Week 2 Test

Question 1

The term thrombus refers to

Answer 1

A clot in a blood vessel

Question 2

What are tendons?

Answer 2

Fibrous tissue that attaches muscles to bones

Question 3

When a piece of skin tissue is examined under a microscope, what type of procedure is being preformed

Answer 3

Skin biopsy

Question 4

What is a milky serum usually represent?

Answer 4

Lipemic

Question 5

A list of professional standards are called

Answer 5

Code of ethics

Question 6

Which of the following liquids may a patient drink when fasting before having bloodwork drawn

Answer 6

Water

Question 7

What is the purpose of having valves

Answer 7

To keep blood from flowing backwards in the vein

Question 8

What is the function of ligaments

Answer 8

Connects bones To bones

Question 9

Metabolic waste in the blood is filtered through the

Answer 9

Kidneys

Question 10

When should a STAT sticker be affixed to a specimen

Answer 10

When results are needed immediately

Question 11

What other term is used for thrombocytes?

Answer 11

Platelets

Question 12

What organ is the largest?

Answer 12

Skin

Question 13

You are preparing to draw blood on a hospitalized patient for a CBC. When should you label the specimen?

Answer 13

Immediately after the blood draw

Question 14

Once a specimen is ordered in the computer system a number is then assigned to that specimen what is that number called ?

Answer 14

Accession number

Question 15

You receive an order to draw blood from a patient for a lipid profile. The physician is most likely to concerned about the patients

Answer 15

Cardiovascular system

Question 16

What blood test checks for typed of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 16

ESR

Question 17

Hemolysis is the destruction/breakdown of

Answer 17

Red blood cells

Question 18

When collecting specimens from a child what would be the best way to put him at ease

Answer 18

Talk to him directly and briefly explain the procedure

Question 19

You receive an order to draw blood from a patient for BUN and creatine. the physician is most likely concerned about the patients

Answer 19

Urinary system

Question 20

You receive an order to draw blood from a patient for BUN and creatinine. The physician is most likely cornered about the patient’s

Answer 20

Urinary system

Question 21

The vessels that connect the arteries and veins are

Answer 21

Capillaries

Question 22

What type of contest is given by parent when drawing blood on her child

Answer 22

Informed consent

Question 23

What is the name of the test that checks for hepatitis, cirrhosis, and other liver diseases

Answer 23

HFP
hepatic function panel

Question 24

The fluid around the lungs is called

Answer 24

Pleural fluid

Question 25

What test screens for adequate levels to maintain calcium in the bones

Answer 25

Vitamin D

Question 26

the blood vessels through which the blood moves with minimum force

Answer 26

Veins

Question 27

Larger arteries branch off into smaller arteries which are called

Answer 27

Arterioles

Question 28

Clear serum is considered

Answer 28

Normal

Question 29

Milky serum is a tube is considered

Answer 29

Lipemic

Question 30

Dark yellow or green serum in tube is considered

Answer 30

Icteric

Question 31

A patient needs to have a CBC, HIV, lipid panel, CMP, random glucose and TSH collected. which of the test above need to be collected as a fasting specimen?

Answer 31

Lipid panel

Question 32

Which type of diabetes does the patient body not use insulin efficiently

Answer 32

Type 2

Question 33

The organ where gas exchange takes place is the

Answer 33

Lungs

Question 34

When the labatory scientists have questions concerning a specimen the most important information contained on specimen label is

Answer 34

The phlebotomist identification

Question 35

To check for the levels of antibodies to specific antigens, what test would be ordered ?

Answer 35

Antibody titers

Question 36

If a patient has not fasted what test will be altered?

Answer 36

Glucose, VLDL, triglycerides

Question 37

What type of glucose testing does a patient neeed to have blood drawn after eating a meal

Answer 37

Postprandial

Question 38

Liquid wastes are stored in and eliminated by the

Answer 38

Kidneys

Question 39

Some blood tests need to be performed at specific times. What test needs to be drawn at multiple time intervals?

Answer 39

GTT

Question 40

A patients needs to have their blood drawn for allergies, infections & anemia. What test would likely be ordered?

Answer 40

CBC

Question 41

A 62 yr old women ordered a take home test to for colon cancer what is the test?

Answer 41

fecal occult blood

Question 42

When preparing to perform a venipuncture you notice an IV in the patients right hand. Where should you obtain your blood specimen?

Answer 42

Left hand or anticubital

Question 43

The vessel located in the middle of the anticubital region is called?

Answer 43

Median cubital vein

Question 44

What laboratory test can be used to assess the risk of heart disease

Answer 44

Lipid panel

Question 45

When a phlebotomist becomes trained in more than one job function they are considered

Answer 45

multiskilled

Question 46

Some patients want to have other family members make medical decisions for them. In addressing these patients request, healthcare workers must comply with which law?

Answer 46

HIPPPA