ABSA SURGICAL FIRST ASSISTANT PRACTICE TEST
2026 COMPLETE SOLUTION SCRIPT VERIFIED
Question and Answer 2026 | Updated Practice
Questions and Solutions | A+ Verified
1. Which is not considered part of a sterile field? -✓✓Gloves of sterile person who has
folded his arms
2. The presence of only one living microorganism means an object is: -
✓✓Contaminated
3. Which statement concerning masks is not true? -✓✓Ties may be tied crisscross on
top of head
4.In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____, protecting her gloves
_____. -✓✓Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
5.The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin: -✓✓Surgically
Clean
6.After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered sterile? -✓✓Suction
tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs attached, Cautery tips bound with
rubber bands
7. Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method of gloving is
_____. For changing only a glove during a case, this method _______ be used. -
✓✓Closed, cannot
8. Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect -✓✓Loading
liquids first to prevent spillage on packs
10. If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which cannot be sealed off, it
should be scrubbed: -✓✓Last with sponges used once and discarded
11. Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____ at the end of each
____. -✓✓Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
What are some potential sources for surgical infection: -✓✓Circulating air, patient's
bronchial tree, scrub teams hair, patients circulating blood, instruments, patients and
scrub teams skin
,Which statement regarding the use of masks is false? -✓✓Cross strings behind the
head for better aeration
Strike-through -✓✓The soaking of moisture through unsterile layers to sterile layers or
vice versa
Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing agent is false? -
✓✓Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes
The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air exchanges per hour
are recommended for infection control and a ___ percent humidity is mandatory to
suppress static electricity -✓✓25, 50
Which draping principle is false? -✓✓Drape far side of unsterile table first
Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite: -✓✓Windows, top
floor locations, central corridor
8. Which statement regarding sterile items is false? -✓✓Covered sterile set ups may be
used later in the day
9. When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove technique? -✓✓To
change a glove during a procedure
The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a procedure should
be: -✓✓Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
11. Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-negative and gram-
positive microorganisms -✓✓Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
Which statement regarding sterile technique is false -✓✓Paper or peel-open packages
are torn to expose contents
13. Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers: -✓✓Biological spore
strip
Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false? -✓✓Polyvinyl chloride
wrappers are recommended
Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection are: -✓✓Duration
of operation, invasive monitoring techniques, indiscriminate use of antibioties,
gastrointestinal surgery, prosthetic devices.
, An area of a gown considered sterile is ( are ) the ____ while the ____ is considered
unsterile. -✓✓Sleeves, neck
Which is the major source of contamination in the operating room? -✓✓Personnel
Which is (are) not effective method (s) of disinfection in an operating room: -
✓✓Mercurial compounds, Fogging
Which statement concerning pathogenic Streptococci species of microorganism is
false? -✓✓They are gram-negative, nonmotile organisms
The preferred method of sterilization for heat-sensitive items and anesthesia equipment
when EO sterilization is impractical is soaking in: -✓✓Activated glutaraldehyde
Which disadvantage in use of muslin wrapper material for sterile packs and items? -
✓✓It must be laundered to rehydrate
Which statement regarding hexachlorophene as an antiseptie solution is false? -✓✓It is
soluble in water
Completely unwrapped items may be sterilized in a flash sterilizer at ___ pounds of
pressure, ___ degrees F, for ___ minutes -✓✓27, 270, 3
The foundation for the practice of strict aseptic and sterile technique is: -✓✓A surgical
conscience
Factors that have adverse affects on the shelf life of sterile items include: -✓✓Open
cabinets, high temperature, extremes in humidity
All of the following may cause arterial hypotension surgical patient except: -
✓✓Hypervolemia
The anesthesiologist evaluates the patient's oxygenation and carbon by measuring
arterial: -✓✓pH, pCO2, H2CO3
Which statement is not true about fluids? -✓✓Lab report of a dehyrdated patient shows
a decrease in packed cell volume and hemoglobin
The center which regulates the rhythm of respirations is located in the: -✓✓Pons
In surgical patients, the most common cause of shock is oligemia which is a/an: -
✓✓Deficient circulating blood volume
2026 COMPLETE SOLUTION SCRIPT VERIFIED
Question and Answer 2026 | Updated Practice
Questions and Solutions | A+ Verified
1. Which is not considered part of a sterile field? -✓✓Gloves of sterile person who has
folded his arms
2. The presence of only one living microorganism means an object is: -
✓✓Contaminated
3. Which statement concerning masks is not true? -✓✓Ties may be tied crisscross on
top of head
4.In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____, protecting her gloves
_____. -✓✓Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
5.The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin: -✓✓Surgically
Clean
6.After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered sterile? -✓✓Suction
tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs attached, Cautery tips bound with
rubber bands
7. Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method of gloving is
_____. For changing only a glove during a case, this method _______ be used. -
✓✓Closed, cannot
8. Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect -✓✓Loading
liquids first to prevent spillage on packs
10. If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which cannot be sealed off, it
should be scrubbed: -✓✓Last with sponges used once and discarded
11. Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____ at the end of each
____. -✓✓Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
What are some potential sources for surgical infection: -✓✓Circulating air, patient's
bronchial tree, scrub teams hair, patients circulating blood, instruments, patients and
scrub teams skin
,Which statement regarding the use of masks is false? -✓✓Cross strings behind the
head for better aeration
Strike-through -✓✓The soaking of moisture through unsterile layers to sterile layers or
vice versa
Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing agent is false? -
✓✓Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes
The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air exchanges per hour
are recommended for infection control and a ___ percent humidity is mandatory to
suppress static electricity -✓✓25, 50
Which draping principle is false? -✓✓Drape far side of unsterile table first
Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite: -✓✓Windows, top
floor locations, central corridor
8. Which statement regarding sterile items is false? -✓✓Covered sterile set ups may be
used later in the day
9. When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove technique? -✓✓To
change a glove during a procedure
The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a procedure should
be: -✓✓Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
11. Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-negative and gram-
positive microorganisms -✓✓Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
Which statement regarding sterile technique is false -✓✓Paper or peel-open packages
are torn to expose contents
13. Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers: -✓✓Biological spore
strip
Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false? -✓✓Polyvinyl chloride
wrappers are recommended
Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection are: -✓✓Duration
of operation, invasive monitoring techniques, indiscriminate use of antibioties,
gastrointestinal surgery, prosthetic devices.
, An area of a gown considered sterile is ( are ) the ____ while the ____ is considered
unsterile. -✓✓Sleeves, neck
Which is the major source of contamination in the operating room? -✓✓Personnel
Which is (are) not effective method (s) of disinfection in an operating room: -
✓✓Mercurial compounds, Fogging
Which statement concerning pathogenic Streptococci species of microorganism is
false? -✓✓They are gram-negative, nonmotile organisms
The preferred method of sterilization for heat-sensitive items and anesthesia equipment
when EO sterilization is impractical is soaking in: -✓✓Activated glutaraldehyde
Which disadvantage in use of muslin wrapper material for sterile packs and items? -
✓✓It must be laundered to rehydrate
Which statement regarding hexachlorophene as an antiseptie solution is false? -✓✓It is
soluble in water
Completely unwrapped items may be sterilized in a flash sterilizer at ___ pounds of
pressure, ___ degrees F, for ___ minutes -✓✓27, 270, 3
The foundation for the practice of strict aseptic and sterile technique is: -✓✓A surgical
conscience
Factors that have adverse affects on the shelf life of sterile items include: -✓✓Open
cabinets, high temperature, extremes in humidity
All of the following may cause arterial hypotension surgical patient except: -
✓✓Hypervolemia
The anesthesiologist evaluates the patient's oxygenation and carbon by measuring
arterial: -✓✓pH, pCO2, H2CO3
Which statement is not true about fluids? -✓✓Lab report of a dehyrdated patient shows
a decrease in packed cell volume and hemoglobin
The center which regulates the rhythm of respirations is located in the: -✓✓Pons
In surgical patients, the most common cause of shock is oligemia which is a/an: -
✓✓Deficient circulating blood volume
