CST Practice Boards Exam Form A &
B Questions and Answers Graded A+
Which of the following is considered the most important skill for a surgical
technologist?
- Management of specimen
- Management is sponges
- Maintaining an orderly set up
- Ensuring adequate lighting - Correct answer-Management of specimen
The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
- McBurney's
- Pfannenstiel
- Midline
- Subcostal - Correct answer-Midline
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,During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
- Housekeeping staff
- Anesthesia technician
- Surgical Technologist
- Central sterile processing - Correct answer-Surgical technologist
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly flow into
the third ventricle through the foramen of
- Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
- Monro into the fourth ventricle.
- Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
- Luschka into the fourth ventricle. - Correct answer-Sylvius into the fourth
ventricle.
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should
prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
- Place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator.
- Separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator.
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,- Place in separate containers and identify.
- Place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat. - Correct
answer-Place in separate containers and identify.
A surgical technologist received the following medications onto the sterile field:
0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine.
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to label these medications?
- saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
- NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
- saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
- 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine - Correct
answer-0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back for
excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are needed for
this case?
- Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
- laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
- Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
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, - nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds - Correct answer-laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen, which of
the following departments should be consulted?
- histology
- laboratory
- pathology
- radiology - Correct answer-pathology
The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
- 5 to 10.
- 15 to 25.
- 30 to 35
- 40 to 50. - Correct answer-15 to 25.
A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a procedure.
Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate performing immediate-use
sterilization?
- The sterilizer is used for implantable devices, but not instruments.
- The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
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B Questions and Answers Graded A+
Which of the following is considered the most important skill for a surgical
technologist?
- Management of specimen
- Management is sponges
- Maintaining an orderly set up
- Ensuring adequate lighting - Correct answer-Management of specimen
The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
- McBurney's
- Pfannenstiel
- Midline
- Subcostal - Correct answer-Midline
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,During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
- Housekeeping staff
- Anesthesia technician
- Surgical Technologist
- Central sterile processing - Correct answer-Surgical technologist
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly flow into
the third ventricle through the foramen of
- Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
- Monro into the fourth ventricle.
- Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
- Luschka into the fourth ventricle. - Correct answer-Sylvius into the fourth
ventricle.
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should
prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
- Place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator.
- Separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator.
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,- Place in separate containers and identify.
- Place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat. - Correct
answer-Place in separate containers and identify.
A surgical technologist received the following medications onto the sterile field:
0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine.
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to label these medications?
- saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
- NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
- saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
- 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine - Correct
answer-0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back for
excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are needed for
this case?
- Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
- laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
- Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
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, - nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds - Correct answer-laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen, which of
the following departments should be consulted?
- histology
- laboratory
- pathology
- radiology - Correct answer-pathology
The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
- 5 to 10.
- 15 to 25.
- 30 to 35
- 40 to 50. - Correct answer-15 to 25.
A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a procedure.
Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate performing immediate-use
sterilization?
- The sterilizer is used for implantable devices, but not instruments.
- The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
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