Surgical Tech Certifying exam practice
Which endoscope is used to visualize the heart and major vessels - Answer Angioscope
What is the correct postoperative sequence of actions completed by the st: 1. Assist
with postoperative patient care 2. Remove drapes 3. Remove gown and gloves 4. Break
down sterile setup - Answer Remove drapes, remove gown and gloves, assist with
postoperative patient care, break down sterile field
When would absorabable suture be contraindicated - Answer Vascular anastomosis
What damages the mastoid air cells and ossocles of the ear - Answer Cholesteatoma
What endoscope is used for removal of foreign bodies from the airway of a pediatric
patient - Answer Rigid bronchoscope
What for elements make up body's mass - Answer Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
Largest muscle of the upper calf - Answer Gastrocnemius
What is the length of time when Thrombin loses its potency - Answer 3 hrs
Teeth are composed primarily of - Answer Dentin
The basis for the design of electrical equipment in the OR is - Answer Electron theory
What procedure is used to decrease gastric sections - Answer Vagotomy
What is the muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm and covers the anterior
portion of the upper arm - Answer Biceps brachii
What is the purpose of inserting a ureteral stent catheter - Answer To bypass calculi
obstruction
What secretes hydrochloric acid - Answer parietal cells
What pre op diagnostic test would be administered to a patient with a brain injury -
Answer EEG
What is an example of a fenestrated drape - Answer Extremity
The walls of the vagina are lined with - Answer Mucosa
what position device is needed when placing the patient in the supine position - Answer
Elbow pads
,During a trabeculectomu which two layers are incised at the beginning of the procedure
- Answer Conjunctiva and tenon capsule
Which suture material would be used in the presence of infection - Answer Steel
When the surgeon makes a McBurney's incision which muscle is encountered first in
divided in the direction of its fibers - Answer External oblique
Transverse colectomy is incised through which incision - Answer Upper midline
What kind of uterine tissue can grow in abnormal locations including the ovaries pelvic
peritoneum and small intestine - Answer endometrial
How would you position a patient with an intertrochanteric fracture - Answer Supine
What do the neuroglia do in the nervous system - Answer Support and bind
What is another name for tonsil - Answer Yankauer
Which muscles relax when I small pad is placed under a patient's head in the supine
position - Answer Strap
Which pathological conditions of the small intestine could be misdiagnosed as acute
appendicitis - Answer Meckel's diverticulum
Which piece of equipment is required for administration of a bier block - Answer Double
cuffed tourniquet
What is the average normal respiration rate for children - Answer 18 to 30
To prevent density instrument sets should not exceed how many pounds - Answer 25
What is the name of a uterine fibroids - Answer Leiomyoma
The ureters
The bladder medically... - Answer From the posterior aspect
what is the correct order for donning or attire 1 scrub suit 2 shoe covers 3 hair cover 4
mask - Answer 3142
What is not a hemostatic agent used in orthopedic surgery - Answer Xeroform
What is responsible for disseminated intravascular coagulation - Answer Endotoxin
, Which preoperative diagnostic test is useful in diabetic patients with small vessel arterial
disease - Answer Plethysmography
What is the most effective method for sterilizing items that can be damaged by steam
sterilization - Answer Ethylene oxide
What is an incorrect way of preparing a paper plastic peel pack - Answer Having
instruments held together with autoclave tape within the peel pack
What does 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit equal in Celsius - Answer 37 degrees Celsius
What heals by contraction granulation and connective tissue - Answer Delayed closure
Before transporting instruments to the decontamination room what should the surgical
technologist complete - Answer Presoak instrument in detergent solution
During a kidney transplant the renal vein of the kids donor kidney is anastamosed to
what - Answer External iliac vein
Its culture is cannot be immediately transported from the surgery department to
pathology they should be... - Answer Placed in a refrigerator
items that are impenetrable to x-rays are described as - Answer Radiopaque
If cultures cannot be immediately transported from the surgery department to pathology
they should be? - Answer Placed in the refrigerator
What should be accomplished when preparing an esmarch bandage for sterilization -
Answer Later of webril rolled with bandage
Which surgical approach is often used for a craniotomy for aneurysm repair - Answer
Temporolatersl
Which of the following forceps would be used for a splenectomy - Answer Right angle
A blood ph of 7.5 indicates what - Answer Alkalosis
Which of the following describes the action of histamine - Answer Decrease gastric
volume in stomach
During a suprapubic prostatectomy which needle holder may be used when
reconstructing the bladder outlet - Answer Heaney
When performing a total knee arthoplasty the surgeon removes the osteophytes from
the rim of the femur and tibia with a what instrument - Answer Kerrison
Which endoscope is used to visualize the heart and major vessels - Answer Angioscope
What is the correct postoperative sequence of actions completed by the st: 1. Assist
with postoperative patient care 2. Remove drapes 3. Remove gown and gloves 4. Break
down sterile setup - Answer Remove drapes, remove gown and gloves, assist with
postoperative patient care, break down sterile field
When would absorabable suture be contraindicated - Answer Vascular anastomosis
What damages the mastoid air cells and ossocles of the ear - Answer Cholesteatoma
What endoscope is used for removal of foreign bodies from the airway of a pediatric
patient - Answer Rigid bronchoscope
What for elements make up body's mass - Answer Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
Largest muscle of the upper calf - Answer Gastrocnemius
What is the length of time when Thrombin loses its potency - Answer 3 hrs
Teeth are composed primarily of - Answer Dentin
The basis for the design of electrical equipment in the OR is - Answer Electron theory
What procedure is used to decrease gastric sections - Answer Vagotomy
What is the muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm and covers the anterior
portion of the upper arm - Answer Biceps brachii
What is the purpose of inserting a ureteral stent catheter - Answer To bypass calculi
obstruction
What secretes hydrochloric acid - Answer parietal cells
What pre op diagnostic test would be administered to a patient with a brain injury -
Answer EEG
What is an example of a fenestrated drape - Answer Extremity
The walls of the vagina are lined with - Answer Mucosa
what position device is needed when placing the patient in the supine position - Answer
Elbow pads
,During a trabeculectomu which two layers are incised at the beginning of the procedure
- Answer Conjunctiva and tenon capsule
Which suture material would be used in the presence of infection - Answer Steel
When the surgeon makes a McBurney's incision which muscle is encountered first in
divided in the direction of its fibers - Answer External oblique
Transverse colectomy is incised through which incision - Answer Upper midline
What kind of uterine tissue can grow in abnormal locations including the ovaries pelvic
peritoneum and small intestine - Answer endometrial
How would you position a patient with an intertrochanteric fracture - Answer Supine
What do the neuroglia do in the nervous system - Answer Support and bind
What is another name for tonsil - Answer Yankauer
Which muscles relax when I small pad is placed under a patient's head in the supine
position - Answer Strap
Which pathological conditions of the small intestine could be misdiagnosed as acute
appendicitis - Answer Meckel's diverticulum
Which piece of equipment is required for administration of a bier block - Answer Double
cuffed tourniquet
What is the average normal respiration rate for children - Answer 18 to 30
To prevent density instrument sets should not exceed how many pounds - Answer 25
What is the name of a uterine fibroids - Answer Leiomyoma
The ureters
The bladder medically... - Answer From the posterior aspect
what is the correct order for donning or attire 1 scrub suit 2 shoe covers 3 hair cover 4
mask - Answer 3142
What is not a hemostatic agent used in orthopedic surgery - Answer Xeroform
What is responsible for disseminated intravascular coagulation - Answer Endotoxin
, Which preoperative diagnostic test is useful in diabetic patients with small vessel arterial
disease - Answer Plethysmography
What is the most effective method for sterilizing items that can be damaged by steam
sterilization - Answer Ethylene oxide
What is an incorrect way of preparing a paper plastic peel pack - Answer Having
instruments held together with autoclave tape within the peel pack
What does 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit equal in Celsius - Answer 37 degrees Celsius
What heals by contraction granulation and connective tissue - Answer Delayed closure
Before transporting instruments to the decontamination room what should the surgical
technologist complete - Answer Presoak instrument in detergent solution
During a kidney transplant the renal vein of the kids donor kidney is anastamosed to
what - Answer External iliac vein
Its culture is cannot be immediately transported from the surgery department to
pathology they should be... - Answer Placed in a refrigerator
items that are impenetrable to x-rays are described as - Answer Radiopaque
If cultures cannot be immediately transported from the surgery department to pathology
they should be? - Answer Placed in the refrigerator
What should be accomplished when preparing an esmarch bandage for sterilization -
Answer Later of webril rolled with bandage
Which surgical approach is often used for a craniotomy for aneurysm repair - Answer
Temporolatersl
Which of the following forceps would be used for a splenectomy - Answer Right angle
A blood ph of 7.5 indicates what - Answer Alkalosis
Which of the following describes the action of histamine - Answer Decrease gastric
volume in stomach
During a suprapubic prostatectomy which needle holder may be used when
reconstructing the bladder outlet - Answer Heaney
When performing a total knee arthoplasty the surgeon removes the osteophytes from
the rim of the femur and tibia with a what instrument - Answer Kerrison
