NRCMA Practice TEST

NRCMA Practice TEST NRCMA Practice TEST NRCMA Practice TEST When drawing blood alcohol, the site cannot be prepared with which of the following? - ☑Chlorhexidine When using a microscope with a 10x ocular and the 40x objective in place, the total magnification is - ☑400X The PH of a urine sample is checked to determine - ☑Acidity or alkalinity When performing a routine phlebotomy, the most common gauge needle is - ☑20 or 21 When performing a finger puncture, the first drop of blood should be - ☑Wiped away Serum - ☑Is the liquid portion of whole blood after the blood has been allowed to clot and solid and liquid portion have been separated When collecting specimens of a blood cell count, you would use a tube that contained - ☑An anticoagulant When performing a differential white blood cell count a basophil will be recognized by - ☑Large blue to purple staining granules When a venipuncture is performed using a lavender top vacutainer tube, the sample - ☑Is commonly used for hematology testing AND does not clot because an anticoagulant has been mixed with the whole blood The term PHI in HIPAA stands for - ☑Protected Health Information Gram staining is done to determine - ☑Whether a bacteria is gram positive or gram negative A papanicolauo smear is used to - ☑Detects cervical cancer The universal donor is blood type - ☑O GTT is a test for - ☑Sugar metabolism A lipid profile includes testing for - ☑Cholesterol Large amounts of injectable medication, at least 2mL or more are given - ☑Intramuscularly A medical assistant may give an injection - ☑Only on the orders of the physician Which of the following needles has the widest lumen? - ☑#19 gauge The nerve to be concerned with when given and injection into the buttocks - ☑Sciatic When Protected Health Information needs to be discarded, it should be - ☑Completely destroyed, for example by cross shredding Size of the needle is expressed by - ☑Gauge numbers The part of the syringe and the needle that may be touched is - ☑The outside of the barrel An injection given at a 45 degree angle is a(n) - ☑Subcutaneous A Z-tract injection is an _____ injection given in the gluteal muscle of the buttocks. - ☑Intramuscular The most common positions for chest x-rays are - ☑PA and lateral The substance used to prevent x-ray exposure is - ☑Lead When you are asked to take a cervical x-ray, you would take the film of the - ☑Neck region On a normal ECG tracing, the first wave to show a downward deflection is a - ☑Q wave