Phlebotomy Practice Test for NPS
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
80-110mL - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Newborns have a blood volume of ______ mL
Phenylketonuria - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When phenylalanine builds up in the body due
to its inability to convert to tyrosine, this is known as:
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is okay to wave your hand over the site to dry excess
alcohol.
host - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pathogens require a ______.
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a green Heparin specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes,
EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely low reading.
blue -top tube - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Prothrombin Time (PT) uses what color
topped tube?
,8-10 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A patient should be fasting _____ hours before a GTT.
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inverting plain glass tubes can lead to hemolysis.
all of the above - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which of these conditions can lead to hemolysis?
anaphylactic shock - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a patient is allergic to shellfish, iodine
could send them into _____________.
white blood cells (leukocytes) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Due to the lack of ___________,
oncology patients are immunosuppressed.
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Using the cephalic vein in obese patients normally renders
the best results.
EDTA TUBE - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following labs should be drawn first?
yes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a patient holds their arm out, is that considered consent?
nosocomial infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If an infection is contracted while a patient
is at the hospital, you would say they contracted a _________ infection.
insulin antibody. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What test is not part of the Executive profile?
8-12 HOURS - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A patient must be fasting for at least _____ before
conducting a blood sugar panel.
, Shallow - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The veins of obese people tend to be:
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Long nails could inhibit you from properly performing a
procedure and the bacteria that can grow under them could cause infection at the
procedure site.
mononucleosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A virus transmitted through saliva, usually
caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
pulsatile - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Using palpation, the phlebotomist assesses a vein. The
phlebotomist knows that which of the following is not a characteristic of a vein?
All of the above - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Common tests conducted in a Coagulation
Department would be ________
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The way you remove your PPE is not important.
Placed in the nearest sharps container. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔After performing the
venipuncture, needles should be:
Direct harm - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a patient contracts a nosocomial infection due to
poor technique, that is an example of:
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A patient may bend their elbow after a venipuncture is
performed.
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
80-110mL - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Newborns have a blood volume of ______ mL
Phenylketonuria - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When phenylalanine builds up in the body due
to its inability to convert to tyrosine, this is known as:
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is okay to wave your hand over the site to dry excess
alcohol.
host - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pathogens require a ______.
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a green Heparin specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes,
EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely low reading.
blue -top tube - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Prothrombin Time (PT) uses what color
topped tube?
,8-10 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A patient should be fasting _____ hours before a GTT.
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inverting plain glass tubes can lead to hemolysis.
all of the above - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which of these conditions can lead to hemolysis?
anaphylactic shock - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a patient is allergic to shellfish, iodine
could send them into _____________.
white blood cells (leukocytes) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Due to the lack of ___________,
oncology patients are immunosuppressed.
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Using the cephalic vein in obese patients normally renders
the best results.
EDTA TUBE - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following labs should be drawn first?
yes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a patient holds their arm out, is that considered consent?
nosocomial infection - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If an infection is contracted while a patient
is at the hospital, you would say they contracted a _________ infection.
insulin antibody. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What test is not part of the Executive profile?
8-12 HOURS - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A patient must be fasting for at least _____ before
conducting a blood sugar panel.
, Shallow - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The veins of obese people tend to be:
True - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Long nails could inhibit you from properly performing a
procedure and the bacteria that can grow under them could cause infection at the
procedure site.
mononucleosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A virus transmitted through saliva, usually
caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
pulsatile - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Using palpation, the phlebotomist assesses a vein. The
phlebotomist knows that which of the following is not a characteristic of a vein?
All of the above - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Common tests conducted in a Coagulation
Department would be ________
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The way you remove your PPE is not important.
Placed in the nearest sharps container. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔After performing the
venipuncture, needles should be:
Direct harm - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔If a patient contracts a nosocomial infection due to
poor technique, that is an example of:
False - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A patient may bend their elbow after a venipuncture is
performed.
3
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