AMCA MEDICAL ASSISTANT CORE 2026 SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The bevel of the needle should always be what? - ✔✔Facing up when inserting into
the skin
✔✔How do you avoid in patient identification errors? - ✔✔By checking the arm band on
an in patient with the lab
✔✔What is a good indicator that a patient is not fasting? - ✔✔The specimen is Lipemic
(fat globs floating in blood)
✔✔What is used to collect DNA samples by swabbing the inside of a patients cheek? -
✔✔Buccal Swab
✔✔What helps to avoid confusing specimens from patients with the same last name? -
✔✔Patients Identification Numbers on tubes
✔✔When should the tourniquet be released? - ✔✔Once blood flow has been
established
✔✔What department is responsible for sterile supplies? - ✔✔Central Supply
✔✔If IVs are inserted in the antecubital area of the arms, where must the blood be
drawn from? - ✔✔Below the IV site
✔✔A patient who tends to faint during blood draw should what? - ✔✔Be placed lying
down on an exam table or in a reclining chair
✔✔A heel puncture should not be performed on an infant older than what? - ✔✔12
months
, ✔✔A phlebotomist should do what before and after venipuncture? - ✔✔Wash Hands
✔✔Hematoma means what? - ✔✔Blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the
skin
✔✔What should be placed on the specimen tube? - ✔✔Patients complete name, date
of birth, identification number, date and time of draw, and the collectors initials
✔✔When doing a bleeding time test on a patient the blood pressure cuff is inflated to
what? - ✔✔40mm Hg
✔✔Where would biopsy tissue be sent to be analyzed? - ✔✔Anatomical pathology
✔✔A patient who is on blood thinners or aspirin regimen may need what? -
✔✔Additional pressure applied to stop bleeding
✔✔When a patient starts to sweat, look pale, and/or complain of blurred vision this
could be signs of what? - ✔✔Vasovagal Syncope (fainting)
✔✔What can be tested at the bedside using Point of Care instrument? - ✔✔PTT and
INR
✔✔A tourniquet should not be left on longer than what? - ✔✔1 minute
✔✔Winged Infusion Set (Butterfly) should be held by? - ✔✔Wings for needle insertion
✔✔Once the vein is selected the vein should be wiped with what? - ✔✔70% Isopropyl
Alcohol
✔✔What is the legislation that sets the standards for Electronic Health Care
Transactions? - ✔✔HIPPA
✔✔How should the patient be positioned sitting down when preparing for a
venipuncture? - ✔✔Arm in a straight line from the shoulder to the wrist
✔✔What carried blood away from the heart? - ✔✔Arteries
✔✔According to OSHA, activating a safety device on the needle does what? -
✔✔Prevents accidental needle sticks
✔✔What is an example of a professional appearance for a phlebotomy technician? -
✔✔Fingernails kept short and clean
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The bevel of the needle should always be what? - ✔✔Facing up when inserting into
the skin
✔✔How do you avoid in patient identification errors? - ✔✔By checking the arm band on
an in patient with the lab
✔✔What is a good indicator that a patient is not fasting? - ✔✔The specimen is Lipemic
(fat globs floating in blood)
✔✔What is used to collect DNA samples by swabbing the inside of a patients cheek? -
✔✔Buccal Swab
✔✔What helps to avoid confusing specimens from patients with the same last name? -
✔✔Patients Identification Numbers on tubes
✔✔When should the tourniquet be released? - ✔✔Once blood flow has been
established
✔✔What department is responsible for sterile supplies? - ✔✔Central Supply
✔✔If IVs are inserted in the antecubital area of the arms, where must the blood be
drawn from? - ✔✔Below the IV site
✔✔A patient who tends to faint during blood draw should what? - ✔✔Be placed lying
down on an exam table or in a reclining chair
✔✔A heel puncture should not be performed on an infant older than what? - ✔✔12
months
, ✔✔A phlebotomist should do what before and after venipuncture? - ✔✔Wash Hands
✔✔Hematoma means what? - ✔✔Blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the
skin
✔✔What should be placed on the specimen tube? - ✔✔Patients complete name, date
of birth, identification number, date and time of draw, and the collectors initials
✔✔When doing a bleeding time test on a patient the blood pressure cuff is inflated to
what? - ✔✔40mm Hg
✔✔Where would biopsy tissue be sent to be analyzed? - ✔✔Anatomical pathology
✔✔A patient who is on blood thinners or aspirin regimen may need what? -
✔✔Additional pressure applied to stop bleeding
✔✔When a patient starts to sweat, look pale, and/or complain of blurred vision this
could be signs of what? - ✔✔Vasovagal Syncope (fainting)
✔✔What can be tested at the bedside using Point of Care instrument? - ✔✔PTT and
INR
✔✔A tourniquet should not be left on longer than what? - ✔✔1 minute
✔✔Winged Infusion Set (Butterfly) should be held by? - ✔✔Wings for needle insertion
✔✔Once the vein is selected the vein should be wiped with what? - ✔✔70% Isopropyl
Alcohol
✔✔What is the legislation that sets the standards for Electronic Health Care
Transactions? - ✔✔HIPPA
✔✔How should the patient be positioned sitting down when preparing for a
venipuncture? - ✔✔Arm in a straight line from the shoulder to the wrist
✔✔What carried blood away from the heart? - ✔✔Arteries
✔✔According to OSHA, activating a safety device on the needle does what? -
✔✔Prevents accidental needle sticks
✔✔What is an example of a professional appearance for a phlebotomy technician? -
✔✔Fingernails kept short and clean
