THE ULTIMATE MEDICAL LAB ASSISTANT EXAM CRAM
GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
FOR CERTIFICATION
1. Receiving cannot accept a specimen unless it has:
A. A correct, legible label
B. An uncontaminated, signed requisition with billing information
C. An intact container with the correct media
D. All of the above Correct
2. A laboratory refrigerator used to store volatile, flammable liquids
can hold:
A. 120 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
B. 180 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
C. 200 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
D. 50 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids Correct
3. Disease incidence predicts:
A. How probable it is a patient will develop a disease, and its
etiology Correct
B. How likely a test result is to be right or wrong, given certain variables
C. How likely the patient with a negative test really does not have the
condition
D. How likely the patient with a positive test result really has the
condition
4. Beer's law in spectrophotometry:
A. Means a transparent sample transmits 0% light
, B. Only applies if absorbance is between 0.1 and 1.0 Correct
C. Means an opaque sample transmits 100% light
D. Uses a visible spectrum from 340 nm to 500 nm
5. Naming bacteria by looking at their size and shape under the
microscope, and the colony morphology on media is:
A. Differential identification
B. Numeric taxonomy
C. Presumptive identification Correct
D. TaqMan electrophoresis
6. The hospital department that studies alcohol, drugs, poisons, and
heavy metals is:
A. Serology/Immunology
B. Toxicology Correct
C. Cytology
D. Endocrinology
7. A hemoglobin electrophoresis result of adult hemoglobin (HbA) or
HbA2 means the patient has:
A. Sickle cell anemia
B. Fetal hemoglobin
C. Normal hemoglobin Correct
D. Hemolytic anemia
8. The recall rate is also known as the:
A. Sensitivity Correct
B. Specificity
C. Aliquot
D. Circadian Rhythm
GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
FOR CERTIFICATION
1. Receiving cannot accept a specimen unless it has:
A. A correct, legible label
B. An uncontaminated, signed requisition with billing information
C. An intact container with the correct media
D. All of the above Correct
2. A laboratory refrigerator used to store volatile, flammable liquids
can hold:
A. 120 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
B. 180 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
C. 200 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
D. 50 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids Correct
3. Disease incidence predicts:
A. How probable it is a patient will develop a disease, and its
etiology Correct
B. How likely a test result is to be right or wrong, given certain variables
C. How likely the patient with a negative test really does not have the
condition
D. How likely the patient with a positive test result really has the
condition
4. Beer's law in spectrophotometry:
A. Means a transparent sample transmits 0% light
, B. Only applies if absorbance is between 0.1 and 1.0 Correct
C. Means an opaque sample transmits 100% light
D. Uses a visible spectrum from 340 nm to 500 nm
5. Naming bacteria by looking at their size and shape under the
microscope, and the colony morphology on media is:
A. Differential identification
B. Numeric taxonomy
C. Presumptive identification Correct
D. TaqMan electrophoresis
6. The hospital department that studies alcohol, drugs, poisons, and
heavy metals is:
A. Serology/Immunology
B. Toxicology Correct
C. Cytology
D. Endocrinology
7. A hemoglobin electrophoresis result of adult hemoglobin (HbA) or
HbA2 means the patient has:
A. Sickle cell anemia
B. Fetal hemoglobin
C. Normal hemoglobin Correct
D. Hemolytic anemia
8. The recall rate is also known as the:
A. Sensitivity Correct
B. Specificity
C. Aliquot
D. Circadian Rhythm
