PHLEBOTOMY full versions
2025/2026
Arterial blood - ANS Capillary puncture blood most closely resembles
Within 1 hour of collection - ANS A blood smear from an EDTA specimen
should be made
Light blue - ANS What tubes do you not use for capillary sticks
What is the depth used for heel puncture - ANS 2 mm
Why do you wipe the first drop of blood? - ANS To eliminate
contamination
1/2 to 3/4 of the slide - ANS A good blood smear covers (blank) and
exhibits a feathered edge.
Purple top - ANS Micro tube used to collect a CBC on a specimen
Puncturing perpendicular to the fingerprint whorls - ANS What scenario
represents correct capillary puncture technique
To minimize effects of platelet clumping - ANS What's the purpose of
warming the site before skin puncture
Draw below the IV - ANS Where do you draw if both arms have IV's
Body fluid increase in pregnancy, diluting red blood cells - ANS Why do
pregnant patients have lower reference ranges for red blood cell counts?
Hemoconcentration - ANS Prolonged tourniquet application may cause a
change in blood composition primarily because of
immediately terminate the venipuncture - ANS If a patient is complaining
of sharp radiation pain from the needles insertion site, the the phlebotomist
should
,Fill tubes from bottom up - ANS What is the best way to avoid reflux
when drawing a blood specimen?
RBC - ANS A person who lives on Pike's Peak is more likely to have a
higher (blank) count than a person who lives in Florida
Cortisol - ANS Stress hormone can differ by 50% between AM and PM
Calcaneus - ANS Heel
Blood starts pulsing out - ANS What happens when you hit an artery?
Kidney function - ANS Creatinine clearance rate decreases in elderly
patients due to a normal decline in
Collapse - ANS If blood is drawn too quickly from a small vein, the vein
will have a tendency to
iatrogenic - ANS Removing blood on a a regular basis or in large
quantities can lead to (blank) anemia
Timed - ANS Tests influenced by diurnal variation are often ordered as
(blank) tests, and it is important to collect them as close as possible to the
time ordered.
Hemolysis can erroneously elevate you - ANS Potassium, ammonia and
magnesium
Lost muscle function - ANS An arm that is paralyzed has
Hemoconcentration - ANS A condition in which blood components that
cannot easily leave the bloodstream become concentrated in the smaller
plasma volume is known as
Serum - ANS A specimen that has clotted and has been spun down
yields
Phlanges - ANS The medical term for finger bones is
Acidosis - ANS A dangerous condition in which the patient's pH
decreases is known as
anatomy and physiology - ANS The study of the function of the body and
its organs known as
,Pituitary - ANS Which gland is often called the "master gland" of the
endocrine system
Catabolism - ANS The type of metabolism that breaks complex
substances into simple substances is know as
Midsagittal - ANS Body plane that divides the body into equal portions
Nephrons of the kidneys - ANS Glomeruli are tufts of capillaries located
in
Distal - ANS Farthest point of attachment
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) - ANS Heart ventricles secrete a
hormone called
Hemostasis - ANS The stoppage of bleeding
embolus - ANS Blood clot circulating in the bloodstream is called
Atria - ANS Receiving chambers of the heart
Oxygen transport, blood clotting, pathogen destruction - ANS The
primary function of RBC's, platelets, and WBCs respectively
Erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes - ANS Medical terms for red
blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
Arteriosclerosis - ANS Vascular system disease involving hardening of
the arteries
How can you tell serum from plasma - ANS You cannot visually tell them
apart
Epithelial - ANS A basic tissue type that covers and lines organs, vessels
and cavities
creatinine clearance - ANS A test for the urinary system
Estrogen and progesterone - ANS Hormones produced in the
reproductive system includes
Multiple sclerosis - ANS Nervous system disorder
, ABG - ANS Test of the respiratory system
Function of the urinary system - ANS To maintain electrolyte balance
Diastole - ANS Relaxing phase of cardiac cycle
ECG - ANS Record of hearts electrical activity during cardiac cycle
Embolus - ANS Circulation and moving
Thrombus - ANS Stays still
green tube contains what additive - ANS heparin
light blue tube is in what department - ANS coagulation department
red tubes with glass particles do what? - ANS enhance clotting
the solution normally used to clean a site - ANS 70% isopropanol
the smaller the number gauge number - ANS the bigger the needle
if you shake tube to much can cause ? - ANS hemolysis (break down of
RBC)
what's the ratio of blood to additive in blue tube ? - ANS 9:1
which additive is usually present in a lavender tube - ANS EDTA
the purpose of an antiglycolytic agent is to ? - ANS preserve glucose
most important factor in choosing gauge size is ? - ANS size and
condition of the vein
how do you know if you are in a vein using a needle and syringe ? - ANS
you can see blood appear in the hub of needle
if a person who is afraid of needles what do you do? - ANS get the most
experienced phlebotomist
what's the most critical error as a phlebotomist is? - ANS misidentifying
patients specimen
2025/2026
Arterial blood - ANS Capillary puncture blood most closely resembles
Within 1 hour of collection - ANS A blood smear from an EDTA specimen
should be made
Light blue - ANS What tubes do you not use for capillary sticks
What is the depth used for heel puncture - ANS 2 mm
Why do you wipe the first drop of blood? - ANS To eliminate
contamination
1/2 to 3/4 of the slide - ANS A good blood smear covers (blank) and
exhibits a feathered edge.
Purple top - ANS Micro tube used to collect a CBC on a specimen
Puncturing perpendicular to the fingerprint whorls - ANS What scenario
represents correct capillary puncture technique
To minimize effects of platelet clumping - ANS What's the purpose of
warming the site before skin puncture
Draw below the IV - ANS Where do you draw if both arms have IV's
Body fluid increase in pregnancy, diluting red blood cells - ANS Why do
pregnant patients have lower reference ranges for red blood cell counts?
Hemoconcentration - ANS Prolonged tourniquet application may cause a
change in blood composition primarily because of
immediately terminate the venipuncture - ANS If a patient is complaining
of sharp radiation pain from the needles insertion site, the the phlebotomist
should
,Fill tubes from bottom up - ANS What is the best way to avoid reflux
when drawing a blood specimen?
RBC - ANS A person who lives on Pike's Peak is more likely to have a
higher (blank) count than a person who lives in Florida
Cortisol - ANS Stress hormone can differ by 50% between AM and PM
Calcaneus - ANS Heel
Blood starts pulsing out - ANS What happens when you hit an artery?
Kidney function - ANS Creatinine clearance rate decreases in elderly
patients due to a normal decline in
Collapse - ANS If blood is drawn too quickly from a small vein, the vein
will have a tendency to
iatrogenic - ANS Removing blood on a a regular basis or in large
quantities can lead to (blank) anemia
Timed - ANS Tests influenced by diurnal variation are often ordered as
(blank) tests, and it is important to collect them as close as possible to the
time ordered.
Hemolysis can erroneously elevate you - ANS Potassium, ammonia and
magnesium
Lost muscle function - ANS An arm that is paralyzed has
Hemoconcentration - ANS A condition in which blood components that
cannot easily leave the bloodstream become concentrated in the smaller
plasma volume is known as
Serum - ANS A specimen that has clotted and has been spun down
yields
Phlanges - ANS The medical term for finger bones is
Acidosis - ANS A dangerous condition in which the patient's pH
decreases is known as
anatomy and physiology - ANS The study of the function of the body and
its organs known as
,Pituitary - ANS Which gland is often called the "master gland" of the
endocrine system
Catabolism - ANS The type of metabolism that breaks complex
substances into simple substances is know as
Midsagittal - ANS Body plane that divides the body into equal portions
Nephrons of the kidneys - ANS Glomeruli are tufts of capillaries located
in
Distal - ANS Farthest point of attachment
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) - ANS Heart ventricles secrete a
hormone called
Hemostasis - ANS The stoppage of bleeding
embolus - ANS Blood clot circulating in the bloodstream is called
Atria - ANS Receiving chambers of the heart
Oxygen transport, blood clotting, pathogen destruction - ANS The
primary function of RBC's, platelets, and WBCs respectively
Erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes - ANS Medical terms for red
blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
Arteriosclerosis - ANS Vascular system disease involving hardening of
the arteries
How can you tell serum from plasma - ANS You cannot visually tell them
apart
Epithelial - ANS A basic tissue type that covers and lines organs, vessels
and cavities
creatinine clearance - ANS A test for the urinary system
Estrogen and progesterone - ANS Hormones produced in the
reproductive system includes
Multiple sclerosis - ANS Nervous system disorder
, ABG - ANS Test of the respiratory system
Function of the urinary system - ANS To maintain electrolyte balance
Diastole - ANS Relaxing phase of cardiac cycle
ECG - ANS Record of hearts electrical activity during cardiac cycle
Embolus - ANS Circulation and moving
Thrombus - ANS Stays still
green tube contains what additive - ANS heparin
light blue tube is in what department - ANS coagulation department
red tubes with glass particles do what? - ANS enhance clotting
the solution normally used to clean a site - ANS 70% isopropanol
the smaller the number gauge number - ANS the bigger the needle
if you shake tube to much can cause ? - ANS hemolysis (break down of
RBC)
what's the ratio of blood to additive in blue tube ? - ANS 9:1
which additive is usually present in a lavender tube - ANS EDTA
the purpose of an antiglycolytic agent is to ? - ANS preserve glucose
most important factor in choosing gauge size is ? - ANS size and
condition of the vein
how do you know if you are in a vein using a needle and syringe ? - ANS
you can see blood appear in the hub of needle
if a person who is afraid of needles what do you do? - ANS get the most
experienced phlebotomist
what's the most critical error as a phlebotomist is? - ANS misidentifying
patients specimen
