NCCT Surgical Tech Exam Questions and Approved
Answers Graded Perfect Score
A chemical agent used on inanimate objects to reduce the number of microbes is - Correct
Answers-A disinfectant
A chest tube drain for a thoracotomy should be placed through - Correct Answers-a separate
stab incision.
A fresh frozen sample should be placed - Correct Answers-On a telfa pad and passed to the
circulator to place in a specimen container
A laporatomy drape has been placed on the patient on prep skin around the operative site is
exposed. Which of the following is the next step the surgical technologist should take. -
Correct Answers-Remove the drapes and re-prep
A patient with C-spine precautions comes to surgery, which of the following should be used to
transfer this patient from a gurney to the operating room table - Correct Answers-roller
board
A surgeon ask the technologist for a specific retractor that is not routinely used in for the
preference card to be updated which of the following should the technologist report the change
to - Correct Answers-Coordinator
A surgeon has placed a venous access port in a patient receiving chemotherapy. What dressing
would be used to cover the port site - Correct Answers-Opsite
Activating a Jackson Pratt drain - Correct Answers-Squeeze the bulb flat and plug the tube
into the flattened bulb
Adson Brown Tissue Forceps - Correct Answers-Used on the skin
Allis clamps - Correct Answers-Used to lift, hold, and retract tissue and are commonly used
on breast, thyroid, and vaginal tissue
An orthopedic surgeon has posted in I&D of a forearm using the pulse lavage system which of
the following PPE is necessary to assist in the surgery - Correct Answers-Face shield, shoe
covers gown
, At what point does the surgical technologist activate a Hemovac drain - Correct Answers-
When the incision is closed
At which point during a routine cesarean section, should the surgical technologist initiate the
first intraoperative count - Correct Answers-Uterus
Before sending surgical instruments to CSP for decontamination, the surgical technologist must -
Correct Answers-spray all contaminated instruments with water.
Benzoin - Correct Answers-Benzoin and mastodon are both used to help keep skin closure
tapes in place
bolster - Correct Answers-Rubber tubes that are threaded over the retention suture before it
is tied. Used to help relieve additional stress
Bookwalter retractor - Correct Answers-Self retaining laparotomy retractor
Bookwalter retractor - Correct Answers-Self retaining retractor used in open abdominal
surgeries
Charnley Retractor - Correct Answers-Self-retaining retractor often used during hip surgeries
to hold the wound open
Cloward Retractor - Correct Answers-Used for visualization of the vertebrae.
comminuted fracture - Correct Answers-bone breaks into many fragments
Cottonoid - Correct Answers-A neuro sponge commonly use to blot blood near spine or brain
During a laparoscopic appendectomy, the surgeon has stated that she needs to convert to a
mini open which of the following retractors should the surgical technologist prepare -
Correct Answers-Army-Navy and Richardson
During the surgical scrub surgical technologist should clean their nails - Correct Answers-
Under running water
EEA stapler - Correct Answers-end to end anastomosis
Exsanguination - Correct Answers-Blood flood flow to an area
Finochietto Retractor - Correct Answers-self-retaining; used to access chest cavity
Fogerty Catheter - Correct Answers-Intravascular catheter used to clear a vessel of an
embolus or obstruction
Answers Graded Perfect Score
A chemical agent used on inanimate objects to reduce the number of microbes is - Correct
Answers-A disinfectant
A chest tube drain for a thoracotomy should be placed through - Correct Answers-a separate
stab incision.
A fresh frozen sample should be placed - Correct Answers-On a telfa pad and passed to the
circulator to place in a specimen container
A laporatomy drape has been placed on the patient on prep skin around the operative site is
exposed. Which of the following is the next step the surgical technologist should take. -
Correct Answers-Remove the drapes and re-prep
A patient with C-spine precautions comes to surgery, which of the following should be used to
transfer this patient from a gurney to the operating room table - Correct Answers-roller
board
A surgeon ask the technologist for a specific retractor that is not routinely used in for the
preference card to be updated which of the following should the technologist report the change
to - Correct Answers-Coordinator
A surgeon has placed a venous access port in a patient receiving chemotherapy. What dressing
would be used to cover the port site - Correct Answers-Opsite
Activating a Jackson Pratt drain - Correct Answers-Squeeze the bulb flat and plug the tube
into the flattened bulb
Adson Brown Tissue Forceps - Correct Answers-Used on the skin
Allis clamps - Correct Answers-Used to lift, hold, and retract tissue and are commonly used
on breast, thyroid, and vaginal tissue
An orthopedic surgeon has posted in I&D of a forearm using the pulse lavage system which of
the following PPE is necessary to assist in the surgery - Correct Answers-Face shield, shoe
covers gown
, At what point does the surgical technologist activate a Hemovac drain - Correct Answers-
When the incision is closed
At which point during a routine cesarean section, should the surgical technologist initiate the
first intraoperative count - Correct Answers-Uterus
Before sending surgical instruments to CSP for decontamination, the surgical technologist must -
Correct Answers-spray all contaminated instruments with water.
Benzoin - Correct Answers-Benzoin and mastodon are both used to help keep skin closure
tapes in place
bolster - Correct Answers-Rubber tubes that are threaded over the retention suture before it
is tied. Used to help relieve additional stress
Bookwalter retractor - Correct Answers-Self retaining laparotomy retractor
Bookwalter retractor - Correct Answers-Self retaining retractor used in open abdominal
surgeries
Charnley Retractor - Correct Answers-Self-retaining retractor often used during hip surgeries
to hold the wound open
Cloward Retractor - Correct Answers-Used for visualization of the vertebrae.
comminuted fracture - Correct Answers-bone breaks into many fragments
Cottonoid - Correct Answers-A neuro sponge commonly use to blot blood near spine or brain
During a laparoscopic appendectomy, the surgeon has stated that she needs to convert to a
mini open which of the following retractors should the surgical technologist prepare -
Correct Answers-Army-Navy and Richardson
During the surgical scrub surgical technologist should clean their nails - Correct Answers-
Under running water
EEA stapler - Correct Answers-end to end anastomosis
Exsanguination - Correct Answers-Blood flood flow to an area
Finochietto Retractor - Correct Answers-self-retaining; used to access chest cavity
Fogerty Catheter - Correct Answers-Intravascular catheter used to clear a vessel of an
embolus or obstruction
