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AMT MLT Certification Exam: Practice Test 2

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About the AMT MLT exam

The AMT MLT (Medical Laboratory Technician) 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 technologist.

The exam contains 210 questions and lasts 3 hours. All questions are multiple-choice.

About these practice questions

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

This page contains 211 practice questions divided into the nine sections of the exam: 1. General Laboratory, 2. Chemistry, 3. Hematology, 4. Coagulation and Hemostasis, 5. Immunology and Serology, 6. Immunohematology, 7. Blood Banking and Transfusion Services, 8. Microbiology, and 9. Urinalysis and Body Fluids.

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

Check out all the practice tests in this series: Practice Test 1, and Practice Test 2.

Sections

  1. General Laboratory
  2. Chemistry
  3. Hematology
  4. Coagulation and Hemostasis
  5. Immunology and Serology
  6. Immunohematology
  7. Blood Banking and Transfusion Services
  8. Microbiology
  9. Urinalysis and Body Fluids

Section 1: General Laboratory

1.1) A phlebotomist inserts a needle for venipuncture but no blood flows into the collection tube. What is the most appropriate next step?
  1. Change to pediatric tubes
  2. Discontinue the draw and cancel the requisition
  3. Switch to a winged blood collection set
  4. Try adjusting the needle slightly
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.2) A phlebotomist needs to collect blood in a gray top tube, a gold top tube, and a lavender top tube. What is the correct order to fill the tubes?
  1. Gold, gray, lavender
  2. Gold, lavender, gray
  3. Gray, gold, lavender
  4. Gray, lavender, gold
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.3) Venipuncture needles are color-coded according to their:
  1. expiration date
  2. gauge
  3. length
  4. manufacturer
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.4) When should you label a blood collection tube?
  1. As soon as you receive the test order
  2. Just before the patient arrives
  3. Before you collect the specimen
  4. After you collect the specimen
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.5) A lab assistant makes a 1/6 dilution of serum in water. The assistant then performs a glucose test on the diluted serum. The result is 72 mg/dL. What result should the lab assistant report to the doctor?
  1. 12 mg/dL
  2. 72 mg/dL
  3. 432 mg/dL
  4. 720 mg/dL
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.6) A lab technician requires 400 mL of a 3% solution but has only a 5% solution available. How would the lab technician prepare the 3% solution?
  1. Mix 240 mL of the 5% solution with 160 mL of diluent
  2. Mix 300 mL of the 5% solution with 100 mL of diluent
  3. Mix 360 mL of the 5% solution with 40 mL of diluent
  4. Mix 380 mL of the 5% solution with 20 mL of diluent
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.7) Which of these is NOT an acceptable way to express solution concentration?
  1. volume/volume (v/v)
  2. volume/weight (v/w)
  3. weight/volume (w/v)
  4. weight/weight (w/w)
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.8) Which term means "before eating"?
  1. Antenatal
  2. Postpartum
  3. Postprandial
  4. Preprandial
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.9) If the curve of a frequency distribution is symmetrical and bell-shaped, it is known as a ________ curve.
  1. normal
  2. parabolic
  3. skewed
  4. tangential
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.10) A shift changes a graph's:
  1. location
  2. orientation
  3. shape
  4. size
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.11) The standard deviation of a dataset is the _____________ of the variance.
  1. dispersion
  2. range
  3. square
  4. square root
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.12) When incinerating medical waste:
  1. disinfect all articles beforehand
  2. ensure complete burning takes place
  3. ensure the temperature reaches at least 12,000°C
  4. sanitize all articles beforehand
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.13) What are the CDC's three categories of transmission-based precautions?
  1. Contact, droplet, and airborne
  2. Direct, indirect, and induced
  3. Gloves, masks, and gowns
  4. Isolation, quarantine, and sterilization
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.14) What does this sign mean?
  1. Biohazard
  2. Laser beam hazard
  3. Poisonous
  4. Toxic
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.15) Autoclaving uses what method of sterilization?
  1. Chemical
  2. Dry heat
  3. Moist heat
  4. Radiation
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.16) 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. 1.17) What is the purpose of proficiency testing?
  1. To comply with environmental regulations
  2. To evaluate a laboratory's testing accuracy
  3. To monitor the rate of equipment malfunctions
  4. To track the inventory levels of laboratory reagents
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.18) What is the term for when a control chart shows seven consecutive points that steadily increase in value?
  1. Cycle
  2. Outlier
  3. Shift
  4. Trend
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.19) Stool specimens for O&P should be collected in a jar containing:
  1. SAF fixative
  2. agar
  3. saline
  4. sodium hypochlorite
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Section 2: Chemistry

Section 3: Hematology

Section 4: Coagulation and Hemostasis

Section 5: Immunology and Serology

Section 6: Immunohematology

Section 7: Blood Banking and Transfusion Services

Section 8: Microbiology

Section 9: Urinalysis and Body Fluids

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