AMERICAN ALLIED HEALTH 2026 EXAMINERS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If one is used, when should the tourniquet be removed? - ✔✔Prior to withdrawal
✔✔What is the maximum depth a heel stick should penetrate? - ✔✔2.0 mm
✔✔In what location are nutrients and gasses exchanged in the body? - ✔✔capillaries.
✔✔Septicemia can be detected by what type of test? - ✔✔Blood culture
✔✔Which color tube needs to be filled completely? - ✔✔Blue
✔✔What can be done to make drawing easier on a patient with rolling veins? - ✔✔You
can anchor the vein
✔✔If an intoxicated person refuses a blood sample to determine the presence of
alcohol or drugs at the request of a police officer, what is the best course of action? -
✔✔Request that the officer get a warrant
✔✔When performing quality control checks, tubes should be discarded under which
circumstances? - ✔✔The stopper has small cracks
, ✔✔When should tubes be labeled? - ✔✔After the draw, but before exiting the patient's
room
✔✔How long should you observe the site prior to bandaging - ✔✔5 seconds
✔✔When washing your hands, why is it important to stand back from the sink? -
✔✔Contamination
✔✔Which antiseptic should not be used on pre-term infants or those under 2 months of
age? - ✔✔Chlorhexidine gluconate.
✔✔When preparing to draw a gentamycin peak and trough, what element should the
phlebotomist pay particular attention to? - ✔✔The timing instructions.
✔✔What field is unnecessary on an infant's blood sample label? - ✔✔Infant's first name
✔✔Which test requires the collection of both blood and urine at specific intervals? -
✔✔Glucose tolerance testing.
✔✔Which test requires the sample to be protected from light? - ✔✔Bilirubin
✔✔For adult patients, what is the maximum length lancet that should be used for a
fingerstick? - ✔✔2.2 mm.
✔✔If you experience a patient pumping their fists during a blood draw, what can you
do? - ✔✔Politely explain to them that this can elevate ionized calcium and potassium
levels and request that they stop
✔✔During blood coagulation, what is formed? - ✔✔A fibrin clot
✔✔The veins of patients undergoing chemotherapy are especially challenging for
venipuncture due to what characteristics? - ✔✔They are smaller, less elastic, and
sometimes sclerosed.
✔✔When performing a dermal puncture, where should the puncture be made? -
✔✔Perpendicular to the fingerprints
✔✔Which blood vessels are a single cell in thickness? - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔to protect blood constituents that are light sensitive, the phlebotomist should: -
✔✔Wrap the tube in aluminum foil after collection
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If one is used, when should the tourniquet be removed? - ✔✔Prior to withdrawal
✔✔What is the maximum depth a heel stick should penetrate? - ✔✔2.0 mm
✔✔In what location are nutrients and gasses exchanged in the body? - ✔✔capillaries.
✔✔Septicemia can be detected by what type of test? - ✔✔Blood culture
✔✔Which color tube needs to be filled completely? - ✔✔Blue
✔✔What can be done to make drawing easier on a patient with rolling veins? - ✔✔You
can anchor the vein
✔✔If an intoxicated person refuses a blood sample to determine the presence of
alcohol or drugs at the request of a police officer, what is the best course of action? -
✔✔Request that the officer get a warrant
✔✔When performing quality control checks, tubes should be discarded under which
circumstances? - ✔✔The stopper has small cracks
, ✔✔When should tubes be labeled? - ✔✔After the draw, but before exiting the patient's
room
✔✔How long should you observe the site prior to bandaging - ✔✔5 seconds
✔✔When washing your hands, why is it important to stand back from the sink? -
✔✔Contamination
✔✔Which antiseptic should not be used on pre-term infants or those under 2 months of
age? - ✔✔Chlorhexidine gluconate.
✔✔When preparing to draw a gentamycin peak and trough, what element should the
phlebotomist pay particular attention to? - ✔✔The timing instructions.
✔✔What field is unnecessary on an infant's blood sample label? - ✔✔Infant's first name
✔✔Which test requires the collection of both blood and urine at specific intervals? -
✔✔Glucose tolerance testing.
✔✔Which test requires the sample to be protected from light? - ✔✔Bilirubin
✔✔For adult patients, what is the maximum length lancet that should be used for a
fingerstick? - ✔✔2.2 mm.
✔✔If you experience a patient pumping their fists during a blood draw, what can you
do? - ✔✔Politely explain to them that this can elevate ionized calcium and potassium
levels and request that they stop
✔✔During blood coagulation, what is formed? - ✔✔A fibrin clot
✔✔The veins of patients undergoing chemotherapy are especially challenging for
venipuncture due to what characteristics? - ✔✔They are smaller, less elastic, and
sometimes sclerosed.
✔✔When performing a dermal puncture, where should the puncture be made? -
✔✔Perpendicular to the fingerprints
✔✔Which blood vessels are a single cell in thickness? - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔to protect blood constituents that are light sensitive, the phlebotomist should: -
✔✔Wrap the tube in aluminum foil after collection
