BASIC KNOWLEDGE ASCP/AABB EXAM
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What agency approves new test methodologies, instruments, and reagents before they are available for
purchase by consumers? - ✔✔Food and Drug administration (FDA)
How often should biological safety hoods be inspected? - ✔✔annually
What is the minimum number of standards required for a standard curve? - ✔✔3
What is the maximum magnification using a brightfield microscope? - ✔✔1000x
What is the most accurate pipette for reconstituting control material? - ✔✔glass volumetric pipettes
Which unit of measure refers to 10 -3? - ✔✔milli
What is the calculated cholesterol/HDL given the following results?
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL - ✔✔3.00
200 uL of patient serum is diluted with 800 uL of saline. What is the final dilution? - ✔✔1:5
What is the calculated LDL cholesterol given the following lipid profile results:
Triglycerides 190 mg/dL
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL - ✔✔112
, How is the relative centrifugal force calculated? - ✔✔1.18 X 10 -5 x r x rpm2
A chain of custody is required for all of the following proceedings: - ✔✔legal blood alcohol,
pre-employment drug screen,
paternity testing
What federal legislation regulates most clinical laboratories? - ✔✔Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments (CLIA)
What is the level of complexity of most testing performed in clinical laboratories? - ✔✔moderately
complex
How often does CLIA require clinical laboratories to have inspections? - ✔✔every 2 years
Which laboratories are NOT required to participate in proficiency testing? - ✔✔laboratories performing
waived testing only
Which proficiency testing (PT) results do not meet the CLIA performance criteria? - ✔✔failed the same
analyte in two consecutive PT events.
What is an example of alternate proficiency testing? - ✔✔split samples sent to another facility using the
same test method.
All of the following are pre-analytical errors: - ✔✔ordering a lab test under the wrong patient number.
mislabeling a specimen.
reporting results outside the linear limits.
What is the most common analytical error? - ✔✔not checking specimen integrity
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What agency approves new test methodologies, instruments, and reagents before they are available for
purchase by consumers? - ✔✔Food and Drug administration (FDA)
How often should biological safety hoods be inspected? - ✔✔annually
What is the minimum number of standards required for a standard curve? - ✔✔3
What is the maximum magnification using a brightfield microscope? - ✔✔1000x
What is the most accurate pipette for reconstituting control material? - ✔✔glass volumetric pipettes
Which unit of measure refers to 10 -3? - ✔✔milli
What is the calculated cholesterol/HDL given the following results?
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL - ✔✔3.00
200 uL of patient serum is diluted with 800 uL of saline. What is the final dilution? - ✔✔1:5
What is the calculated LDL cholesterol given the following lipid profile results:
Triglycerides 190 mg/dL
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL - ✔✔112
, How is the relative centrifugal force calculated? - ✔✔1.18 X 10 -5 x r x rpm2
A chain of custody is required for all of the following proceedings: - ✔✔legal blood alcohol,
pre-employment drug screen,
paternity testing
What federal legislation regulates most clinical laboratories? - ✔✔Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments (CLIA)
What is the level of complexity of most testing performed in clinical laboratories? - ✔✔moderately
complex
How often does CLIA require clinical laboratories to have inspections? - ✔✔every 2 years
Which laboratories are NOT required to participate in proficiency testing? - ✔✔laboratories performing
waived testing only
Which proficiency testing (PT) results do not meet the CLIA performance criteria? - ✔✔failed the same
analyte in two consecutive PT events.
What is an example of alternate proficiency testing? - ✔✔split samples sent to another facility using the
same test method.
All of the following are pre-analytical errors: - ✔✔ordering a lab test under the wrong patient number.
mislabeling a specimen.
reporting results outside the linear limits.
What is the most common analytical error? - ✔✔not checking specimen integrity
