AAH PHLEBOTOMY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which characteristic is not a required personal characteristic of a professional
phlebotomist?
Choose one:
Dependability
Honesty
Compassion
Sense of humor - ✔✔Sense of humor
✔✔Veins and arteries are composed of how many layers?
Choose one:
1
2
3
4 - ✔✔3
✔✔For blood gas collections, 21g needles are most often used.
Choose one:
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔When performing a dermal puncture, where should the puncture be made?
Choose one:
Aligned with the fingerprints
Perpendicular to the fingerprints
On the edge of the finger
On the tip of the finger - ✔✔Perpendicular to the fingerprints
✔✔ The most common HAI (previously known as nosocomial) laboratory infection is:
Hepatitis
Influenza
HIV
Meningitis - ✔✔Hepatitis
✔✔Using a proper needle gauge is the most important factor in preventing
contamination of a blood culture. - ✔✔False
✔✔If a tube contains sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS), then what color will it be?
Light green
Yellow
Purple
Pink - ✔✔Yellow
, ✔✔What is the most common chemistry test performed by means of POCT?
Choose one:
Glucose
CBC
Potassium
Sodium - ✔✔Glucose
✔✔The correct term for "a substance that prevents blood from clotting (EDTA, heparin)"
is:
Anemia
Centrifuge
Anticoagulant
Platelets - ✔✔anticoagulant
✔✔The middle and ring fingers are the most common digits used to obtain a dermal
puncture in adults. - ✔✔True
✔✔Occluded veins are blocked and feel hard or cord-like to the touch. - ✔✔True
✔✔Hepatitis B may be stable in dried blood for at least seven days. - ✔✔True
✔✔What point-of-care test can be used for a routine urinalysis?
Glucose monitor test
Occult blood
Dipstick test
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) - ✔✔Dipstick test
✔✔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:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which characteristic is not a required personal characteristic of a professional
phlebotomist?
Choose one:
Dependability
Honesty
Compassion
Sense of humor - ✔✔Sense of humor
✔✔Veins and arteries are composed of how many layers?
Choose one:
1
2
3
4 - ✔✔3
✔✔For blood gas collections, 21g needles are most often used.
Choose one:
True
False - ✔✔True
✔✔When performing a dermal puncture, where should the puncture be made?
Choose one:
Aligned with the fingerprints
Perpendicular to the fingerprints
On the edge of the finger
On the tip of the finger - ✔✔Perpendicular to the fingerprints
✔✔ The most common HAI (previously known as nosocomial) laboratory infection is:
Hepatitis
Influenza
HIV
Meningitis - ✔✔Hepatitis
✔✔Using a proper needle gauge is the most important factor in preventing
contamination of a blood culture. - ✔✔False
✔✔If a tube contains sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS), then what color will it be?
Light green
Yellow
Purple
Pink - ✔✔Yellow
, ✔✔What is the most common chemistry test performed by means of POCT?
Choose one:
Glucose
CBC
Potassium
Sodium - ✔✔Glucose
✔✔The correct term for "a substance that prevents blood from clotting (EDTA, heparin)"
is:
Anemia
Centrifuge
Anticoagulant
Platelets - ✔✔anticoagulant
✔✔The middle and ring fingers are the most common digits used to obtain a dermal
puncture in adults. - ✔✔True
✔✔Occluded veins are blocked and feel hard or cord-like to the touch. - ✔✔True
✔✔Hepatitis B may be stable in dried blood for at least seven days. - ✔✔True
✔✔What point-of-care test can be used for a routine urinalysis?
Glucose monitor test
Occult blood
Dipstick test
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) - ✔✔Dipstick test
✔✔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:
