CRCST EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) American National Standards developed by the Association for the Advancement
of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is an example of a? -- Answer ✔✔ standard
2) These agencies: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA), and State Health Departments all issue? -- Answer ✔✔ regulations
3) Although compliance with AAMI standards are not legally required, AAMI
standards for sterilization is recognized as what in the CS/SPD? -- Answer ✔✔
good practice
4) Who regulates all medical devices? -- Answer ✔✔ FDA
5) These organizations: International Association of Healthcare Central Service
Material Management (IAHCSMM) and Association of perioperative Registered
Nurses (AORN) issue? -- Answer ✔✔ Recommended Practices
,6) Who registers and regulates disinfectants and controls emissions under the Clean
Air Act and into Water in the Clean Water Act? -- Answer ✔✔ EPA
7) What requires medical device manufacturers and distributors to report patient
deaths, serious injuries, and serious device malfunctions? -- Answer ✔✔ Medical
Device Reporting Regulation
8) EO, antimicrobial pesticides, disinfectants, sterilant, and sporicides are substances
that is used in the CS/SPD and regulated by? -- Answer ✔✔ EPA
9) Who regulates the reprocessing of single-use devices by health care facilities and
third party reprocessors? -- Answer ✔✔ FDA
10) Who regulates occupational exposure to airborne contaminants, blood borne
pathogens, and communication of workplace hazards? -- Answer ✔✔ OSHA
11) Emergency eye wash stations should have should provide at least how many
gallons of water per minute continuously for 15 minutes? -- Answer ✔✔ 0.04
12) What requires facilities to obtain and make available to employees a Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for each chemical used in the workplace? -- Answer
✔✔ Hazardous Communications Standard
13) These devices only touch skin and only come into contact with persons indirectly.
-- Answer ✔✔ non-critical
14) Emergency Eye Wash Stations should permit ____________________
operation, stay-open feature, have the ability to flush both eyes at the same time,
be connected to warm not hot water to prevent burns to both eyes. -- Answer
✔✔ hands free
, 15) All emergency eye wash stations should be located within how many seconds of
travel time of all chemicals used in CS/SPD? -- Answer ✔✔ 10 seconds
16) Colonoscope, is an example of what type of device? -- Answer ✔✔ semi-critical
17) What type of fire extinguisher is used on paper or wood fires? -- Answer ✔✔ A-
Type
18) These type of devices touch intact mucous membranes during use and they may
be either sterilized or high level disinfected. -- Answer ✔✔ semi-critical
19) A hospital is only accredited for how many years? -- Answer ✔✔ 3 years
20) What defines what one must do? -- Answer ✔✔ a policy
21) These devices can either be cleaned and then disinfected with an intermediate-
level disinfectant, sanitized with a low level disinfectant or simply cleaned with
soap and water. -- Answer ✔✔ non-critical
22) This type of fire extinguisher contains water. -- Answer ✔✔ A-type
23) These devices should be sterilized when used and thus require sterilization
between uses. -- Answer ✔✔ critical
24) What kind of injuries is the most common injury for CS/SPD workers? -- Answer
✔✔ back
ANSWERS
1) American National Standards developed by the Association for the Advancement
of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is an example of a? -- Answer ✔✔ standard
2) These agencies: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA), and State Health Departments all issue? -- Answer ✔✔ regulations
3) Although compliance with AAMI standards are not legally required, AAMI
standards for sterilization is recognized as what in the CS/SPD? -- Answer ✔✔
good practice
4) Who regulates all medical devices? -- Answer ✔✔ FDA
5) These organizations: International Association of Healthcare Central Service
Material Management (IAHCSMM) and Association of perioperative Registered
Nurses (AORN) issue? -- Answer ✔✔ Recommended Practices
,6) Who registers and regulates disinfectants and controls emissions under the Clean
Air Act and into Water in the Clean Water Act? -- Answer ✔✔ EPA
7) What requires medical device manufacturers and distributors to report patient
deaths, serious injuries, and serious device malfunctions? -- Answer ✔✔ Medical
Device Reporting Regulation
8) EO, antimicrobial pesticides, disinfectants, sterilant, and sporicides are substances
that is used in the CS/SPD and regulated by? -- Answer ✔✔ EPA
9) Who regulates the reprocessing of single-use devices by health care facilities and
third party reprocessors? -- Answer ✔✔ FDA
10) Who regulates occupational exposure to airborne contaminants, blood borne
pathogens, and communication of workplace hazards? -- Answer ✔✔ OSHA
11) Emergency eye wash stations should have should provide at least how many
gallons of water per minute continuously for 15 minutes? -- Answer ✔✔ 0.04
12) What requires facilities to obtain and make available to employees a Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for each chemical used in the workplace? -- Answer
✔✔ Hazardous Communications Standard
13) These devices only touch skin and only come into contact with persons indirectly.
-- Answer ✔✔ non-critical
14) Emergency Eye Wash Stations should permit ____________________
operation, stay-open feature, have the ability to flush both eyes at the same time,
be connected to warm not hot water to prevent burns to both eyes. -- Answer
✔✔ hands free
, 15) All emergency eye wash stations should be located within how many seconds of
travel time of all chemicals used in CS/SPD? -- Answer ✔✔ 10 seconds
16) Colonoscope, is an example of what type of device? -- Answer ✔✔ semi-critical
17) What type of fire extinguisher is used on paper or wood fires? -- Answer ✔✔ A-
Type
18) These type of devices touch intact mucous membranes during use and they may
be either sterilized or high level disinfected. -- Answer ✔✔ semi-critical
19) A hospital is only accredited for how many years? -- Answer ✔✔ 3 years
20) What defines what one must do? -- Answer ✔✔ a policy
21) These devices can either be cleaned and then disinfected with an intermediate-
level disinfectant, sanitized with a low level disinfectant or simply cleaned with
soap and water. -- Answer ✔✔ non-critical
22) This type of fire extinguisher contains water. -- Answer ✔✔ A-type
23) These devices should be sterilized when used and thus require sterilization
between uses. -- Answer ✔✔ critical
24) What kind of injuries is the most common injury for CS/SPD workers? -- Answer
✔✔ back
