STERILE PROCESSING ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT VIEW AHEAD EXAM FULL SOLUTION
2026 GRADED A+
⫸ Material Safety Data Sheets provide health and safety hazard and
risk information on which of the following-. Answer: chemical
⫸ Which of the following is an ethical responsibility of an individual
working in the central processing department-. Answer: maintaining
patient confidentiality
⫸ Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence
for the traffic work flow in areas for which medical devices are
processed-. Answer: decontamination, assembly, packaging,
sterilization, sterile storage
⫸ A spiral shaped line in a picture in a picture-. Answer: spirochete
⫸ Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants
used on floors and walls in the sterile processing and the distribution
department-. Answer: environmental protection agency
⫸ Clean to Dirty is an SPD term used to describe-. Answer: traffic
patterns
, ⫸ Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should not be worn in SPD
because it can-. Answer: get caught in moving equipment
⫸ Rod-Shaped bacteria is called-. Answer: bacilli
⫸ A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease-.
Answer: hepatitis C virus
⫸ A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized
instrument. This is an example of what-. Answer: nosocomial
infection
⫸ A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the SPD on a
cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The
technician should-. Answer: clean and dry the transport cart and send
it to distribution for the trays
⫸ Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the
following agents-. Answer: hepatitis B
⫸ Which of the following best describes the manual cleaning process
of surgical instruments-. Answer: scrubbing the instrument in a
detergent solution
⫸ A technician notices a maintenance person working in decon did
not remove their PPE after leaving the area. The technician should-.
SCRIPT VIEW AHEAD EXAM FULL SOLUTION
2026 GRADED A+
⫸ Material Safety Data Sheets provide health and safety hazard and
risk information on which of the following-. Answer: chemical
⫸ Which of the following is an ethical responsibility of an individual
working in the central processing department-. Answer: maintaining
patient confidentiality
⫸ Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence
for the traffic work flow in areas for which medical devices are
processed-. Answer: decontamination, assembly, packaging,
sterilization, sterile storage
⫸ A spiral shaped line in a picture in a picture-. Answer: spirochete
⫸ Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants
used on floors and walls in the sterile processing and the distribution
department-. Answer: environmental protection agency
⫸ Clean to Dirty is an SPD term used to describe-. Answer: traffic
patterns
, ⫸ Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should not be worn in SPD
because it can-. Answer: get caught in moving equipment
⫸ Rod-Shaped bacteria is called-. Answer: bacilli
⫸ A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease-.
Answer: hepatitis C virus
⫸ A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized
instrument. This is an example of what-. Answer: nosocomial
infection
⫸ A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the SPD on a
cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The
technician should-. Answer: clean and dry the transport cart and send
it to distribution for the trays
⫸ Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the
following agents-. Answer: hepatitis B
⫸ Which of the following best describes the manual cleaning process
of surgical instruments-. Answer: scrubbing the instrument in a
detergent solution
⫸ A technician notices a maintenance person working in decon did
not remove their PPE after leaving the area. The technician should-.
