QAL CATEGORY M EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of
results through the use of control specimens. Answer: Quality
control
◉ What detects any progressive drift off values to one side of the
average for at least 3 days? Answer: Trend
◉ A means by which quality control between laboratories is
maintained Answer: Proficiency testing
◉ OSHA has defined *BLANK* as blood and blood products,
contaminated sharps, pathology waste products, and
microbiological waste. Answer: Infectious waste
◉ Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and
transported to the laboratory, to the analysis itself and reporting of
the results, must be documented by a process known as Answer:
Chain of Custody
,◉ Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide
(KOH) preperations, fern test) performed by a physician for his or
her own patients is known as Answer: Provider-performed
microscopy (PPM)
◉ Describes how close a test result is to the true value. Answer:
Accuracy
◉ are used for Ordinary combustibles. Answer: Class A Fire
Extinguishers
◉ Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents
have the highest priority, can be easy transmitted,result in high
mortality rates and can have major public health impact Answer:
Category A
◉ Moderately easy to disseminate, moderate morbidity rates and
low mortality rates. Agents brucellosis, epsilon toxin, food
contaminants, glanders, melioodosis, psittacosis, Q fever,and ricin
toxin are classified as. Answer: Category B
◉ All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all
of the new provisions in the revised standards by june 1 *blank* .
Answer: 2015
,◉ Electrical Equipment Fires Answer: Class C Fire Extinguishers
◉ Third-highest Priority and inclde emerging pathogens that could
be negineeered for mass disseination in the future because of
availability, ease of production and dissemination? Answer: Category
C
◉ What regulation became law in 1992, requires that laboratories
develop, implement and comply with a plan that ensures the
protective safety of laboratory staff to potential infectious blood-
borne pathogens and manage and handle medical waste in a safe
and effective manner? Answer: Occupational Exposure to
Bloodborne Pathogens
◉ Detects an increase in frequency of both high and low minimally
acceptable values Answer: Dispersion
◉ Answer: 1992
◉ Ordinary Combustibles Answer: Class A Extinguishers
◉ 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 *BLANK* Answer: 2013
, ◉ SDS Section Requirement Answer: 16 Sections
◉ All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all
of the new provisions in the revised standards by june 1 *BLANK*
Answer: 2015
◉ The GHS brings with it a new chemical lableing standard using
*BLANK* Answer: Pictograms
◉ Globally Harmonized System Answer: GHS
◉ Maximum Water Purity Answer: Type 1
◉ The Chemistry methodology that is based on the fact that
substances of clinical interest selectively absorb or emit
elecromagnetic energy at different wavelengths is *BLANK* Answer:
Spectrophotometry
◉ A microscope should never be left with the *BLANK* Answer: Oil
objective in place
◉ The Objective zoom that never should have oil in place is Answer:
40X Zoom
FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of
results through the use of control specimens. Answer: Quality
control
◉ What detects any progressive drift off values to one side of the
average for at least 3 days? Answer: Trend
◉ A means by which quality control between laboratories is
maintained Answer: Proficiency testing
◉ OSHA has defined *BLANK* as blood and blood products,
contaminated sharps, pathology waste products, and
microbiological waste. Answer: Infectious waste
◉ Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and
transported to the laboratory, to the analysis itself and reporting of
the results, must be documented by a process known as Answer:
Chain of Custody
,◉ Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide
(KOH) preperations, fern test) performed by a physician for his or
her own patients is known as Answer: Provider-performed
microscopy (PPM)
◉ Describes how close a test result is to the true value. Answer:
Accuracy
◉ are used for Ordinary combustibles. Answer: Class A Fire
Extinguishers
◉ Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents
have the highest priority, can be easy transmitted,result in high
mortality rates and can have major public health impact Answer:
Category A
◉ Moderately easy to disseminate, moderate morbidity rates and
low mortality rates. Agents brucellosis, epsilon toxin, food
contaminants, glanders, melioodosis, psittacosis, Q fever,and ricin
toxin are classified as. Answer: Category B
◉ All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all
of the new provisions in the revised standards by june 1 *blank* .
Answer: 2015
,◉ Electrical Equipment Fires Answer: Class C Fire Extinguishers
◉ Third-highest Priority and inclde emerging pathogens that could
be negineeered for mass disseination in the future because of
availability, ease of production and dissemination? Answer: Category
C
◉ What regulation became law in 1992, requires that laboratories
develop, implement and comply with a plan that ensures the
protective safety of laboratory staff to potential infectious blood-
borne pathogens and manage and handle medical waste in a safe
and effective manner? Answer: Occupational Exposure to
Bloodborne Pathogens
◉ Detects an increase in frequency of both high and low minimally
acceptable values Answer: Dispersion
◉ Answer: 1992
◉ Ordinary Combustibles Answer: Class A Extinguishers
◉ 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 *BLANK* Answer: 2013
, ◉ SDS Section Requirement Answer: 16 Sections
◉ All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all
of the new provisions in the revised standards by june 1 *BLANK*
Answer: 2015
◉ The GHS brings with it a new chemical lableing standard using
*BLANK* Answer: Pictograms
◉ Globally Harmonized System Answer: GHS
◉ Maximum Water Purity Answer: Type 1
◉ The Chemistry methodology that is based on the fact that
substances of clinical interest selectively absorb or emit
elecromagnetic energy at different wavelengths is *BLANK* Answer:
Spectrophotometry
◉ A microscope should never be left with the *BLANK* Answer: Oil
objective in place
◉ The Objective zoom that never should have oil in place is Answer:
40X Zoom
