CTBS PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Donor eligibility criteria shall be established by the:
A. Executive leadership.
B. AOC.
C. Recovery organization's medical director.
D. The medical director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
You are completing an MS tissue recovery and your donor was involved in a traumatic event resulting in
multiple abrasions. Some abrasions are noted to the medial aspect of the right lower extremity. What
should you do?
A. Defer the tissues from that side.
B. Proceed as normal because there are no lacerations.
C. Recover tissues below the abrasion.
D. Prep and drape the site and modify your incision to avoid the area. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Aseptic tissue recovery is completed in ____________ to reduce the potential for cross contamination.
A. sequence
B. quickly
C. the operating room
D. zones - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Split, or partial-partial thickness, skin is recovered using a
A. dermatome.
B. scalpel.
C. osteotome.
D. forceps. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
A container is an enclosure for one finished unit of transplantable tissue. All of the following are physical
properties of a container EXCEPT:
,A. withstand sterilization and storage.
B. is designed only for storage of lyophilized tissue.
C. maintain tissue quality through labeled expiration date
D. shall not produce toxic residues during storage. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B
The donor risk assessment interview (DRAI) should be completed with the:
A. significant other/spouse.
B. legal next-of-kin.
C. primary care physician.
D. most knowledgeable person. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Donation must be deferred if the potential donor was bitten by a potentially rabid animal within the
last:
A. 12 months.
B. 5 years.
C. 28 days.
D. 6 months. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
You are recovering skin from an authorized donor and note multiple tattoos covering the recovery zone.
What should you do?
A. Move forward with the recovery.
B. The processor can decide if the skin is suitable.
C. Defer the skin.
D. Move forward if the tattoos are on the DRAI. Confirm tattoos were professionally done. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅B
Drapes used to isolate recovery sites during the tissue recovery must be
A. Aseptic
B. Opened by two people
C. Sterile
,D. Antiseptic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C
Which of the following tissue measurements is incorrect?
A. vascular graft diameter in centimeters.
B. heart valve internal valve annulus in millimeters.
C. length of main, left and right pulmonary arteries in millimeters (mm) or centimeters.
D. vascular segment length in centimeters. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
You are discussing with a colleague the correct procedure for documenting the recovery of MS tissue.
You do not agree on the steps involved. How would you determine the correct procedure to follow?
A. Ask another colleague.
B. Locate the relevant SOP's in the Standard Operating Procedures Manual (SOPM)
C. E-mail your manager and get their opinion
D. Proceed with you individual methods. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B
You are conducting an audit and note that a final package label is missing the required information.
What must be done with the packaged tissue?
A. It must be discarded.
B. The tissue can be distributed because the packaging has not been breached.
C. It must be placed in quarantine until the issue is resolved.
D. The tissue must be repackaged. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C
The DRAI:
A. Is a documented dialogue with an individual who would be knowledgeable of the donor's relevant
medical history and social behavior.
B. Uses a standardized questionnaire formulated from The Standards, current federal regulations, and
guidance.
C. Is a screening tool to assess a potential donor's medical and travel history.
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
, It is 1400 on July 6 and you have been assigned to a case. Your donor was last known alive on July 5 at
2300. They were pronounced dead on the scene at 0700 and transported to the local morgue cooler at
0800. The autopsy started at 1000 and the donor was returned to the morgue cooler at 1130. You
arrange transport to your recovery suite and the donor is picked up by the transporter at 1600 and was
placed in your morgue cooler at 1830. Based on the cooling times, which of the following statements
applies.
A. You must defer the case as total time out of cooling exceeds 12 hours.
B. You may only recover skin.
C. You must defer the case due to it being post-autopsy.
D. Recovery must commence in under 2 hours from removing the donor from your morgue cooler. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Beyond the knee, the femoral artery becomes the
A. popliteal artery.
B. femoral vein.
C. saphenous vein.
D. saphenous artery. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
You are completing the DRAI and learn that the potential donor lived with a relative who was HCV
positive at the time of death. According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking you must
A. Proceed with the case if there was no physical or sexual interaction between the two individuals.
B. Confirm if the potential donor had recently had an infectious panel ran.
C. Defer the case.
D. Proceed with the case if the donor was being treated with antiviral medications. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅C
A tissue distribution intermediary (TDI) performs which of the following services:
A. Processing and preparation of tissue.
B. The recovery and storage of tissue.
C. The processing and distribution of tissue.
D. The distribution/dispensing of processed tissue. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Donor eligibility criteria shall be established by the:
A. Executive leadership.
B. AOC.
C. Recovery organization's medical director.
D. The medical director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
You are completing an MS tissue recovery and your donor was involved in a traumatic event resulting in
multiple abrasions. Some abrasions are noted to the medial aspect of the right lower extremity. What
should you do?
A. Defer the tissues from that side.
B. Proceed as normal because there are no lacerations.
C. Recover tissues below the abrasion.
D. Prep and drape the site and modify your incision to avoid the area. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Aseptic tissue recovery is completed in ____________ to reduce the potential for cross contamination.
A. sequence
B. quickly
C. the operating room
D. zones - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Split, or partial-partial thickness, skin is recovered using a
A. dermatome.
B. scalpel.
C. osteotome.
D. forceps. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
A container is an enclosure for one finished unit of transplantable tissue. All of the following are physical
properties of a container EXCEPT:
,A. withstand sterilization and storage.
B. is designed only for storage of lyophilized tissue.
C. maintain tissue quality through labeled expiration date
D. shall not produce toxic residues during storage. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B
The donor risk assessment interview (DRAI) should be completed with the:
A. significant other/spouse.
B. legal next-of-kin.
C. primary care physician.
D. most knowledgeable person. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Donation must be deferred if the potential donor was bitten by a potentially rabid animal within the
last:
A. 12 months.
B. 5 years.
C. 28 days.
D. 6 months. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
You are recovering skin from an authorized donor and note multiple tattoos covering the recovery zone.
What should you do?
A. Move forward with the recovery.
B. The processor can decide if the skin is suitable.
C. Defer the skin.
D. Move forward if the tattoos are on the DRAI. Confirm tattoos were professionally done. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅B
Drapes used to isolate recovery sites during the tissue recovery must be
A. Aseptic
B. Opened by two people
C. Sterile
,D. Antiseptic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C
Which of the following tissue measurements is incorrect?
A. vascular graft diameter in centimeters.
B. heart valve internal valve annulus in millimeters.
C. length of main, left and right pulmonary arteries in millimeters (mm) or centimeters.
D. vascular segment length in centimeters. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
You are discussing with a colleague the correct procedure for documenting the recovery of MS tissue.
You do not agree on the steps involved. How would you determine the correct procedure to follow?
A. Ask another colleague.
B. Locate the relevant SOP's in the Standard Operating Procedures Manual (SOPM)
C. E-mail your manager and get their opinion
D. Proceed with you individual methods. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B
You are conducting an audit and note that a final package label is missing the required information.
What must be done with the packaged tissue?
A. It must be discarded.
B. The tissue can be distributed because the packaging has not been breached.
C. It must be placed in quarantine until the issue is resolved.
D. The tissue must be repackaged. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅C
The DRAI:
A. Is a documented dialogue with an individual who would be knowledgeable of the donor's relevant
medical history and social behavior.
B. Uses a standardized questionnaire formulated from The Standards, current federal regulations, and
guidance.
C. Is a screening tool to assess a potential donor's medical and travel history.
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
, It is 1400 on July 6 and you have been assigned to a case. Your donor was last known alive on July 5 at
2300. They were pronounced dead on the scene at 0700 and transported to the local morgue cooler at
0800. The autopsy started at 1000 and the donor was returned to the morgue cooler at 1130. You
arrange transport to your recovery suite and the donor is picked up by the transporter at 1600 and was
placed in your morgue cooler at 1830. Based on the cooling times, which of the following statements
applies.
A. You must defer the case as total time out of cooling exceeds 12 hours.
B. You may only recover skin.
C. You must defer the case due to it being post-autopsy.
D. Recovery must commence in under 2 hours from removing the donor from your morgue cooler. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
Beyond the knee, the femoral artery becomes the
A. popliteal artery.
B. femoral vein.
C. saphenous vein.
D. saphenous artery. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A
You are completing the DRAI and learn that the potential donor lived with a relative who was HCV
positive at the time of death. According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking you must
A. Proceed with the case if there was no physical or sexual interaction between the two individuals.
B. Confirm if the potential donor had recently had an infectious panel ran.
C. Defer the case.
D. Proceed with the case if the donor was being treated with antiviral medications. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅C
A tissue distribution intermediary (TDI) performs which of the following services:
A. Processing and preparation of tissue.
B. The recovery and storage of tissue.
C. The processing and distribution of tissue.
D. The distribution/dispensing of processed tissue. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D
