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Which organization developed the guidelines for universal precautions?
Select one:
a. CLIA
b. OSHA
c. CDC
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d. EPA
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e. FDA Ans: c. CDC
According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE (personal
protective equipment) when they have contact with:
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Select one:
a. sweat
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b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin Ans: b. blood
To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the
presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
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c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations Ans: b. HCG hormone
A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on a collected urine
specimen. Which of the following instructions best describe what your
patient should do?
Select one:
a. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
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b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
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c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
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e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup. Ans: c. Void a specimen
midstream in a sterile cup
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If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing for more than 1
hour, bacteria will grow, and the pH of the urine will soon become:
Select one:
a. slightly acidic
b. both acidic and alkaline
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. highly acidic Ans: c. alkaline
The pH range for normal urine is
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a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 4.5 to 8.0
c. 0 to 9.0
d. 7.5 to 9.0
e. 2.5 to 7.0 Ans: b. 4.5 to 8.0
If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses of water each day;
urine would most likely be which color?
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Select one:
a. yellow
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b. dark yellow
c. brown
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d. straw
e. red Ans: d. straw
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Urine needs to be collected in which type of container if it is collected for
bacterial culture?
Select one:
a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. rinsed
e. glass Ans: b. sterile
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A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the following sets of
examinations?
Select one:
a. microscopic, chemical, physical
b. reagent, chemical, physical
c. visual, culture, reagent
d. microscopic, reagent, chemical
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e. microscopic, analytic, chemical Ans: a. microscopic, chemical,
physical
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To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unreliable pH sample, the
specimen should be:
Select one:
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a. exposed to air for slightly more than 1 hour
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b. allowed to rise to room temperature after refrigeration and before
testing so that any casts may break down to release protein
c. allowed time for the urea to convert to ammonia in order to decrease
the pH
d. tested within 1 hour of collection
e. always refrigerated immediately upon collection Ans: d. tested within
1 hour of collection
When placing a urine specimen tube into the centrifuge for later creating
a wet mount, where should you place an identical tube containing water
in that same centrifuge?
Select one:
AMCA CMAC EXAM 4 Questions and Correct Answers
| Latest Update
Which organization developed the guidelines for universal precautions?
Select one:
a. CLIA
b. OSHA
c. CDC
Assignment Expert
d. EPA
Guru01 - Stuvia
e. FDA Ans: c. CDC
According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE (personal
protective equipment) when they have contact with:
2026
Select one:
a. sweat
©
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin Ans: b. blood
To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the
presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
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c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations Ans: b. HCG hormone
A bacteriological culture needs to be performed on a collected urine
specimen. Which of the following instructions best describe what your
patient should do?
Select one:
a. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
Assignment Expert
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
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c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
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e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup. Ans: c. Void a specimen
midstream in a sterile cup
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If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing for more than 1
hour, bacteria will grow, and the pH of the urine will soon become:
Select one:
a. slightly acidic
b. both acidic and alkaline
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. highly acidic Ans: c. alkaline
The pH range for normal urine is
Select one:
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a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 4.5 to 8.0
c. 0 to 9.0
d. 7.5 to 9.0
e. 2.5 to 7.0 Ans: b. 4.5 to 8.0
If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses of water each day;
urine would most likely be which color?
Assignment Expert
Select one:
a. yellow
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b. dark yellow
c. brown
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d. straw
e. red Ans: d. straw
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Urine needs to be collected in which type of container if it is collected for
bacterial culture?
Select one:
a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. rinsed
e. glass Ans: b. sterile
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A routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the following sets of
examinations?
Select one:
a. microscopic, chemical, physical
b. reagent, chemical, physical
c. visual, culture, reagent
d. microscopic, reagent, chemical
Assignment Expert
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical Ans: a. microscopic, chemical,
physical
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To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unreliable pH sample, the
specimen should be:
Select one:
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a. exposed to air for slightly more than 1 hour
©
b. allowed to rise to room temperature after refrigeration and before
testing so that any casts may break down to release protein
c. allowed time for the urea to convert to ammonia in order to decrease
the pH
d. tested within 1 hour of collection
e. always refrigerated immediately upon collection Ans: d. tested within
1 hour of collection
When placing a urine specimen tube into the centrifuge for later creating
a wet mount, where should you place an identical tube containing water
in that same centrifuge?
Select one:
