CST PRACTICE EXAM TEST B QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS

CST PRACTICE EXAM TEST B QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS A #12 knife blade on a #7 handle is MOST commonly used for which of the following types of surgery? - tonsillectomy A cystectomy with ileal conduit procedure was performed. The surgical technologist anticipates the need for a stoma - pouch to collect body fluids A GIA linear stapler is used to - divide in a linear side-to-side or end-to-side fashion A major function of the colon is to - absorb water A pad-like sac or cavity that prevents friction within a joint is known as a - bursa A patient has developed a hematoma at the incision site after the surgeon has left the room. The surgical technologist should - request the surgeon to return A patient is having a hemolytic reaction. Which of the following actions should the surgical team take FIRST? - Stop the transfusion. A patient is in the supine position following a lung resection. Which of the following BEST describes the placement of the collection unit once it is connected to the chest tube? - below the level of the thoracic cavity A physician prescribed 50 milligrams of Demerol. The Demerol is supplied in 100 mg/mL. How many mL of Demerol should be given? - 0.5 mL A resectoscope is used in which of the following prostatic approaches? - transurethral A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a procedure. Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate performing immediate-use sterilization? - The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown. A surgeon asks for warm irrigation after a right hemicolectomy. Which of the following BEST describes the reason for irrigating at this point in the procedure? - to aid visual inspection for leakage A surgeon performing an arterial graft placement on a patient confirms that there is an occlusion in a portion of the artery, and that it must be removed. The surgeon requests a 3-way stopcock and a 1 milliliter tuberculin syringe. Which of the following items will the surgeon technologist also need to be delivered onto the sterile field for removal of the occlusion? - Fogarty catheter A surgeon requests a patient to be placed into the lithotomy position for the surgical procedure. Which of the following positioning devices must be obtained? - leg stirrups A surgical "time out" must be performed prior to - making the initial incision A surgical technolgist received the following medications onto the sterile field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine and epinephrine. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to label these medications? - 0.9% saline + 1gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine. A surgical technologist is explaining the steps of the electrosurgical unit circuit to a student. The surgical technologist should explain that the electrical current is channeled back to the generator through the - dispersive electrode A surgical technologist is preparing a fresh specimen for frozen section to be passed off the field. How should the specimen be prepared to be passed to the circulator? - Wrap it in a telfa pad A T-tube drain may be used following - a choledochotomy A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back for excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are needed for this case? - laps, silk ties, and hemoclips A type of passive transport when salt crystals dissolve in water is known as - diffusion A type of regional anesthesia i which a tourniquet is applied and local anesthetic is administered intravenously is called a - Bier block A wound that has regrowth of damaged blood vessels and synthesizes scar tissue is in which of the following wound healing phases? - migratory Administered for malignant hypothermia - Dantrolene After completion of a procedure, the dispersive electrode is removed and the skin is examined for - burns After manually removing bioburden from a Westcott scissor, the process to continue decontamination is called - cavitation