NBSTSA Practice Exam B Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
1. Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a surgical technologist?
A. management of specimens
B. management of sponges
C. maintaining an orderly setup
D. ensuring adequate lighting ✔✔A. Management of specimens
2. During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for transporting soiled
instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician. ✔✔C. Surgical technologist
3. The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I procedure is
,A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal. ✔✔C. Midline
4. CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly flow into the third
ventricle through the 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. ✔✔C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
5. During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist 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. ✔✔C. Place in separate
containers and identify
6. A surgical technologist 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 is 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
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine ✔✔D. 0.9% saline + 1
gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
7. 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. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
, C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds ✔✔B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
8. 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 ✔✔C. Pathology
9. The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50. ✔✔B. 15 to 25
Answers 100% Pass
1. Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a surgical technologist?
A. management of specimens
B. management of sponges
C. maintaining an orderly setup
D. ensuring adequate lighting ✔✔A. Management of specimens
2. During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for transporting soiled
instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician. ✔✔C. Surgical technologist
3. The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I procedure is
,A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal. ✔✔C. Midline
4. CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly flow into the third
ventricle through the 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. ✔✔C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
5. During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist 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. ✔✔C. Place in separate
containers and identify
6. A surgical technologist 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 is 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
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine ✔✔D. 0.9% saline + 1
gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
7. 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. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
, C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds ✔✔B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
8. 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 ✔✔C. Pathology
9. The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50. ✔✔B. 15 to 25
