BMET 107 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the type of endoscopy used for diagnosis and treatment of torn cartilage or other joint ailments? -
CORRECT ANSWERS arthroscopy
What is the type of endoscopy used for examining the trachea and bronchial tree for abscesses, bronchitis,
cancer, tumors and tuberculosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS bronchoscopy
What is the type of endoscopy used for examining the colon and large intestines for polyps, tumors, ulcers
and inflammation? - CORRECT ANSWERS colonoscopy
What are endoscopes named after? - CORRECT ANSWERS the part of the body it is used to
examine
What are the tiny strands of glass fibers or light tubes that allow light to pass? - CORRECT
ANSWERS fiber
What determines the viewing angle in rigid scopes that is located in the distal tip? - CORRECT
ANSWERS objective lens
Which type of flexible scope is equipped with a video chip that replaces the "viewing" fiber bundle? -
CORRECT ANSWERS flexible videoscope
What does the video chip in flexible videoscope do? - CORRECT ANSWERS transmits the image
to a video monitor
What type of surgery requires patients surgically opened to examine internal areas of the body? -
CORRECT ANSWERS major invasive surgery
, What are important devices widely used in the health care setting to reprocess endoscopes, such as
duodenoscopes, and endoscope accessories, to decontaminate them between uses? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Automated Endoscope Reprocessors (AER)
__________ - a chemical, physical agent or process capable of killing some bacterial spores, when used
in sufficient concentration, temperature and other suitable conditions to be effective against vegetative
bacteria, fungi, viruses, along with other microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWERS high level
disinfection (HLD)
What must an equipment or tool go through to remove or destroy all forms of microbial life including
bacterial spores by either physical or chemical processes? - CORRECT ANSWERS sterilization
What device classification is introduced directly into the bloodstream, or contact normally sterile tissue or
body-space during use and must be sterilized? - CORRECT ANSWERS critical devices
What device classification contact intact mucous membranes or non-intact skin? - CORRECT
ANSWERS semicritical devices
Semicritical devices should be sterilized; if a device design does not permit sterilization, what must be
accomplished at a minimum? - CORRECT ANSWERS HLD
When must manual reprocessing in the patient room occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS immediately
following the completion of a procedure
Where must the remaining steps of manual reprocessing occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS in a
designated cleaning room
When is pre-cleaning (bedside) occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS immediately after patient
procedure and before disconnecting endoscope from the power source
When must leak testing be accomplished? - CORRECT ANSWERS before immersing the
endoscope into a reprocessing solution
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the type of endoscopy used for diagnosis and treatment of torn cartilage or other joint ailments? -
CORRECT ANSWERS arthroscopy
What is the type of endoscopy used for examining the trachea and bronchial tree for abscesses, bronchitis,
cancer, tumors and tuberculosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS bronchoscopy
What is the type of endoscopy used for examining the colon and large intestines for polyps, tumors, ulcers
and inflammation? - CORRECT ANSWERS colonoscopy
What are endoscopes named after? - CORRECT ANSWERS the part of the body it is used to
examine
What are the tiny strands of glass fibers or light tubes that allow light to pass? - CORRECT
ANSWERS fiber
What determines the viewing angle in rigid scopes that is located in the distal tip? - CORRECT
ANSWERS objective lens
Which type of flexible scope is equipped with a video chip that replaces the "viewing" fiber bundle? -
CORRECT ANSWERS flexible videoscope
What does the video chip in flexible videoscope do? - CORRECT ANSWERS transmits the image
to a video monitor
What type of surgery requires patients surgically opened to examine internal areas of the body? -
CORRECT ANSWERS major invasive surgery
, What are important devices widely used in the health care setting to reprocess endoscopes, such as
duodenoscopes, and endoscope accessories, to decontaminate them between uses? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Automated Endoscope Reprocessors (AER)
__________ - a chemical, physical agent or process capable of killing some bacterial spores, when used
in sufficient concentration, temperature and other suitable conditions to be effective against vegetative
bacteria, fungi, viruses, along with other microorganisms - CORRECT ANSWERS high level
disinfection (HLD)
What must an equipment or tool go through to remove or destroy all forms of microbial life including
bacterial spores by either physical or chemical processes? - CORRECT ANSWERS sterilization
What device classification is introduced directly into the bloodstream, or contact normally sterile tissue or
body-space during use and must be sterilized? - CORRECT ANSWERS critical devices
What device classification contact intact mucous membranes or non-intact skin? - CORRECT
ANSWERS semicritical devices
Semicritical devices should be sterilized; if a device design does not permit sterilization, what must be
accomplished at a minimum? - CORRECT ANSWERS HLD
When must manual reprocessing in the patient room occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS immediately
following the completion of a procedure
Where must the remaining steps of manual reprocessing occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS in a
designated cleaning room
When is pre-cleaning (bedside) occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS immediately after patient
procedure and before disconnecting endoscope from the power source
When must leak testing be accomplished? - CORRECT ANSWERS before immersing the
endoscope into a reprocessing solution
