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AMT CMLA Practice Questions

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About the AMT CMLA exam

The AMT CMLA (Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant) certification exam is set by the American Medical Technologists (AMT). Passing the exam proves to employers that you can work in a laboratory as a medical laboratory assistant.

The exam contains 200 questions. All questions are multiple-choice.

About these practice questions

These practice questions will help prepare you for the AMT CMLA exam.

This page contains 500 practice questions divided into the four sections of the exam: 1. Laboratory Safety and Quality, 2. Pre-examination (Preanalytical) Considerations, 3. Examination (Analytical) Considerations, and 4. Patient Test Management, Communications, and Foundations.

All questions have been carefully designed to mimic the questions on the real exam, to help you prepare and get a passing grade.

Sections

  1. Laboratory Safety and Quality
  2. Pre-examination (Preanalytical) Considerations
  3. Examination (Analytical) Considerations
  4. Patient Test Management, Communications, and Foundations

Section 1: Laboratory Safety and Quality

1.1) Which term refers to a technique that prevents infection?
  1. Aseptic
  2. Decontaminated
  3. Nonpathogenic
  4. Sanitary
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.2) Which test is used to monitor warfarin therapy?
  1. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  2. Hemoglobin
  3. International normalized ratio
  4. Partial thromboplastin time
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.3) External quality assessment schemes are also known as:
  1. compliance
  2. proficiency testing
  3. quality assurance
  4. quality management systems
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.4) What are the four steps of the Shewhart Cycle?
  1. Analyze, create, inspect, and create again
  2. Initiate, plan, execute, and close
  3. Plan, do, check, and act
  4. Specify, produce, inspect, and change
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.5) Which problem-solving methodology consists of the phases Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control?
  1. Lean
  2. Pareto charts
  3. Shewhart cycle
  4. Six Sigma
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.6) Which of these is an example of quality assurance rather than quality control?
  1. Calibrating an analyzer
  2. Repeating an out-of-range control
  3. Reviewing incident reports
  4. Running daily controls
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.7) Which of these situations would cause random errors?
  1. A lab assistant who reads the volume of liquids in flasks at a different angle every time
  2. A plastic tape measure that has become slightly stretched over the years
  3. A scale that has been incorrectly calibrated and always gives a value 10 g lighter than the real weight
  4. A thermometer that always reads 2 degrees too high
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.8) Random error mainly affects:
  1. accuracy
  2. external validity
  3. internal validity
  4. precision
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.9) A coworker suggests skipping thermometer calibration because “the thermometer is always accurate.” What is the best response?
  1. Agree to save time
  2. Calibrate only if temperatures look wrong
  3. Explain that calibration is essential for valid results
  4. Stop using the thermometer entirely
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.10) Which is an example of external quality control?
  1. Daily glucose control testing
  2. Instrument calibration
  3. Levey-Jennings charts
  4. Proficiency testing
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.11) Precise values:
  1. are caused by random errors
  2. are close to the true value
  3. are the same as the true value
  4. fall within a narrow range
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.12) Which term means the extent to which measurements agree with the true value?
  1. Accuracy
  2. Precision
  3. Reliability
  4. Reproducibility
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.13) What is the purpose of instrument calibration?
  1. To ensure the accuracy of the instrument
  2. To ensure the instrument is properly cleaned
  3. To prolong the battery life of instruments
  4. To repair broken instruments
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.14) The quality control chart of an instrument shows ten consecutive data points on one side of the mean. What should you do?
  1. Accept the run
  2. Reject the run and follow the method's troubleshooting procedures
  3. Repeat the control sera on the next run
  4. Report the results with a disclaimer that they may be erroneous
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.15) Which of these is NOT a quality system essential (QSE)?
  1. Customer Focus
  2. Nonconforming Event Management
  3. Process Management
  4. Profit maximization
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.16) Which of these results is most likely to require notification to public health authorities?
  1. Acute allergic reaction
  2. Positive HIV test
  3. Positive mononucleosis test
  4. Positive pregnancy test
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.17) Which test confirms a positive immunoassay drug test?
  1. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
  2. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
  3. Ion-selective electrode
  4. Thin-layer chromatography
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.18) What is the least effective type of hazard control in the ISO 45001 Hierarchy of Controls?
  1. Administrative controls
  2. Engineering controls
  3. Personal protective equipment
  4. Substitution
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.19) If an employee is hospitalised due to a work-related accident, how soon must the employer notify OSHA?
  1. Immediately
  2. Within 12 hours
  3. Within 24 hours
  4. Within 8 hours
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Section 2: Pre-examination (Preanalytical) Considerations

Section 3: Examination (Analytical) Considerations

Section 4: Patient Test Management, Communications, and Foundations

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