CST PRACTICE EXAM 2. UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS PROVIDED
2024/2025.
1. What is used to retract the spermatic cord during an inguinal
herniorrhaphy? -
: Penrose Drain
2. Why is an indwelling Foley catheter placed prior to a
hysterectomy? Avoid injury to the bladder
3. Which of the following scissors is best choice for extending
an arterial incision? Potts-Smith
4. Which of the following is used to stain the cervix for
Schiller's test? Lugol's solution
5. Which of the following arises from the left ventricle of the
heart? Ascending aorta
6. What method is used to confirm that items have been
exposed to the sterilization process? Chemical
7. Why would the hair of a patient undergoing a craniotomy be
bagged, labeled and saved? It is the patients property
8. When preparing a double basin for sterilization, the: Basins
should be separated by a porous, absorbent towel
9. Which structure, during a total hip arthroplasty, requires
intramedullary reaming prior to the placement of a prosthesis?
Femoral canal
10. Which of the following is the least restrictive form of
credentialing? Registration
1 1. What drug classification is Demerol: Analgesic
12. What should be transported to PACU with a patient who
underwent a thyroidectomy? Tracheotomy tray
13. What is the chemical abbreviation for sodium chloride? NaCl
14. Which organelle is responsible for packing of proteins? Golgi
Complex
, CST PRACTICE EXAM 2. UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS PROVIDED
2024/2025.
15. Which procedure would utilize the "Bullet”? Hemorrhoidecto
16. What types of treatment does a patient authorize when
signing a general consent form? All routine treatments or
procedures
17. Which medication can be used as a topical jelly during
cystoscopy procedures? Xylocain
18. Which of the following is a primary postoperative
complication of carotid enterectomy? Stroke
20. When is it acceptable to open surgical dressing sponges:
After final count 21. What is the correct procedure to follow
when a sterilized rigid instrument container is opened and
condensation is observed? Do not use it, return to sterile
processing
22. Which method of sterilization requires an aeration cycle? Eto
23. Elevated IOP in glaucoma patients is a result of excess?
Aqueous humor
24. Where should the grounding pad be placed on a patient
undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy who has a right hip
prosthesis? Left anterior thigh
25. An open speculum (Auvgard) is used for what type of
proceed hysterectomy
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS PROVIDED
2024/2025.
1. What is used to retract the spermatic cord during an inguinal
herniorrhaphy? -
: Penrose Drain
2. Why is an indwelling Foley catheter placed prior to a
hysterectomy? Avoid injury to the bladder
3. Which of the following scissors is best choice for extending
an arterial incision? Potts-Smith
4. Which of the following is used to stain the cervix for
Schiller's test? Lugol's solution
5. Which of the following arises from the left ventricle of the
heart? Ascending aorta
6. What method is used to confirm that items have been
exposed to the sterilization process? Chemical
7. Why would the hair of a patient undergoing a craniotomy be
bagged, labeled and saved? It is the patients property
8. When preparing a double basin for sterilization, the: Basins
should be separated by a porous, absorbent towel
9. Which structure, during a total hip arthroplasty, requires
intramedullary reaming prior to the placement of a prosthesis?
Femoral canal
10. Which of the following is the least restrictive form of
credentialing? Registration
1 1. What drug classification is Demerol: Analgesic
12. What should be transported to PACU with a patient who
underwent a thyroidectomy? Tracheotomy tray
13. What is the chemical abbreviation for sodium chloride? NaCl
14. Which organelle is responsible for packing of proteins? Golgi
Complex
, CST PRACTICE EXAM 2. UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS PROVIDED
2024/2025.
15. Which procedure would utilize the "Bullet”? Hemorrhoidecto
16. What types of treatment does a patient authorize when
signing a general consent form? All routine treatments or
procedures
17. Which medication can be used as a topical jelly during
cystoscopy procedures? Xylocain
18. Which of the following is a primary postoperative
complication of carotid enterectomy? Stroke
20. When is it acceptable to open surgical dressing sponges:
After final count 21. What is the correct procedure to follow
when a sterilized rigid instrument container is opened and
condensation is observed? Do not use it, return to sterile
processing
22. Which method of sterilization requires an aeration cycle? Eto
23. Elevated IOP in glaucoma patients is a result of excess?
Aqueous humor
24. Where should the grounding pad be placed on a patient
undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy who has a right hip
prosthesis? Left anterior thigh
25. An open speculum (Auvgard) is used for what type of
proceed hysterectomy
