BIOD 101 FINAL PRACTICE SET 2026
PORTAGE LEARNING TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR. Answer: 20-60%
◉ TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR. Answer: 68-75
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
◉ THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN. Answer:
NATURAL ABSORBABLE SUTURE
◉ MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
,DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND
REDUCTION OF TENSILE STRENGTH). Answer: SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE
SUTURE
◉ SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION
SUTURE, SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO, NEUROSURGERY).
Answer: NATURAL NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
◉ NYLON SUTURE
-MONOFILAMENT (ETHILON & DERMALON)
-COATED (SURGILON)
-UNCOATED (NEUROLON)
POLYESTER FIBER SUTURE
-COATED (TICRON, ETHIBOND, TEFLON)
-UNCOATED (MERSILENE & DACRON)
POLYPROPYLENE (PROLENE & SURGILENE)
POLYBUTESTER (NOVAFIL)
, POLY ETHYLENE (DERMALENE). Answer: SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE
SUTURE
◉ -NO INFLAMMATION
-RESP, AILMENTARY, AND GU TRACTS NOT ENTERED
-EX. EYE SURGERY, HERNIA REPAIRS, BREAST SURGERY,
NONTRAUMATIC NEURO & ORTHO SURGERY, CARDIAC, OR PERIPHERAL
VASCULAR SURGERY. Answer: CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
◉ -RESP, AILMENTARY, OR GU WOUNDS ENTERED UNDER
CONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATION OF
SURROUNDING TISSUE
-NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR MAJOR BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
-EX. D&C, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, GASTRECTOMY, CHOLE WITHOUT
SPILLAGE, ELECTIVE APPY, CYSTOSCOPY, TURP ON PT W/ NEGATIVE
URINE CULTURES, SIGMOID COLON RESECTION. Answer: CLASS II-
CLEAN CONTAMINATED
◉ -OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
-EX. LAPAROTOMY W/ SIGNIFICANT SPILLAGE, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS,
ACUTE APPENDICITIS OR CHOLECYSTITIS, COMPOUND FRACTURES.
Answer: CLASS III-CONTAMINATED WOUNDS
PORTAGE LEARNING TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR. Answer: 20-60%
◉ TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR. Answer: 68-75
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
◉ THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN. Answer:
NATURAL ABSORBABLE SUTURE
◉ MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
,DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND
REDUCTION OF TENSILE STRENGTH). Answer: SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE
SUTURE
◉ SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION
SUTURE, SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO, NEUROSURGERY).
Answer: NATURAL NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
◉ NYLON SUTURE
-MONOFILAMENT (ETHILON & DERMALON)
-COATED (SURGILON)
-UNCOATED (NEUROLON)
POLYESTER FIBER SUTURE
-COATED (TICRON, ETHIBOND, TEFLON)
-UNCOATED (MERSILENE & DACRON)
POLYPROPYLENE (PROLENE & SURGILENE)
POLYBUTESTER (NOVAFIL)
, POLY ETHYLENE (DERMALENE). Answer: SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE
SUTURE
◉ -NO INFLAMMATION
-RESP, AILMENTARY, AND GU TRACTS NOT ENTERED
-EX. EYE SURGERY, HERNIA REPAIRS, BREAST SURGERY,
NONTRAUMATIC NEURO & ORTHO SURGERY, CARDIAC, OR PERIPHERAL
VASCULAR SURGERY. Answer: CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
◉ -RESP, AILMENTARY, OR GU WOUNDS ENTERED UNDER
CONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT CONTAMINATION OF
SURROUNDING TISSUE
-NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION OR MAJOR BREAK IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
-EX. D&C, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, GASTRECTOMY, CHOLE WITHOUT
SPILLAGE, ELECTIVE APPY, CYSTOSCOPY, TURP ON PT W/ NEGATIVE
URINE CULTURES, SIGMOID COLON RESECTION. Answer: CLASS II-
CLEAN CONTAMINATED
◉ -OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
-EX. LAPAROTOMY W/ SIGNIFICANT SPILLAGE, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS,
ACUTE APPENDICITIS OR CHOLECYSTITIS, COMPOUND FRACTURES.
Answer: CLASS III-CONTAMINATED WOUNDS
