MLT Practice Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What refers to the reproducibility of test results? - CORRECT ANSWER Precision
A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of control
specimens. - CORRECT ANSWER Quality control
What detects any progressive drift off values to one side of the average for at least 3 days? -
CORRECT ANSWER Trend
A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained - CORRECT
ANSWER Proficiency testing
OSHA has defined *BLANK* as blood and blood products, contaminated sharps, pathology waste
products, and microbiological waste. - CORRECT ANSWER Infectious waste
Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and transported to the laboratory, to the analysis
itself and reporting of the results, must be documented by a process known as - CORRECT
ANSWER Chain of Custody
Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH) preperations, fern test)
performed by a physician for his or her own patients is known as - CORRECT
ANSWER Provider-performed microscopy (PPM)
Describes how close a test result is to the true value. - CORRECT ANSWER Accuracy
are used for Ordinary combustibles. - CORRECT ANSWER Class A Fire Extinguishers
Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the highest priority, can be easy
transmitted,result in high mortality rates and can have major public health impact - CORRECT
ANSWER Category A
,Moderately easy to disseminate, moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates. Agents brucellosis,
epsilon toxin, food contaminants, glanders, melioodosis, psittacosis, Q fever,and ricin toxin are
classified as. - CORRECT ANSWER Category B
All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new provisions in the revised
standards by june 1 *blank* . - CORRECT ANSWER 2015
Electrical Equipment Fires - CORRECT ANSWER Class C Fire Extinguishers
Third-highest Priority and inclde emerging pathogens that could be negineeered for mass disseination
in the future because of availability, ease of production and dissemination? - CORRECT
ANSWER Category C
What regulation became law in 1992, requires that laboratories develop, implement and comply with
a plan that ensures the protective safety of laboratory staff to potential infectious blood-borne
pathogens and manage and handle medical waste in a safe and effective manner? - CORRECT
ANSWER Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
Detects an increase in frequency of both high and low minimally acceptable values - CORRECT
ANSWER Dispersion
- CORRECT ANSWER 1992
Ordinary Combustibles - CORRECT ANSWER Class A Extinguishers
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained about the new labels
and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by December 1 of *BLANK* - CORRECT
ANSWER 2013
SDS Section Requirement - CORRECT ANSWER 16 Sections
All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new provisions in the revised
standards by june 1 *BLANK* - CORRECT ANSWER 2015
, The GHS brings with it a new chemical lableing standard using *BLANK* - CORRECT
ANSWER Pictograms
Globally Harmonized System - CORRECT ANSWER GHS
Maximum Water Purity - CORRECT ANSWER Type 1
The Chemistry methodology that is based on the fact that substances of clinical interest selectively
absorb or emit elecromagnetic energy at different wavelengths is *BLANK* - CORRECT
ANSWER Spectrophotometry
A microscope should never be left with the *BLANK* - CORRECT ANSWER Oil objective in
place
The Objective zoom that never should have oil in place is - CORRECT ANSWER 40X Zoom
What is the yellow discoloration of the plasma,skin,and mucous membranes that is caused by the
abnormal metabolism, accumulation or retention of bilirubin called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Jaundice
What compound shows a strong absorbance near 500 nm and often displats a characterisitic orange-
red flourecence? - CORRECT ANSWER Porphyrins
This non-protein nitrogen compound makes up the majority of NPN waste exreted daily and is a result
of oxidative catabolism - CORRECT ANSWER Uric Acid
Which of the following is part of the nephron and mainly functions to filter incoming blood? -
CORRECT ANSWER Glomerulus
A patient with hyperparathyroidism will have which type of kidney stone? - CORRECT
ANSWER Calcium Oxalate
A Western blot is used to detect - CORRECT ANSWER RNA
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What refers to the reproducibility of test results? - CORRECT ANSWER Precision
A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of control
specimens. - CORRECT ANSWER Quality control
What detects any progressive drift off values to one side of the average for at least 3 days? -
CORRECT ANSWER Trend
A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained - CORRECT
ANSWER Proficiency testing
OSHA has defined *BLANK* as blood and blood products, contaminated sharps, pathology waste
products, and microbiological waste. - CORRECT ANSWER Infectious waste
Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and transported to the laboratory, to the analysis
itself and reporting of the results, must be documented by a process known as - CORRECT
ANSWER Chain of Custody
Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH) preperations, fern test)
performed by a physician for his or her own patients is known as - CORRECT
ANSWER Provider-performed microscopy (PPM)
Describes how close a test result is to the true value. - CORRECT ANSWER Accuracy
are used for Ordinary combustibles. - CORRECT ANSWER Class A Fire Extinguishers
Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the highest priority, can be easy
transmitted,result in high mortality rates and can have major public health impact - CORRECT
ANSWER Category A
,Moderately easy to disseminate, moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates. Agents brucellosis,
epsilon toxin, food contaminants, glanders, melioodosis, psittacosis, Q fever,and ricin toxin are
classified as. - CORRECT ANSWER Category B
All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new provisions in the revised
standards by june 1 *blank* . - CORRECT ANSWER 2015
Electrical Equipment Fires - CORRECT ANSWER Class C Fire Extinguishers
Third-highest Priority and inclde emerging pathogens that could be negineeered for mass disseination
in the future because of availability, ease of production and dissemination? - CORRECT
ANSWER Category C
What regulation became law in 1992, requires that laboratories develop, implement and comply with
a plan that ensures the protective safety of laboratory staff to potential infectious blood-borne
pathogens and manage and handle medical waste in a safe and effective manner? - CORRECT
ANSWER Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
Detects an increase in frequency of both high and low minimally acceptable values - CORRECT
ANSWER Dispersion
- CORRECT ANSWER 1992
Ordinary Combustibles - CORRECT ANSWER Class A Extinguishers
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained about the new labels
and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by December 1 of *BLANK* - CORRECT
ANSWER 2013
SDS Section Requirement - CORRECT ANSWER 16 Sections
All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new provisions in the revised
standards by june 1 *BLANK* - CORRECT ANSWER 2015
, The GHS brings with it a new chemical lableing standard using *BLANK* - CORRECT
ANSWER Pictograms
Globally Harmonized System - CORRECT ANSWER GHS
Maximum Water Purity - CORRECT ANSWER Type 1
The Chemistry methodology that is based on the fact that substances of clinical interest selectively
absorb or emit elecromagnetic energy at different wavelengths is *BLANK* - CORRECT
ANSWER Spectrophotometry
A microscope should never be left with the *BLANK* - CORRECT ANSWER Oil objective in
place
The Objective zoom that never should have oil in place is - CORRECT ANSWER 40X Zoom
What is the yellow discoloration of the plasma,skin,and mucous membranes that is caused by the
abnormal metabolism, accumulation or retention of bilirubin called? - CORRECT
ANSWER Jaundice
What compound shows a strong absorbance near 500 nm and often displats a characterisitic orange-
red flourecence? - CORRECT ANSWER Porphyrins
This non-protein nitrogen compound makes up the majority of NPN waste exreted daily and is a result
of oxidative catabolism - CORRECT ANSWER Uric Acid
Which of the following is part of the nephron and mainly functions to filter incoming blood? -
CORRECT ANSWER Glomerulus
A patient with hyperparathyroidism will have which type of kidney stone? - CORRECT
ANSWER Calcium Oxalate
A Western blot is used to detect - CORRECT ANSWER RNA
