This Medical Technologist cheat sheet distills the AMT MT content outline into a printable rundown of the clinical laboratory facts examiners test most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free MT toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
Medical Technologist exam at a glance
- Certifying body: American Medical Technologists (AMT)
- Questions: ~200 multiple-choice (includes unscored pretest items)
- Time: ~3 to 3.5 hours, computer-based via Pearson VUE
- Passing score: Scaled score of 70 (criterion-referenced 0–100 scale)
- Cost: Several hundred dollars, set by AMT; recertify via the CCP on 3-year cycles
What’s on the Medical Technologist cheat sheet
- Clinical Chemistry (~19%) — electrolytes and acid-base, anion gap, renal and liver markers, troponin, lipids, glucose, and hormones — the single largest category.
- Microbiology (~16%) — Gram staining, catalase and coagulase, selective and differential media, Kirby-Bauer susceptibility, and key organism identification.
- Hematology (~13%) — the CBC and red-cell indices, anemia by MCV, reticulocytes, and the morphology and inclusions that flag leukemias.
- General Laboratory (~12%) — Westgard QC rules, Levey-Jennings charts, lab math and Beer's law, the CLSI order of draw, safety, and molecular methods.
- Immunohematology (~10%) — ABO/Rh forward-and-reverse grouping, the direct and indirect antiglobulin tests, and compatibility testing.
- Immunology & Serology (~9%) — immunoglobulin classes, complement, ELISA, the prozone effect, and infectious and autoimmune serology patterns.
- Urinalysis & Body Fluids (~8%) — urine chemistry and microscopy, casts and crystals, and CSF and serous fluid analysis.
- Coagulation & Hemostasis (~7%) — PT and INR, aPTT, the mixing study, D-dimer, and the DIC pattern.
- Blood Banking & Transfusion Services (~6%) — acute hemolytic and febrile reactions, TRALI and TACO, RhIG, and component selection.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load the three heaviest categories — Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Hematology together make up nearly half the exam, so lock those facts first.
- Drill the rule-based one-liners the sheet isolates: the CLSI order of draw, Westgard multirules, PT versus aPTT, ABO forward-and-reverse grouping, and the mixing-study rule.
- Study off your daily bench — the disciplines you rarely touch (often blood bank, molecular, or micro) are where the score moves, so give them extra passes.
- Read the whole sheet the morning of your test as a final memory refresh, then walk in and pace yourself across all nine categories.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your Medical Technologist practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
Medical Technologist cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the Medical Technologist cheat sheet is 100% free to download as a PDF, with no sign-up required. It sits alongside Career Employer's free MT practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your entire prep stack costs nothing.
The sheet condenses the highest-yield facts from all nine AMT MT content categories — General Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Coagulation, Immunology and Serology, Immunohematology, Blood Banking, Microbiology, and Urinalysis and Body Fluids — into a fast quick-reference you can scan before the exam.
The AMT Medical Technologist exam is a computer-based test of roughly 200 multiple-choice questions. It is scored on a criterion-referenced scaled range of 0 to 100, and you need a scaled score of 70 to pass — so the standard is not a fixed percentage of items correct.
They are separate credentials from different agencies, but they test nearly identical clinical laboratory science across the same disciplines. This cheat sheet works for either route; if you are pursuing the ASCP credential instead, our ASCP resources cover the same content from that angle.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly — no email or account needed. Bookmark the page so you can pull the sheet back up during your final review week.
References
- 1.American Medical Technologists (AMT). “Medical Technologist (MT) Certification.” americanmedtech.org, 2026. ↑
- 2.American Medical Technologists (AMT). “Medical Technologist Certification Exam Content Outline.” americanmedtech.org. ↑
- 3.American Medical Technologists (AMT). “Certification & Eligibility Requirements.” americanmedtech.org. ↑
- 4.American Medical Technologists (AMT). “Certification Continuation Program (CCP).” americanmedtech.org. ↑
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