ASCP PBT Practice Exam #1 Exam
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a) aorta - CORRECT ANSWERS Arterial blood leaves the heart through the
a) aorta
b) radial artery
c) femoral artery
d) vena cava
b) plasma - CORRECT ANSWERS The liquid portion of the blood within the body is
a) serum
b) plasma
c) lymph
d) cytoplasm
a) treat the request as a medical emergency; collecting and processing the blood immediately -
CORRECT ANSWERS The laboratory receives a STAT request for a blood glucose level on a
patient in the emergency department. It is appropriate to
a) treat the request as a medical emergency; collecting and processing the blood immediately
b) add the request to those for other patients in the same vicinity that will be collected and returned to
the laboratory sometime within the next hour
c) treat any request from the emergency department as routine
d) wait for the phlebotomist trainee, who needs the practice to return from lunch
b) third or fourth finger - CORRECT ANSWERS The best location to perform a dermal puncture
for a point-of-care glucose test on an adult is the tip of the palmar surface of the
, a) thumb of the non dominant hand
b) third or fourth finger
c) fifth finger of either hand
d) index finger of the dominant hand
d) exactly the same as patient samples are run - CORRECT ANSWERS Low and high controls are
required for a glucose meter. These are run
a) in duplicate, and the results are averaged
b) only at the end of a shift
c) once every hour
d) exactly the same as patient samples are run
a) left arm - CORRECT ANSWERS A patient has recently had a radical mastectomy of the right
breast. The best site for venipuncture in this patient is the
a) left arm
b) right forearm
c) back of the right hand
d) right antecubital fossa
d) kidneys; filtered - CORRECT ANSWERS Urine begins forming in the _____ where the blood is
_____
a) bladder; secreted
b) urethra; concentrated
c) liver; detoxified
d) kidneys; filtered
(Latest ) Tested Questions
with Revised Answers, (A+ Guarantee)
a) aorta - CORRECT ANSWERS Arterial blood leaves the heart through the
a) aorta
b) radial artery
c) femoral artery
d) vena cava
b) plasma - CORRECT ANSWERS The liquid portion of the blood within the body is
a) serum
b) plasma
c) lymph
d) cytoplasm
a) treat the request as a medical emergency; collecting and processing the blood immediately -
CORRECT ANSWERS The laboratory receives a STAT request for a blood glucose level on a
patient in the emergency department. It is appropriate to
a) treat the request as a medical emergency; collecting and processing the blood immediately
b) add the request to those for other patients in the same vicinity that will be collected and returned to
the laboratory sometime within the next hour
c) treat any request from the emergency department as routine
d) wait for the phlebotomist trainee, who needs the practice to return from lunch
b) third or fourth finger - CORRECT ANSWERS The best location to perform a dermal puncture
for a point-of-care glucose test on an adult is the tip of the palmar surface of the
, a) thumb of the non dominant hand
b) third or fourth finger
c) fifth finger of either hand
d) index finger of the dominant hand
d) exactly the same as patient samples are run - CORRECT ANSWERS Low and high controls are
required for a glucose meter. These are run
a) in duplicate, and the results are averaged
b) only at the end of a shift
c) once every hour
d) exactly the same as patient samples are run
a) left arm - CORRECT ANSWERS A patient has recently had a radical mastectomy of the right
breast. The best site for venipuncture in this patient is the
a) left arm
b) right forearm
c) back of the right hand
d) right antecubital fossa
d) kidneys; filtered - CORRECT ANSWERS Urine begins forming in the _____ where the blood is
_____
a) bladder; secreted
b) urethra; concentrated
c) liver; detoxified
d) kidneys; filtered
