Download ASCP Certification Exam Practice Questions and Answers 2024 and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! ASCP Certification Exam Practice Questions and Answers 2024 A blood bank is also referred to as - correct answer Immunohematology the pbt has orders to draw a K+ on a patient awaiting dialysis and proceeds to the following division: - correct answer Nephrology pbt has just completed centriuging specimens for the chemistry department and notes that one of the tubes is cloudy and pinkish red. This specimen is - correct answer lipemic and hemolyzed this test will be delivered to immunology for testing - correct answer RPR physician calls the lab requesting the procedure for a patient who wishes to donate his own blood before his surgery. this type of donation is knowns as: - correct answer Autologous donation analysis of the chemical components of blood - correct answer the basic purpose of the chemistry department: pbt is processing speciments received for lead testing and is preparing them to be delivered to which departments? - correct answer toxicology health maintenance organization (HMO) - correct answer functions as a full- service outpatient clinic pbt returns to lab with a specimen for cross-match or compatibility testing and delivers it to - correct answer Immunohematology required specimen for the occult blood test is: - correct answer Feces/Dookie A patient is recovering from deep vein thrombosis and the doctor wishes to access the rate of fibrinolysis. The physician orders which of the following tests? - correct answer ALL of the above A herediatary blood disorder that results in a decreased production of hemoglobin and anemia is: - correct answer Thalassemia pbt must draw blood for a STAT glucose, BUN, and electrolytes in ER and deliver it to the lab for testing as the I-Stat instrument is not fxning properly. Which type of sample is most appropriate? - correct answer Plasma (green top tube0 a patient has been diagnosed with anemia and the physician wants to assess how well the bone marrow is producing RBC's. The physician requests which of the following test to be drawn and tested? - correct answer Reticulocyte another term for WBC is - correct answer Leukocyte cellular element that plays an impt role in coagulation is - correct answer Platelet Coagulation testing includes which of the following: - correct answer PTT impaired blood flow leading to reduced level or lack of oxygen to a tissue is referred to as: - correct answer Ischemia a patient is admitted to the ER complaining of severe chest pain. All of the following lab test may be ordered to assist in the diagnosis of a myocardial infarct, except: - correct answer CBC veins suitable for possible venipuncture in the antecubital area include all of the following: - correct answer Brachial veins A plasma protein that serves to help regulate blood volume by maintaining osmotic pressure and by transporting many different types of molecules is: - correct answer Albumin a muscular skeletal test includes: - correct answer Creatine Kinase when the body acts to maintain a dynamic steady state, it is referred to as: - correct answer Homeostasis the following term means a decrease of red blood cells: - correct answer Erythrocytopenia Thrombocytosis means: - correct answer increased number of platelets Agency or Agencies that approve pbt training programs: - correct answer National Accrediting Agency of Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) NPO means - correct answer Nothing By Mouth the suffix in the term hemostasis means: - correct answer Control the difference between arteries and veins is that: - correct answer arteries have a thicker muscular wall and are deeper that veins in tissue (hmm..that's what the review says??) pbt decides to use a winged infusion set and small volume tubes on an accident victim who is bleeding internally and will be transferred to surgery as soon as the draw is completed. He carefully draws the coagulation test, chemistry and a CBC, in that order and delivers them to the lab for testing. There appears to be a problem with the coagulation results: - correct answer tube not completely full due to air space in the length of the tubing The use of anticoagulant will yield which type of blood specimen? - correct answer whole blood and serum Antiglycolytics include which of the following - correct answer Sodium Flouride pbt has a request from the blood bank to draw a nonadditive tube on a specific patient in addition to the pink top tube. The tube selected is: - correct answer Red Glass Clot activators include all of the following except: - correct answer Silicone pbt has an order for a routine CBC, metabolic panel, and a blood typing. The pbt will select which of the following sets of tubes: - correct answer Gold, Lavendar, Pink pbt is in the midst of a diff. pre-op for a CBC, PT, PTT, and electrolytes. After placing the last tube holder, the pbt picks up the previous two tubes to continue inversions and notices that the PT/PTT tube did not completely fill. The proper course of action is to: - correct answer draw an appropriate discard tube first and then collect the PT, PTT The pbt is preparing to go to several of the nursing homes to collect routine blood draws for glucose and CBC's on several patients and will be gone for the morning. The following tube will be used to draw the glucose: - correct answer Gray (Flouride - -preservative) Which of the following tests must be drawn first? - correct answer STAT Blood tests that may be affected by leaving the tourniquet on greater than one minute include all of the following except: - correct answer BUN When inspecting the antecubital fossa to select a vein for venipunture, the order of selection is: - correct answer Median cubital, Cephalic, Basilica After the need is removed, pressure should be applied until: - correct answer Platelet plug forms All of the following test analytes are higher in venous blood than capillary blood, except: - correct answer Glucose During the course of a 5 hour glucose tolerance test, the pbt began having diff. getting a venous sample and switched over to dermal punctures to finish out the later three glucose tests. The pbt decision: - correct answer Compromises the test interpretation venous glucose levels are lower than capillary levels. The term "bullet" in blood collection refers to: - correct answer Microcollection Tubes