SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY FINAL EXAM
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
The surgical team member responsible for gathering, opening, and organizing sterile supplies
and instruments prior to surgery is...
a. sterile processing technician
b. registered nurse
c. first assistant
d. surgical technologist - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Which team member obtains supplies and opens them onto a sterile field during a procedure?
a. first assistant
b. surgeon
c. anesthesia
d. circulator - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
What career is responsible for the day to day activities of the OR?
a. Surgical Tech
b. Circulator
c. Nurse Manager
d. Surgeon - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
Whose responsibility is it to remove a patients personal items in the OR?
a. first assistant
b. surgeon
,c. anesthesia
d. circulator - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Whose responsibility is it to identify the surgical patient and surgical site?
a. first assistant, surgeon
b. circulator, surgical technologist
c. anesthesia
d. All of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
To a very large extent, surgical technology and surgical assistant scope of practice is
determined by the delagatory decisions made by?
a. surgeon
b. administration
c. board of directors
d. all of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
The generator of the ESU is activated by the...
a. first assistant
b. surgeon
c. anesthesia
d. circulator - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
The professional organization dedicated to setting safety guidelines, preventing workplace
injuries, and occupational fatalities is the...
a. AMA
b. ACS
c. OSHA
, d. WHO - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
What association grants formal accreditation to educational programs in allied health
professions?
a. AST
b. NBSTSA
c. CAAHEP
d. CORT - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
What commission is responsible for accrediting programs and once students are eligible, can
take the national board exam?
a. CAAHEP
b. ACS
c. OSHA
d. WHO - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
The professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating
standards of surgical education and practice is the...
a. AMA
b. ACS
c. OSHA
d. WHO - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
What national credentialing organization offers national certification examinations for the
surgical technologist and surgical assistants?
a. NBSTSA
b. ARC/STSA
WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
The surgical team member responsible for gathering, opening, and organizing sterile supplies
and instruments prior to surgery is...
a. sterile processing technician
b. registered nurse
c. first assistant
d. surgical technologist - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Which team member obtains supplies and opens them onto a sterile field during a procedure?
a. first assistant
b. surgeon
c. anesthesia
d. circulator - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
What career is responsible for the day to day activities of the OR?
a. Surgical Tech
b. Circulator
c. Nurse Manager
d. Surgeon - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
Whose responsibility is it to remove a patients personal items in the OR?
a. first assistant
b. surgeon
,c. anesthesia
d. circulator - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
Whose responsibility is it to identify the surgical patient and surgical site?
a. first assistant, surgeon
b. circulator, surgical technologist
c. anesthesia
d. All of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSD
To a very large extent, surgical technology and surgical assistant scope of practice is
determined by the delagatory decisions made by?
a. surgeon
b. administration
c. board of directors
d. all of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
The generator of the ESU is activated by the...
a. first assistant
b. surgeon
c. anesthesia
d. circulator - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
The professional organization dedicated to setting safety guidelines, preventing workplace
injuries, and occupational fatalities is the...
a. AMA
b. ACS
c. OSHA
, d. WHO - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
What association grants formal accreditation to educational programs in allied health
professions?
a. AST
b. NBSTSA
c. CAAHEP
d. CORT - CORRECT-ANSWERSC
What commission is responsible for accrediting programs and once students are eligible, can
take the national board exam?
a. CAAHEP
b. ACS
c. OSHA
d. WHO - CORRECT-ANSWERSA
The professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating
standards of surgical education and practice is the...
a. AMA
b. ACS
c. OSHA
d. WHO - CORRECT-ANSWERSB
What national credentialing organization offers national certification examinations for the
surgical technologist and surgical assistants?
a. NBSTSA
b. ARC/STSA
