NBSTSA CST PRACTICE EXAM A| NBSTSA CST
PRACTICE EXAM B QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
When performing a dilation and curettage, which of the following instruments is
used to grasp the cervix?
A. Sims
B. Auvard
C. Schroeder
D. Bozeman --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Schroeder
On the way into the operating room, a terminally ill patient tells the nurse, "No
matter what happens, it will be okay." Which of the Five Stages of Grief is the
patient MOST likely in?
A. denial
B. bargaining
C. depression
D. acceptance --CORRECT ANSWER--D. acceptance
Which of the following instruments is used for placement of cottonoid strips
during a craniotomy?
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,A. bayonet forceps
B. Russian forceps
C. Kelly clamp
D. angled DeBakey clamp --CORRECT ANSWER--A. bayonet forceps
When two individuals in sterile attire pass one another in the sterile field, they
should
A. pass back-to-back.
B. both face the wall.
C. pass side-to-side.
D. both face the sterile field. --CORRECT ANSWER--A. pass back-to-back.
Which of the following is used to oxygenate and circulate blood?
A. Doppler ultrasound
B. defibrillator
C. extracorporeal bypass
D. autotransfuser --CORRECT ANSWER--C. extracorporeal bypass
The PRIMARY consideration in selecting an appropriate anesthetic agent is the
A. physiologic condition of the patient.
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,B. length of the procedure.
C. type of the procedure.
D. anxiety level of the patient. --CORRECT ANSWER--A. physiologic
condition of the patient.
If two basins are wrapped together for sterilizing, they should be packaged with
one basin
A.stacked inside the other and separated by impervious material.
B.on its side and the other upside down.
C.stacked inside the other and wrapped in a towel.
D.stacked inside the other and separated by a towel. --CORRECT ANSWER--
D.stacked inside the other and separated by a towel.
Which of the following is the opening in the occipital bone through which the
spinal cord passes?
A. foramen ovale
B. foramen magnum
C. foramen rotundum
D. foramen of Bochdalek --CORRECT ANSWER--B. foramen magnum
Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR 1. A
surgical technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR 2
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, and the next case in OR 1 is scheduled in two hours. Which of the following is
the BEST course of action?
A. Cover the sterile field with a sterile drape and move it from OR 1 to OR 2.
B. New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR 2 and the
setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
C. OR 1 should be left so that these supplies and instruments can be used by the
next case.
D. The surgical technologist should argue that the procedure be held in OR 1 as
planned. --CORRECT ANSWER--B. New sterile supplies and instruments
should be obtained for OR 2 and the setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
Which of the following is the body's local tissue reaction to injury?
A. fever
B. infection
C. inflammation
D. immune reaction --CORRECT ANSWER--C. inflammation
Which of the following instruments is used for a common bile duct exploration?
A. Fogarty clamp
B. Randall forceps
C. Pennington clamp
D. Forester ring forceps --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Randall forceps
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PRACTICE EXAM B QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
When performing a dilation and curettage, which of the following instruments is
used to grasp the cervix?
A. Sims
B. Auvard
C. Schroeder
D. Bozeman --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Schroeder
On the way into the operating room, a terminally ill patient tells the nurse, "No
matter what happens, it will be okay." Which of the Five Stages of Grief is the
patient MOST likely in?
A. denial
B. bargaining
C. depression
D. acceptance --CORRECT ANSWER--D. acceptance
Which of the following instruments is used for placement of cottonoid strips
during a craniotomy?
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,A. bayonet forceps
B. Russian forceps
C. Kelly clamp
D. angled DeBakey clamp --CORRECT ANSWER--A. bayonet forceps
When two individuals in sterile attire pass one another in the sterile field, they
should
A. pass back-to-back.
B. both face the wall.
C. pass side-to-side.
D. both face the sterile field. --CORRECT ANSWER--A. pass back-to-back.
Which of the following is used to oxygenate and circulate blood?
A. Doppler ultrasound
B. defibrillator
C. extracorporeal bypass
D. autotransfuser --CORRECT ANSWER--C. extracorporeal bypass
The PRIMARY consideration in selecting an appropriate anesthetic agent is the
A. physiologic condition of the patient.
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,B. length of the procedure.
C. type of the procedure.
D. anxiety level of the patient. --CORRECT ANSWER--A. physiologic
condition of the patient.
If two basins are wrapped together for sterilizing, they should be packaged with
one basin
A.stacked inside the other and separated by impervious material.
B.on its side and the other upside down.
C.stacked inside the other and wrapped in a towel.
D.stacked inside the other and separated by a towel. --CORRECT ANSWER--
D.stacked inside the other and separated by a towel.
Which of the following is the opening in the occipital bone through which the
spinal cord passes?
A. foramen ovale
B. foramen magnum
C. foramen rotundum
D. foramen of Bochdalek --CORRECT ANSWER--B. foramen magnum
Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR 1. A
surgical technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR 2
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, and the next case in OR 1 is scheduled in two hours. Which of the following is
the BEST course of action?
A. Cover the sterile field with a sterile drape and move it from OR 1 to OR 2.
B. New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR 2 and the
setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
C. OR 1 should be left so that these supplies and instruments can be used by the
next case.
D. The surgical technologist should argue that the procedure be held in OR 1 as
planned. --CORRECT ANSWER--B. New sterile supplies and instruments
should be obtained for OR 2 and the setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
Which of the following is the body's local tissue reaction to injury?
A. fever
B. infection
C. inflammation
D. immune reaction --CORRECT ANSWER--C. inflammation
Which of the following instruments is used for a common bile duct exploration?
A. Fogarty clamp
B. Randall forceps
C. Pennington clamp
D. Forester ring forceps --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Randall forceps
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