CER EVALUATION EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Operative (therapeutic) flexible endoscopes are used to identify
possible disease - ✔✔False
✔✔This endoscope is often used to treat kidney stones:
A. Duodenoscope
B. Hysteroscope
C. Ureteroscope
D. Cystoscope - ✔✔C. Ureteroscope
✔✔This endoscope would be used to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease:
A. Colonoscope
B. Ureteroscope
C. Duodenoscope
D. Cystoscope - ✔✔A. Colonoscope
✔✔Which of the following is not a purpose of flexible endoscopes:
A. Obtain tissue samples
B. Search for causes of specific symptoms
C. Remove some forms of cancer
D. Implant stents - ✔✔D. Implant stents
✔✔The endoscope universal cord:
A. Contains the hand-held controls
B. Enables the physician to perform procedures, such as biopsies
C. Connects the light connector to the control body
D. Is the part inserted into the patient - ✔✔C. Connects the light connector to the control
body
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Flexible endoscopes can be used to remove Polyps - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔The insertion tube of a flexible endoscope:
A. Protects the inner components of the endoscope
B. House the air, water and instrument channels
C. The part of the endoscope that is inserted into the patient
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Gastroscopes can be used to perform upper gastrointestinal
procedures, including a duodenoscopy - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Enterscope is to examine the:
A. Large intestine
,B. Small intestine
C. Gallbladder and pancreas
D. Lower airway - ✔✔B. Small intestine
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: A Bronchoscope can be used to examine airways - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔These bacteria are beneficial to humans:
A. Symbiotic bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Gram-Positive bacteria
D. Gram-Negative bacteria - ✔✔A. Symbiotic bacteria
✔✔Human biofilms:
A. are easier to clean than non human biofilms
B. Are formed by gram-negative bacteria
C. Can attach to endoscopes
D. Take longer to form than non-human biofilms - ✔✔C. Can attach to endoscopes
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Symbiotic bacteria are harmful to humans - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Endoscopes can become contaminated from:
A. Poor processing instructions from the manufacturer
B. Using contaminated water
C. Damage to the devices
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔Bacteria are divided into groups based upon:
A. Gram stain color
B. Disinfectant resistance
C. Virulence
D. All the above - ✔✔A. Gram stain color
✔✔Gram-negative bacteria stain:
A. Purple
B. Green
C. Red
D. Gram-negative bacteria do not hold a gram stain - ✔✔C. Red
✔✔Bacteria spores are resistant to:
A. Radiation
B. Heat
C. Chemicals
D. All the above - ✔✔D. All the above
, ✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Viruses are larger than bacteria - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Enveloped viruses are easier to disable than non-envelope viruses -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: An opportunistic infection is one that is usually caused by non-
pathogenic bacteria - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: While bacteria can be pathogenic, fungus and parasites cannot by
pathogenic - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Sepsis has been associated with:
A. Bronchoscopy
B. Duodenoscopy
C. Upper GI endoscopy
D. All the above - ✔✔D. All the above
✔✔Endospores are formed:
A. Outside the bacteria cell
B. Inside the bacteria cell
C. During bacterial reproduction
D. After the bacteria has died - ✔✔B. Inside the bacteria cell
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Biofilm is a colony of one type of bacteria that joins together. -
✔✔FALSE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Biofilm and fungus can form underneath artificial fingernails -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔Effective work area design should incorporate:
A. An irrigating ultrasonic cleaner
B. Multiple automated equipment reprocessors
C. Storage for common endoscope replacement parts
D. One-way flow - ✔✔D. One-way flow
✔✔Inadequate workspace in the endoscope work area can be a cause of:
A. Poor airflow
B. Aerosols entering the clean work area
C. Endoscope damage
D. All the above - ✔✔C. Endoscope damage
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Endoscopes that have been high-level disinfected should be stored
on open wire shelving - ✔✔FALSE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Operative (therapeutic) flexible endoscopes are used to identify
possible disease - ✔✔False
✔✔This endoscope is often used to treat kidney stones:
A. Duodenoscope
B. Hysteroscope
C. Ureteroscope
D. Cystoscope - ✔✔C. Ureteroscope
✔✔This endoscope would be used to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease:
A. Colonoscope
B. Ureteroscope
C. Duodenoscope
D. Cystoscope - ✔✔A. Colonoscope
✔✔Which of the following is not a purpose of flexible endoscopes:
A. Obtain tissue samples
B. Search for causes of specific symptoms
C. Remove some forms of cancer
D. Implant stents - ✔✔D. Implant stents
✔✔The endoscope universal cord:
A. Contains the hand-held controls
B. Enables the physician to perform procedures, such as biopsies
C. Connects the light connector to the control body
D. Is the part inserted into the patient - ✔✔C. Connects the light connector to the control
body
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Flexible endoscopes can be used to remove Polyps - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔The insertion tube of a flexible endoscope:
A. Protects the inner components of the endoscope
B. House the air, water and instrument channels
C. The part of the endoscope that is inserted into the patient
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Gastroscopes can be used to perform upper gastrointestinal
procedures, including a duodenoscopy - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Enterscope is to examine the:
A. Large intestine
,B. Small intestine
C. Gallbladder and pancreas
D. Lower airway - ✔✔B. Small intestine
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: A Bronchoscope can be used to examine airways - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔These bacteria are beneficial to humans:
A. Symbiotic bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Gram-Positive bacteria
D. Gram-Negative bacteria - ✔✔A. Symbiotic bacteria
✔✔Human biofilms:
A. are easier to clean than non human biofilms
B. Are formed by gram-negative bacteria
C. Can attach to endoscopes
D. Take longer to form than non-human biofilms - ✔✔C. Can attach to endoscopes
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Symbiotic bacteria are harmful to humans - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Endoscopes can become contaminated from:
A. Poor processing instructions from the manufacturer
B. Using contaminated water
C. Damage to the devices
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔Bacteria are divided into groups based upon:
A. Gram stain color
B. Disinfectant resistance
C. Virulence
D. All the above - ✔✔A. Gram stain color
✔✔Gram-negative bacteria stain:
A. Purple
B. Green
C. Red
D. Gram-negative bacteria do not hold a gram stain - ✔✔C. Red
✔✔Bacteria spores are resistant to:
A. Radiation
B. Heat
C. Chemicals
D. All the above - ✔✔D. All the above
, ✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Viruses are larger than bacteria - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Enveloped viruses are easier to disable than non-envelope viruses -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: An opportunistic infection is one that is usually caused by non-
pathogenic bacteria - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: While bacteria can be pathogenic, fungus and parasites cannot by
pathogenic - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Sepsis has been associated with:
A. Bronchoscopy
B. Duodenoscopy
C. Upper GI endoscopy
D. All the above - ✔✔D. All the above
✔✔Endospores are formed:
A. Outside the bacteria cell
B. Inside the bacteria cell
C. During bacterial reproduction
D. After the bacteria has died - ✔✔B. Inside the bacteria cell
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Biofilm is a colony of one type of bacteria that joins together. -
✔✔FALSE
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Biofilm and fungus can form underneath artificial fingernails -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔Effective work area design should incorporate:
A. An irrigating ultrasonic cleaner
B. Multiple automated equipment reprocessors
C. Storage for common endoscope replacement parts
D. One-way flow - ✔✔D. One-way flow
✔✔Inadequate workspace in the endoscope work area can be a cause of:
A. Poor airflow
B. Aerosols entering the clean work area
C. Endoscope damage
D. All the above - ✔✔C. Endoscope damage
✔✔TRUE/FALSE: Endoscopes that have been high-level disinfected should be stored
on open wire shelving - ✔✔FALSE
