SURG TECH EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ which of the following surgical team members would be primarily
responsible for maintaining the patient's operative record and
transporting the patient to the post-anesthesia care unit?
Answer: circulating nurse
◉ which of the following surgical team members would be
responsible for separating instruments and disassembling the sterile
field in the postoperative phase?
Answer: CST
◉ which organization develops national certification exams for
surgical technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the
appropriate credential to eligible certificants?
Answer: NBSTSA
◉ The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are
applied to which of the following?
Answer: AST recommended clinical bladder levels
, ◉ which example of nonverbal body language might a patient
perceive as a negative attitude from a team member?
Answer: tightly folded arms
◉ which term describes the surgical technologist's foundational
commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment,
cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical care?
Answer: surgical conscience
◉ which department would provide services for repair of broken
equipment or to do routine preventive checks?
Answer: maintenance and biomed
◉ what does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting?
Answer: diagnosis related groups
◉ When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology
program to verify and clarify records and annual reporting
information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?
Answer: CAAHEP
◉ which of the following membership organizations would the
circulating RN in the operating room likely join as a member?
Answer: AORN
GUIDE 2026
◉ which of the following surgical team members would be primarily
responsible for maintaining the patient's operative record and
transporting the patient to the post-anesthesia care unit?
Answer: circulating nurse
◉ which of the following surgical team members would be
responsible for separating instruments and disassembling the sterile
field in the postoperative phase?
Answer: CST
◉ which organization develops national certification exams for
surgical technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the
appropriate credential to eligible certificants?
Answer: NBSTSA
◉ The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are
applied to which of the following?
Answer: AST recommended clinical bladder levels
, ◉ which example of nonverbal body language might a patient
perceive as a negative attitude from a team member?
Answer: tightly folded arms
◉ which term describes the surgical technologist's foundational
commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment,
cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical care?
Answer: surgical conscience
◉ which department would provide services for repair of broken
equipment or to do routine preventive checks?
Answer: maintenance and biomed
◉ what does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting?
Answer: diagnosis related groups
◉ When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology
program to verify and clarify records and annual reporting
information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?
Answer: CAAHEP
◉ which of the following membership organizations would the
circulating RN in the operating room likely join as a member?
Answer: AORN
