How many special collections questions are on the CPT?

12. The blueprint in force publishes an item count for every content area, and it gives Special Collections 12% of the paper — 12 of the 100 scored questions (12%). The full-length test on this site deals that number rather than an even share.

Is this section timed?

Not on this page. These sets are for learning the material — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the whole paper, the full-length test runs the published clock. The real sitting is 120 questions in 120 minutes.

Are these real questions from the test?

No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

CPT special collections questions

Blood cultures, paediatric and geriatric volumes, donation, POC testing, tolerance tests, forensic draws.

4 12 of the 100 scored questions (12%)

18 questions in this set Untimed — explanation after each answer

CPT special collections 1 of 10

Why does blood culture collection use a more rigorous skin preparation than a routine venipuncture?

What this type asks

The domain that grew most between the two plans — from seven questions to twelve — and the one candidates revise least, which is exactly why it is worth going to first. Blood culture collection, with its own skin preparation, its own equipment and its own order of draw. Assisting other professionals with collections from lines. Samples for metabolic screening on filter paper. Phlebotomy for blood donation, which has its own screening standards. Working out volume limits for patients at higher risk so that the collection itself does not harm them. Non-blood specimens. Point-of-care testing. Tolerance tests. And two with a legal edge: preparing a site for blood alcohol testing, and collecting for drug screening, where how the specimen is handled matters as much as how it was drawn.

Blood culture collections — skin preparation, equipment, bottle preparation, order of drawAssisting other healthcare professionals with specimen collectionCollecting blood samples for metabolic syndromes on filter paperPhlebotomy for blood donations, including screening standardsCalculating or looking up volume requirements for higher-risk patientsPerforming or processing non-blood specimen collectionPoint-of-care testingTolerance testsPreparing the site for blood alcohol testingCollecting specimens for drug screening

Now do it with the clock running.

120 questions in 120 minutes — about 1 minutes each, which is the part no amount of untimed practice prepares you for.

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The other question types

Safety and compliance Patient preparation Routine blood collections Processing Full timed test

Frequently asked

How many special collections questions are on the CPT?: 12. The blueprint in force publishes an item count for every content area, and it gives Special Collections 12% of the paper — 12 of the 100 scored questions (12%). The full-length test on this site deals that number rather than an even share.
Is this section timed?: Not on this page. These sets are for learning the material — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the whole paper, the full-length test runs the published clock. The real sitting is 120 questions in 120 minutes.
Are these real questions from the test?: No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

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.

National Healthcareer Association — NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) Test Plan for the CPT Exam Read August 29, 2026
National Healthcareer Association — NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) Detailed Test Plan (2016 job analysis) Read August 29, 2026
National Healthcareer Association — Phlebotomy Certification (CPT) programme page Read August 29, 2026

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