AST Certification Practice exam NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
AST CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
When preparing for a male open inguinal herniorrhaphy, a surgical technologist
should make sure which of the following items is available?
A. 1/2 inch Penrose
B. balloon expander
C. Fogarty catheter
D. 10 Fr. Robinson - Correct Answer-A
Which of the following is used to suture in a graft during a carotid
endarterectomy?
A. 6-0 Prolene
B. 5-0 chromic
C. 4-0 silk
D. 3-0 Vicryl - Correct Answer-A
Which of the following sutures weakens and frays from excessive handling with
rubber gloves?
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A. polyglactin
B. chromic
C. silk
D. nylon - Correct Answer-B
A laminectomy is accomplished by which of the following types of approach?
A. anterior
B. posterior
C. transabdominal
D. cranial - Correct Answer-B
Recapping a sterile solution is
A. always acceptable.
B. only allowed in an emergent situation.
C. permissible if contents are to be reused.
D. never allowed unless for disposal. - Correct Answer-D
Which of the following vessels is MOST commonly used in a femoropopliteal
bypass?
A. radial artery
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B. femoral artery
C. saphenous vein
D. basilic vein - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following dressings immobilizes an area with added support,
eliminates dead space, and reduces the chance of edema or the formation of a
hematoma?
A. rigid
B. wet-to-wet
C. bolster
D. pressure - Correct Answer-D
To contain any biohazardous material when removing a drape after a procedure,
the drape should be
A. folded.
B. secured.
C. crumpled.
D. rolled. - Correct Answer-D
When passing local anesthetic during a procedure, which of the following should
read aloud the drug name and strength?
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A. surgeon
B. surgical technologist
C. first assistant
D. anesthesiologist - Correct Answer-A
A patient is hospitalized for third degree burns and contracts a nosocomial deep
tissue infection. Which of the following microorganisms is MOST likely the cause
of the infection?
A. Streptococcus pyogenes
B. Bacillus cereus
C. Staphylococcus epidermis
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Correct Answer-D
Which of the following types of suture would MOST likely be used to repair an
abdominal aortic aneurysm?
A. polyglactin
B. polydioxanone
C. poliglecaprone
D. polypropylene - Correct Answer-D
After the initial incision is made for an appendectomy, a surgical technologist
should anticipate the next item needed is
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AST CERTIFICATION PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
When preparing for a male open inguinal herniorrhaphy, a surgical technologist
should make sure which of the following items is available?
A. 1/2 inch Penrose
B. balloon expander
C. Fogarty catheter
D. 10 Fr. Robinson - Correct Answer-A
Which of the following is used to suture in a graft during a carotid
endarterectomy?
A. 6-0 Prolene
B. 5-0 chromic
C. 4-0 silk
D. 3-0 Vicryl - Correct Answer-A
Which of the following sutures weakens and frays from excessive handling with
rubber gloves?
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, AST Certification Practice exam NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
A. polyglactin
B. chromic
C. silk
D. nylon - Correct Answer-B
A laminectomy is accomplished by which of the following types of approach?
A. anterior
B. posterior
C. transabdominal
D. cranial - Correct Answer-B
Recapping a sterile solution is
A. always acceptable.
B. only allowed in an emergent situation.
C. permissible if contents are to be reused.
D. never allowed unless for disposal. - Correct Answer-D
Which of the following vessels is MOST commonly used in a femoropopliteal
bypass?
A. radial artery
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B. femoral artery
C. saphenous vein
D. basilic vein - Correct Answer-C
Which of the following dressings immobilizes an area with added support,
eliminates dead space, and reduces the chance of edema or the formation of a
hematoma?
A. rigid
B. wet-to-wet
C. bolster
D. pressure - Correct Answer-D
To contain any biohazardous material when removing a drape after a procedure,
the drape should be
A. folded.
B. secured.
C. crumpled.
D. rolled. - Correct Answer-D
When passing local anesthetic during a procedure, which of the following should
read aloud the drug name and strength?
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A. surgeon
B. surgical technologist
C. first assistant
D. anesthesiologist - Correct Answer-A
A patient is hospitalized for third degree burns and contracts a nosocomial deep
tissue infection. Which of the following microorganisms is MOST likely the cause
of the infection?
A. Streptococcus pyogenes
B. Bacillus cereus
C. Staphylococcus epidermis
D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Correct Answer-D
Which of the following types of suture would MOST likely be used to repair an
abdominal aortic aneurysm?
A. polyglactin
B. polydioxanone
C. poliglecaprone
D. polypropylene - Correct Answer-D
After the initial incision is made for an appendectomy, a surgical technologist
should anticipate the next item needed is
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