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A chain of custody is required for all of the following: - CORRECT ANSWER
- Legal blood alcohol, pre-employment drug screen, and paternity testing
A chain of custody is required for all of the following, EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fetal fibronectin
What federal legislation regulates most clinical laboratories? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
What is the level of complexity of most testing performed in clinical
laboratories? - CORRECT ANSWER - Moderately complex
How often does CLIA require clinical laboratories to have inspections? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Every 2 years
Which laboratories are NOT required to participate in proficiency testing? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Laboratories performing waived testing only.
Which proficiency testing (PT) results do not meet the CLIA performance
criteria? - CORRECT ANSWER - Failed the same analyte in two consecutive
PT events
Which one of the following is an example of alternate proficiency testing? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Split samples sent to another facility using the same
test method.
, All of the following are pre-analytical errors except which one? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Transcription error entering a manual result
All of the following are pre-analytical erros: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ordering a lab test under the wrong patient number, misidentification of a
patient, mislabeling an add-on test
What agency approves new test methodologies, instruments, and reagents
before they are available for purchase by consumers? - CORRECT ANSWER
- FDA
How often should biological safety hoods be inspected? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Annually
What is the minimum number of standards required for a standard curve? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 3
What is the maximum magnification using a brightfield microscope? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1000X
What is the most accurate pipette for reconstituting control material? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Glass volumetric pipettes
Which unit of measure refers to 10^-3? - CORRECT ANSWER - Milli-
What is the calculated cholesterol/HDL ratio given the following results?
Cholesterol 225 mg/dL
HDL 75 mg/dL - CORRECT ANSWER - 225/75= 3.00
200 microliters of patient serum is diluted with 800 microliters of saline. What
is the final dilution? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1:5