CAL REGIONAL MIDTERM PHLEBOTOMY
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a test of the urinary system?
Creatine clearance
An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain
type of...
Antigen present in red blood cells
The solution normally used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is
Rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl)
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy?
ACT
Capillary puncture blood most likely resembles?
Arterial blood.
Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein?
Femoral Vein
,The relaxing phase of the cardiac cycle is called?
Diastole.
What is the most important factor in choosing which gauge needle to use fore
venipuncture?
The size and condition of the vein.
A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the
following situations EXCEPT when?
Drawing a light blue top.
What does the term calcaneus mean?
Heel bone.
For which condition is a unit of blood withdrawn from a patient as treatment?
Hemochromatosis.
Prolonged tourniquet application may cause change in blood composition
primarily because of?
Hemoconcentration
A blood smear from a EDTA specimen should be made?
Within 1 hour of collection time.
, The ability of the body to maintain itself to achieve a "steady state" defines
what term?
Homeostasis.
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during capillary puncture to
avoid?
Injuring a bone.
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make?
Misidentifying a patient.
If a patient is complaining of sharp radiating pain from a needle insertion site,
the phlebotomist should?
Immediately terminate the draw.
Capillary puncture that are deeper than recommended are more painful because
pain fibers increase in abundance below?
2.4 mm.
A tube fails to fill with blood during a venipuncture. Which of the following
might lead you to think that the vein has collapsed?
Vein disappears when you engage tube.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a test of the urinary system?
Creatine clearance
An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain
type of...
Antigen present in red blood cells
The solution normally used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is
Rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl)
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy?
ACT
Capillary puncture blood most likely resembles?
Arterial blood.
Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein?
Femoral Vein
,The relaxing phase of the cardiac cycle is called?
Diastole.
What is the most important factor in choosing which gauge needle to use fore
venipuncture?
The size and condition of the vein.
A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the
following situations EXCEPT when?
Drawing a light blue top.
What does the term calcaneus mean?
Heel bone.
For which condition is a unit of blood withdrawn from a patient as treatment?
Hemochromatosis.
Prolonged tourniquet application may cause change in blood composition
primarily because of?
Hemoconcentration
A blood smear from a EDTA specimen should be made?
Within 1 hour of collection time.
, The ability of the body to maintain itself to achieve a "steady state" defines
what term?
Homeostasis.
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during capillary puncture to
avoid?
Injuring a bone.
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make?
Misidentifying a patient.
If a patient is complaining of sharp radiating pain from a needle insertion site,
the phlebotomist should?
Immediately terminate the draw.
Capillary puncture that are deeper than recommended are more painful because
pain fibers increase in abundance below?
2.4 mm.
A tube fails to fill with blood during a venipuncture. Which of the following
might lead you to think that the vein has collapsed?
Vein disappears when you engage tube.
