AMCA CMAC PRACTICE ONE ACTUAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE (personal
protective equipment) when they have contact with:
Select one:
a. sweat
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin.
Answer: b. blood
⩥ To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the
presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations.
,Answer: 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.
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup..
Answer: c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup
⩥ 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.
Answer: c. alkaline
,⩥ The pH range for normal urine is
Select one:
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.
Answer: 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?
Select one:
a. yellow
b. dark yellow
c. brown
d. straw
e. red.
Answer: d. straw
⩥ 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.
Answer: b. sterile
⩥ 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
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical.
Answer: a. microscopic, chemical, physical
⩥ To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unreliable pH sample,
the specimen should be:
Select one:
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
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE (personal
protective equipment) when they have contact with:
Select one:
a. sweat
b. blood
c. hair follicles
d. tears
e. skin.
Answer: b. blood
⩥ To detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the
presence of:
Select one:
a. luteinizing hormone
b. HCG hormone
c. potassium oxalate
d. oxytocin
e. febrile agglutinations.
,Answer: 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.
b. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
d. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup.
e. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup..
Answer: c. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup
⩥ 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.
Answer: c. alkaline
,⩥ The pH range for normal urine is
Select one:
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.
Answer: 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?
Select one:
a. yellow
b. dark yellow
c. brown
d. straw
e. red.
Answer: d. straw
⩥ 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.
Answer: b. sterile
⩥ 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
e. microscopic, analytic, chemical.
Answer: a. microscopic, chemical, physical
⩥ To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unreliable pH sample,
the specimen should be:
Select one:
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
