CTBS Exam Review Questions
What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
history of cancer
obesity
cardiomyopathy
idiopathic disorders - ✔✔Cardiomyopathy
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 - ✔✔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?
2hrs
1hr
8hr
4hr - ✔✔2 hours
,At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
-50 degree celsius or colder
-1 degree celsius or colder
-25 degree celsius or colder
-100 degree celsius or colder - ✔✔-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 - ✔✔Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
Pre-processing cultures are
a. used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, and bacteria
b. required by AATB standards
c. reviewed by the medical director designee
d. preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics - ✔✔required by AATB standards
What is the insertion site for the patellar ligament?
gerdy's tubercle
tibio-fibular tubercle
tibial tubercle
,patella - ✔✔Tibial tubercle
Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long bones is responsible for
fighting infection?
red blood cells
white blood cells
platelets
macrophages - ✔✔White blood cells
When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone should be removed last?
tibia
iliac crest
femur
calcaneous - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Staphylococcuss Aureus
What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen tissue?
, -30 degree celsius or colder
-4 degree celsius or colder
-20 degree celsius or colder
-40 degree celsius or colder - ✔✔-20 degrees or colder
Residual calcium content may not exceed what percentage for demineralized bone?
5%
12%
8%
10% - ✔✔8%
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 - ✔✔husband
For in process controls, what percentage of grafts must be swabbed for testing?
100%
20%
10%
50% - ✔✔100%
What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
history of cancer
obesity
cardiomyopathy
idiopathic disorders - ✔✔Cardiomyopathy
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 - ✔✔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?
2hrs
1hr
8hr
4hr - ✔✔2 hours
,At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
-50 degree celsius or colder
-1 degree celsius or colder
-25 degree celsius or colder
-100 degree celsius or colder - ✔✔-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 - ✔✔Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
Pre-processing cultures are
a. used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, and bacteria
b. required by AATB standards
c. reviewed by the medical director designee
d. preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics - ✔✔required by AATB standards
What is the insertion site for the patellar ligament?
gerdy's tubercle
tibio-fibular tubercle
tibial tubercle
,patella - ✔✔Tibial tubercle
Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long bones is responsible for
fighting infection?
red blood cells
white blood cells
platelets
macrophages - ✔✔White blood cells
When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone should be removed last?
tibia
iliac crest
femur
calcaneous - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Staphylococcuss Aureus
What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen tissue?
, -30 degree celsius or colder
-4 degree celsius or colder
-20 degree celsius or colder
-40 degree celsius or colder - ✔✔-20 degrees or colder
Residual calcium content may not exceed what percentage for demineralized bone?
5%
12%
8%
10% - ✔✔8%
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 - ✔✔husband
For in process controls, what percentage of grafts must be swabbed for testing?
100%
20%
10%
50% - ✔✔100%
