CTBS PRACTICE EXAM 428 PRACTICE
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTION FULL SOLUTION
SET
◉ AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain SOPs
encompassing all of the following except:
a. Donor suitability criteria and record management policies
b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release of tissue.
Answer: b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
◉ During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of time that
skin can be exposed to temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius?
a. 2hrs
b. 1hr
c. 8hr
d. 4hr.
Answer: a. 2 hours
◉ At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
,a. -50 degree celsius or colder
b. -1 degree celsius or colder
c. -25 degree celsius or colder
d. -100 degree celsius or colder.
Answer: d. -100 degree Celsius or colder
◉ What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that have
been breastfed in the 12 months prior to donation?
a. Length of time donor was fed
b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits.
Answer: c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
◉ Pre-processing cultures are:
a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
b. Required by AATB standards
c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics.
Answer: b. Required by AATB standards
,◉ Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long
bones is responsible for fighting infection?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Platelets
d. Macrophages.
Answer: b. White Blood Cells
◉ When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone
should be removed last?
a. Tibia
b. Iliac Crest
c. Femur
d. Calcaneous.
Answer: b. Iliac Crest
◉ Which of the following organisms cultured from skin shall make
skin not suitable for transplantation?
a. Cornebacterium Sp.
b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
d. Streptococcuss Viridans.
, Answer: c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
◉ What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen
tissue?
a. -30 degree celsius or colder
b. -4 degree celsius or colder
c. -20 degree celsius or colder
d. -40 degree celsius or colder.
Answer: c. -20 degree celsius or colder
◉ A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential donor.
Who must give consent for donation?
a. Mother
b. Brother or Sister
c. Adult Son or Daughter
d. Husband.
Answer: d. Husband
◉ For in process controls, what percentage of grafts must be
swabbed for testing?
a. 100%
b. 20%
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTION FULL SOLUTION
SET
◉ AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain SOPs
encompassing all of the following except:
a. Donor suitability criteria and record management policies
b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release of tissue.
Answer: b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
◉ During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of time that
skin can be exposed to temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius?
a. 2hrs
b. 1hr
c. 8hr
d. 4hr.
Answer: a. 2 hours
◉ At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
,a. -50 degree celsius or colder
b. -1 degree celsius or colder
c. -25 degree celsius or colder
d. -100 degree celsius or colder.
Answer: d. -100 degree Celsius or colder
◉ What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that have
been breastfed in the 12 months prior to donation?
a. Length of time donor was fed
b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits.
Answer: c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
◉ Pre-processing cultures are:
a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
b. Required by AATB standards
c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics.
Answer: b. Required by AATB standards
,◉ Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long
bones is responsible for fighting infection?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Platelets
d. Macrophages.
Answer: b. White Blood Cells
◉ When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone
should be removed last?
a. Tibia
b. Iliac Crest
c. Femur
d. Calcaneous.
Answer: b. Iliac Crest
◉ Which of the following organisms cultured from skin shall make
skin not suitable for transplantation?
a. Cornebacterium Sp.
b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
d. Streptococcuss Viridans.
, Answer: c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
◉ What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen
tissue?
a. -30 degree celsius or colder
b. -4 degree celsius or colder
c. -20 degree celsius or colder
d. -40 degree celsius or colder.
Answer: c. -20 degree celsius or colder
◉ A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential donor.
Who must give consent for donation?
a. Mother
b. Brother or Sister
c. Adult Son or Daughter
d. Husband.
Answer: d. Husband
◉ For in process controls, what percentage of grafts must be
swabbed for testing?
a. 100%
b. 20%
