NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) exam preparation

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NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) practice test

Phlebotomy technician certification prep covering safety, patient preparation, blood collections, and processing.

  • 120 items (100 scored + 20 pretest)
  • 2-hour limit
  • 390 scaled score to pass
  • No signup to start
  • Every answer includes a source note
  • Updated September 22, 2026

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A phlebotomist accidentally punctures a finger with a used needle. What is the FIRST action they should take?

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Topics covered in this bank

300 original questions mapped to the listed source topics. Bars show how many questions each topic gets.

Questions written from the NHA CPT Test Plan and the ASCP PBT content guideline; not official or recalled NHA items.

  • Venipuncture technique14
  • Patient preparation13
  • Blood culture collection10
  • Specimen rejection9
  • Vein selection9
  • Specimen transport9

Study plan

How to pass the NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)

The order that works: learn the rules, drill until they’re automatic, then use the benchmark to check consistency.

  1. 1

    Master the order of draw and why each additive sequence prevents contamination

  2. 2

    Know patient identification and pre-collection checks — the most commonly tested safety step

  3. 3

    Learn the complications: hemolysis, hematoma, nerve injury, and how each is prevented

  4. 4

    Review specimen handling, labeling, transport, and the rejection criteria that follow

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Internal QuizCram practice target. NHA reports a 390 scaled score on a 200–500 scale, which is not a raw percentage and cannot be converted into one.

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Written by QuizCram from the official source and verified against its text — never copied from a real exam. Questions written from the NHA CPT Test Plan and the ASCP PBT content guideline; not official or recalled NHA items.

Questions last updated
September 22, 2026
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NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) FAQ

120 items — 100 scored plus 20 unscored pretest items — with a 2-hour limit.

NHA reports a scaled score, with 390 needed to pass on a 200–500 scale. A practice percentage is a study signal, not a predicted scaled score.