety standards are handed down by OSHA, the
equipment used to meet those standards is approved by the Federal Food and Drug
Administration.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: To prepare for a GTT, the patient should _______ for three days leading up to the
test
not exercise
drink 1 gallon of water per day
eat 150 grams of carbohydrates per day
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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eat less than 50 grams of sugar - ANSWER-eat 150 grams of carbohydrates per day
QUESTION: If you receive consent and believe you have the skill to perform a procedure, even if
you haven't received the proper training for it, is it okay to do it?
Yes
No - ANSWER-No
QUESTION: What is not an example of personal protection equipment?
Gloves
Scrubs
Baseball cap
Visors - ANSWER-Baseball cap
QUESTION: The most probably site for a venipuncture will be on the inside of the arm known as
the
Antecubital fossa
Dorsal fossa
Plantar Fossa
Volar - ANSWER-Antecubital fossa
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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QUESTION: Otherwise known as clotting, ______ is where blood turns from a liquid into a gel-
like state.
Hemoconcentration
Hemolysis
Coagulation - ANSWER-Coagulation
It is NOT important to conduct yourself with a high degree of personal and professional
integrity:
True
False - ANSWER-False
QUESTION: A puncture site should always stop bleeding within ________.
30 seconds
2 minutes
5 minutes
20 minutes - ANSWER-5 minutes
QUESTION: Using the finger, pinky, or thumb when performing a finger stick could result in
injury to an artery.
True
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: A glucose tolerance test can be used to diagnose adrenal insufficiency.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: EDTA binds calcium in the blood.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: When performing a procedure on a double mastectomy patient, the patient's
doctor must give written consent to the draw site.
True
False - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: Hemoconcentration occurs when ____________
the patient drank too much water prior to the procedure
when the patient is not in a fasted state
the tourniquet is left on too long
ALL THE BEST CHAMP!!
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