Phlebotomy National Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Updated 2026

Phlebotomy National Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
TheAaortaAbranchesAintoAsmallerAdivisionAcalledAarteries,AwhichAinAturnAbranchAintoAsmalle
rAdivisionAcalledA_____.
a.Avenules
b.Acapillaries
c.Aarterioles
d.AcytesA-AAnswerAc.Aarterioles


TheAmostAimportantAwayAtoApreventAtheAspreadAofAinfectionAduringAphlebotomyAisAby:
a.Awearing
b.A10%AbleachAsolutionA
c.AusingAaAsharpsAcontainer
d.AwashingAyourAhandsA-AAnswerAd.AwashingAyourAhands


WhatAareAtheAthreeAisolationAcategories?
a.Adroplet,Aallergy,Acontact
b.Aairborne,Areverse,Adroplet
c.Acontainment,Aairborne,Acontact
d.Aairborne,Acontact,AdropletA-AAnswerAd.Aairborne,Acontact,Adroplet


OfAtheAtest'sAbelow,AaAsampleAforAwhichAmayAnotAbeAhemolyzed?
a.Apotassium
b.Alactate
c.Aammonia
d.AglucoseA-AAnswerAa.Apotassium


ToAproperlyAdecontaminateAspecimenAcollectionAareas:AaAsolutionAofABleachAandAwaterAshoul
dAbeAusedAwithAwhatAratio
a.A1:20

,b.A1:10
c.A50:50
d.A1:100A-AAnswerAb.A1:10


WhichAsuffixAmeansAblood?
a.A-emia
b.A-ology
c.A-lysis
d.A-itAisA-AAnswerAa.A-emia


TheAears,Anose,AandAeyesAareAinAtheA_____Asystem.
a.AIntegumentary
b.ADigestive
c.ASensory
d.AMuscularA-AAnswerAc.ASensory


WhatAisAtheAmostAcommonAsourceAofAHBVAinAtheAworkplace?
a.AUrine
b.ASemen
c.ABlood
d.ASputumA-AAnswerAb.ASemen


Post-PrandialAmeans:
a.AInAtheAmorning
b.AAfterAaAmeal
c.ABeforeAdinner
d.AinAtheAeveningA-AAnswerAb.AAfterAaAmeal


Neutrophils,Aeosinophils,AandAbasophilsAareAtypesAofA_____.
a.AWhiteAbloodAcells
b.AVessels
c.ARbc's

, d.AAdditivesA-AAnswerAa.AWhiteAbloodAcells


WhatAisAtheAappropriateAangleAtoAuseAwhenApreparingAaAbloodAsmear?
a.A50
b.A25
c.A30
d.A75A-AAnswerAc.A30


_____AisAwhenAaApatientAarmAisAswollenAwithAexcessiveAfluid.
a.ALactate
b.AEdema
c.ABP
d.AHematomaA-AAnswerAb.AEdema


AAviralAinfectionAofAtheAliverAisAcalledA_____.
a.AHepatitis
b.ABilirubin
c.ACirrhosis
d.AIctericA-AAnswerAa.AHepatitis


WhenAtheAheartAisAcontracting,AtheApressureAisAtheAhighest.AThisApressureAisAcalledA_____.
a.AHeartApressure
b.ADiastolicApressure
c.AAorticApressure
d.ASystolicApressureA-AAnswerAd.ASystolicApressure


WhichAveinAisAtheAmostAsubjectedAtoAvenipuncture?
a.ACephalicAvein
b.ABrachialAvein
c.ABasilicAvein
d.AMedialACubitalA-AAnswerAd.AMedialACubital