IAHCSMM CRCST LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Bowie dick tests should be run in - ✔✔Dynamic air removal steam sterilizers
✔✔Cellulosic materials (paper, cotton and linen) cannot be processed
in a/an: - ✔✔hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilizer
✔✔Central service technicians must be able to identify approximately 100s of
instruments - ✔✔True
✔✔Creates and revises standards for processing water for irrigation. - ✔✔USP-NF (the
United States Pharmacopoeia-national formulary)
✔✔Creation of a new blood supply to an area of the heart with a clotted/blocked artery -
✔✔CABG (coronary artery bypass graft)
✔✔Deionized water is used for: - ✔✔Sterile irrigation
✔✔develops recommended standards, practices and guidelines for care and processing
of devices - ✔✔AAMI
✔✔Disadvantages to a case cart distribution system - ✔✔A lag time between usage and
replenishment
✔✔During instruments manufacture the process of passivation helps build a protective
chromium oxide layer on each instruments surface - ✔✔True
✔✔Each year, approximately____ patients develop a healthcare associated infection -
✔✔2 million
✔✔Typically 1 min of drying time programmed into flash cycles removes steam from
chamber but doesn't dry device completely - ✔✔Drying phase of steam sterilization
✔✔What would be the recommended exposure time for a dry heat sterilization load that
was run at an exposure temperature of 320 degrees •F - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔The term "super heated steam" means - ✔✔Dry steam
✔✔Some plastics including formulations of spun bonded polyolefin are intended for use
solely in these sterilization processes: - ✔✔low temperature
, ✔✔The part of the digestive system where the greatest absorption of nutrients into body
cells takes place - ✔✔small intestines
✔✔Water that is turbid is : - ✔✔cloudy
✔✔Softened water - ✔✔decreases the likelihood of mineral scale deposits
✔✔A liquid oxidizing agent that is an effective biocide at low temperatures. It is a used
in a sterilizaiton system that processes immersible instruments for immediate use -
✔✔Paracetic Acid (PA)
✔✔Award given by the American nurses credentialing center to hospitals that satisfy
factors that measure the strength and quality of nursing care viewed as one of the
highest achievement a hospital can obtain - ✔✔Magnet status
✔✔Modern powered surgical instruments are immersive.
True or False - ✔✔False
✔✔The term "excise" means - ✔✔To cut out
✔✔Which of the following tracking methods provides real time information? - ✔✔RFID
✔✔The spore used in the testing of steam sterilization is - ✔✔Geobacillus
stearothermophilus
✔✔In a sterilization load containing 2 small basins, the chemicals indicators will be
positioned. - ✔✔On the top of the basins
✔✔This unit pumps heated or cooled water through a coiled pad to therapeutically raise
or lower the body temperature - ✔✔hypothermia unit
✔✔Which of the following is the most popular title for the central service department
head - ✔✔director
✔✔Implantable devices - ✔✔should not be flash sterilized
✔✔Heat sensitive items - ✔✔The nurse is aware that the use of ethylene oxide gas is
reserved for the sterilization of:
✔✔Two most common temperatures used in steam sterilization are - ✔✔250 and 270-
275
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Bowie dick tests should be run in - ✔✔Dynamic air removal steam sterilizers
✔✔Cellulosic materials (paper, cotton and linen) cannot be processed
in a/an: - ✔✔hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilizer
✔✔Central service technicians must be able to identify approximately 100s of
instruments - ✔✔True
✔✔Creates and revises standards for processing water for irrigation. - ✔✔USP-NF (the
United States Pharmacopoeia-national formulary)
✔✔Creation of a new blood supply to an area of the heart with a clotted/blocked artery -
✔✔CABG (coronary artery bypass graft)
✔✔Deionized water is used for: - ✔✔Sterile irrigation
✔✔develops recommended standards, practices and guidelines for care and processing
of devices - ✔✔AAMI
✔✔Disadvantages to a case cart distribution system - ✔✔A lag time between usage and
replenishment
✔✔During instruments manufacture the process of passivation helps build a protective
chromium oxide layer on each instruments surface - ✔✔True
✔✔Each year, approximately____ patients develop a healthcare associated infection -
✔✔2 million
✔✔Typically 1 min of drying time programmed into flash cycles removes steam from
chamber but doesn't dry device completely - ✔✔Drying phase of steam sterilization
✔✔What would be the recommended exposure time for a dry heat sterilization load that
was run at an exposure temperature of 320 degrees •F - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔The term "super heated steam" means - ✔✔Dry steam
✔✔Some plastics including formulations of spun bonded polyolefin are intended for use
solely in these sterilization processes: - ✔✔low temperature
, ✔✔The part of the digestive system where the greatest absorption of nutrients into body
cells takes place - ✔✔small intestines
✔✔Water that is turbid is : - ✔✔cloudy
✔✔Softened water - ✔✔decreases the likelihood of mineral scale deposits
✔✔A liquid oxidizing agent that is an effective biocide at low temperatures. It is a used
in a sterilizaiton system that processes immersible instruments for immediate use -
✔✔Paracetic Acid (PA)
✔✔Award given by the American nurses credentialing center to hospitals that satisfy
factors that measure the strength and quality of nursing care viewed as one of the
highest achievement a hospital can obtain - ✔✔Magnet status
✔✔Modern powered surgical instruments are immersive.
True or False - ✔✔False
✔✔The term "excise" means - ✔✔To cut out
✔✔Which of the following tracking methods provides real time information? - ✔✔RFID
✔✔The spore used in the testing of steam sterilization is - ✔✔Geobacillus
stearothermophilus
✔✔In a sterilization load containing 2 small basins, the chemicals indicators will be
positioned. - ✔✔On the top of the basins
✔✔This unit pumps heated or cooled water through a coiled pad to therapeutically raise
or lower the body temperature - ✔✔hypothermia unit
✔✔Which of the following is the most popular title for the central service department
head - ✔✔director
✔✔Implantable devices - ✔✔should not be flash sterilized
✔✔Heat sensitive items - ✔✔The nurse is aware that the use of ethylene oxide gas is
reserved for the sterilization of:
✔✔Two most common temperatures used in steam sterilization are - ✔✔250 and 270-
275
