AMT Practice Exam 1 questions with complete solutions

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. Chain of custody. Describes how close a test result is to the true value. a. Accuracy b. Calibrations c. Precision d. Standard 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 Trends The comparison of an instrument measurement or reading to a known physical constant. a. Quality Control b. Accuracy c. Standards d. Calibration 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. 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 Category C Class B fire extinguishers are used for a. Ordinary combustibles. b. Flammable liquids. c. Electric equipment. d. Powdered metal (combustible) material. 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 Category B