AMCA CMAC Exam 4 Questions And
Correct Answers
Which organization developed the guidelines for universal precautions?
Select one:
a. CLIA
b. OSHA
c. CDC
d. EPA
e. FDA
c. CDC
According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE (personal protective equipment)
when they have contact with:
Select one:
a. sweat
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin
b. blood
,To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations
b. HCG hormone
A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on a collected urine specimen. Which of
the following instructions best describe what your patient should do?
Select one:
a. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup
If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing for more than 1 hour, bacteria will
grow, and the pH of the urine will soon become:
,Select one:
a. slightly acidic
b. both acidic and alkaline
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. highly acidic
c. alkaline
The pH range for normal urine is
Select one:
a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 4.5 to 8.0
c. 0 to 9.0
d. 7.5 to 9.0
e. 2.5 to 7.0
b. 4.5 to 8.0
If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses of water each day; urine would most
likely be which color?
Select one:
a. yellow
b. dark yellow
, c. brown
d. straw
e. red
d. straw
Urine needs to be collected in which type of container if it is collected for bacterial
culture?
Select one:
a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. rinsed
e. glass
b. sterile
A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the following sets of examinations?
Select one:
a. microscopic, chemical, physical
b. reagent, chemical, physical
c. visual, culture, reagent
d. microscopic, reagent, chemical
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical
Correct Answers
Which organization developed the guidelines for universal precautions?
Select one:
a. CLIA
b. OSHA
c. CDC
d. EPA
e. FDA
c. CDC
According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE (personal protective equipment)
when they have contact with:
Select one:
a. sweat
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin
b. blood
,To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations
b. HCG hormone
A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on a collected urine specimen. Which of
the following instructions best describe what your patient should do?
Select one:
a. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup
If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing for more than 1 hour, bacteria will
grow, and the pH of the urine will soon become:
,Select one:
a. slightly acidic
b. both acidic and alkaline
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. highly acidic
c. alkaline
The pH range for normal urine is
Select one:
a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 4.5 to 8.0
c. 0 to 9.0
d. 7.5 to 9.0
e. 2.5 to 7.0
b. 4.5 to 8.0
If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses of water each day; urine would most
likely be which color?
Select one:
a. yellow
b. dark yellow
, c. brown
d. straw
e. red
d. straw
Urine needs to be collected in which type of container if it is collected for bacterial
culture?
Select one:
a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. rinsed
e. glass
b. sterile
A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the following sets of examinations?
Select one:
a. microscopic, chemical, physical
b. reagent, chemical, physical
c. visual, culture, reagent
d. microscopic, reagent, chemical
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical
