AAH PHLEBOTOMY UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔Ten percent bleach used as a cleaning agent should be made fresh how often?
Choose one:
Once a week
Every 3 hours
Every day
Every 6 hours - ✔✔Once a week
✔✔What promotes the breakdown of glycogen back into glucose?
Choose one:
Insulin
Glucagon
Thymosin
Calcitonin - ✔✔Glucagon
✔✔Which blood vessels are a single cell in thickness?
Choose one:
Capillaries
Veins
Arteries
Arterioles - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔Which of the following is not an anticoagulant?
Polymer gel
Sodium heparin
Sodium citrate
EDTA - ✔✔Polymer gel
✔✔What is the purpose of the requisition?
Identify the patient
Determine the specimens to be collected
Allow all proper equipment to be gathered for collection
All of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔Which of the following could be a cause of hemolysis?
Vigorously mixing the tubes
Allowing the blood to run down to run down the side of a tube when using a syringe to
fill the tube
Drawing blood too slowly into a syringe
Using a needle larger than a 23 gauge - ✔✔Vigorously mixing the tubes
, ✔✔A phlebotomist is required to wear which of the following PPE when preforming a
routine venipuncture?
A mask
A gown
Gloves
Eye protection - ✔✔Gloves
✔✔A patient is refusing to have their blood drawn. The phlebotomist should do all of the
following except:
Return the lab requisition to the laboratory
Contact the patient's nurse
Try to convince the patient to have his or her blood drawn
Force the patient to have his or her blood drawn - ✔✔Force the patient to have his or
her blood drawn
✔✔Which of the following body systems protects vital organs and gives body structure?
Skeletal system
Integumentary system
Vascular system
Muscular system - ✔✔Skeletal system
✔✔Which is the largest bore opening on a needle?
14 gauge
20 gauge
21 gauge
22 gauge - ✔✔14 gauge
✔✔If a tube contains no anticoagulant or additive, then what color will it be?
Red
Yellow/Gray or Orange
Lavender
Green - ✔✔Red
✔✔The correct term that refers to the destruction of blood cells is:
Hematoma
Leukocytes
Hemolysis
Venipuncture - ✔✔Hemolysis
✔✔The term to define the overall well-being of the body is:
Hemolysis
Hemostasis
Homeostasis
Hematopoiesis - ✔✔Homeostasis
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔Ten percent bleach used as a cleaning agent should be made fresh how often?
Choose one:
Once a week
Every 3 hours
Every day
Every 6 hours - ✔✔Once a week
✔✔What promotes the breakdown of glycogen back into glucose?
Choose one:
Insulin
Glucagon
Thymosin
Calcitonin - ✔✔Glucagon
✔✔Which blood vessels are a single cell in thickness?
Choose one:
Capillaries
Veins
Arteries
Arterioles - ✔✔Capillaries
✔✔Which of the following is not an anticoagulant?
Polymer gel
Sodium heparin
Sodium citrate
EDTA - ✔✔Polymer gel
✔✔What is the purpose of the requisition?
Identify the patient
Determine the specimens to be collected
Allow all proper equipment to be gathered for collection
All of the above - ✔✔All of the above
✔✔Which of the following could be a cause of hemolysis?
Vigorously mixing the tubes
Allowing the blood to run down to run down the side of a tube when using a syringe to
fill the tube
Drawing blood too slowly into a syringe
Using a needle larger than a 23 gauge - ✔✔Vigorously mixing the tubes
, ✔✔A phlebotomist is required to wear which of the following PPE when preforming a
routine venipuncture?
A mask
A gown
Gloves
Eye protection - ✔✔Gloves
✔✔A patient is refusing to have their blood drawn. The phlebotomist should do all of the
following except:
Return the lab requisition to the laboratory
Contact the patient's nurse
Try to convince the patient to have his or her blood drawn
Force the patient to have his or her blood drawn - ✔✔Force the patient to have his or
her blood drawn
✔✔Which of the following body systems protects vital organs and gives body structure?
Skeletal system
Integumentary system
Vascular system
Muscular system - ✔✔Skeletal system
✔✔Which is the largest bore opening on a needle?
14 gauge
20 gauge
21 gauge
22 gauge - ✔✔14 gauge
✔✔If a tube contains no anticoagulant or additive, then what color will it be?
Red
Yellow/Gray or Orange
Lavender
Green - ✔✔Red
✔✔The correct term that refers to the destruction of blood cells is:
Hematoma
Leukocytes
Hemolysis
Venipuncture - ✔✔Hemolysis
✔✔The term to define the overall well-being of the body is:
Hemolysis
Hemostasis
Homeostasis
Hematopoiesis - ✔✔Homeostasis
