CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
a. History of Cancer
b. Obesity
c. Cardiomyopathy
d. Idiopathic Disorders -
correct answer ✅c. Cardiomyopathy
AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain SOPs
encompassing all of the following except:
a. Donor suitability criteria and record management policies
b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release of tissue -
correct answer ✅b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of time that
skin can be exposed to temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius?
a. 2hrs
b. 1hr
c. 8hr
,CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
d. 4hr -
correct answer ✅a. 2 hours
At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
a. -50 degree celsius or colder
b. -1 degree celsius or colder
c. -25 degree celsius or colder
d. -100 degree celsius or colder -
correct answer ✅d. -100 degree Celsius or colder
What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that have been
breastfed in the 12 months prior to donation?
a. Length of time donor was fed
b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits -
correct answer ✅c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible
disease
Pre-processing cultures are:
a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
,CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
b. Required by AATB standards
c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics -
correct answer ✅b. Required by AATB standards
Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long
bones is responsible for fighting infection?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Platelets
d. Macrophages -
correct answer ✅b. White Blood Cells
When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone
should be removed last?
a. Tibia
b. Iliac Crest
c. Femur
d. Calcaneous -
correct answer ✅b. Iliac Crest
, CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Which of the following organisms cultured from skin shall make skin
not suitable for transplantation?
a. Cornebacterium Sp.
b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
d. Streptococcuss Viridans -
correct answer ✅c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen
tissue?
a. -30 degree celsius or colder
b. -4 degree celsius or colder
c. -20 degree celsius or colder
d. -40 degree celsius or colder -
correct answer ✅c. -20 degree celsius or colder
A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential donor.
Who must give consent for donation?
a. Mother
b. Brother or Sister
c. Adult Son or Daughter
(Grade A+)
What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
a. History of Cancer
b. Obesity
c. Cardiomyopathy
d. Idiopathic Disorders -
correct answer ✅c. Cardiomyopathy
AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain SOPs
encompassing all of the following except:
a. Donor suitability criteria and record management policies
b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release of tissue -
correct answer ✅b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of time that
skin can be exposed to temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius?
a. 2hrs
b. 1hr
c. 8hr
,CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
d. 4hr -
correct answer ✅a. 2 hours
At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
a. -50 degree celsius or colder
b. -1 degree celsius or colder
c. -25 degree celsius or colder
d. -100 degree celsius or colder -
correct answer ✅d. -100 degree Celsius or colder
What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that have been
breastfed in the 12 months prior to donation?
a. Length of time donor was fed
b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits -
correct answer ✅c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible
disease
Pre-processing cultures are:
a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
,CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
b. Required by AATB standards
c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics -
correct answer ✅b. Required by AATB standards
Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long
bones is responsible for fighting infection?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Platelets
d. Macrophages -
correct answer ✅b. White Blood Cells
When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone
should be removed last?
a. Tibia
b. Iliac Crest
c. Femur
d. Calcaneous -
correct answer ✅b. Iliac Crest
, CTBS Exam Prep Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Which of the following organisms cultured from skin shall make skin
not suitable for transplantation?
a. Cornebacterium Sp.
b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
d. Streptococcuss Viridans -
correct answer ✅c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen
tissue?
a. -30 degree celsius or colder
b. -4 degree celsius or colder
c. -20 degree celsius or colder
d. -40 degree celsius or colder -
correct answer ✅c. -20 degree celsius or colder
A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential donor.
Who must give consent for donation?
a. Mother
b. Brother or Sister
c. Adult Son or Daughter
