NHA Phlebotomy Technician
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A technician experiences a needlestick injury while performing a draw. They are
at greater risk of exposure to what bloodborne pathogens? - ANSWER ✔ Hep. B
(HBV)
A tech. receives a splash of blood to the eye while transferring serum into an
isolator tube. What action should they take first? - ANSWER ✔ Rinse eye with
water
Type of consent the law specifies exactly what type of information must be given
to inform properly how might be used and test limitations - ANSWER ✔ HIV
consent
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANSWER ✔ Is a
federal law and preempted state law
Root word cyan - ANSWER ✔ Blue
Root word cyt/o - ANSWER ✔ cell
,P H I is - ANSWER ✔ Any identifiable health information that is transmitted by
oral, written or electronic means
PHI can be accessed without patient consent for - ANSWER ✔ Treatment,
payment and health care operations
Health plans use a blank as a unique identifier - ANSWER ✔ NPI
Security rule is for P H I in - ANSWER ✔ Electronic form
Computer viruses more likely to be transmitted with email attachments ending
with - ANSWER ✔ .E XE
Root word chrom/o - ANSWER ✔ Color
suffix for disease - ANSWER ✔ -pathy
Suffix for painful ache - ANSWER ✔ Algia and dynia
Suffix view - ANSWER ✔ -opsy
Blank connects roots to suffix and other roots - ANSWER ✔ Combined vowel
Blank is the combination of rood and combining vowel - ANSWER ✔ Combining
form
Suffix pertains to - ANSWER ✔ Art, eal, al, ic, ous, ar
Suffix resembling - ANSWER ✔ -oid
Prefix dys - ANSWER ✔ painful, difficult
Prefix poly - ANSWER ✔ Excessive
Prefix: tachy- - ANSWER ✔ fast
Prefix: brady- - ANSWER ✔ slow
,Bacteria, viruses fungus belong to which hazard - ANSWER ✔ Allergic
Plasma - ANSWER ✔ Liquid part of blood
92% water and 8% mixture of proteins, glucose electrolytes, fibrinogen
blood cells - ANSWER ✔ 40-45% red blood cells (Erythrocytes), white blood
cells (leukocytes) and platelets
blood components - ANSWER ✔ Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and
platelets
55% Plasma, 45%-Formed Elements
Osmosis - ANSWER ✔ Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable
membrane
Electrolytes - ANSWER ✔ chemical substances that develop an electric charge
and are able to conduct an electric current when placed in water; ions
Antibody - ANSWER ✔ a type of protein the immune system produces to
neutralize a threat of some kind
Fibrinogen - ANSWER ✔ plasma protein that is converted to fibrin to form a cot
during bleeding
Hemoglobin - ANSWER ✔ iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries
oxygen for delivery to cells and gives blood it's red color.
Lifespan of red blood cells (erythrocytes) - ANSWER ✔ 120 days after which
bone marrow replaces with new red blood cells
white blood cells (leukocytes) varieties - ANSWER ✔ Monocytes
Lymphocytes
Granulocytes ( neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils)
They all defend body against infection.. they destroy pathogens and produce
antibodies
Platelets (thrombocytes) - ANSWER ✔ blood clotting
, What type of blood cell carries iron and oxygen to body tissue and organs -
ANSWER ✔ Red blood cells
bone marrow - ANSWER ✔ A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood
forming cells
Antigen - ANSWER ✔ Any substance capable of inducing a specific immune
response and triggering the production of antibody specific to that substance
Hemostasis - ANSWER ✔ State of equilibrium in blood
phases of coagulation - ANSWER ✔ 1 vascular phase - vessel constricts
2 platelet phase - blood clumps creates plug
3 coagulation phase - blood clot is a fibrin mesh work seals blood vessel
4 clot retraction shrinkage
5 fibrinolysis breaks and dissolves clot
Coagulation - ANSWER ✔ blood clotting
The most fundamental component of communication - ANSWER ✔ Active
listening.
Blood in urine - ANSWER ✔ hematuria
brown urine - ANSWER ✔ liver disease
inorganic compounds - ANSWER ✔ Sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium
Organic matter urea
end product of protein metabolism - ANSWER ✔ urea
Waste product of muscle metabolism - ANSWER ✔ creatine
Urine is composed of: - ANSWER ✔ 95% water and 5% solutes .5 inorganic
Tubes leading down from urinary bladder - ANSWER ✔ Ureteria
(2025/2026) Exam Questions with
Correct Detailed Answers || Already
Graded A +
<Recent Update>
A technician experiences a needlestick injury while performing a draw. They are
at greater risk of exposure to what bloodborne pathogens? - ANSWER ✔ Hep. B
(HBV)
A tech. receives a splash of blood to the eye while transferring serum into an
isolator tube. What action should they take first? - ANSWER ✔ Rinse eye with
water
Type of consent the law specifies exactly what type of information must be given
to inform properly how might be used and test limitations - ANSWER ✔ HIV
consent
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANSWER ✔ Is a
federal law and preempted state law
Root word cyan - ANSWER ✔ Blue
Root word cyt/o - ANSWER ✔ cell
,P H I is - ANSWER ✔ Any identifiable health information that is transmitted by
oral, written or electronic means
PHI can be accessed without patient consent for - ANSWER ✔ Treatment,
payment and health care operations
Health plans use a blank as a unique identifier - ANSWER ✔ NPI
Security rule is for P H I in - ANSWER ✔ Electronic form
Computer viruses more likely to be transmitted with email attachments ending
with - ANSWER ✔ .E XE
Root word chrom/o - ANSWER ✔ Color
suffix for disease - ANSWER ✔ -pathy
Suffix for painful ache - ANSWER ✔ Algia and dynia
Suffix view - ANSWER ✔ -opsy
Blank connects roots to suffix and other roots - ANSWER ✔ Combined vowel
Blank is the combination of rood and combining vowel - ANSWER ✔ Combining
form
Suffix pertains to - ANSWER ✔ Art, eal, al, ic, ous, ar
Suffix resembling - ANSWER ✔ -oid
Prefix dys - ANSWER ✔ painful, difficult
Prefix poly - ANSWER ✔ Excessive
Prefix: tachy- - ANSWER ✔ fast
Prefix: brady- - ANSWER ✔ slow
,Bacteria, viruses fungus belong to which hazard - ANSWER ✔ Allergic
Plasma - ANSWER ✔ Liquid part of blood
92% water and 8% mixture of proteins, glucose electrolytes, fibrinogen
blood cells - ANSWER ✔ 40-45% red blood cells (Erythrocytes), white blood
cells (leukocytes) and platelets
blood components - ANSWER ✔ Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and
platelets
55% Plasma, 45%-Formed Elements
Osmosis - ANSWER ✔ Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable
membrane
Electrolytes - ANSWER ✔ chemical substances that develop an electric charge
and are able to conduct an electric current when placed in water; ions
Antibody - ANSWER ✔ a type of protein the immune system produces to
neutralize a threat of some kind
Fibrinogen - ANSWER ✔ plasma protein that is converted to fibrin to form a cot
during bleeding
Hemoglobin - ANSWER ✔ iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries
oxygen for delivery to cells and gives blood it's red color.
Lifespan of red blood cells (erythrocytes) - ANSWER ✔ 120 days after which
bone marrow replaces with new red blood cells
white blood cells (leukocytes) varieties - ANSWER ✔ Monocytes
Lymphocytes
Granulocytes ( neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils)
They all defend body against infection.. they destroy pathogens and produce
antibodies
Platelets (thrombocytes) - ANSWER ✔ blood clotting
, What type of blood cell carries iron and oxygen to body tissue and organs -
ANSWER ✔ Red blood cells
bone marrow - ANSWER ✔ A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood
forming cells
Antigen - ANSWER ✔ Any substance capable of inducing a specific immune
response and triggering the production of antibody specific to that substance
Hemostasis - ANSWER ✔ State of equilibrium in blood
phases of coagulation - ANSWER ✔ 1 vascular phase - vessel constricts
2 platelet phase - blood clumps creates plug
3 coagulation phase - blood clot is a fibrin mesh work seals blood vessel
4 clot retraction shrinkage
5 fibrinolysis breaks and dissolves clot
Coagulation - ANSWER ✔ blood clotting
The most fundamental component of communication - ANSWER ✔ Active
listening.
Blood in urine - ANSWER ✔ hematuria
brown urine - ANSWER ✔ liver disease
inorganic compounds - ANSWER ✔ Sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium
Organic matter urea
end product of protein metabolism - ANSWER ✔ urea
Waste product of muscle metabolism - ANSWER ✔ creatine
Urine is composed of: - ANSWER ✔ 95% water and 5% solutes .5 inorganic
Tubes leading down from urinary bladder - ANSWER ✔ Ureteria
