Free CPT practice test

A full-length phlebotomy practice test weighted the way NHA’s CPT test plan publishes it — five domains, an item count for each, 100 scored questions. An explanation for every one, and nothing to sign up for.

CPT full-length practice

100 scored questions. 120 minutes.

That is the full clock the real paper gives you, spent on the 100 questions that count. On the day, 20 unscored pretest items share the same 120 minutes, so the real pace is about 1 minutes an item — this run is deliberately a little kinder than that. The questions are dealt in the proportions the content outline publishes rather than evenly. The clock starts when you press the button and submits the test when it runs out, and you will not be told whether an answer was right until the end — that is the point of a full run.

1 min an item on the day No calculator Weighted to the published outline No account, nothing saved off your device

Practise one area at a time

The full test tells you where you stand. These tell you what to do about it: untimed sets with the explanation right after each answer, which is the one thing a timed run cannot give you.

The figure beside each domain is the number of scored items NHA’s test plan gives it, out of 100. These are NHA’s own counts, not this site’s estimate — spend your revision in that proportion.

Safety and compliance 26/100 Regulations, PHI, sharps and biohazards, exposure control, PPE, and responding to emergencies published 26% of the examinationPatient preparation 20/100 Identification, consent, the requisition, and everything asked before a tourniquet is touched published 20% of the examinationRoutine blood collections 28/100 The draw itself — equipment, tourniquet, site, order of draw, complications, and the label published 28% of the examinationSpecial collections 12/100 Blood cultures, paediatric and geriatric volumes, donation, POC testing, tolerance tests, forensic draws published 12% of the examinationProcessing 14/100 What happens to the specimen after the needle comes out — and the chain that must not break published 14% of the examination

A hundred and twenty questions, a hundred that count

The test plan states the paper exactly: 100 scored items and 20 pretest items, in two hours. The pretest items are being trialled for future examinations, they do not count towards your score, and they are not identified — so there is nothing to gain from trying to spot one. The blueprint describes the 100 that are scored, and that is what this practice test reproduces, domain by domain.

The reason it is worth checking which plan your material follows is that the plan changed. The one in force is built on a job analysis completed in 2024; the one before it came from a 2016 analysis and is still downloadable from NHA’s own site today. Under the old plan special collections carried seven of the hundred scored items. Under the current one it carries twelve. That is the largest proportional move on the paper, and it lands on the domain most candidates revise last — blood cultures, paediatric and geriatric volumes, donation, point-of-care testing, tolerance tests, blood alcohol and drug screens.

The other numbers moved too, in the direction most people would not guess: patient preparation went down, from twenty-three items to twenty, and routine blood collections — the part everyone thinks of as the job — went from thirty to twenty-eight. Revising to the old shape means spending too long on the draw and not long enough on the specimens that have their own rules.

Frequently asked

How many questions are on the NHA phlebotomy exam?
A hundred and twenty are presented and a hundred are scored. NHA’s test plan states “100 Scored Items/20 Pretest Items” with an exam time of two hours. The pretest items are not identified and do not count towards your result. Both numbers are correct, and most material quotes only one of them.
How long is the CPT exam?
Two hours. The test plan states it, and NHA’s programme page describes “the two-hour exam” taken at your school, at a PSI testing centre, or through live remote proctoring at a location of your choice. Nothing in the sources read states a warning at any particular point, so this site does not claim one.
What score do you need to pass the phlebotomy certification exam?
NHA’s passing standard was not readable from NHA’s own documents when this site was built — its candidate handbook sits behind a knowledge base that could not be reached — so no page here states a passing score. This practice test reports how many you answered correctly and how you did in each domain, and never estimates whether that would have passed. Any site quoting a specific figure is quoting something it has not cited.
What are the five CPT domains and how many questions does each carry?
Safety and compliance (26 items), patient preparation (20), routine blood collections (28), special collections (12), and processing (14). Those counts are NHA’s own, from the test plan built on its 2024 job analysis, and they sum to the 100 scored items.
Did the phlebotomy test plan change?
Yes. The plan in force comes from a job analysis completed in 2024. The previous plan came from a 2016 analysis and is still downloadable from NHA’s own site, which is why a lot of free material still teaches it. The clearest difference is special collections: seven scored items under the old plan, twelve under the current one. Patient preparation went from twenty-three to twenty and routine blood collections from thirty to twenty-eight.
Do I need to have done real blood draws to get certified?
Yes, and this is the part no practice test covers. Both eligibility routes require evidence that you have successfully performed a minimum of thirty venipunctures and ten capillary or finger sticks on live individuals, alongside either a training programme completed within the last five years or supervised work experience. The examination is the written half only.
Are these the real questions?
No, and nobody publishing the real ones would be doing so lawfully. Every question here is original, written against the published content outline so that practising it covers what the examination covers rather than reproducing it.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and nothing to buy. Your scores are kept in your own browser and never sent anywhere.

The other half of certification

Passing the examination is not the whole credential. Both eligibility routes require documented evidence of a minimum of thirty venipunctures and ten capillary or finger sticks performed on live individuals, alongside either a training programme completed within the last five years or supervised work experience. Nothing on this site produces that evidence — it is earned with your hands, in front of somebody who signs for it.

139 original questions are in the bank behind this test, across the 5 content areas above.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of the documents below, with the date it was read. Requirements change; if a source has moved on since that date, the source is right and this page is out of date.

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