AMT Practice 1 Exam questions with
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Beginning with the moment the specimen is collected and transported to the laboratory, to the analysis
itself and the reporting of the results, must be documented by a process known as:
a. Chain of custody.
b. Quality assessment.
c. Calibration.
d. Standards. - correct answer ✔✔Chain of custody.
Describes how close a test result is to the true value.
a. Accuracy
b. Calibrations
c. Precision
d. Standard - correct answer ✔✔Accuracy
What detects any progressive drift of values to one side of the average value for at least 3 days?
a. Dispersion
b. Trends
c. Shift
d. Precision - correct answer ✔✔Trends
The comparison of an instrument measurement or reading to a known physical constant.
a. Quality Control
,b. Accuracy
c. Standards
d. Calibration - correct answer ✔✔Calibration
Agents brucellosis, epsilon toxin, food contaminants, glanders, melioidosis, psittacosis, Q fever, and ricin
toxin are classified as
a. Category A.
b. Category B.
c. Category C.
d. Category D. - correct answer ✔✔Category B.
What category of bioterrorism agents has the following characteristics?
These agents have the third-highest priority and include emerging pathogens that could be engineered
for mass dissemination in the future because of availability, ease of production and dissemination?
a. Category A
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D - correct answer ✔✔Category C
Class B fire extinguishers are used for
a. Ordinary combustibles.
b. Flammable liquids.
c. Electric equipment.
d. Powdered metal (combustible) material. - correct answer ✔✔Flammable liquids.
,What category of bioterrorism agents has the following characteristics?
These agents have the second highest priority and include pathogens that are moderately easy to
disseminate, results in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates, and require specific
enhancements of the CDC's diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance
a. Category A
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D - correct answer ✔✔Category B
Class A fire extinguishers are used for
a. Ordinary combustibles.
b. Flammable liquids.
c. Electric equipment.
d. Powdered metal (combustible) material. - correct answer ✔✔Ordinary combustibles.
All chemical manufacturers and distributors must comply with all of the new provisions in the revised
standards by June 1 ______________.
a. 2015
b. 2014
c. 2013
d. 2012 - correct answer ✔✔2015
All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be required to be trained about the new labels
and the elements of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) by December 1 of ___________.
a. 2012
, b. 2016
c. 2013
d. 2014 - correct answer ✔✔2013
Flammable - correct answer ✔✔MEANS:
a. Explosive
b. Flammable
c. Health Hazard
d. Corrosive
The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard using ____________.
a. Pictures of the chemical
b. Cartoon characterizations
c. Pictograms
d. Pictures of the factory - correct answer ✔✔Pictograms
Corrosive - correct answer ✔✔MEANS:
a. Explosive
b. Flammable
c. Health Hazard
d. Corrosive
The new Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) will require ______ specific sections, ensuring consistency in the
presentation of the information.
a. 16
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