MLT Exam Practice ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Receiving cannot accept a specimen unless it has:
A. An uncontaminated, signed, requisition with billing information
B. All of the above
C. An intact container with correct media
D. A correct, legible label - CORRECT ANSWER B
A laboratory refrigerator used to store volatile, flammable liquids can hold
A. 200 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
B. 180 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
C. 120 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
D. 50 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids - CORRECT ANSWER C
Disease incidence predicts:
A. How likely a test result is to be right or wrong, given certain variables
B. How likely the patient with a positive test result really has the condition
C. How probable it is a patient will develop a disease, and its etiology
D. How likely the patient with a negative test really does not have the condition - CORRECT
ANSWER C
Beer's law in spectrophotometry
A. Uses a visible spectrum from 340 nm to 500 nm
B. Means an opaque sample transmits 100% light
C. Only applies if absorbance is between 0.1 and 1.0
D. Means a transparent sample transmits 0% light - CORRECT ANSWER C
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
D. Taqman electrophoresis - CORRECT ANSWER C
OSHA allows ungloved phlebotomy only if:
A. The patient is an infant
B. The phlebotomist's skin is intact and the patient is cooperative
C. Both "the experienced phlebotomist working in a volunteer blood donor center agrees" and "the
phlebotomist's skin is intact and the patient is cooperative"
D. The experienced phlebotomist working in a volunteer blood donor center agrees - CORRECT
ANSWER C
The hospital department that studies alcohol, drugs, poisons, and heavy metals is:
A. Serology/Immunology
B. Toxicology
C. Cytology
D. Endocrinology - CORRECT ANSWER B
A hemoglobin electrophoresis result of adult hemoglobin (hba) or hba2 means the patient has:
A. Fetal hemoglobin
B. Hemolytic anemia
C. Normal hemoglobin
D. Sickle cell anemia - CORRECT ANSWER C
US law overrides the patient's right to confidentiality if:
A. The caregiver is likely to be infected
B. The patient has a sexually transmitted disease or tuberculosis (TB)
C. Authorities suspect child abuse or neglect under CAPTA
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER D
The recall rate is also known as the:
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Receiving cannot accept a specimen unless it has:
A. An uncontaminated, signed, requisition with billing information
B. All of the above
C. An intact container with correct media
D. A correct, legible label - CORRECT ANSWER B
A laboratory refrigerator used to store volatile, flammable liquids can hold
A. 200 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
B. 180 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
C. 120 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids
D. 50 gallons of class I, II, and IIIA liquids - CORRECT ANSWER C
Disease incidence predicts:
A. How likely a test result is to be right or wrong, given certain variables
B. How likely the patient with a positive test result really has the condition
C. How probable it is a patient will develop a disease, and its etiology
D. How likely the patient with a negative test really does not have the condition - CORRECT
ANSWER C
Beer's law in spectrophotometry
A. Uses a visible spectrum from 340 nm to 500 nm
B. Means an opaque sample transmits 100% light
C. Only applies if absorbance is between 0.1 and 1.0
D. Means a transparent sample transmits 0% light - CORRECT ANSWER C
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
D. Taqman electrophoresis - CORRECT ANSWER C
OSHA allows ungloved phlebotomy only if:
A. The patient is an infant
B. The phlebotomist's skin is intact and the patient is cooperative
C. Both "the experienced phlebotomist working in a volunteer blood donor center agrees" and "the
phlebotomist's skin is intact and the patient is cooperative"
D. The experienced phlebotomist working in a volunteer blood donor center agrees - CORRECT
ANSWER C
The hospital department that studies alcohol, drugs, poisons, and heavy metals is:
A. Serology/Immunology
B. Toxicology
C. Cytology
D. Endocrinology - CORRECT ANSWER B
A hemoglobin electrophoresis result of adult hemoglobin (hba) or hba2 means the patient has:
A. Fetal hemoglobin
B. Hemolytic anemia
C. Normal hemoglobin
D. Sickle cell anemia - CORRECT ANSWER C
US law overrides the patient's right to confidentiality if:
A. The caregiver is likely to be infected
B. The patient has a sexually transmitted disease or tuberculosis (TB)
C. Authorities suspect child abuse or neglect under CAPTA
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER D
The recall rate is also known as the:
