NBSTSA CST Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
1. Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tym-
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panic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles)✔✔✔
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Tympanos-plasty
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2. After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator
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| and proceeds to prep the patient for surgery.What is the best action to takeat
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| this time?✔✔✔ Regown and reglove the surgeon
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3. What position is used for a pneumonectomy?✔✔✔ Lateral
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4. What is the kraske position?✔✔✔ Anatomical position in which the patientis
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prone,with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down.
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5. Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage?✔✔✔ Lithotomy
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6. When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to
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| thegeneral abdominal set-up?✔✔✔ Gastrointestinal
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7. What is a fenestrated drape?✔✔✔ A drape with an opening that allows
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exposureof the operative site
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,8. Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one.A
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| surgical technologist was just informed that the case has been moved toOR
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| two and the next case in OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best
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course of action?✔✔✔ New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtainedfor
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| OR two and the setup in OR one should be disposed of
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9. What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in
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| creating a bloodless field?✔✔✔ Padding the area where the tourniquet is to
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bewrapped with Webril
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10. For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used?✔✔✔ Satinsky
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11. Surgical loupes are used to✔✔✔ Magnify the surgical field | | | | | | | |
12. Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy?✔✔✔
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Leftlateral kidney
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13. Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown
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| areconsidered unsterile because they are✔✔✔ Absorbant and collect
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| moisture
14. Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during | | | | | | | | |
| anappendectomy should be✔✔✔ Placed in a separate bin
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,15. Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a
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bowelresection?✔✔✔ Allen
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16. The primary purpose of chest tubes is to✔✔✔ Re-establish the negative
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pres-sure
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, 17. Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to✔✔✔ Hold the
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ductopen
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18. The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of
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| thefollowing types of suture?✔✔✔ Purse-string
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19. Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy?✔✔✔
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Fogarty
20. A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach?✔✔✔ Transurethral
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21. Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision?✔✔✔ Weitlaner
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22. What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing?✔✔✔ Adaptic
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23. During an
| | excisional | biopsy of
| | sentinel | nodes, the | surgical
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| technologist should prepare specimens using which method?✔✔✔ Placed in
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separate contain-ers and identify
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24. Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be per- | | | | | | | |
formed on the patient in the operating room?✔✔✔ Sigmoidectomy
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25. When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologistin
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| the scrub role should first notify the✔✔✔ Contaminating team member
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1. Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tym-
| | | | | | | | |
panic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles)✔✔✔
| | | | | | | | | |
Tympanos-plasty
| |
2. After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator
| | | | | | | | |
| and proceeds to prep the patient for surgery.What is the best action to takeat
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| this time?✔✔✔ Regown and reglove the surgeon
| | | | | |
3. What position is used for a pneumonectomy?✔✔✔ Lateral
| | | | | | |
4. What is the kraske position?✔✔✔ Anatomical position in which the patientis
| | | | | | | | | | |
prone,with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down.
| | | | | | | | | |
5. Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage?✔✔✔ Lithotomy
| | | | | | | | |
6. When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to
| | | | | | | | | |
| thegeneral abdominal set-up?✔✔✔ Gastrointestinal
| | | |
7. What is a fenestrated drape?✔✔✔ A drape with an opening that allows
| | | | | | | | | | |
exposureof the operative site
| | | | |
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,8. Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one.A
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| surgical technologist was just informed that the case has been moved toOR
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| two and the next case in OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
course of action?✔✔✔ New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtainedfor
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| OR two and the setup in OR one should be disposed of
| | | | | | | | | | |
9. What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in
| | | | | | | | | | |
| creating a bloodless field?✔✔✔ Padding the area where the tourniquet is to
| | | | | | | | | | |
bewrapped with Webril
| | | |
10. For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used?✔✔✔ Satinsky
| | | | | | | | |
11. Surgical loupes are used to✔✔✔ Magnify the surgical field | | | | | | | |
12. Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy?✔✔✔
| | | | | | | | | |
Leftlateral kidney
| | |
13. Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown
| | | | | | | | | | |
| areconsidered unsterile because they are✔✔✔ Absorbant and collect
| | | | | | | |
| moisture
14. Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during | | | | | | | | |
| anappendectomy should be✔✔✔ Placed in a separate bin
| | | | | | | |
2 |/ |21
,15. Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a
| | | | | | | | |
bowelresection?✔✔✔ Allen
| | |
16. The primary purpose of chest tubes is to✔✔✔ Re-establish the negative
| | | | | | | | | |
pres-sure
| |
3 |/ |21
, 17. Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to✔✔✔ Hold the
| | | | | | | | | |
ductopen
| |
18. The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of
| | | | | | | | | | |
| thefollowing types of suture?✔✔✔ Purse-string
| | | | |
19. Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy?✔✔✔
| | | | | | | | |
-
|
Fogarty
20. A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach?✔✔✔ Transurethral
| | | | | | | |
21. Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision?✔✔✔ Weitlaner
| | | | | | | |
22. What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing?✔✔✔ Adaptic
| | | | | | | | | |
23. During an
| | excisional | biopsy of
| | sentinel | nodes, the | surgical
|
| technologist should prepare specimens using which method?✔✔✔ Placed in
| | | | | | | |
separate contain-ers and identify
| | | | |
24. Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be per- | | | | | | | |
formed on the patient in the operating room?✔✔✔ Sigmoidectomy
| | | | | | | | |
25. When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologistin
| | | | | | | | | |
| the scrub role should first notify the✔✔✔ Contaminating team member
| | | | | | | | |
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