ASTEP MODULES PREP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
What's the role as a sleep technologist? (4) - Answers - ensure patient safety and confidentiality
- collect and evaluate information during the sleep study
- educate patients on sleep disorders and healthy sleep
- Act as the representative of the medical director
the policy and procedures manual must include... - Answers Job descriptions and detailed
instructions for each of the procedures performed in the center
Standard job description - Answers - gather and analyze patient information
- testing preparation procedures
- polysomnographic procedures
- polysomnographic record scoring
- service management and professional issues
How to keep the patient safe and comfortable - Answers - be available: always be available
when the patient calls
- be attentive: know what patient complaints require immediate attention. Address comfort
issues like room temperature, bedding, and psychological issues like anxiety, stress,
claustrophobia
- be immediate: know how to recognize features of the sleep study that require immediate
attention
- be knowledgeable: know what to do when you recognize an emergency
Act as an ___ of the medical director - Answers - agent
provide information to the patient as ordered by the medical director (such as what to expect in
the diagnostic and treatment process)
provide treatment as ordered by the medical director (usually CPAP)
provide patient education as ordered by the medical director ( such as how to use CPAP)
What is not the role of the sleep technologist? - Answers - interpret the sleep study
, - diagnose sleep disorders
- order treatments
What is an accredited sleep disorders center? - Answers - a facility that follows the AASM
standards for accreditation and has demonstrated this by applying for accreditation and by
passing a site visit
- a place where sleep studies are performed using required types of equipment
- a place where patients with sleep disorders are evaluated and treated
- a facility staffed by a skilled professional team: medical director, board certified sleep
specialist, credentialed sleep technologist
What is treated in a sleep disorders center? - Answers - sleep disordered breathing
- insomnia
- restless legs syndrome
- narcolepsy
- parasomnias
- circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
Sleep disordered breathing can be diagnosed with... - Answers An overnight or home sleep
apnea test
Insomnia are treated but rarely require an ________ overnight sleep study - Answers Overnight
Restless leg syndrome: - Answers Is a common disorder treated in sleep centers but rarely
requires an overnight sleep study
Narcolepsy: - Answers Is a disorder of excessive sleepiness requiring overnight and daytime
sleep testing
Parasomnias are treated and may require ______ testing - Answers Overnight
Circadian rhythm sleep wake disorders are treated but rarely require an ______ sleep study -
Answers Overnight
Other sleep center activities: home sleep apnea testing & actigraphy (detail of both) - Answers
Home sleep apnea testing:
- limited channel monitoring devices
- for evaluation of patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea
2025/2026
What's the role as a sleep technologist? (4) - Answers - ensure patient safety and confidentiality
- collect and evaluate information during the sleep study
- educate patients on sleep disorders and healthy sleep
- Act as the representative of the medical director
the policy and procedures manual must include... - Answers Job descriptions and detailed
instructions for each of the procedures performed in the center
Standard job description - Answers - gather and analyze patient information
- testing preparation procedures
- polysomnographic procedures
- polysomnographic record scoring
- service management and professional issues
How to keep the patient safe and comfortable - Answers - be available: always be available
when the patient calls
- be attentive: know what patient complaints require immediate attention. Address comfort
issues like room temperature, bedding, and psychological issues like anxiety, stress,
claustrophobia
- be immediate: know how to recognize features of the sleep study that require immediate
attention
- be knowledgeable: know what to do when you recognize an emergency
Act as an ___ of the medical director - Answers - agent
provide information to the patient as ordered by the medical director (such as what to expect in
the diagnostic and treatment process)
provide treatment as ordered by the medical director (usually CPAP)
provide patient education as ordered by the medical director ( such as how to use CPAP)
What is not the role of the sleep technologist? - Answers - interpret the sleep study
, - diagnose sleep disorders
- order treatments
What is an accredited sleep disorders center? - Answers - a facility that follows the AASM
standards for accreditation and has demonstrated this by applying for accreditation and by
passing a site visit
- a place where sleep studies are performed using required types of equipment
- a place where patients with sleep disorders are evaluated and treated
- a facility staffed by a skilled professional team: medical director, board certified sleep
specialist, credentialed sleep technologist
What is treated in a sleep disorders center? - Answers - sleep disordered breathing
- insomnia
- restless legs syndrome
- narcolepsy
- parasomnias
- circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
Sleep disordered breathing can be diagnosed with... - Answers An overnight or home sleep
apnea test
Insomnia are treated but rarely require an ________ overnight sleep study - Answers Overnight
Restless leg syndrome: - Answers Is a common disorder treated in sleep centers but rarely
requires an overnight sleep study
Narcolepsy: - Answers Is a disorder of excessive sleepiness requiring overnight and daytime
sleep testing
Parasomnias are treated and may require ______ testing - Answers Overnight
Circadian rhythm sleep wake disorders are treated but rarely require an ______ sleep study -
Answers Overnight
Other sleep center activities: home sleep apnea testing & actigraphy (detail of both) - Answers
Home sleep apnea testing:
- limited channel monitoring devices
- for evaluation of patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea
