CMLA Exam Practice questions with correct
answers
Identify the 4 colors and categories in the hazard diamond. - Answer Blue - Health Hazard
Red - Fire Hazard
Yellow - Reactivity
White - PPE
Recommends standard precautions for infection control - Answer CDC
Regulates the bloodborne pathogen standard and hazard communication stanard -
Answer OSHA
Determines the complexity of laboratory tests - Answer CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Defines privacy & insurance portability - Answer HIPPA
Administers CLIA certificates and defines "good laboratory practice for CLIA waived labs - Answer FDA
Total protein is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Venous
Hemoglobin is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Capillary
Potassium is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Venous Calcium is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Venous
Glucose is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Capillary
What are the layers of a HCT tube from top to bottom? - Answer Plasma, buffy
coat, RBC, clay sealant
Name 4 veins used for venipuncture. - Answer Median cubital (best)
Cephalic
Median Basilic (worst)
The major component in the erythrocyte that carries oxygen is? - Answer Hemoglobin (Hgb)
What is required on a laboratory requisition? - Answer Patient name, gender, and date of birth
Physician name and address
Collection date and time Specimen type
What analytes are affected when hemolyzed blood releases chemicals into the plasma and serum? - Answer K, Mg, Fe, P, NH3, total protein, lactate dehydrogenase (LD)
answers
Identify the 4 colors and categories in the hazard diamond. - Answer Blue - Health Hazard
Red - Fire Hazard
Yellow - Reactivity
White - PPE
Recommends standard precautions for infection control - Answer CDC
Regulates the bloodborne pathogen standard and hazard communication stanard -
Answer OSHA
Determines the complexity of laboratory tests - Answer CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Defines privacy & insurance portability - Answer HIPPA
Administers CLIA certificates and defines "good laboratory practice for CLIA waived labs - Answer FDA
Total protein is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Venous
Hemoglobin is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Capillary
Potassium is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Venous Calcium is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Venous
Glucose is higher in capillary or venous blood? - Answer Capillary
What are the layers of a HCT tube from top to bottom? - Answer Plasma, buffy
coat, RBC, clay sealant
Name 4 veins used for venipuncture. - Answer Median cubital (best)
Cephalic
Median Basilic (worst)
The major component in the erythrocyte that carries oxygen is? - Answer Hemoglobin (Hgb)
What is required on a laboratory requisition? - Answer Patient name, gender, and date of birth
Physician name and address
Collection date and time Specimen type
What analytes are affected when hemolyzed blood releases chemicals into the plasma and serum? - Answer K, Mg, Fe, P, NH3, total protein, lactate dehydrogenase (LD)
