NBSTSA  EXAM B 2025/2026 |60 VERIFIED ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  

NBSTSA EXAM B 2025/2026 |60 VERIFIED ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



1. When should medication be labeled on the sterile field?

Before the CST is relieved for lunch

Immediately before receiving the medication

Immediately after receiving the medication

As soon as possible

2. What is the most dangerous complication of vomiting
during general anesthesia?


Dehiscence


Evisceration


Dehydration
Aspiration

3. Which two layers does the surgical technologist place staples
through when closing a skin incision?

subcuticular and dermal

cuticular and subcuticular

, subicular and
subcutaneous
subcutaneous and fascia

, 4. What is the correct supply that a surgical technologist
should have for placing a long arm cast?

Xeroform
Kerlix
Telfa

Webril

5. Which surgical instrument is specifically used to remove
disk material during a laminectomy?

Periosteal elevator
Kerrison rongeur
Cobb elevator
Pituitary rongeur

6. What is the most common biological indicator used for ethylene
oxide sterilization?

Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus atrophaeus

Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius
Geobacillus stearothermophilus