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AMCA Final Exam 2024: Multiple Choice Questions and Answers, Exams of Nursing

Texas State UniversityNursing

A comprehensive set of multiple choice questions and answers covering various aspects of amca final exam. It provides a valuable resource for students preparing for the exam, offering insights into key concepts and procedures related to blood collection, patient care, and laboratory practices. Questions on topics such as order of draw, proper disinfection techniques, blood culture procedures, and safety protocols.

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AMCA FINAL 2024 EXAM with Correct
Answers.
1. What is the order of draw for the following tubes? - Correct Ans
โœ”โœ”:
1. Blood Cultures
2. Light Blue
3. Red
4. Lavender
2. __________ is the recommended disinfectant for blood and other
bodily fluid contamination. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Sodium Hypochlorite
3. Invasive surgery procedures require - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Informed
Consent
4. Which tube would be used to collect blood for a pregnancy test? -
Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Red
5. What vein is preferred when performing a routine venipuncture? -
Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Median Cubital Vein
6. Which tube is more often used for a Thyroid Panel? - Correct Ans
โœ”โœ”:Tiger Top
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Answers.

  1. What is the order of draw for the following tubes? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”: 1. Blood Cultures 2. Light Blue 3. Red 4. Lavender
  2. __________ is the recommended disinfectant for blood and other bodily fluid contamination. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Sodium Hypochlorite
  3. Invasive surgery procedures require - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Informed Consent
  4. Which tube would be used to collect blood for a pregnancy test? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Red
  5. What vein is preferred when performing a routine venipuncture? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Median Cubital Vein
  6. Which tube is more often used for a Thyroid Panel? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Tiger Top
  1. After the needle is withdrawn from the vein, the needle safety device must be - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:activated
  2. __ compression and __ breaths is the proper formula for single adult CPR. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:30:
  3. The best way to clean the site when testing for blood alcohol is to use 70% isopropyl alcohol. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:False
  4. From the following options, what is the first thing you do when there is an accidental needle stick? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Wash affected area with soap and water.
  5. Never draw blood from a patients arm who has had a mastectomy on that side. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  6. Over or under filling a ____ top is a reason for a sample to be rejected by QNS (Quantity not Sufficient). The ratio must be ___, not 7:1 or 10:1, but ___. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Light blue
  7. 9:
  8. 9:
  9. Where do you draw a capillary sample on an adult? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Middle or Ring finger
  1. What sample needs to be transported on ice? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Ammonia
  2. If blood is drawn from the patients arm too quickly, it could cause the vein to ____. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Collapse
  3. If a patient extends their arm for a blood draw, that is __. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Implied consent
  4. In a standard serum tube (SST) the blood should be allowed to clot for at least ___ minutes, no longer than ___ hours. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:30:
  5. Proper hand washing is the most important way to prevent cross contamination of micro-organisms from one patient to another. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  6. A heel puncture should not be performed on an infant older than ___ months of age. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”: 12
  7. A patient who tends to faint during blood draws, should be placed lying down on an exam table or in a reclining chair. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  1. If IV's are inserted in the antecubital area of the arms, the blood must be drawn __ the IV site. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Below
  2. Aseptic sterile techniques must be done for Blood Cultures. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  3. _____ department is responsible for sterile supplies. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Central Supply
  4. When should the tourniquet be released? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Once blood flow has been established
  5. Patient's identification numbers on the tube labels help to avoid confusing specimens from patients with same last name. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  6. A buccal swab is the collection method used to collect DNA samples by swabbing the inside of a patients cheek. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  7. If a patients specimen is _____ (Fat globs floating in blood) it is a good indicator that the patient is not ____. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Lipemic
  8. Fasting
  1. A doctor ordered a CBC (Lavender top) Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (SST), PT (Light Blue top), and a set of Blood Cultures (BC). The order of draw would be... - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:
    1. BC
    2. Light Blue Top
    3. SST
    4. Lavender Top
  2. Hepatitis B (HBV) can remain on surfaces when not properly disinfected. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  3. If a ______ starts to form and the patient says it hurts. The phlebotomist should ____ the draw immediately and apply pressure with a gauze pad and re-examine the patient to see if it worsens. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Hematoma
  4. Stop
  5. ______ isolation would be a precaution that would require special handling and ventilation. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Airborne
  6. The principal reason for requesting feedback when communicating with patients is to determine if they understand what is being said. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  7. The phlebotomist will place a needle in a puncture-resistant container after blood draw is complete. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  1. _____ would be the government agency responsible for regulating safety and health of workers. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:OSHA
  2. Which of the following tubes will produce serum after being cetrifuged? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Red
  3. _____ wrap should be used after a draw is complete on a patient that is taking blood thinners. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Coban
  4. A patients _____, states a patient has a right to refuse a medical procedure and to be informed of all the consequences of doing so. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Bill of Rights
  5. If a EDTA tube is used before a serum tube it could cause cross contamination and could result in high potassium or a false low calcium value. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  6. A phlebotomist will wash their hands _____ and ____ the venipuncture. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Before
  7. After
  8. The term hematoma means blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the skin. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  1. How do you properly hold a winged infusion set? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:By the wings
  2. How do you properly disinfect a routine blood collection - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:70% isopropyl alcohol
  3. _____ is the legislation that sets the standard for Electronic Health Care Transaction. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:HIPAA
  4. A ___ is collected into a lavender tube and collected as a ____ specimen. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:CBC
  5. Whole Blood
  6. An Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) test is collected in a Lavender Tube. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  7. The patient should be positioned sitting down with the arm in a straight line from the shoulder to the wrist when preparing for a venipuncture. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  8. _____ carries blood away from the heart. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Arteries
  1. According to ____ activating a safety device on the needle is to prevent accidental needle sticks. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:OSHA
  2. Fingernails should be kept short and clean is an example of a professional appearance for phlebotomy technician. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  3. Anything under _____ is a normal result for a fasting glucose test.
    • Correct Ans โœ”โœ”: 100
  4. What lab department does a CBC go to? - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Hematology
  5. ____ & ____ are included in electrolyte testing. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Sodium
  6. Potassium
  7. Coagulation testing requires blood to be collected in a ____ tube - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Light blue top
  8. Performing a procedure on a patient who refuses consent is considered - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Battery
  1. Lavender
  2. A chain of custody protocol would be required __ if a test is ordered. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Paternity
  3. If you have a patient with small, thin, or fragile veins you would use a butterfly needle with a syringe to acquire the specimen. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  4. According to CLSI, after _____ unsuccessful venipuncture attempts, the phlebotomist should get another phlebotomist to perform draw. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”: 2
  5. A female patient should produce at least 20-30 mls of urine for a standard STD test. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  6. The reason that we should pull the skin taunt before a blood draw is to prevent the vein from - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Rolling
  7. Thyroid and hcG tests drawn in a serum tubes. These tests are processed in the ___ department. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Chemistry
  1. Proper hand washing includes scrubbing in between fingers and around knuckles, rubbing hands together vigorously for at least 15 seconds. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  2. The patient in the hospital or nursing home should be placed in this position which includes laying on their back with their head and torso raised between 15-45 degrees. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Semi- fowler's
  3. A patient on blood thinners or warfarin therapy would never require PT/INR blood draws - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:False
  4. A sputum sample is designed to collect secretions expelled from the ___ tract. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Respiratory
  5. ___ errors refers to all the inappropriate acts phlebotomists can make prior to the specimen being analyzed. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Pre- Analytical
  6. Stool samples can sit out for up to 6 hours before being sent for processing - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:False
  7. In order to perform a proper bleeding time test, the blood pressure cuff should be inflated to ___ mm/Hg - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”: 40
  1. Using a heating pad can increase blood flow up to ___ times on a patient. The heating pad should only stay on the site for up to ___ minutes. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”: 10
  2. 4
  3. It is appropriate to give test results to the parent or guardian of an adult child. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:False
  4. Threatening or feeling threatened either physically or verbally is considered ____. The act of causing physical harm to an individual is considered ____. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Assault
  5. Battery
  6. If the wrong tube was drawn, the phlebotomist should notify the supervisory and recollect the draw, if possible. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Ttue
  7. In order to perform a successful capillary puncture, the phlebotomist should perform the following steps, in this order: - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:
    1. Warm site
    2. Clean site with alcohol
    3. Puncture the site
    4. Wipe away first drop of blood
    5. Collect the specimen
    6. Place gauze over site and cover
  1. As a phlebotomist, you should always identify yourself before identifying the patient. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  2. QNS stands for... - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT
  3. FBS stands for - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Fasting Blood Sugar
  4. hCG testing is used to determine pregnancy. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  5. Urine is more concentrated when collected.... - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:First thing in the morning
  6. Vasovagal syncope is another term for... - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Fainting
  7. Standard precautions include hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, and sharps safety. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:True
  8. FDP stands for ___.
  9. This specimen is processed in the __ department. - Correct Ans โœ”โœ”:Fibrinogen Degradation Products