NBSTSA CST Practice Exam II
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When assisting with the closure of a skin incision and operating the skin
stapler, the surgical tech places the staples through which 2 layers?
a. cuticular and subcuticular
b. subicular and subcutaneous
c. subcuticular and subcutaneous
d. subcutaneous and fascia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. cuticular and subcuticular
,The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure?
a. McBurney's
b. Pfannenstiel
c. midline
d. subcostal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. midline
During the postop phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the:
a. housekeeping staff
b. anesthesia tech
c. surgical tech
d. central processing tech - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. surgical tech
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a pt and may not properly flow into
the third ventricle through a foramen of:
a. Magendie into the fourth ventricle
b. Monro into the fourth ventricle
c. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
,d. Luschka into the fourth ventricle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. Sylvius into the
fourth ventricle
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical tech should
prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
a. place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator
b. separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator
c. place in separate containers and identify
d. place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔c. place in separate containers and identify
A surgical tech received the following medications onto the sterile field:
0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine with
epinephrine. Which of the following in the MOST appropriate way to label
these medications?
a. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
b. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
c. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
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, d. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔d. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with
epinephrine
A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back for
excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are
needed for this case?
a. Monocryle suture and harmonic scalpel
b. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
c. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
d. nylon sutures, Raytec, and Geralds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. laps, silk ties,
and hemoclips
If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen,
which of the following departments should be consulted?
a. histology
b. laboratory
c. pathology
d. radiology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. pathology
2026 Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Update
When assisting with the closure of a skin incision and operating the skin
stapler, the surgical tech places the staples through which 2 layers?
a. cuticular and subcuticular
b. subicular and subcutaneous
c. subcuticular and subcutaneous
d. subcutaneous and fascia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. cuticular and subcuticular
,The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure?
a. McBurney's
b. Pfannenstiel
c. midline
d. subcostal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. midline
During the postop phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the:
a. housekeeping staff
b. anesthesia tech
c. surgical tech
d. central processing tech - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. surgical tech
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a pt and may not properly flow into
the third ventricle through a foramen of:
a. Magendie into the fourth ventricle
b. Monro into the fourth ventricle
c. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
,d. Luschka into the fourth ventricle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. Sylvius into the
fourth ventricle
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical tech should
prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
a. place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator
b. separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator
c. place in separate containers and identify
d. place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔c. place in separate containers and identify
A surgical tech received the following medications onto the sterile field:
0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine with
epinephrine. Which of the following in the MOST appropriate way to label
these medications?
a. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
b. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
c. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, d. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔d. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with
epinephrine
A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back for
excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are
needed for this case?
a. Monocryle suture and harmonic scalpel
b. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
c. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
d. nylon sutures, Raytec, and Geralds - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. laps, silk ties,
and hemoclips
If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen,
which of the following departments should be consulted?
a. histology
b. laboratory
c. pathology
d. radiology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. pathology
