AMT MT — Molecular Diagnostics / Clinical Laboratory
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1. How can you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Select one:
a. [Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
b. [Celsius * (5/9)] + 32
c. [Celsius * (5/8)] + 32
d. [Celsius * (8/5)] + 32 - Correct Answer: [Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
2. MCV = HCT * 10/(?)
Select one:
a. MCHC
b. MCV
c. RBC
d. MCH - Correct Answer: RBC
3. Which lamps are most common when working in the ultraviolet region?
Select one:
a. Incandescent tungsten and tungsten-iodide
b. Incandescent tungsten and deuterium discharge
c. Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
d. Mercury arc and tungsten-iodide - Correct Answer: Mercury arc
and deuterium discharge
,4. The magnification of a microscope is determined by the
Select one:
a. high power objective multiplied by the low power objective.
b. thickness of the condenser.
c. powers of the eyepiece and objective.
d. fine focus adjustment. - Correct Answer: powers of the eyepiece
and objective.
5. You are working in specimen processing and receive a specimen from the
emergency department (ED) for a STAT CBC. The requisition contains
information for Bobby Brown but the tube is labeled Bobby Smith. You call
the ED and speak with the collecting nurse who assures you the blood is
that of Bobby Brown and she asked you to relabel the specimen. How
should you proceed?
Select one:
a. Relabel the specimen as instructed by the nurse.
b. Send the specimen back to the ED for them to properly relabel.
c. Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
d. Hold the mislabeled specimen until the end of the shift, when there's
more time to deal with it. - Correct Answer: Reject the specimen
and request a recollection.
6. Which microcollection tube should be collected FIRST when performing a
capillary puncture?
Select one:
a. Tube with NO additive (gold or red top)
b. Heparinized tube (green top)
c. EDTA tube (lavender top)
d. Sterile blood culture - Correct Answer: EDTA tube (lavender top)
,7. Glucose test. How should this request be handled?
Select one:
a. Centrifuge the specimen and aliquot some serum into another tube
for chemistry.
8. Then send the tube to blood bank for the DAT.
b. Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for
the serum glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is
not the appropriate specimen.
c. Have both tests recollected since this is not an appropriate specimen for
either test.
d. Send the specimen to blood bank first for the DAT and ask them to send
it on to
chemistry when they are through. - Correct Answer: Centrifuge the
specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum
glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is not the
appropriate specimen.
9. Which of the following instruments ionizes the target molecule then
separates and measures the mass-to-charge ratio?
Select one:
a. Atomic absorption spectrometer
b. Ion selective electrode
c. Mass spectrometer
d. Gas chromatography - Correct Answer: Mass spectrometer
10.Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize
monoclonal proteins?
Select one:
, a. IEP and IFE
b. DIF and RID
c. IEP and RID
d. DIF and IFE - Correct Answer: IEP and IFE
11.An immunoassay methodology using either europium or phycobiliproteins
would use which detection method?
Select one:
a. Gamma counter
b. Luminometer
c. Fluorometer
d. Photometer - Correct Answer: Fluorometer
12.The measurement of the decrease in intensity of an incident light beam as it
passes through a solution of particles defines which of the following
methods?
Select one:
a. Turbidimetry
b. Nephelometry
c. Chemiluminescence
d. Bioluminescence - Correct Answer: Turbidimetry
13.In what manner is the dye uptake by a sample following electrophoresis and
staining related to the sample concentration?
Select one:
a. Directly proportional
b. Inversely proportional
c. Linearly
d. Unequally - Correct Answer: Directly proportional
Practice Study guide
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams
Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
1. How can you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Select one:
a. [Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
b. [Celsius * (5/9)] + 32
c. [Celsius * (5/8)] + 32
d. [Celsius * (8/5)] + 32 - Correct Answer: [Celsius * (9/5)] + 32
2. MCV = HCT * 10/(?)
Select one:
a. MCHC
b. MCV
c. RBC
d. MCH - Correct Answer: RBC
3. Which lamps are most common when working in the ultraviolet region?
Select one:
a. Incandescent tungsten and tungsten-iodide
b. Incandescent tungsten and deuterium discharge
c. Mercury arc and deuterium discharge
d. Mercury arc and tungsten-iodide - Correct Answer: Mercury arc
and deuterium discharge
,4. The magnification of a microscope is determined by the
Select one:
a. high power objective multiplied by the low power objective.
b. thickness of the condenser.
c. powers of the eyepiece and objective.
d. fine focus adjustment. - Correct Answer: powers of the eyepiece
and objective.
5. You are working in specimen processing and receive a specimen from the
emergency department (ED) for a STAT CBC. The requisition contains
information for Bobby Brown but the tube is labeled Bobby Smith. You call
the ED and speak with the collecting nurse who assures you the blood is
that of Bobby Brown and she asked you to relabel the specimen. How
should you proceed?
Select one:
a. Relabel the specimen as instructed by the nurse.
b. Send the specimen back to the ED for them to properly relabel.
c. Reject the specimen and request a recollection.
d. Hold the mislabeled specimen until the end of the shift, when there's
more time to deal with it. - Correct Answer: Reject the specimen
and request a recollection.
6. Which microcollection tube should be collected FIRST when performing a
capillary puncture?
Select one:
a. Tube with NO additive (gold or red top)
b. Heparinized tube (green top)
c. EDTA tube (lavender top)
d. Sterile blood culture - Correct Answer: EDTA tube (lavender top)
,7. Glucose test. How should this request be handled?
Select one:
a. Centrifuge the specimen and aliquot some serum into another tube
for chemistry.
8. Then send the tube to blood bank for the DAT.
b. Centrifuge the specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for
the serum glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is
not the appropriate specimen.
c. Have both tests recollected since this is not an appropriate specimen for
either test.
d. Send the specimen to blood bank first for the DAT and ask them to send
it on to
chemistry when they are through. - Correct Answer: Centrifuge the
specimen once it has clotted and deliver it to chemistry for the serum
glucose test. The DAT will need to be recollected because this is not the
appropriate specimen.
9. Which of the following instruments ionizes the target molecule then
separates and measures the mass-to-charge ratio?
Select one:
a. Atomic absorption spectrometer
b. Ion selective electrode
c. Mass spectrometer
d. Gas chromatography - Correct Answer: Mass spectrometer
10.Which of the following are the two methods used to characterize
monoclonal proteins?
Select one:
, a. IEP and IFE
b. DIF and RID
c. IEP and RID
d. DIF and IFE - Correct Answer: IEP and IFE
11.An immunoassay methodology using either europium or phycobiliproteins
would use which detection method?
Select one:
a. Gamma counter
b. Luminometer
c. Fluorometer
d. Photometer - Correct Answer: Fluorometer
12.The measurement of the decrease in intensity of an incident light beam as it
passes through a solution of particles defines which of the following
methods?
Select one:
a. Turbidimetry
b. Nephelometry
c. Chemiluminescence
d. Bioluminescence - Correct Answer: Turbidimetry
13.In what manner is the dye uptake by a sample following electrophoresis and
staining related to the sample concentration?
Select one:
a. Directly proportional
b. Inversely proportional
c. Linearly
d. Unequally - Correct Answer: Directly proportional
