CBSPD UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Textile packs should be placed how in a sterilizer? - ✔✔sides
✔✔Solid bottom trays should be loaded now? - ✔✔tilted on sides
✔✔How should mesh bottom containers be loaded into the sterilizer? - ✔✔flat on rack
✔✔If packages are still moist when the sterilizer doors are open bacteria can do what? -
✔✔wick through the package
✔✔How does steam sterilization occur? - ✔✔by condensation
✔✔What cases are proven to have prions? - ✔✔1) neurosurgery
2) opthamology (eye)
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be monitored? - ✔✔Weekly with a biological and a
class 5 or class 6 indicator
✔✔What can not be processed in an express cycle? - ✔✔porous items
items with lumens
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be used? - ✔✔In an emergency; a one of a kind
instrument is dropped
✔✔How are liquids sterilized? - ✔✔only through gravity displacement liquid cycles
✔✔What occurs during the drying phase? - ✔✔Dynamic Air Removal: Filtered air is
drawn in achieve drying
Gravity: Heat in chamber evaporates moisture
*Approx.: 30 min. for both
✔✔What occurs during the exhaust phase? - ✔✔steam is exhausted from the chamber
drain line
✔✔What occurs during he sterilization/exposure/"holding phase"? - ✔✔exposure
temperature is maintained for the prescribed amount of time
✔✔What occurs during the conditioning phase of steam sterilizers? - ✔✔Air is removed
and steam is injected
✔✔Where should the bowie dick test be placed in a steam sterilizer - ✔✔drain line
, ✔✔Where is the sterilizers heat-sensing thermometer located? - ✔✔Drain- line
✔✔What provides heat inside the chamber and prevents condensation in a steam
sterilizer? - ✔✔the jacket
✔✔where is the dedicated steam supply made? - ✔✔a boiler
✔✔Steam kills microorganisms by_______ the protein - ✔✔denaturing (coagulation)
✔✔True/false
Removing as many microorganisms as possible before sterilization enhances the
probability of microbial kill - ✔✔true
✔✔What is the air exchange in sterile storage - ✔✔4 per hour
✔✔What is the suggested release temperature of packs? - ✔✔70 to 80 degree farenheit
✔✔How far from the floor should medical devices be stored? - ✔✔8-10 inches from the
floor
✔✔How far should shelving be from outside walls? - ✔✔2 inches
✔✔What kind of pressure should the sterilization area be under? - ✔✔positive
✔✔What is the coldest area of the sterilizer? - ✔✔drain line
✔✔What are the three parameters of steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) Steam under pressure
2) time
3) Exposure/temperature
✔✔What are the two types of cycles in steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) dynamic air removal
(pre-vac)
2) Gravity Displacement (immediate use)
✔✔What are the phases of the cycle? - ✔✔1)conditioning (air is removed)
2)sterilization/Exposure/ Hold (temperature is held)
3) Exhaust (steam out drain line)
4) drying (approx. 30 min.)
✔✔It takes a certain ______ to reach a certain ____________ - ✔✔Pressure
temperature
✔✔What are the types of sterilization processes used? - ✔✔1) steam
2) EtO
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Textile packs should be placed how in a sterilizer? - ✔✔sides
✔✔Solid bottom trays should be loaded now? - ✔✔tilted on sides
✔✔How should mesh bottom containers be loaded into the sterilizer? - ✔✔flat on rack
✔✔If packages are still moist when the sterilizer doors are open bacteria can do what? -
✔✔wick through the package
✔✔How does steam sterilization occur? - ✔✔by condensation
✔✔What cases are proven to have prions? - ✔✔1) neurosurgery
2) opthamology (eye)
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be monitored? - ✔✔Weekly with a biological and a
class 5 or class 6 indicator
✔✔What can not be processed in an express cycle? - ✔✔porous items
items with lumens
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be used? - ✔✔In an emergency; a one of a kind
instrument is dropped
✔✔How are liquids sterilized? - ✔✔only through gravity displacement liquid cycles
✔✔What occurs during the drying phase? - ✔✔Dynamic Air Removal: Filtered air is
drawn in achieve drying
Gravity: Heat in chamber evaporates moisture
*Approx.: 30 min. for both
✔✔What occurs during the exhaust phase? - ✔✔steam is exhausted from the chamber
drain line
✔✔What occurs during he sterilization/exposure/"holding phase"? - ✔✔exposure
temperature is maintained for the prescribed amount of time
✔✔What occurs during the conditioning phase of steam sterilizers? - ✔✔Air is removed
and steam is injected
✔✔Where should the bowie dick test be placed in a steam sterilizer - ✔✔drain line
, ✔✔Where is the sterilizers heat-sensing thermometer located? - ✔✔Drain- line
✔✔What provides heat inside the chamber and prevents condensation in a steam
sterilizer? - ✔✔the jacket
✔✔where is the dedicated steam supply made? - ✔✔a boiler
✔✔Steam kills microorganisms by_______ the protein - ✔✔denaturing (coagulation)
✔✔True/false
Removing as many microorganisms as possible before sterilization enhances the
probability of microbial kill - ✔✔true
✔✔What is the air exchange in sterile storage - ✔✔4 per hour
✔✔What is the suggested release temperature of packs? - ✔✔70 to 80 degree farenheit
✔✔How far from the floor should medical devices be stored? - ✔✔8-10 inches from the
floor
✔✔How far should shelving be from outside walls? - ✔✔2 inches
✔✔What kind of pressure should the sterilization area be under? - ✔✔positive
✔✔What is the coldest area of the sterilizer? - ✔✔drain line
✔✔What are the three parameters of steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) Steam under pressure
2) time
3) Exposure/temperature
✔✔What are the two types of cycles in steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) dynamic air removal
(pre-vac)
2) Gravity Displacement (immediate use)
✔✔What are the phases of the cycle? - ✔✔1)conditioning (air is removed)
2)sterilization/Exposure/ Hold (temperature is held)
3) Exhaust (steam out drain line)
4) drying (approx. 30 min.)
✔✔It takes a certain ______ to reach a certain ____________ - ✔✔Pressure
temperature
✔✔What are the types of sterilization processes used? - ✔✔1) steam
2) EtO
