AMT MLT Practice Test Study Guide
Exam Q&A 100% Solved | Graded A+
A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through
the use of control specimens. - ✔✔Quality control
What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value
of the control for 3 days in a row? - ✔✔Shift
A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained. -
✔✔Proficiency testing
What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide
(KOH) preparations, fern test) performed by a physician for his or her own
patients? - ✔✔Provider-performed microscopy (PPM)
What category of bioterrorism agents has the following characteristics?
Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the
highest priority; organisms in this category pose a risk to national security
because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to
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,person, result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public
health impact. - ✔✔Category A
What category of bioterrorism agents has the following characteristics?
These agents have the second highest priority and include pathogens that
are moderately easy to disseminate, results in moderate morbidity rates
and low mortality rates, and require specific enhancements of the CDC's
diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance. - ✔✔Category B
Agents anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, filoviruses, and
arenaviruses are classified as - ✔✔Category A.
Class C fire extinguishers are used for - ✔✔Electric equipment.
OSHA has defined __________ as blood and blood products,
contaminated sharps, pathology waste products, and microbiological
waste. - ✔✔Infectious waste
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be
trained about the new labels and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet
(SDS) by December 1 of ___________. - ✔✔2013
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,Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are now called: - ✔✔Safety Data
Sheets
The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using
____________. - ✔✔Pictograms
The chemistry methodology that is based on the fact that substances of
clinical interest selectively absorb or emit electromagnetic energy at
different wavelengths is - ✔✔Spectrophotometry.
Reference materials about the individual chemical are provided by all
chemical manufacturers and suppliers by means of - ✔✔Material safety
data sheet (MSDS).
How many milliliters (mL) of 0.25M NaOH are needed to make 100 mL of a
0.05 M solution of NaOH? - ✔✔20 mL
convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? - ✔✔9/5 (Celsius degrees number+ 32)
The microscope commonly used in cellular biology that has the ability to
distinguish between living and dead cells and monitor activity within living
cells is the - ✔✔Flourescent.
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, The objective that should never have oil used on it is the - ✔✔40X
objective.
If a 10 X eyepiece is used with a 45 X objective, the total magnification is -
✔✔450
What is the order of draw of multiple evacuated tubes? - ✔✔Blood culture
(aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green stopper, lavender, and
gray
What are the two general sources of blood for clinical laboratory tests? -
✔✔Peripheral (or capillary) blood and venous blood
Order of draw for capillary specimens: - ✔✔Blood gases, slides/smear,
EDTA tubes, other additive minicontainers, and serum containers
Failure to apply sufficient pressure to the venipuncture site could result in -
✔✔a hematoma.
What would cause the constituents, including enzymes acid phosphatase,
lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to
significantly elevate the value obtained for these substances in serum? -
✔✔. Hemolyzed specimens
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Exam Q&A 100% Solved | Graded A+
A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through
the use of control specimens. - ✔✔Quality control
What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value
of the control for 3 days in a row? - ✔✔Shift
A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained. -
✔✔Proficiency testing
What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide
(KOH) preparations, fern test) performed by a physician for his or her own
patients? - ✔✔Provider-performed microscopy (PPM)
What category of bioterrorism agents has the following characteristics?
Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the
highest priority; organisms in this category pose a risk to national security
because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to
1
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,person, result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public
health impact. - ✔✔Category A
What category of bioterrorism agents has the following characteristics?
These agents have the second highest priority and include pathogens that
are moderately easy to disseminate, results in moderate morbidity rates
and low mortality rates, and require specific enhancements of the CDC's
diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance. - ✔✔Category B
Agents anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, filoviruses, and
arenaviruses are classified as - ✔✔Category A.
Class C fire extinguishers are used for - ✔✔Electric equipment.
OSHA has defined __________ as blood and blood products,
contaminated sharps, pathology waste products, and microbiological
waste. - ✔✔Infectious waste
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be
trained about the new labels and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet
(SDS) by December 1 of ___________. - ✔✔2013
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,Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are now called: - ✔✔Safety Data
Sheets
The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using
____________. - ✔✔Pictograms
The chemistry methodology that is based on the fact that substances of
clinical interest selectively absorb or emit electromagnetic energy at
different wavelengths is - ✔✔Spectrophotometry.
Reference materials about the individual chemical are provided by all
chemical manufacturers and suppliers by means of - ✔✔Material safety
data sheet (MSDS).
How many milliliters (mL) of 0.25M NaOH are needed to make 100 mL of a
0.05 M solution of NaOH? - ✔✔20 mL
convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? - ✔✔9/5 (Celsius degrees number+ 32)
The microscope commonly used in cellular biology that has the ability to
distinguish between living and dead cells and monitor activity within living
cells is the - ✔✔Flourescent.
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, The objective that should never have oil used on it is the - ✔✔40X
objective.
If a 10 X eyepiece is used with a 45 X objective, the total magnification is -
✔✔450
What is the order of draw of multiple evacuated tubes? - ✔✔Blood culture
(aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green stopper, lavender, and
gray
What are the two general sources of blood for clinical laboratory tests? -
✔✔Peripheral (or capillary) blood and venous blood
Order of draw for capillary specimens: - ✔✔Blood gases, slides/smear,
EDTA tubes, other additive minicontainers, and serum containers
Failure to apply sufficient pressure to the venipuncture site could result in -
✔✔a hematoma.
What would cause the constituents, including enzymes acid phosphatase,
lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to
significantly elevate the value obtained for these substances in serum? -
✔✔. Hemolyzed specimens
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