IAHCSMM CIS CERTIFIED INSTRUMENT SPECIALIST
UPDATED EXAMS COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hemostat - ✔✔A surgical instrument used to grasp blood vessels to control
bleeding.
✔✔Impact Marker - ✔✔An instrument engraving tool, used for identification purposes,
which uses a forceful impact to "dent" the surface of the instrument. Impact markers can
damage the finish of some instruments.
✔✔Impactor - ✔✔An instrument used to drive an implant into bone. (Impactors are also
sometimes called drivers.)
✔✔Intubation - ✔✔Insertion of a thin, flexible tube into a hollow organ such as the
trachea.
✔✔Jaw - ✔✔Two opposite parts of an instrument designed to grasp, hold, or occlude by
opening and closing.
✔✔Laparoscope - ✔✔A viewing device which is inserted through the abdominal wall to
view the interior of the peritoneal cavity.
, ✔✔Laryngoscope - ✔✔A device used to visualize the larynx.
✔✔Laser - ✔✔A device that produces a very intense beam of light.
✔✔Laser Surgery - ✔✔Use of a controlled beam of light for cutting, hemostasis, or
tissue destruction.
✔✔Lumen - ✔✔The interior path through a needle or tube.
✔✔Martensitic - ✔✔Also known as 400 Series Stainless Steel, this metal is magnetic
and may be heat hardened. It is generally more susceptible to corrosion that 300
Series, or Austenitic Stainless Steel.
✔✔Needle Biopsy - ✔✔Core of tissue is removed using a needle. The tissue cells are
then tested for the abnormal cellular growth of cancer.
✔✔Nosocomial Infection - ✔✔An infection acquired in the hospital.
✔✔Open Reduction - ✔✔A procedure in which bone fragments are reduced (put back
into place) using a surgical procedure.
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
✔✔Osteotome - ✔✔A chisel-like instrument use to cut or shave bone.
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔Disease-producing
✔✔Passivation - ✔✔A chemical process applied during instrument manufacture that
provides a corrosion resistant finish by forming a thin transparent oxide film.
✔✔Proctoscope - ✔✔A device used to dilate and examine the rectum.
✔✔Prosthesis - ✔✔A man made device used to replace a part of the body, such as a
hip joint or knee joint.
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔A point nearest to a given reference point. (Proximal is the opposite of
distal.)
✔✔PSI - ✔✔Powered Surgical Instruments. PSIs are generally powered by electricity,
battery, or compressed air.
✔✔Ratchet - ✔✔The part of an instrument that "locks" the handles in place.
UPDATED EXAMS COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hemostat - ✔✔A surgical instrument used to grasp blood vessels to control
bleeding.
✔✔Impact Marker - ✔✔An instrument engraving tool, used for identification purposes,
which uses a forceful impact to "dent" the surface of the instrument. Impact markers can
damage the finish of some instruments.
✔✔Impactor - ✔✔An instrument used to drive an implant into bone. (Impactors are also
sometimes called drivers.)
✔✔Intubation - ✔✔Insertion of a thin, flexible tube into a hollow organ such as the
trachea.
✔✔Jaw - ✔✔Two opposite parts of an instrument designed to grasp, hold, or occlude by
opening and closing.
✔✔Laparoscope - ✔✔A viewing device which is inserted through the abdominal wall to
view the interior of the peritoneal cavity.
, ✔✔Laryngoscope - ✔✔A device used to visualize the larynx.
✔✔Laser - ✔✔A device that produces a very intense beam of light.
✔✔Laser Surgery - ✔✔Use of a controlled beam of light for cutting, hemostasis, or
tissue destruction.
✔✔Lumen - ✔✔The interior path through a needle or tube.
✔✔Martensitic - ✔✔Also known as 400 Series Stainless Steel, this metal is magnetic
and may be heat hardened. It is generally more susceptible to corrosion that 300
Series, or Austenitic Stainless Steel.
✔✔Needle Biopsy - ✔✔Core of tissue is removed using a needle. The tissue cells are
then tested for the abnormal cellular growth of cancer.
✔✔Nosocomial Infection - ✔✔An infection acquired in the hospital.
✔✔Open Reduction - ✔✔A procedure in which bone fragments are reduced (put back
into place) using a surgical procedure.
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
✔✔Osteotome - ✔✔A chisel-like instrument use to cut or shave bone.
✔✔Pathogenic - ✔✔Disease-producing
✔✔Passivation - ✔✔A chemical process applied during instrument manufacture that
provides a corrosion resistant finish by forming a thin transparent oxide film.
✔✔Proctoscope - ✔✔A device used to dilate and examine the rectum.
✔✔Prosthesis - ✔✔A man made device used to replace a part of the body, such as a
hip joint or knee joint.
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔A point nearest to a given reference point. (Proximal is the opposite of
distal.)
✔✔PSI - ✔✔Powered Surgical Instruments. PSIs are generally powered by electricity,
battery, or compressed air.
✔✔Ratchet - ✔✔The part of an instrument that "locks" the handles in place.
