AATB Exam Questions & Answers
1. When handling sterile drapes, you must be sure that the drape is presented:
a. To a sterile person who is scrubbed, gowned, and gloved
b. Using quick movements when placed on the OR table
c. Prior to the surgical prep of the donor
d. After being sterilized using ETO - ✔✔a. To a sterile person who is scrubbed, gowned, and
gloved
2. The Achilles tendon is attached to which bone?
a. Calcaneus
b. Fibula
c. Talus
d. Tibia - ✔✔a. Calcaneus
3. Refrigerated skin may be returned to inventory if it has been maintained in a closed container
at:
a. -20 to -40 degrees C
b. -40 degrees C or colder
c. 1 to 10 degrees C
d. Ambient temperature - ✔✔c. 1 to 10 degrees C
4. The MOST accurate way to test for the presence of contamination of tissue allografts is by:
,a. A gram stain of the graft taken prior to final packaging
b. Cultures of blood and of the excised tissue of the donor at the time of recovery
c. Incubation of spore strips in bacterial growth media
d. Incubation of selected grafts or samples in bacterial growth media - ✔✔b. Cultures of blood
and of the excised tissue of the donor at the time of recovery
5. Receiving permission to obtain tissue from living or non-living donors in a manner that
provides the donor or the donor's next-of-kin information in clear and understandable term is
referred to as:
a. Durable power of attorney
b. Advance directive
c. Informed consent
d. Required request - ✔✔c. Informed consent
6. When preparing a donor for aseptic bone recovery, the extremities should be prepped:
a. From clean areas to dirty areas
b. From dirty areas to clean areas
c. From proximal to distal
d. After draping - ✔✔a. From clean areas to dirty areas
7. A negative test results means that the agent of substance being tested for is NOT:
a. Active
b. Present
,c. Detected
d. Able to be tested - ✔✔c. Detected
8. All reagents used in MS tissue processing must be:
a. Sterile
b. Isotonic
c. Approved by the medical director
d. AATB approved - ✔✔a. Sterile
9. Which of the following is NOT considered an acceptable method of sterilizing tissue for
implantation?
a. Steam autoclave
b. Electron beam irradiation
c. Gamma irradiation
d. Ethylene oxide - ✔✔a. Steam autoclave
10. Information that a potential donor has received 12 units of packed red blood cells in the OR
prior to death should be considered:
a. Relevant to HIV testing
b. Relevant to the dilution effect on all antigen/antibody testing
c. Relevant to HBsAg testing
d. Irrelevant, because transfused blood is screened - ✔✔b. Relevant to the dilution effect on all
antigen/antibody testing
, 11. Which of the following is most important for effective donor skin prep?
a. Extended prep time and applied pressure
b. Mechanical and extended prep time
c. Friction and heat
d. An antimicrobial solution - ✔✔d. An antimicrobial solution
12. Which of the following information MUST appear on the final tissue container label?
a. Descriptive name of the tissue
b. Preservatives used
d. Potential residuals of antibiotic solutions - ✔✔c. Tissue identification number
13. MS tissue may be obtained from living donors at the time of elective surgery and banked for
future use. Permission for recovery of these tissues:
a. Is implied in the standard permit for surgery
b. Is only required in cases where the banked tissue is to be distributed outside the recovery
hospital
c. Must be documented and informed consent obtained
d. Is not required because the tissue would otherwise be discarded - ✔✔c. Must be documented
and informed consent obtained
14. Warm ischemic time for cardiac tissue shall NOT exceed how many hours?
1. When handling sterile drapes, you must be sure that the drape is presented:
a. To a sterile person who is scrubbed, gowned, and gloved
b. Using quick movements when placed on the OR table
c. Prior to the surgical prep of the donor
d. After being sterilized using ETO - ✔✔a. To a sterile person who is scrubbed, gowned, and
gloved
2. The Achilles tendon is attached to which bone?
a. Calcaneus
b. Fibula
c. Talus
d. Tibia - ✔✔a. Calcaneus
3. Refrigerated skin may be returned to inventory if it has been maintained in a closed container
at:
a. -20 to -40 degrees C
b. -40 degrees C or colder
c. 1 to 10 degrees C
d. Ambient temperature - ✔✔c. 1 to 10 degrees C
4. The MOST accurate way to test for the presence of contamination of tissue allografts is by:
,a. A gram stain of the graft taken prior to final packaging
b. Cultures of blood and of the excised tissue of the donor at the time of recovery
c. Incubation of spore strips in bacterial growth media
d. Incubation of selected grafts or samples in bacterial growth media - ✔✔b. Cultures of blood
and of the excised tissue of the donor at the time of recovery
5. Receiving permission to obtain tissue from living or non-living donors in a manner that
provides the donor or the donor's next-of-kin information in clear and understandable term is
referred to as:
a. Durable power of attorney
b. Advance directive
c. Informed consent
d. Required request - ✔✔c. Informed consent
6. When preparing a donor for aseptic bone recovery, the extremities should be prepped:
a. From clean areas to dirty areas
b. From dirty areas to clean areas
c. From proximal to distal
d. After draping - ✔✔a. From clean areas to dirty areas
7. A negative test results means that the agent of substance being tested for is NOT:
a. Active
b. Present
,c. Detected
d. Able to be tested - ✔✔c. Detected
8. All reagents used in MS tissue processing must be:
a. Sterile
b. Isotonic
c. Approved by the medical director
d. AATB approved - ✔✔a. Sterile
9. Which of the following is NOT considered an acceptable method of sterilizing tissue for
implantation?
a. Steam autoclave
b. Electron beam irradiation
c. Gamma irradiation
d. Ethylene oxide - ✔✔a. Steam autoclave
10. Information that a potential donor has received 12 units of packed red blood cells in the OR
prior to death should be considered:
a. Relevant to HIV testing
b. Relevant to the dilution effect on all antigen/antibody testing
c. Relevant to HBsAg testing
d. Irrelevant, because transfused blood is screened - ✔✔b. Relevant to the dilution effect on all
antigen/antibody testing
, 11. Which of the following is most important for effective donor skin prep?
a. Extended prep time and applied pressure
b. Mechanical and extended prep time
c. Friction and heat
d. An antimicrobial solution - ✔✔d. An antimicrobial solution
12. Which of the following information MUST appear on the final tissue container label?
a. Descriptive name of the tissue
b. Preservatives used
d. Potential residuals of antibiotic solutions - ✔✔c. Tissue identification number
13. MS tissue may be obtained from living donors at the time of elective surgery and banked for
future use. Permission for recovery of these tissues:
a. Is implied in the standard permit for surgery
b. Is only required in cases where the banked tissue is to be distributed outside the recovery
hospital
c. Must be documented and informed consent obtained
d. Is not required because the tissue would otherwise be discarded - ✔✔c. Must be documented
and informed consent obtained
14. Warm ischemic time for cardiac tissue shall NOT exceed how many hours?
