NCCT Full Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Graded A A) Stainless steel - -----ANSWER----Surgical instruments are made of what type of substance? A) Stainless steel B) Copper C) Silver D) Aluminum

NCCT Full Exam Study Guide
B) Type - -----ANSWER---->During surgery, many
Questions and Answers surgeons identify instruments by __________.
Graded A A) Full name

B) Type

C) Size

D) Code



B) Jaws - -----ANSWER---->Which part of a clamp
A) Stainless steel - -----ANSWER---->Surgical hold the tissue securely?
instruments are made of what type of A) Shank
substance?
B) Jaws
A) Stainless steel
C) Hinge
B) Copper
D) Blade
C) Silver

D) Aluminum
C) Hemostats - -----ANSWER---->The most
common types of clamps are called _______.
C) Sleeve - -----ANSWER---->Which is not part of A) Scalpel
a typical surgical instrument?
B) Forceps
A) Tip
C) Hemostats
B) Jaws
D) Holders
C) Sleeve

D) Finger rings
A) Holding tissue to the side away from the
wound - -----ANSWER---->Retractors are used
A) Context - -----ANSWER---->It is efficient to for _________.
learn the names of instruments as they are in A) Holding tissue to the side away from the
________. wound
A) Context B) Closing vessels
B) The sterilizer C) Incision
C) Storage D) Sutures
D) Pictures

,A) Scalpel handle B) Scalpel blade C) Scissors D) B) Towel holders
Thumb forceps E) Retractor F) Hemostatic
C) Hemostats
clamp - -----ANSWER---->(Figure 1) Name each
of the above instruments with it's generic D) Wire cutters
name, proceeding from left to right.
E) Heavy needle drivers
A) B) C) D) E) F)

D) Wire cutters - -----ANSWER---->Wire sutures:
A) Needle holder B) Suction tip C) Obstetric
forceps D) Cardiovascular scissors E) Bone A) Fine needle drivers
cutter - -----ANSWER---->(Figure 2) Examine the B) Towel holders
photograph above and identify the instruments
from left to right. C) Hemostats

A) B) C) D) E) D) Wire cutters

E) Heavy needle drivers

E) Heavy needle drivers - -----ANSWER---->Heavy
suturing: A) Fine needle drivers - -----ANSWER----
A) Fine needle drivers >Delicate needles:

B) Towel holders A) Fine needle drivers

C) Hemostats B) Towel holders

D) Wire cutters C) Hemostats

E) Heavy needle drivers D) Wire cutters

E) Heavy needle drivers

C) Hemostats - -----ANSWER---->Delicate
vessels: C) A and B - -----ANSWER---->Which is not a
A) Fine needle drivers proper way to handle tools during surgery?

B) Towel holders A) Throw instruments into basins

C) Hemostats B) Soak in saline solution

D) Wire cutters C) A and B

E) Heavy needle drivers D) Keep sharp instruments away from other
instruments


B) Towel holders - -----ANSWER---->Holding
drapes:

A) Fine needle drivers

,B) Stone forceps - -----ANSWER---->Which type C) Boiling water - -----ANSWER---->All of the
of forceps would be used for grasping kidney following are methods of sterilization except
stones or gallstones? _________.

A) Tenaculum A) Steam under pressure

B) Stone forceps B) Cobalt 60

C) Toothed forceps C) Boiling water

D) Babcock D) Ethylene oxide



C) Include defective instruments - -----ANSWER-- B) Carbon dioxide and Frenon - -----ANSWER----
-->Which of the following is not a typical way to >Ethylene oxide is highly flammable, but when
arrange surgical instruments? mixed with _________ and ________, it is
rendered non-flammable.
A) Arrange tips and finger loops in the same
direction A) Freon and carbon monoxide

B) Avoid metal to metal contact B) Carbon dioxide and Frenon

C) Include defective instruments C) Nitrous and Carbon dioxide

D) Arrange instruments by classification D) Frenon and CFC's



B) Designated processing area - -----ANSWER---- D) Oils and powders - -----ANSWER---->Which of
>After surgery, the instruments used and the following is dry heat sterilization used for?
unused are cleaned in the _________.
A) Cotton
A) O.R.
B) Metal instruments, power drills
B) Designated processing area
C) Lense instruments
C) Corridor
D) Oils and powders
D) Surgical suite

C) Glutaraldehyde - -----ANSWER---->Which
D) A and B - -----ANSWER---->Microsurgical and disinfectant agent is not recommended for O.R.
ophthalmic instruments are __________. housekeeping?

A) Cleaned by hand A) Iodine

B) Dried by hand B) Alcohol (70%-90% isopropyl)

C) Sterilized in the washer-sterilizer C) Glutaraldehyde

D) A and B D) Chlorine compound solution

, A) 12lbs - -----ANSWER---->Which of the B) Toxic substances - -----ANSWER---->OSHA
following is the correct maximum weight for a enforces the level of _________ permissible in
linen pack to autoclave? the work environment.

A) 12lbs A) Sexual harassment

B) 74lbs B) Toxic substances

C) 72lbs C) Work day length

D) 24lbs D) Smoking



C) Type of sterilant - -----ANSWER---->All of the B) Exposure limits - -----ANSWER---->OSHA
following are factors that affect the steam controls the ________ for Isopropyl alcohol,
sterilization process except __________. Phenol, and Sodium hypochlorite.

A) Exposure A) Cost

B) Temperature B) Exposure limits

C) Type of sterilant C) Disposal methods

D) Pressure D) Shelf life



C) Cost - -----ANSWER---->The Material Safety A) Food may not be stored int he same
Date Sheet on each chemical would typically refrigerator with blood or specimens - -----
include all but which of the following? ANSWER---->Which of the following is standard
for the control of biohazards?
A) Protective measures
A) Food may not be stored in the same
B) Exposure limits
refrigerator with blood or specimens
C) Cost
B) Hospital break rooms may not be to near a
D) Chemical name and common names dumpster

C) Smoking is not allowed in hospital facilities

C) A and B - -----ANSWER---->OSHA regulates D) Biohazard labeling must be in a certain type
standards for the prevention of _______. of font

A) HIV

B) Hepatitis B virus C) A and B - -----ANSWER---->OSHA limits the
percentage of ethlyne oxide gas because
C) A and B ___________.
D) Sterilization A) EO gas can cause burns to the skin

B) Of irritation to the mucous membranes