NBSTSA Practice Exam B / Complete
Questions & Correct Detailed
Answers (100% Correct) 2025 /
2026.
Quiz____?
1. Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a
surgical technologist?
A. management of specimens
B. management of sponges
C. maintaining an orderly setup
D. ensuring adequate lighting -
Answer✓✓
A. Management of specimens
Quiz____?
2. During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician. -
Answer✓✓
C. Surgical technologist
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, Quiz____?
3. The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal. -
Answer✓✓
C. Midline
Quiz____?
4. CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly
flow into the third ventricle through the foramen of
A. Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the fourth ventricle.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
D. Luschka into the fourth ventricle. -
Answer✓✓
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
Quiz____?
5. During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist
should prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator.
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,B. Separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator.
C. Place in separate containers and identify.
D. Place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat. -
Answer✓✓
C. Place in separate containers and identify
Quiz____?
6. A surgical technologist received the following medications onto the
sterile field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine
with epinephrine. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to
label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine -
Answer✓✓
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
Quiz____?
7. A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back
for excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are
needed for this case?
A. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds -
Answer✓✓
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, B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
Quiz____?
8. If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen,
which of the following departments should be consulted?
A. histology
B. laboratory
C. pathology
D. radiology -
Answer✓✓
C. Pathology
Quiz____?
9. The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50. -
Answer✓✓
B. 15 to 25
Quiz____?
10. A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a
procedure. Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate
performing immediate-use sterilization?
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Questions & Correct Detailed
Answers (100% Correct) 2025 /
2026.
Quiz____?
1. Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a
surgical technologist?
A. management of specimens
B. management of sponges
C. maintaining an orderly setup
D. ensuring adequate lighting -
Answer✓✓
A. Management of specimens
Quiz____?
2. During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician. -
Answer✓✓
C. Surgical technologist
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, Quiz____?
3. The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal. -
Answer✓✓
C. Midline
Quiz____?
4. CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly
flow into the third ventricle through the foramen of
A. Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the fourth ventricle.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
D. Luschka into the fourth ventricle. -
Answer✓✓
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
Quiz____?
5. During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist
should prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator.
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,B. Separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator.
C. Place in separate containers and identify.
D. Place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat. -
Answer✓✓
C. Place in separate containers and identify
Quiz____?
6. A surgical technologist received the following medications onto the
sterile field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine
with epinephrine. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to
label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine -
Answer✓✓
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
Quiz____?
7. A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back
for excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are
needed for this case?
A. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds -
Answer✓✓
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, B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
Quiz____?
8. If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen,
which of the following departments should be consulted?
A. histology
B. laboratory
C. pathology
D. radiology -
Answer✓✓
C. Pathology
Quiz____?
9. The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50. -
Answer✓✓
B. 15 to 25
Quiz____?
10. A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a
procedure. Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate
performing immediate-use sterilization?
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