NBSTSA CST CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A surgical technologist has been asked to serve as a preceptor to a new employee
in the operating room. If the surgeon becomes irritated or anxious because of the new
employee's lack or experience, what actions should be taken? - ✔✔Quietly coach the
new employee in the background
✔✔A pneumatic tourniquet may be used for extremity surgery to: - ✔✔reduce blood loss
✔✔What is not acceptable when draping the patient? - ✔✔Readjusting the drapes as
necessary after placement
✔✔What position should a patient be placed for a low anterior colon resection? -
✔✔Lithotomy
✔✔What might a brain spoon be used for? - ✔✔Cerebral aneurysm
✔✔A perforator is used for which procedure? - ✔✔Craniotomy
✔✔During an open repair of an indirect hernia, which drain should a surgical
technologist have available to pass the surgeon once the spermatic cord has been
dissected? - ✔✔Penrose
✔✔What term refers to an abnormal thoracic curve of the spin referred to as
"hunchback"? - ✔✔Kyphosis
✔✔To which portion of the colon is the appendix attached? - ✔✔Cecum
✔✔What is the surgical position commonly used for thyroid and gallbladder surgery? -
✔✔Reverse Trendelenburg
, ✔✔Which muscle type is striated and voluntary? - ✔✔Skeletal
✔✔What is the medical term for a bunion? - ✔✔Hallux Varus
✔✔Which structure has oral, nasal, and laryngeal divisions? - ✔✔Pharynx
✔✔Who is ultimately responsible for obtaining the surgical informed consent? -
✔✔Surgeon
✔✔Which indicator/monitor provides positive assurance of sterility? - ✔✔Biological
✔✔The enzyme used to soften the zonules of the lens before cataract surgery is: -
✔✔alpha-chymotrypsin
✔✔What is the name of the urinary catheter with a small, curved tapered tip used on
patients with urethral strictures? - ✔✔Coude
✔✔The Bowie-Dick test is performed: - ✔✔daily
✔✔Which organism is normal resident flora of the intestinal tract? - ✔✔Escherichia coli
✔✔A partially dislocated joint is called: - ✔✔sublaxation
✔✔What tumor is typically benign, encapsulated, and arises from tissue covering the
central nervous system structures? - ✔✔Meningioma
✔✔How many hours must an item submerse in glutaraldehyde to sterilize? - ✔✔10
✔✔Which position is most commonly used for neurosurgical procedures? - ✔✔Supine
✔✔What is the term for thread-like appendages that provide bacteria with motion? -
✔✔Flagella
✔✔How many hours must the steam sterilization biological indicator incubate? - ✔✔24
✔✔According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is the patient experiencing when
(s)he trusts the surgical team's abilities? - ✔✔Safety
✔✔What is an abnormal tract between two epithelium-lined surfaces that is open at
both ends? - ✔✔Fistula
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A surgical technologist has been asked to serve as a preceptor to a new employee
in the operating room. If the surgeon becomes irritated or anxious because of the new
employee's lack or experience, what actions should be taken? - ✔✔Quietly coach the
new employee in the background
✔✔A pneumatic tourniquet may be used for extremity surgery to: - ✔✔reduce blood loss
✔✔What is not acceptable when draping the patient? - ✔✔Readjusting the drapes as
necessary after placement
✔✔What position should a patient be placed for a low anterior colon resection? -
✔✔Lithotomy
✔✔What might a brain spoon be used for? - ✔✔Cerebral aneurysm
✔✔A perforator is used for which procedure? - ✔✔Craniotomy
✔✔During an open repair of an indirect hernia, which drain should a surgical
technologist have available to pass the surgeon once the spermatic cord has been
dissected? - ✔✔Penrose
✔✔What term refers to an abnormal thoracic curve of the spin referred to as
"hunchback"? - ✔✔Kyphosis
✔✔To which portion of the colon is the appendix attached? - ✔✔Cecum
✔✔What is the surgical position commonly used for thyroid and gallbladder surgery? -
✔✔Reverse Trendelenburg
, ✔✔Which muscle type is striated and voluntary? - ✔✔Skeletal
✔✔What is the medical term for a bunion? - ✔✔Hallux Varus
✔✔Which structure has oral, nasal, and laryngeal divisions? - ✔✔Pharynx
✔✔Who is ultimately responsible for obtaining the surgical informed consent? -
✔✔Surgeon
✔✔Which indicator/monitor provides positive assurance of sterility? - ✔✔Biological
✔✔The enzyme used to soften the zonules of the lens before cataract surgery is: -
✔✔alpha-chymotrypsin
✔✔What is the name of the urinary catheter with a small, curved tapered tip used on
patients with urethral strictures? - ✔✔Coude
✔✔The Bowie-Dick test is performed: - ✔✔daily
✔✔Which organism is normal resident flora of the intestinal tract? - ✔✔Escherichia coli
✔✔A partially dislocated joint is called: - ✔✔sublaxation
✔✔What tumor is typically benign, encapsulated, and arises from tissue covering the
central nervous system structures? - ✔✔Meningioma
✔✔How many hours must an item submerse in glutaraldehyde to sterilize? - ✔✔10
✔✔Which position is most commonly used for neurosurgical procedures? - ✔✔Supine
✔✔What is the term for thread-like appendages that provide bacteria with motion? -
✔✔Flagella
✔✔How many hours must the steam sterilization biological indicator incubate? - ✔✔24
✔✔According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is the patient experiencing when
(s)he trusts the surgical team's abilities? - ✔✔Safety
✔✔What is an abnormal tract between two epithelium-lined surfaces that is open at
both ends? - ✔✔Fistula
