CST EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
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• Which endoscope is used to visualize the heart and major vessels -✓✓ Angioscope
• Which procedure can be performed without making an incision to treat varicose veins?
-✓✓ Sclerotherapy
• Which of the following is the correct postoperative sequence of actions completed by
the ST? -✓✓ Remove drapes, remove gown & glove, assist w/ pt care, breakdown set
up
• Cardiac muscles are controlled by which division of the nervous system -✓✓
Autonomic
• Which would absorbable suture be contraindicated -✓✓ Vascular Anastomosis
• Which of the following damages the mastoid air cells and ossicles of the ear -✓✓
Cholesteatoma
• Which endoscope is used for the removal of foreign bodies from the airway of a
pediatric patient -✓✓ rigid bronchoscope
• Which instrument is used to contract the ribs for suturing purposes -✓✓ Bailey
• The teeth are composed primarily of: -✓✓ Dentin
• The basis for the design of electrical equipment in the OR is: -✓✓ Electron Theory
• Which organ shares the same blood supply with the pancreas and must be removed
during a Whipple -✓✓ Duodenum
• During a cleft palate procedure, which equipment should the surgical tech be prepared
to set up quickly -✓✓ Drill
• Which of the following instruments creates the trough on the humerus to facilitate
attachment to the rotator cuff -✓✓ curved osteotome
• Which secretes Hydrochloric acid -✓✓ Parietal cells
• Which is a type of fenestrated drape -✓✓ Extremity drape
, • During a trabeculectomy, which 2 layers are incised at the beginning of the procedure
-✓✓ conjunctiva; sclera
• What instrument set should the ST have available in the OR when preparing for an
inguinal herniorraphy -✓✓ Bowel
• Which is used to obtain specimens during a bronchoscopy -✓✓ Lukens tube
• Which suture material would be used in the presence of infection -✓✓ Steel
• When making a mc burney's incision, which muscle is encountered first and divided in
the direction of its fibers -✓✓ External oblique
• Which maintains the position of the uterus -✓✓ Broad ligament
• Transverse colectomy is incised through which incision -✓✓ Upper midline
• How would you position a patient with a intertrochanteric fracture -✓✓ Supine
• What position allows optimal exposure of the retroperitoneal are of the flank -✓✓
Lateral
• The removal of fibrous thickening of the visceral pleura -✓✓ Decortication
• What type of hernia involves a direct and indirect hernia -✓✓ Pantaloon
• The neuroglia of the nervous system -✓✓ support and bind
• Which member of the Surgical team is responsible for protecting an un-splinted
fracture during positioning -✓✓ Surgeon
• Which muscle relax when a small pad is placed under a patients head in the supine
position -✓✓ Strap
• A type of bone holding forceps is -✓✓ Dingman
• Which piece of equipment is required for administration of a Bier Block -✓✓ Double
cuffed tourniquet
• What is the average normal respiration rate for children -✓✓ 18-30
• What anatomical structure must be approximated after a colectomy to prevent
herniation of abdominal contents -✓✓ Mesentery
| 100% CORRECT | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• Which endoscope is used to visualize the heart and major vessels -✓✓ Angioscope
• Which procedure can be performed without making an incision to treat varicose veins?
-✓✓ Sclerotherapy
• Which of the following is the correct postoperative sequence of actions completed by
the ST? -✓✓ Remove drapes, remove gown & glove, assist w/ pt care, breakdown set
up
• Cardiac muscles are controlled by which division of the nervous system -✓✓
Autonomic
• Which would absorbable suture be contraindicated -✓✓ Vascular Anastomosis
• Which of the following damages the mastoid air cells and ossicles of the ear -✓✓
Cholesteatoma
• Which endoscope is used for the removal of foreign bodies from the airway of a
pediatric patient -✓✓ rigid bronchoscope
• Which instrument is used to contract the ribs for suturing purposes -✓✓ Bailey
• The teeth are composed primarily of: -✓✓ Dentin
• The basis for the design of electrical equipment in the OR is: -✓✓ Electron Theory
• Which organ shares the same blood supply with the pancreas and must be removed
during a Whipple -✓✓ Duodenum
• During a cleft palate procedure, which equipment should the surgical tech be prepared
to set up quickly -✓✓ Drill
• Which of the following instruments creates the trough on the humerus to facilitate
attachment to the rotator cuff -✓✓ curved osteotome
• Which secretes Hydrochloric acid -✓✓ Parietal cells
• Which is a type of fenestrated drape -✓✓ Extremity drape
, • During a trabeculectomy, which 2 layers are incised at the beginning of the procedure
-✓✓ conjunctiva; sclera
• What instrument set should the ST have available in the OR when preparing for an
inguinal herniorraphy -✓✓ Bowel
• Which is used to obtain specimens during a bronchoscopy -✓✓ Lukens tube
• Which suture material would be used in the presence of infection -✓✓ Steel
• When making a mc burney's incision, which muscle is encountered first and divided in
the direction of its fibers -✓✓ External oblique
• Which maintains the position of the uterus -✓✓ Broad ligament
• Transverse colectomy is incised through which incision -✓✓ Upper midline
• How would you position a patient with a intertrochanteric fracture -✓✓ Supine
• What position allows optimal exposure of the retroperitoneal are of the flank -✓✓
Lateral
• The removal of fibrous thickening of the visceral pleura -✓✓ Decortication
• What type of hernia involves a direct and indirect hernia -✓✓ Pantaloon
• The neuroglia of the nervous system -✓✓ support and bind
• Which member of the Surgical team is responsible for protecting an un-splinted
fracture during positioning -✓✓ Surgeon
• Which muscle relax when a small pad is placed under a patients head in the supine
position -✓✓ Strap
• A type of bone holding forceps is -✓✓ Dingman
• Which piece of equipment is required for administration of a Bier Block -✓✓ Double
cuffed tourniquet
• What is the average normal respiration rate for children -✓✓ 18-30
• What anatomical structure must be approximated after a colectomy to prevent
herniation of abdominal contents -✓✓ Mesentery
