CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide
questions and answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do?
- correct answer Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the
following?
- correct answer Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in which
medical devices are processed?
- correct answer Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing department is
because they can
- correct answer Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the Sterile
Processing Department?
- correct answer Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines
- correct answer Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe
- correct answer Work flow
, What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department?
- correct answer Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile
Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it
- correct answer Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED
- correct answer In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures
- correct answer Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an example of
- correct answer A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with
- correct answer Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT
- correct answer Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to
- correct answer Provide the body with nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease?
- correct answer Hepatitis C Virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called
- correct answer Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT
- correct answer Increasing the patient length of stay
questions and answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do?
- correct answer Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the
following?
- correct answer Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in which
medical devices are processed?
- correct answer Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing department is
because they can
- correct answer Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the Sterile
Processing Department?
- correct answer Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines
- correct answer Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe
- correct answer Work flow
, What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department?
- correct answer Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile
Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it
- correct answer Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED
- correct answer In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures
- correct answer Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an example of
- correct answer A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with
- correct answer Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT
- correct answer Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to
- correct answer Provide the body with nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease?
- correct answer Hepatitis C Virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called
- correct answer Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT
- correct answer Increasing the patient length of stay
