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CSMLS MLA Certification Exam: Practice Test 4

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About the CSMLS MLA exam

The CSMLS MLA Certification Exam is an examination for laboratory assistants in Canada. The exam is set by the CSMLS (Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science).

About these practice questions

These practice questions will help prepare you for the CSMLS MLA exam.

This page contains 180 practice questions divided into the eight sections of the exam: 1. Safe Work Practices, 2. Data and Specimen Collection and Handling, 3. Pre-analytical Procedures, 4. Reagent Preparation, 5. Communication and Interaction, 6. Quality Management, 7. Professional Practice, and 8. Critical Thinking.

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, Practice Test 3, Practice Test 4, and Practice Test 5.

Sections

  1. Safe Work Practices
  2. Data and Specimen Collection and Handling
  3. Pre-analytical Procedures
  4. Reagent Preparation
  5. Communication and Interaction
  6. Quality Management
  7. Professional Practice
  8. Critical Thinking

Section 1: Safe Work Practices

1.1) Low-carbohydrate diets may cause an increased amount of which of the following in the urine?
  1. Blood
  2. Ketones
  3. Leukocytes
  4. Urobilinogen
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.2) What is the word for an inanimate object that can transmit infectious agents from one individual to another?
  1. Bacteria
  2. Fomite
  3. Germ
  4. Parasite
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.3) UV lamps in biological safety cabinets should be turned on only when:
  1. a technician is working in the cabinet
  2. ethanol is still wet on surfaces
  3. no one is present
  4. the sash is fully open
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.4) You receive a small cut from clean glassware. After the cut has stopped bleeding, what should you do?
  1. Apply a tourniquet
  2. Bandage it tightly
  3. Clean the wound with soap and water
  4. Soak the cut in disinfectant
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.5) Which of these is an example of regulated waste?
  1. Empty medicine bottles
  2. Patient gowns
  3. Sterile dressings
  4. Used blood tubes
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.6) What is the most common type of fire extinguisher in clinical laboratories?
  1. ABC
  2. Class A
  3. Class B
  4. Class C
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.7) What are Class D fire extinguishers for?
  1. Combustible metals
  2. Electrical equipment
  3. Flammable liquids
  4. Paper and wood
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.8) What type of fire extinguisher can be used on methane gas fires?
  1. ABC powder
  2. AFFF foam
  3. Carbon dioxide
  4. Water
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.9) Which of these is written information that must be supplied by manufacturers of chemicals and hazardous materials?
  1. OSHA
  2. OSM
  3. SDS
  4. TOSM
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.10) How thick is a 5 mil glove?
  1. 0.005 inches
  2. 0.005 millimetres
  3. 0.5 millimetres
  4. 5 millimetres
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.11) What should be your first action in the event of an acid burn?
  1. Cover the burn with gauze moistened in sterile saline
  2. Flush the burn with water
  3. Go to the emergency department
  4. Neutralize the acid with sodium bicarbonate
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.12) What is the minimum amount of time the eyes should be flushed with water in the event of a chemical splash?
  1. 1 minute
  2. 5 minutes
  3. 10 minutes
  4. 15 minutes
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.13) Which two pictograms are needed on bottles of organic peroxides?
  1. Flame and exploding bomb
  2. Flame and flame over a circle
  3. Health hazard and exclamation mark
  4. Health hazard and gas cylinder
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.14) Which of these items of information is NOT required on a supplier label of a hazardous product?
  1. A hazard statement describing the nature of the hazard posed by the product
  2. A hazard symbol
  3. The contact details of the Canadian manufacturer or the Canadian importer
  4. The website of the Canadian manufacturer or the Canadian importer
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.15) WHMIS stands for:
  1. Warehouse Methods and Industrial Security
  2. Workbook of Harmful Material Information Sheets
  3. Worker Handbook on Mechanical And Industrial Safety
  4. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.16) Why must you never use a household vacuum cleaner to clean a mercury spill?
  1. Mercury causes vacuums to ignite
  2. Mercury corrodes vacuums
  3. Mercury reacts with plastic to create chlorine gas
  4. Vacuums spread mercury into the air
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.17) Mercury spills are most dangerous when the spill occurs:
  1. in a fume hood
  2. in a poorly ventilated area
  3. near sources of ignition
  4. near the flammable storage cabinet
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.18) Which of these is used for cleaning radioactive spills?
  1. Bleach
  2. Lead sheet
  3. Paper towels
  4. Soda ash
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.19) Which of the following plastics is autoclavable?
  1. High density polyethylene
  2. Polypropylene
  3. Polystyrene
  4. Polyurethane
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Section 2: Data and Specimen Collection and Handling

Section 3: Pre-analytical Procedures

Section 4: Reagent Preparation

Section 5: Communication and Interaction

Section 6: Quality Management

Section 7: Professional Practice

Section 8: Critical Thinking

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