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AMCA Test/357 Questions and Answers/100% Verified!!!
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AMCA Test/357 Questions andAnswers/100% Verified!!!
Which organization developed the guidelines for universal precautions?
A. EPA
B. FDA
C. CDC
D. OSHA
E. CLIA - -CDC
-According to OSHA, medical personnel must wear PPE when they have
contact with
A. sweat
B. skin
C. tears
D. blood
E. hair follicles - -blood
-to detect pregnancy, either urine or blood serum is tested for the presence
of:
A/ febrile agglutinations
B. potassium oxalate
C. HCG hormone
D. oxytocin
E. luteinizing hormone - -HCG hormone
-A bacterial culture needs to be performed on a collected urine specimen.
Which of the following instructions best describe what your patient should
do?
a. Collect a midday specimen in a sterile cup.
b. Void a specimen midstream in a sterile cup.
c. Collect a 24-hour specimen.
d. Void the entire specimen in a sterile cup.
e. Void a specimen midstream in a clean cup. - -void a specimen midstream
in a sterile cup
-If a urine specimen is collected and then left standing for more than 1 hour,
bacterial will grow, and the pH of the urine will soon become:
a. highly acidic
b. slightly acidic
c. alkaline
d. neutral
e. both acidic and alkaline - -alkaline
, -The pH range for normal urine is:
a. 2.5 to 4.5
b. 2.5 to 7.0
c. 4.5 to 8.0
d. 0 to 9.0
e. 7.5 to 9.0 - -4.5 to 8.0 --> slightly acidic
-If a patient normally drinks 10 or more 8-oz glasses of water each day;
urine would most likely be which color?
a. brown
b. red
c. dark yellow
d. yellow
e. straw - -straw
-urine needs to be collected in which container if it is collected for bacterial
culture - -a. freshly disinfected
b. sterile
c. washed and dried
d. glass
e. rinsed
-a routine analysis of urine is made up of which of the following sets of
examinations?
a. visual, culture, reagent
b. microscopic, chemical, physical
c. microscopic, reagent, chemical
d. microscopic, analytic, chemical
e. reagent, chemical, physical - -microscopic, chemical, physical
-To prevent a urine specimen from becoming an unreliable pH sample, the
specimen should be:
Select one:
a. always refrigerated immediately upon collection
b. exposed to air for slightly more than 1 hour
c. tested within 1 hour of collection
d. allowed time for the urea to convert to ammonia in order to decrease the
pH
e. allowed to rise to room temperature after refrigeration and before testing
so that any casts may break down to release protein - -tested within 1 hour
of collection
-When placing a urine specimen tube into the centrifuge for later creating a
wet mount, where should you place an identical tube containing water in that
same centrifuge?
Select one:
,a. a 2nd tube is not required
b. right beside the tube containing the specimen
c. at a 90° angle from the urine specimen tube
d. directly opposite the tube containing the urine specimen
e. to the left of the urine specimen tube - -directly opposite the tube
containing the urine specimen
-The principal reason for bracing the hand holding the needle assembly
against the patient's arm during phlebotomy is to:
Select one:
a. prevent excess needle movement
b. ease vein palpation
c. decrease the possibility of hemolysis
d. cause the evaluation tubes to fill more quickly
e. decrease the patient's discomfort - -prevent excess needle movement
-When a reagent strip is used to test a urine specimen and the result is
positive for ketones, this may be an indication of which condition?
Select one:
a. hypercalcemia
b. poisoning
c. diabetes mellitus
d. liver damage
e. alkalosis - -diabetes mellitus
-The measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity of urine is called:
Select one:
a. specific gravity
b. routine urinalysis
c. pH
d. supernatant
e. microscopic examination - -pH
-All the steps listed are appropriate when performing a capillary puncture
EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. gently rubbing the sides of the finger
b. discarding the 1st drop of blood
c. selecting the ring finger of the hand
d. placing a tourniquet around the finger
e. selecting the nondominant hand - -placing a tourniquet around the finger
-A capillary blood sample will be diluted with tissue fluid if:
Select one:
a. it is immersed in cool water
b. the 1st drop is discarded
, c. the finger is squeezed excessively
d. the sides of the finger are gently rubbed
e. the thumb is used - -the finger is squeezed excessively
-The most common micropuncture site on an adult is the:
Select one:
a. outer heel
b. ring finger
c. ear lobe
d. little finger
e. thumb - -ring finger, nondominant side
-To transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the body's cells, what
do erythrocytes need?
Select one:
a. bilirubin
b. nitrates
c. hematocrit
d. sodium chloride
e. hemoglobin
Feedback - -hemoglobin
-All the following are reasons to perform a hemoglobin EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. to aid in determining blood loss
b. to detect anemia
c. to monitor dehydration
d. to detect inflammation
e. to monitor the effectiveness of blood transfusions - -to detect
inflammation
-All the following demonstrate quality control EXCEPT:
Select one:
a. proper documentation
b. testing with control samples
c. calibrating equipment
d. treating every customer properly
e. monitored test methodology - -treating every customer properly
-After you have washed your hands, put on PPE, and assembled the
equipment and supplies, what is your next step in obtaining a capillary blood
sample?
Select one:
a. Perform the capillary puncture.
b. Cleanse the puncture site with an alcohol wipe.
c. Identify the patient.
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