CAL REGIONAL MIDTERM
PHLEBOTOMY. EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Which of the following is a test of the urinary system? - ANS Creatine clearance
An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain type of... -
ANS Antigen present in red blood cells
The solution normally used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is - ANS Rubbing
alcohol (70% isopropyl)
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy? - ANS ACT
Capillary puncture blood most likely resembles? - ANS Arterial blood.
Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein? - ANS Femoral Vein
The relaxing phase of of the cardiac cycle is called? - ANS Diastole.
What is the most important factor in choosing which gauge needle to use fore venipuncture? -
ANS The size and condition of the vein.
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, A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the following situations
EXCEPT when? - ANS Drawing a light blue top.
What does the term calcaneus mean? - ANS Heel bone.
For which condition is a unit of blood withdrawn from a patient as treatment? -
ANS Hemochromatosis.
Prolonged tourniquet application may cause change in blood composition primarily because of?
- ANS Hemoconcentration
A blood smear from a EDTA specimen should be made? - ANS Within 1 hour of collection
time.
The ability of the body to maintain itself to achieve a "steady state" defines what term? -
ANS Homeostasis.
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during capillary puncture to avoid? -
ANS Injuring a bone.
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make? - ANS Misidentifying a patient.
If a patient is complaining of sharp radiating pain from a needle insertion site, the phlebotomist
should? - ANS Immediately terminate the draw.
Capillary puncture that are deeper than recommended are more painful because pain fibers
increase in abundance below? - ANS 2.4 mm.
A tube fails to fill with blood during a venipuncture. Which of the following might lead you to
think that the vein has collapsed? - ANS Vein disappears when you engage tube.
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PHLEBOTOMY. EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Which of the following is a test of the urinary system? - ANS Creatine clearance
An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of a certain type of... -
ANS Antigen present in red blood cells
The solution normally used to clean the site before routine venipuncture is - ANS Rubbing
alcohol (70% isopropyl)
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy? - ANS ACT
Capillary puncture blood most likely resembles? - ANS Arterial blood.
Which of the following veins is NOT an antecubital vein? - ANS Femoral Vein
The relaxing phase of of the cardiac cycle is called? - ANS Diastole.
What is the most important factor in choosing which gauge needle to use fore venipuncture? -
ANS The size and condition of the vein.
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, A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the following situations
EXCEPT when? - ANS Drawing a light blue top.
What does the term calcaneus mean? - ANS Heel bone.
For which condition is a unit of blood withdrawn from a patient as treatment? -
ANS Hemochromatosis.
Prolonged tourniquet application may cause change in blood composition primarily because of?
- ANS Hemoconcentration
A blood smear from a EDTA specimen should be made? - ANS Within 1 hour of collection
time.
The ability of the body to maintain itself to achieve a "steady state" defines what term? -
ANS Homeostasis.
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during capillary puncture to avoid? -
ANS Injuring a bone.
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make? - ANS Misidentifying a patient.
If a patient is complaining of sharp radiating pain from a needle insertion site, the phlebotomist
should? - ANS Immediately terminate the draw.
Capillary puncture that are deeper than recommended are more painful because pain fibers
increase in abundance below? - ANS 2.4 mm.
A tube fails to fill with blood during a venipuncture. Which of the following might lead you to
think that the vein has collapsed? - ANS Vein disappears when you engage tube.
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