HARTMAN PRACTICE CERTIFICATION EXAM (1-150)
A patient reports that during a previous blood
draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed
out. What should - Answers :Perform the draw with the patient
reclined or in a supine position
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care
clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient
with suspected influenza. The patient is wearing
a mask. What PPE should the technician
wear? - Answers :Gloves and a mask
A requisition calls for the following tests:
CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following
reflects the proper order of draw? - Answers :Citrate, SST, EDTA
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest
artery, the ________________. - Answers :Aorta
What part of the evacuated tube system allows
multiple collection tubes to be filled with one
puncture? - Answers :The interior needle/tube holder
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia
test, what should a phlebotomy technician
have ready for specimen transportation? - Answers :An ice slurry
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to
state and spell his name. He says, "Chris
Morgan, C-H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name
listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan."
What should the phlebotomy technician do? - Answers :Call the ordering provider to
resolve the
issue and get a new requisition with the
correct spelling if the spelling was an
error
When a blood culture is ordered along with
other tests, which tube is filled first? - Answers :Yellow SPS
Which of these patient reactions should be
documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing
a draw or likely to affect analytes? - Answers :Petechiae
, A phlebotomy technician is performing a
venipuncture collection on a young adult and
needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator
tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube
and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway
and then blood flow stops. What is the
most likely explanation? - Answers :The tube's vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient
whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
After finding no acceptable venipuncture
site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy
technician sees that the scarring does not
extend to the fingertips. Which of the following
is true? - Answers :The phlebotomy technician can do a capillary
draw and document that where the
blood was collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to be
overfilled according to OSHA standards? - Answers :When it is more than 3/4 full
. Of the three veins commonly assessed for
venipuncture, which is considered the least
favorable? - Answers :The basilic vein
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist
to draw blood from an unconscious
patient of unknown identity. This is - Answers :Legal under the concept of implied
consent
When performing a draw on an inpatient with
a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy technician
finds that an IV is running in the arm on
the non-mastectomy side. Which site should
the phlebotomy technician use? - Answers :A site distal to the IV on the non-
mastectomy
side
An infant's blood volume may be
approximated by multiplying the child's
___________________ by ________. - Answers :Weight in kilograms, 80
Two sets of blood culture bottles are to be filled
for a patient. Which of the following is true? - Answers :The sets must be filled from two
different
venipuncture sites.
A patient reports that during a previous blood
draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed
out. What should - Answers :Perform the draw with the patient
reclined or in a supine position
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care
clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient
with suspected influenza. The patient is wearing
a mask. What PPE should the technician
wear? - Answers :Gloves and a mask
A requisition calls for the following tests:
CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following
reflects the proper order of draw? - Answers :Citrate, SST, EDTA
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest
artery, the ________________. - Answers :Aorta
What part of the evacuated tube system allows
multiple collection tubes to be filled with one
puncture? - Answers :The interior needle/tube holder
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia
test, what should a phlebotomy technician
have ready for specimen transportation? - Answers :An ice slurry
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to
state and spell his name. He says, "Chris
Morgan, C-H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name
listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan."
What should the phlebotomy technician do? - Answers :Call the ordering provider to
resolve the
issue and get a new requisition with the
correct spelling if the spelling was an
error
When a blood culture is ordered along with
other tests, which tube is filled first? - Answers :Yellow SPS
Which of these patient reactions should be
documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing
a draw or likely to affect analytes? - Answers :Petechiae
, A phlebotomy technician is performing a
venipuncture collection on a young adult and
needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator
tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube
and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway
and then blood flow stops. What is the
most likely explanation? - Answers :The tube's vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient
whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
After finding no acceptable venipuncture
site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy
technician sees that the scarring does not
extend to the fingertips. Which of the following
is true? - Answers :The phlebotomy technician can do a capillary
draw and document that where the
blood was collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to be
overfilled according to OSHA standards? - Answers :When it is more than 3/4 full
. Of the three veins commonly assessed for
venipuncture, which is considered the least
favorable? - Answers :The basilic vein
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist
to draw blood from an unconscious
patient of unknown identity. This is - Answers :Legal under the concept of implied
consent
When performing a draw on an inpatient with
a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy technician
finds that an IV is running in the arm on
the non-mastectomy side. Which site should
the phlebotomy technician use? - Answers :A site distal to the IV on the non-
mastectomy
side
An infant's blood volume may be
approximated by multiplying the child's
___________________ by ________. - Answers :Weight in kilograms, 80
Two sets of blood culture bottles are to be filled
for a patient. Which of the following is true? - Answers :The sets must be filled from two
different
venipuncture sites.
