ASCP PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION EXAM| 172 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, Exams of Biology

Download ASCP PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION EXAM| 172 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS and more Exams Biology in PDF only on Docsity! 1 [Date] ASCP PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION EXAM| 172 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 1. DISINFECTANTS ARE: - ✅✅✅CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED TO REMOVE OR KILL PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS 2. BABIES WHOSE MOTHERS HAVE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS MUST BE ISOLATED FROM OTHER INFANTS? - ✅✅✅GENITAL HERPES 3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A VECTOR IN TRANSMITTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES? - ✅✅✅MITES 4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM THAT CAUSES HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED SKIN INFECTIONS? - ✅✅✅CANDIDA ALBICANS 5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS OVERSEES THE INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF VARIOUS DISEASES ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE COMMUNICABLE? - ✅✅✅CDC 2 [Date] 6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED PATHOGENIC AGENT THAT AFFECTS THE SKIN? - ✅✅✅HERPES VIRUS 7. REVERSE ISOLATION IS COMMONLY USED FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE: - ✅✅✅IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS 8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED CAUSATIVE AGENT OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN THE NURSERY UNIT? - ✅✅✅ESCHERICHIA COLI 9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IS AN ANTISEPTIC FOR SKIN? - ✅✅✅HEXYLRESORCINOL 10. A PHLEBOTOMIST HAD TO AVOID CONTACT WITH PATIENTS FOR 24 HOURS AFTER BEING STARTED ON AN APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC AND APPEARING SYMPTOM FREE. WHAT TYPE OF INFECTION COULD HE OR SHE HAVE ACQUIRED FOR THE ABOVE WORK LIMITATIONS TO APPLY? - ✅✅✅STREP THROAT (GROUP A) 11. THE HICPAC TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS INCLUDE: - ✅✅✅AIRBORNE, DROPLET, AND CONTACT 12. ABOUT HOW MANY PATIENTS ACQUIRE A NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION ANNUALLY? - ✅✅✅1.75 TO 3 MILLION 5 [Date] 26. CLASS C FIRES ARE: - ✅✅✅ELECTRICAL FIRES 27. MSDSs MUST BE SUPPLIED TO EMPLOYEES ACCORDING TO THE: - ✅✅✅HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD (29 CFR 1910.1200) 28. HOW MANY LOBES DO NORMAL HUMAN LUNGS HAVE? - ✅✅✅5 29. AFTER OXYGEN CROSSES THE RESPIRATORY MEMBRANES (IN THE LUNG) INTO THE BLOOD, ABOUT 97% OF IT COMBINES WITH? - ✅✅✅HEMOGLOBIN 30. THE TERM VENTRAL REFERS TO WHICH PART OF THE BODY? - ✅✅✅FRONT 31. IF A NORMAL PERSON BREATHES IN, THE OXYGEN TRAVELS THROUGH AIR PASSAGES TO THE LUNGS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TAKES PLACE? - ✅✅✅OXYGEN (O2) IS EXCHANGED FOR CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) 32. AN XY PAIR OF CHROMOSOMES MEANS THAT THE FETUS WILL BE A: - ✅✅✅BABY BOY 6 [Date] 33. SPECIALIZED CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ARE: - ✅✅✅NEURONS 34. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS PRODUCED IN THE ADRENAL GLANDS, THE GLANDS THAT CAUSE EMOTIONS SUCH AS FEAR AND ANGER? - ✅✅✅HORMONES 35. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD REQUIRE CONTACT PRECAUTIONS? - ✅✅✅HERPES SIMPLEX 36. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF MICROORGANISMS FROM BOTH RECOGNIZED SOURCES OF INFECTION IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES? - ✅✅✅STANDARD PRECAUTIONS 37. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD REQUIRE AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS? - ✅✅✅TUBERCULOSIS 38. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROPER SEQUENCE FOR REMOVAL OF ISOLATION APPAREL AFTER BLOOD COLLECTION IN AN ISOLATION ROOM? - ✅✅✅GLOVES, GOGGLES, GOWN 39. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PROCEDURE IN THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION IN HEALTH CARE INSTITUTES? - ✅✅✅HAND WASHING 7 [Date] 40. MSDS STANDS FOR: - ✅✅✅MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET 41. A DOSIMETER BADGE IS REQUIRED IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES FOR? - ✅✅✅RADIATION SAFETY 42. THE HAZCOM STANDARD REQUIRES CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS TO SUPPLY? - ✅✅✅MSDSs 43. AS CO2 LEVELS INCREASE IN THE BLOOD, THE BLOOD PH: - ✅✅✅DECREASES (BECOMES MORE ACIDIC) 44. A TEST REQUIRED FOR O & P REFERS TO: - ✅✅✅AN EVALUATION FOR PARASITES 45. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHEMICALS SHOULD BE USED TO DISINFECT TOURNIQUETS AND ITEMS CONTAMINATED WITH BLOOD? - ✅✅✅1:10 DILUTION OF CHLORINE BLEACH 46. IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING TO ENTER A PATIENT'S ISOLATION ROOM, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD OCCUR FIRST? - ✅✅✅DONNING MASK 10 [Date] 59. IF ARM VEINS CANNOT BE USED FOR A VENIPUNCTURE, THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE VEINS LIE IN THE: - ✅✅✅DORSAL SIDE OF THE HAND OR WRIST 60. WHICH SPECIMEN COLLECTION TUBE IS COMMONLY USED FOR HEMOSTASIS TESTS? - ✅✅✅SODIUM CITRATE 61. IF A PATIENT HAS A BRUISE IN THE ANTECUBITAL AREA OF HIS RIGHT ARM (HIS NONDOMINANT ARM), WHAT ALTERNATE SITE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? - ✅✅✅THE ANTECUBITAL AREA OF THE LEFT ARM 62. SPECIMENS MAY BE REJECTED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, MOST OF WHICH CAN BE PREVENTED BY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL PHLEBOTOMISTS. IDENTIFY ONE REASON FOR SPECIMEN REJECTION THAT RELATES TO UNNECESSARY, BUT EXCESSIVE, MIXING OF THE SPECIMEN. - ✅✅✅SPECIMEN IS HEMOLYZED 63. PRIOR TO PERFORMING A VENIPUNCTURE, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PATIENT HAS EATEN RECENTLY? - ✅✅✅LABORATORY TESTS CAN BE AFFECTED BY THE INGESTION OF FOOD AND DRINK 11 [Date] 64. WHERE SHOULD THE TOURNIQUET BE PLACED ON THE PATIENT DURING THE VENIPUNCTURE PROCEDURE? - ✅✅✅3 INCHES ABOVE THE VENIPUNCTURE SITE 65. WHEN COLLECTING A BLOOD SPECIMEN WITH THE BUTTERFLY METHOD AND PT, PTT TESTS ARE THE ONLY TESTS ORDERED, WHAT IS THE CORRECT PROCEDURE? - ✅✅✅USE A DISCARD TUBE, THEN COLLECT A SODIUM CITRATE TUBE 66. WHEN THE EVACUATED TUBE METHOD IS USED FOR VENIPUNCTURE, SELECT THE CORRECT ORDER OF COLLECTION FOR THE FOLLOWING TUBES: BLOOD CULTURE TUBES, COAGULATION TUBE, AND HEMATOLOGY TUBE. CHOOSE THE ORDER OF TUBES BY THEIR COLOR OF CLOSURES. - ✅✅✅YELLOW BLOOD CULTURE TUBES, BLUE, LAVENDER 67. FINGERSTICK PROCEDURES CANNOT BE PERFORMED WHEN WHICH TEST IS ORDERED? - ✅✅✅BLOOD CULTURES 68. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT SHOULD THE PHLEBOTOMIST DO WITH THE FIRST DROP OF BLOOD AFTER A FINGERSTICK IS PERFORMED? - ✅✅✅WIPE IT OFF WITH GAUZE 69. IN MAKING A BLOOD SMEAR OR SLIDE, AFTER THE DROP OF BLOOD HAS BEEN SPREAD ACROSS THE GLASS SIDE WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? - ✅✅✅ALLOW IT TO AIR DRY 12 [Date] 70. EXCESSIVE MASSAGING OR MILKING OF THE FINGER DURING A SKIN PUNCTURE PROCEDURE CAN CAUSE: - ✅✅✅HEMOLYSIS AND CONTAMINATION OF THE SPECIMEN WITH TISSUE FLUIDS 71. ANOTHER INSTANCE WHEN A FINGERSTICK SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED ON A PATIENT IS WHEN THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN ORDERED: - ✅✅✅COAGULATION TESTS 72. LABELED SKIN PUNCTURE SPECIMENS SHOULD INCLUDE THE: - ✅✅✅PATIENT'S NAME AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, PHLEBOTOMIST'S INITIALS, AND TIME AND DATE OF COLLECTION 73. SKIN PUNCTURE BLOOD IS COMPOSED OF: - ✅✅✅BLOOD FROM ARTERIOLES AND VENULES 74. WHAT IS THE BEST ANGLE FOR SPREADING A BLOOD SMEAR BY USING TWO GLASS SLIDES: - ✅✅✅30 DEGREES 75. BLOOD SMEARS FOR EVALUATION OF CELLS MUST BE MADE CAREFULLY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES SHOULD BE PRESENT? - ✅✅✅A FEATHERED EDGE 76. IT IS BEST TO USE WHICH TYPE OF BANDAGE ON AN ADULT AFTER A FINGERSTICK? - ✅✅✅HYPOALLERGENIC 15 [Date] 89. IF A PATIENT IS OBESE, WHAT SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, IF ANY, WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE SPECIMEN COLLECTION PROCESS? - ✅✅✅A LARGE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF 90. OSTEOMYELITIS IS DEFINED AS: - ✅✅✅INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION OF THE BONE 91. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS IDENTICAL FOR VENIPUNCTURE AND CAPILLARY PUNCTURE PROCEDURES? - ✅✅✅GREETING, IDENTIFICATION, AND HAND HYGIENE 92. SKIN PUNCTURE TECHNIQUES ARE USEFUL IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS? - ✅✅✅WHEN THE PATIENT IS A NEONATE 93. THE TAT REFERS TO: - ✅✅✅THE TIME IT TAKES FOR LABORATORY TEST RESULTS TO BE COMPLETED 94. SPECIMENS BEING TESTED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS WOULD NOT USUALLY REQUIRE CENTRIFUGATION? - ✅✅✅COAGULATION AND HEMATOLOGY 95. DURING THE VENIPUNCTURE, THE NEEDLE SHOULD BE INSERTED AT WHAT ANGLE TO THE SKIN? - ✅✅✅30 DEGREES OR LESS 16 [Date] 96. WHEN USING THE SYRINGE METHOD TO COLLECT A BLOOD SPECIMEN, HOW IS THE BLOOD ADDED INTO ADDITIVE AND NONADDITIVE TUBES? - ✅✅✅USING A SYRINGE TRANSFER DEVICE ATTACHED TO THE SYRINGE, INSERT EACH TUBE IN THE DEVICE AND ALLOW THE BLOOD TO FLOW FREELY 97. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN HAVE ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF A FINGERSTICK? - ✅✅✅ALWAYS USING THE FIRST DROP OF BLOOD 98. FOR SPECIMENS THAT REQUIRE CENTRIFUGATION, SERUM OR PLASMA SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CELLS WITHIN WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? - ✅✅✅2 HOURS 99. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR LABELING A PATIENT'S SPECIMEN? - ✅✅✅THE PATIENT'S NAME AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, DATE AND TIME OF COLLECTION, THE PHLEBOTOMIST'S INITIALS 100. NAILS CAN GROW AT A RATE OF ABOUT: - ✅✅✅0.1 MM PER DAY 101. USING AN ANTISEPTIC FOR CLEANSING THE SKIN PRIOR TO A VENIPUNCTURE PROCEDURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH PHASE OF LABORATORY TESTING? - ✅✅✅PREEXAMINATION/PREANALYTICAL 17 [Date] 102. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS WOULD DO THE MOST TO PROMOTE A PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE IN A PATIENT CARE SETTING? - ✅✅✅GOOD POSTURE AND PERSONAL HYGIENE 103. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL SPECIALISTS WOULD ONLY TREAT ELDERLY PATIENTS? - ✅✅✅GERONTOLOGIST 104. ASSESSING A PATIENT FOR A SUITABLE VEIN TO PERFORM A VENIPUNCTURE PROCEDURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH PHASE OF LABORATORY TESTING? - ✅✅✅PREEXAMINATION/PREANALYTICAL 105. THE TERM PHLEBOTOMY IS DERIVED FROM GREEK WORDS THAT MEAN? - ✅✅✅VEIN, CUT 106. THE TERMS VENESECTION/.VENISECTION ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SAME AS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING? - ✅✅✅PHLEBOTOMY 107. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT PERTAINS TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE SKIN DISORDERS? - ✅✅✅DERMATOLOGY 20 [Date] 121. PERFORMING A LABORATORY ASSAY ON A PATIENT'S BLOOD SPECIMEN IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH PHASE OF LABORATORY TESTING? - ✅✅✅EXAMINATION/ANALYTICAL 122. LICENSURE TYPICALLY REFERS TO: - ✅✅✅PASSING A STATE REQUIRED EXAMINATION AND/OR CONTINUING EDUCATION 123. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TEST OF MODERATE COMPLEXITY? - ✅✅✅BLOOD CHEMISTRIES 124. WHAT IS BRAILLE? - ✅✅✅SYSTEM OF WRITING FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR SIGHTLESS INDIVIDUALS 125. HEALTH LITERACY REFERS TO: - ✅✅✅WRITTEN, SPOKEN, OR CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH ISSUES 126. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND (NFB), SIGHTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH IMPAIRED VISION OR LOW VISION ARE ENTITLED TO: - ✅✅✅USE A WHITE CANE OR GUIDE DOG TO WALK INDEPENDENTLY 127. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS ONE OF THE WORK CHARACTERISTICS/PERSPECTIVES THAT DIFFERS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS? - ✅✅✅BEHAVIORS TOWARD AUTHORITY FIGURES 21 [Date] 128. WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION ADA STAND FOR? - ✅✅✅AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 129. THE JOINT COMMISSION IS A(N)? - ✅✅✅ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES 130. GENERATION XERS ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE BORN: - ✅✅✅FROM 1965 TO 1981 131. HIGH PITCHED VOICES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH: - ✅✅✅PANIC 132. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS REFERS TO THE INTONATION OR PITCH OF ONE'S VOICE? - ✅✅✅TONE 133. GENERATION Y, OR MILLENIALS, ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE BORN: - ✅✅✅FROM 1982-2000 134. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS WOULD COMMUNICATE A CRITICAL PATIENT CONDITION? - ✅✅✅STAT 135. IN A HEALTH CARE SETTING, WHICH WOULD BE THE PREFERRED MANNER TO PLACE A CALLER ON HOLD? - ✅✅✅ANSWER THE PHONE AND ALLOW THE CALLER TO GIVE THE 22 [Date] REASON FOR CALLING, THEN ASK HIM OR HER, " MAY I PUT YOU ON HOLD FOR A FEW MOMENTS?" 136. FOR THE MOST PERSONAL INTERACTIONS AMONG FRIENDS AND MANY PATIENT ENCOUNTERS, THE MOST COMFORTABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUALS IS: - ✅✅✅18 INCHES TO 4 FEET 137. "BOOMERS" ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE BORN: - ✅✅✅FROM THE MID 1940S TO 1964 138. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS REFERS TO THE SPEED AND URGENCY OF ONE'S VOICE? - ✅✅✅PACE 139. CLIA IS ENFORCED BY? - ✅✅✅CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES 140. THE STANDARD OF CARE PRESENTLY USED IN PHLEBOTOMY MALPRACTICE LEGAL CASES INVOLVING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IS BASED ON THE CONDUCT OF THE AVERAGE PHLEBOTOMIST IN WHICH AREA? - ✅✅✅NATIONAL COMMUNITY 141. A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT DEVELOPS GUIDELINES AND SAFETY MEASURES AND SETS NATIONAL STANDARDS SPECIFICALLY FOR LABORATORY PROCEDURES IS: - ✅✅✅THE JOINT COMMISSION 25 [Date] 154. THE SPACE OR DISTANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE DURING AN INTERACTION IS CALLED: - ✅✅✅ZONE OF COMFORT 155. WHAT ARE DELTA CHECKS? - ✅✅✅QC THAT ALLOWS FOR DETECTION OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LABORATORY RESULTS 156. PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE IN BLOOD COLLECTION IS THE SAME AS: - ✅✅✅MALPRACTICE 157. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WRITES LAWS THAT ARE CALLED STATUES? - ✅✅✅LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 158. FAILURE TO ACT OR PERFORM DUTIES ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR PHLEBOTOMY IS? - ✅✅✅NEGLIGENCE 159. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES ADMINISTERS CLIA? - ✅✅✅CMS 160. BEFORE A PATIENT'S LABORATORY TEST RESULTS CAN LEGALLY BE RELEASED TO ANOTHER PHYSICIAN OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY, THE PATIENT MUST: - ✅✅✅PROVIDE HIS OR HER INFORMED CONSENT 26 [Date] 161. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF SETTING THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR BLOOD COLLECTION? - ✅✅✅THE JOINT COMMISSION 162. THE LEGAL TERM FOR IMPROPER OR UNSKILLFUL CARE OF A PATIENT BY A MEMBER OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM OR ANY PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT, UNREASONABLE LACK OF SKILL, OR INFIDELITY IN PROFESSIONAL OR JUDICIARY DUTIES IS? - ✅✅✅MALPRACTICE 163. A CONSENT DOCUMENT TO COLLECT BLOOD FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES FROM PATIENTS IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH: - ✅✅✅IRBS AT INSTITUTIONS 164. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAS RECOGNIZED RIGHTS FOR PATIENTS IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH "THE PATIENT CARE PARTNERSHIP"? - ✅✅✅AHA 165. BLOOD COLLECTION FROM PATIENTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES IS REGULATED THROUGH THE: - ✅✅✅NATIONAL RESEARCH ACT 166. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES BEFORE A TRIAL IS REFERRED TO AS: - ✅✅✅DISCOVERY 27 [Date] 167. THE FEDERAL LAW ENACTED THAT REGULATES THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF LABORATORY TESTING (INCLUDING PHLEBOTOMY PROCEDURES) BY CREATING A UNIFORM SET OF PROVISIONS GOVERNING ALL CLINICAL LABORATORIES IS REFERRED AS: - ✅✅✅CLIA 168. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LEGAL CONCEPTS REFERS TO THE VOLUNTARY PERMISSION BY A PATIENT TO ALLOW TOUCHING, EXAMINATION, AND/OR TREATMENT BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS? - ✅✅✅INFORMED CONSENT 169. WHEN A PHELBOTOMIST GIVES AID DURING AN EMERGENCY, HE OR SHE IS USUALLY PROTECTED THROUGH? - ✅✅✅IMPLIED CONSENT 170. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE MORAL ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THAT HAVE RESULTED BECAUSE OF MODERN MEDICINE, CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND/OR TECHNOLOGY? - ✅✅✅BIOETHICS 171. WHICH OF TH FOLLOWING IS ANOTHER NAME FOR LEUKOCYTES? - ✅✅✅WHITE BLOOD CELLS 172. THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENTS - ✅✅✅TO DEVELOP THE APPROPRIATE THERAPY OR TREATMENT FOR THE MEDICAL CONDITION. EX: TDM= THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING