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MLPAO MLA/T Certification Exam: Practice Test 3

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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) Why are STAT specimens prioritized over routine specimens?
  1. The tests are more expensive to perform
  2. They are cheaper to process
  3. They are likely to be from critically ill patients
  4. They need to be sent to an outside laboratory
  5. They require more specialized equipment
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.2) A urine sample, an oral swab, and a blood culture arrive in the laboratory at the same time. In which order should they be processed?
  1. Blood culture, oral swab, urine sample
  2. Blood culture, urine sample, oral swab
  3. Oral swab, blood culture, urine sample
  4. Oral swab, urine sample, blood culture
  5. Urine sample, oral swab, blood culture
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.3) A phlebotomist receives an order for a trough level of vancomycin due at 2 PM. The patient’s next dose is scheduled for 2 PM. What should the phlebotomist do?
  1. Cancel the draw
  2. Draw the specimen at 1:30 PM
  3. Draw the specimen immediately after the dose is given
  4. Draw the specimen just before the dose is given
  5. Draw the specimen one hour after the dose
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.4) Which of these specimens should be collected first?
  1. Fasting glucose
  2. Pre-op CBC
  3. Routine CBC
  4. Routine glucose
  5. Urgent CBC
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.5) What is a regulated profession?
  1. A profession that has no legal requirement or restriction on practice
  2. A profession that requires a specific professional qualification
  3. A profession that requires regular drug testing
  4. A profession that requires work experience
  5. A profession where workers work regular, 9–5 hours
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.6) A nurse misidentifies a patient and gives the patient the wrong medication. As a result, the patient is seriously injured. What professional wrongdoing has the nurse committed?
  1. Assault
  2. Battery
  3. Defamation
  4. Misdemeanour
  5. Negligence
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.7) What is the term for the legal obligation of health professionals to provide a reasonable level of care and avoid careless actions?
  1. Autonomy
  2. Duty of care
  3. Nonmaleficence
  4. Res ipsa loquitur
  5. The Good Samaritan law
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.8) Who administers and enforces Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)?
  1. Health Canada
  2. Ontario Health
  3. The Minister of Labour of Canada
  4. The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
  5. The Ontario Public Health Association
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.9) What is medical negligence?
  1. A situation where an injured patient has no evidence of how the injury occurred
  2. An agreement for a doctor to provide treatment
  3. The failure to provide a patient with a reasonable standard of care
  4. The legal obligation to provide a patient with a standard of reasonable care
  5. The submission of insurance claims for services never provided
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.10) A nurse fails to change a surgery patient’s bandages for several days. The patient develops a serious infection as a result. The nurse's behaviour is an example of:
  1. comparative negligence
  2. contingent liability
  3. contributory negligence
  4. gross negligence
  5. vicarious liability
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.11) What does PIPEDA set principles for?
  1. Chain of custody documentation
  2. The collection and handling of patient specimens
  3. The protection of personal information
  4. The transportation of dangerous goods
  5. The use and storage of workplace hazardous materials
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.12) PIPEDA is known as consent-based legislation. This means:
  1. healthcare professionals must get consent before performing tests or treatment on patients
  2. organizations affected by the legislation must consent to its enforcement
  3. organizations must get consent before collecting or using a person's personal information
  4. organizations that collect and use information must consent to do so
  5. provinces can choose whether to enforce the legislation or not
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.13) Which PIPEDA principle requires organizations to hire or designate someone to manage personal information?
  1. Accountability
  2. Accuracy
  3. Challenging compliance
  4. Identifying purposes
  5. Limiting use, disclosure, and retention
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.14) Which of these is a controlled act according to the Regulated Health Professions Act (1991)?
  1. Asking the patient for their name, address and telephone number
  2. Mixing an acid with a base
  3. Putting a finger into a patient's internal ear canal
  4. Shaking the patient's hand
  5. Washing your hands
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.15) What does Section 11 of Ontario Regulation 107/96 Controlled Acts concern?
  1. Administering substances by injection
  2. Inappropriate workplace behaviours
  3. The privacy of patient information
  4. The taking of blood samples
  5. The transportation of dangerous chemicals
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.16) The CMLTO is the provincial _____________ for medical laboratory technologists in Ontario.
  1. certification body
  2. legislative act
  3. regulatory body
  4. trade union
  5. trade-specific act
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.17) What Ontario Act establishes rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information?
  1. CHIMA
  2. CPPA
  3. Data Protection Act
  4. PHIPA
  5. PIPEDA
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.18) Which act ensures all eligible Canadian residents have reasonable access to insured health services on a prepaid basis, without direct charges at the point of service?
  1. Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act
  2. Canada Health Act
  3. Established Programs Financing Act
  4. Financial Administration Act
  5. Patent Act
Answers are locked. Please click here to buy them. 1.19) Which principle of the Canada Health Act ensures citizens have healthcare even when they are outside their home province?
  1. Accessibility
  2. Comprehensiveness
  3. Portability
  4. Public administration
  5. Universality
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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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