Steve's Phlebotomy Final
Questions I created for my phlebotomy final exam. Hope it helps!
- 1.
A plebotomist draws a blood sample from a 16 year old patient without parent or guardian consent. With what could the phlebotomist be charged?
- A.
Fraud
- B.
Malpractice
- C.
Assault and Battery
- D.
Statuatory touching
Correct Answer
C. Assault and Battery -
- 2.
What is the name of the term that compares the test results with previous results for the same test?
- A.
Alpha check
- B.
Bravo check
- C.
Charlie check
- D.
Delta check
Correct Answer
D. Delta check -
- 3.
What type of fire is Class "C"?
- A.
Wood, paper
- B.
Oil
- C.
Electrical equipment
- D.
Flammable metals
Correct Answer
C. Electrical equipment -
- 4.
What is the singular form of atria?
- A.
Atrium
- B.
Arterial
- C.
Artery
- D.
Tree
Correct Answer
A. Atrium -
- 5.
What is the medical term for platelet?
- A.
Erythrocyte
- B.
Plasma
- C.
Leukocyte
- D.
Thrombocyte
Correct Answer
D. Thrombocyte -
- 6.
The term ____________ means to faint.
Correct Answer
Syncope - 7.
What is a frontal plane?
- A.
Divides body into four parts
- B.
Divides body by body system
- C.
Divides body into front and back portions
- D.
Allows body to be cut into
Correct Answer
C. Divides body into front and back portions -
- 8.
What is the sagittal plane?
- A.
Divides body into four parts
- B.
Divides body into right and left portions
- C.
Divides body into front and back portions
- D.
Allows body to be cut into
Correct Answer
B. Divides body into right and left portions -
- 9.
What is the transverse plane?
- A.
Allows body to be cut into
- B.
Divides body into front and back portions
- C.
Divides body into four parts
- D.
Divides body into upper and lower portions
Correct Answer
D. Divides body into upper and lower portions -
- 10.
What is another name for blood bank?
- A.
Immunohematology
- B.
Immunohemoglobin
- C.
Hemaimmunography
- D.
Hemaphilology
Correct Answer
A. Immunohematology -
- 11.
What hospital department covers cell sturcture and pap smears for cancer cells?
- A.
Biopsy department
- B.
Cytology department
- C.
Gynocology department
- D.
Cytogenetics department
Correct Answer
B. Cytology department -
- 12.
What hospital department covers DNA testing and forensic medicine?
- A.
Laboratory
- B.
Stat lab
- C.
Immunohematology
- D.
Cytogenetics
Correct Answer
D. Cytogenetics -
- 13.
What is the meaning of the word STAT?
- A.
Immediately
- B.
ASAP
- C.
Directly after eating
- D.
Directly prior to eating
Correct Answer
A. Immediately -
- 14.
What is the meaning of reference labs?
- A.
Lab that was referenced in the requisition
- B.
Lab that is referred by a doctor's consent
- C.
Analysis from different labs
- D.
Labs who do not perform certain tests
Correct Answer
C. Analysis from different labs -
- 15.
An infection acquired from a healthcare facility is called?
- A.
A novice specimen infection
- B.
A nosocomial infarction
- C.
A nosocomial infection
- D.
Infectious bacterium
Correct Answer
C. A nosocomial infection -
- 16.
The ___________ is the place in the lungs that the exchange of _________ and __________ takes place?
- A.
Abdomen, air/gases
- B.
Alveoli, oxygen/carbon dioxide
- C.
Alveoli, carbon dioxide/oxygen
- D.
Both B and C
Correct Answer
D. Both B and C -
- 17.
What is the medical term for sex cells?
- A.
Games
- B.
Megalomy
- C.
Gametes
- D.
Ova
Correct Answer
C. Gametes -
- 18.
Define homeostasis?
- A.
Releasing of free redicals
- B.
Capturing certain live cells for culture
- C.
Death
- D.
Steady state condition of the body
Correct Answer
D. Steady state condition of the body -
- 19.
What are the meninges?
- A.
The lateral layer of loose skin
- B.
The abdomen main covering
- C.
Three layers of connective tissue within the kneecap
- D.
Three layers of connective tissure that enclose the brain and spinal cavity
Correct Answer
D. Three layers of connective tissure that enclose the brain and spinal cavity -
- 20.
What are the bones of the fingers and toes called?
- A.
Phalanges
- B.
Meninges
- C.
Bettacota Straf
- D.
Final digit
Correct Answer
A. Phalanges -
- 21.
What is hemostasis?
- A.
Process by which blood flows throught the circulatory system
- B.
Process by which the body stops leaking blood from the vascular system after injury
- C.
Build up of plaque within the arteries
- D.
Modification
Correct Answer
B. Process by which the body stops leaking blood from the vascular system after injury -
- 22.
What is the preferred vein for venipuncture?
- A.
Cubial medital vein
- B.
Venicle Cubital area
- C.
Mediate forus fossal
- D.
Medial cubital vein
Correct Answer
D. Medial cubital vein -
- 23.
Where is the antecubital fossa?
- A.
Where the medial cubital vein is located
- B.
Where the best artery for puncture is located
- C.
Where the veins collapse when punctured
- D.
Where the veins give the least amount of blood
Correct Answer
A. Where the medial cubital vein is located -
- 24.
What does systole mean?
- A.
It is the contracting phase of the cardiac cycle
- B.
It is the expanding phase of the cardiac cycle
- C.
It is the lumen phase of the cardiac cycle
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
A. It is the contracting phase of the cardiac cycle -
- 25.
What does the medical embolus mean?
- A.
Hemmorage
- B.
Blood clot traveling in the circulatory system
- C.
Steady state blood flow
- D.
Embolism
Correct Answer
B. Blood clot traveling in the circulatory system -
- 26.
What does ESR stand for it what does it test?
- A.
Eat Solid Rust
- B.
Ear Specific Renin/ear infection
- C.
Embolus Saturated Risk/anihilation of WBCs
- D.
Erythro Sedimentation Rate/inflammation
Correct Answer
D. Erythro Sedimentation Rate/inflammation -
- 27.
The NHA credentials for a phlebotomist are called?
- A.
PHBT
- B.
PBT
- C.
CPT
- D.
DHT
Correct Answer
C. CPT -
- 28.
What is a prefix?
- A.
Root word
- B.
Final word of a sentence
- C.
Two words that describe the subject
- D.
A word element that precedes a root word
Correct Answer
D. A word element that precedes a root word -
- 29.
What is a suffix?
- A.
A word ending that comes after a root word and either changes or adds to the meaning of the root word
- B.
First participle that explains all the word forms
- C.
The part of the word that should always be ignored
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
A. A word ending that comes after a root word and either changes or adds to the meaning of the root word -
- 30.
What is tertiary care?
- A.
Complex care not eligible for insurance purposes
- B.
Healthcare authorized by the correct clinic
- C.
Highly complex care and therapy services from practitioners in a hospital or overnight care (specialists)
- D.
Care that is not covered by the patient's plan
Correct Answer
C. Highly complex care and therapy services from practitioners in a hospital or overnight care (specialists) -
- 31.
What are the main layers of the skin?
- A.
Epidermal, dermal, epitheleal
- B.
Horny layer, middle layer, growth area
- C.
Both A and C
- D.
Epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous
Correct Answer
D. Epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous -
- 32.
What are the three main layers of arteries and veins?
- A.
Tuna outer layer, tuna middle layer, tuna intimate layer
- B.
Tunica adventitia – outer layer, Tunica media – Middle layer, Tunica intima – inner layer or lining
- C.
Tunica media-adventitia – outer layer, Tunica media/intima– Middle layer, Tunica intima – inner layer or lining
- D.
Outer, middle, inner
Correct Answer
B. Tunica adventitia – outer layer, Tunica media – Middle layer, Tunica intima – inner layer or lining -
- 33.
What is the abbreviation for urinalysis and what evaluations are performed?
- A.
UA – physical, chemical, and microscopic
- B.
URAN - looking, testing, macroscopic
- C.
UAnalysis - marketing, bonds, perspectus
- D.
UAW - Physical, mental, arterial
Correct Answer
A. UA – physical, chemical, and microscopic -
- 34.
What is polycythemia?
- A.
Abnormal increase in RBCs. May require therapeutic removal of blood from the body
- B.
Abnormal decrease in RBCs. May require therapeutic injectionl of blood into the body
- C.
Abnormal increase in WBCs. May require therapeutic removal of plasma from the body
- D.
Abnormal decrease in marker cells. May require added marked cells into the body
Correct Answer
A. Abnormal increase in RBCs. May require therapeutic removal of blood from the body -
- 35.
What is the Joint Commission?
Correct Answer
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JCAHO
establishing medical standards - 36.
What are the basic tissues of the body?
- A.
Epidermis, organ, and respiratory
- B.
Organs, bones, muscles
- C.
Epithelial, nerve, and muscle
- D.
Reproductive, mammary, hormone
Correct Answer
C. Epithelial, nerve, and muscle -
- 37.
A patient has the following symptoms: Pale, cold, clammy skin. Rapid, weak pulse. Increased, shallow breathing rate. Expressionless face and staring eyes. What is it that you would treat for?
- A.
Electricution
- B.
Aloclution
- C.
Shock
- D.
Shifting basal levels
Correct Answer
C. Shock -
- 38.
What manual outlines hand washing and decontamination?
- A.
EPA requirements for sterile labs manual
- B.
Manual for poor hygiene areas
- C.
Local procedures manual
- D.
CDC Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
Correct Answer
D. CDC Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings -
- 39.
What does CVA stand for?
- A.
Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke)
- B.
Cardiovascular Accident
- C.
Creatinine Vital Access
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
A. Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke) -
- 40.
What is the SA node?
- A.
Sinewy Anode
- B.
Sinoatrial Node – Pacemaker for the heart
- C.
Sine Attitude - pattern of the heartbeat
- D.
Sinoatrial Niodeal - Test performed on an open heart
Correct Answer
B. Sinoatrial Node – Pacemaker for the heart -
- 41.
What is the term for the internal space of a blood vessel?
- A.
Lumen
- B.
Muelle
- C.
Lunar
- D.
Lundar
Correct Answer
A. Lumen -
- 42.
What is cardiac output?
- A.
Blood volume pumped from the heart per second
- B.
Blood volume pumped from the heart per hour
- C.
Blood volume pumped from the heart per day
- D.
Blood volume pumped from the heart per minute
Correct Answer
D. Blood volume pumped from the heart per minute -
- 43.
Where in the body is the clavicle located?
- A.
Upper arm
- B.
Neck
- C.
Trunk
- D.
Back
Correct Answer
C. Trunk -
- 44.
What is the relaxing phase of the cardiac cycle called?
- A.
Resting
- B.
Agitated
- C.
Diatribe
- D.
Diastole
Correct Answer
D. Diastole -
- 45.
Which body system maintains electrolyte balance?
- A.
Urinary system (kidneys)
- B.
Bladder system (Gall)
- C.
Bladder system (urinary)
- D.
Gastroentro system (stomach)
Correct Answer
A. Urinary system (kidneys) -
- 46.
Where is the tourniquet placed?
- A.
5-6 inches above site
- B.
1-2 inches above site
- C.
3-4 inches above site
- D.
2-3 inches above site
Correct Answer
C. 3-4 inches above site -
- 47.
What is another name for puncture?
- A.
Incision
- B.
Incise
- C.
Both A and B
- D.
None of the above
Correct Answer
C. Both A and B -
- 48.
How long may the tourniquet be on the arm?
- A.
No longer than one minute.
- B.
No longer than ten minutes.
- C.
Every two minutes repeating
- D.
The tourniquet must never be on the arm
Correct Answer
A. No longer than one minute. -
- 49.
What does the term phlebotomy mean?
- A.
Cutting off the circulation
- B.
Allowing blood to flow into a patient
- C.
The process of bloodletting
- D.
To watch while a specimen is collected for QA reasons
Correct Answer
C. The process of bloodletting -
- 50.
What are the primary methods of phlebotomy?
- A.
Venipuncture
- B.
Capillary puncture
- C.
Both A and B
- D.
ABGs
Correct Answer
C. Both A and B -
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