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MLPAO MLA/T Certification Exam: Practice Test 2

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About the MLPAO MLA/T exam

The MLPAO MLA/T Certification Exam is a test that students must pass to work as laboratory assistants in Ontario, Canada. The exam is administered by the Medical Laboratory Professionals Association of Ontario (MLPAO).

About these practice questions

These practice questions will help prepare you for the MLPAO MLA/T exam.

This page contains 500 practice questions divided into the thirteen sections of the exam: 1. Standards of Practice, 2. Medical Terminology, 3. Basic Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, 4. Laboratory Mathematics and Quality Management, 5. Specimen Procurement, Processing and Data Collection, 6. Laboratory Safety, 7. Laboratory Equipment, 8. Histology and Cytology, 9. Clinical Microbiology, 10. Clinical Chemistry, 11. Clinical Hematology, 12. Transfusion Medicine, and 13. Electrocardiograms.

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, Practice Test 2, and Practice Test 3.

Sections

  1. Standards of Practice
  2. Medical Terminology
  3. Basic Biology, Anatomy and Physiology
  4. Laboratory Mathematics and Quality Management
  5. Specimen Procurement, Processing and Data Collection
  6. Laboratory Safety
  7. Laboratory Equipment
  8. Histology and Cytology
  9. Clinical Microbiology
  10. Clinical Chemistry
  11. Clinical Hematology
  12. Transfusion Medicine
  13. Electrocardiograms

Section 1: Standards of Practice

1.1) Which of these specimens has the lowest priority?
  1. Postop complete blood count
  2. Preop pregnancy test
  3. Routine urinalysis
  4. Stat troponin
  5. Timed glucose
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.2) When should a "stat" glucose test be performed?
  1. Immediately
  2. Within 1 hour
  3. 2 hours after the last meal
  4. Within 4 hours
  5. 24 hours after the last meal
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.3) A phlebotomist arrives to collect a trough level but discovers the nurse has already administered the medication. What is the best action?
  1. Ask the nurse to administer the medication again
  2. Document the error and notify the supervisor
  3. Draw the specimen anyway
  4. Draw the trough level from a different patient
  5. Wait 30 minutes before drawing the trough level
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.4) Which principle of the Canada Health Act is not patient-focused but rather the means of achieving the other four principles?
  1. Accessibility
  2. Comprehensiveness
  3. Portability
  4. Public administration
  5. Universality
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.5) Which of these is the responsibility of a laboratory assistant?
  1. Disciplining workers
  2. Giving results to patients
  3. Performing tests that require judgment
  4. Preparing chemical solutions
  5. Supervising other workers
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.6) A lawyer asks a lab technician for copies of his client's test results. What should the lab technician do?
  1. Allow the lawyer to see the results on the computer
  2. Give the results to the lawyer immediately
  3. Have the lawyer sign a Medical Release Form and then release the results
  4. Have the lawyer sign a confidentiality form and then release the results
  5. Tell the lawyer to contact the physician who ordered the tests
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.7) A phlebotomist draws blood for a pregnancy test. After the woman has left the room, a colleague approaches the phlebotomist and asks what test was ordered. He explains he wants to know because he is the woman's ex-boyfriend. What should the phlebotomist do?
  1. Call the police
  2. Inform his colleague he has no right to know which test was ordered
  3. Lie and tell his colleague the test was a complete blood count
  4. Reassure his colleague that he has nothing to worry about
  5. Tell his colleague the test was a pregnancy test
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.8) A patient is receiving a course of antibiotics. His last dose was at 2 pm, and the current time is 7 pm. His next dose is scheduled for 10 pm. When is the best time to draw a blood culture from this patient?
  1. Now, at 7 pm
  2. At 8 pm
  3. Just before 10 pm
  4. Just after 10 pm
  5. Midnight
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.9) What is another term for professional negligence?
  1. Defamation
  2. Malfeasance
  3. Malpractice
  4. Misfeasance
  5. Nonfeasance
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.10) What is Canada's federal data privacy law for private-sector organizations?
  1. HIPAA
  2. PHIPA
  3. PIPA
  4. PIPEDA
  5. WHMIS
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.11) Who enforces PIPEDA?
  1. Health Canada
  2. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
  3. Ministry of Health
  4. Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  5. Public Health Ontario
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.12) The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is legislation that:
  1. establishes the conditions that health insurance plans must meet to receive cash contributions
  2. governs Ontario's regulated health professions' Colleges
  3. governs the personal information handling practices of federal government institutions
  4. outlines the behaviour expected of health professionals
  5. sets the primary objective of Canadian health care policy
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.13) Which Ontario act sets the rights and duties of workers and establishes the procedures for dealing with workplace hazards?
  1. Excellent Care for All Act
  2. Health Care Consent Act
  3. Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act
  4. Occupational Health and Safety Act
  5. Regulated Health Professions Act
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.14) In Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act, what is a 'competent person'?
  1. Someone who can make informed decisions about his or her health care
  2. Someone who follows the current CSMLS Standards of Practice guidelines
  3. Someone who has worked in their position for more than 10 years
  4. Someone who has worked in their position for more than 5 years
  5. Someone who is qualified because of knowledge, training, and experience
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.15) Which of these is a 'controlled act' within the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)?
  1. Drawing blood from a patient
  2. Praying for a patient
  3. Shaking a patient's hand
  4. Sneezing into your arm
  5. Weighing a patient
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.16) The Health Care Consent Act requires physicians to obtain consent before doing which of the following?
  1. Admitting a patient to the hospital
  2. Disclosing health information
  3. Filing an insurance claim
  4. Providing treatment
  5. Publishing data in a medical journal
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.17) Which government organization legislates the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act?
  1. Canadian Healthcare Association
  2. College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario
  3. Ministry of Health
  4. Ontario Health
  5. Public Health Agency of Canada
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.18) According to Regulation 682 of the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act, what is a medical lab technician?
  1. Someone responsible for performing technical and scientific lab operations
  2. Someone responsible for supervising other workers in the laboratory
  3. Someone who may perform specialized scientific tests without supervision
  4. Someone who performs tests that require independent judgment
  5. Someone who performs tests that require limited skills and responsibility
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.19) What does PHIPA do?
  1. Control the use of confidential information at the federal level
  2. Control the use of confidential information at the provincial level
  3. Manage informed consent
  4. Protect employees
  5. Protect minorities
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Section 2: Medical Terminology

Section 3: Basic Biology, Anatomy and Physiology

Section 4: Laboratory Mathematics and Quality Management

Section 5: Specimen Procurement, Processing and Data Collection

Section 6: Laboratory Safety

Section 7: Laboratory Equipment

Section 8: Histology and Cytology

Section 9: Clinical Microbiology

Section 10: Clinical Chemistry

Section 11: Clinical Hematology

Section 12: Transfusion Medicine

Section 13: Electrocardiograms

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