AST Practice Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Bacteria can be reduced in the operating room by
A. Aeration of rooms overnight
B. damp dusting of surfaces each morning.
C. reducing air exchange in the room.
D. Maintaining humidity level above 70% - CORRECT ANSWER - B. damp dusting of
surfaces each morning
Which of the following is a specimen container used in a flexible or rigid bronchoscopy?
A. Ellik
B. chest bottle
C. Lukens
D. Suction canister - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Lukens
The safest method for placing a blade on a knife handle is with a
A. Mixter
,B. gloved hand
C. needle holder
D. tissue forceps - CORRECT ANSWER - C. needle holder
The MOST appropriate time to position the Mayo stand is after
A. completing the back table set up.
B. applying the electrosurgical grounding pad.
C. draping the patient
D. positioning the back table. - CORRECT ANSWER - C. draping the patient
It is important that the patient void before pelvic surgery to prevent
A. incontinence
B. contamination
C. bladder injury
D. bladder infection - CORRECT ANSWER - C. bladder injury
A device used to measure fluid pressure is known as a
,A. capnometer
B. manometer
C. spirometer
D. thermometer - CORRECT ANSWER - B. manometer
Which of the following positions is used for mastopexy?
A. Kraske
B. dorsal recumbent
C. lateral Sims
D. lithotomy - CORRECT ANSWER - B. dorsal recumbent
Which of the following INCREASES air contamination in the operating room?
A. restricting traffic flow in and out of the room
B. damp dusting with a germicidal solution
C. maintaining air pressure lower than in the outside hall.
D. using pneumatic surgical equipment - CORRECT ANSWER - C. maintaining pressure
lower than in the outside hall.
, A tourniquet is used in which of the following procedures?
A. patellectomy
B. ORIF hip
C. shoulder arthroscopy
D. Bankart repair - CORRECT ANSWER - A. patellectomy
Which of the following is the FIRST step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in
creating a bloodless field?
A. wrapping the limb sequentially with an Esmarch bandage from distal to proximal
B. applying the pneumatic tourniquet to the limb and immediately inflating it.
C. prepping the limb with ChloraPrep, including the determined location of the tourniquet
padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with Webril - CORRECT
ANSWER - D. padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with Webril
When a hernia is strangulated, which of the following instrument sets is added to the general
abdominal set-up?
A rectal
B vascular
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Bacteria can be reduced in the operating room by
A. Aeration of rooms overnight
B. damp dusting of surfaces each morning.
C. reducing air exchange in the room.
D. Maintaining humidity level above 70% - CORRECT ANSWER - B. damp dusting of
surfaces each morning
Which of the following is a specimen container used in a flexible or rigid bronchoscopy?
A. Ellik
B. chest bottle
C. Lukens
D. Suction canister - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Lukens
The safest method for placing a blade on a knife handle is with a
A. Mixter
,B. gloved hand
C. needle holder
D. tissue forceps - CORRECT ANSWER - C. needle holder
The MOST appropriate time to position the Mayo stand is after
A. completing the back table set up.
B. applying the electrosurgical grounding pad.
C. draping the patient
D. positioning the back table. - CORRECT ANSWER - C. draping the patient
It is important that the patient void before pelvic surgery to prevent
A. incontinence
B. contamination
C. bladder injury
D. bladder infection - CORRECT ANSWER - C. bladder injury
A device used to measure fluid pressure is known as a
,A. capnometer
B. manometer
C. spirometer
D. thermometer - CORRECT ANSWER - B. manometer
Which of the following positions is used for mastopexy?
A. Kraske
B. dorsal recumbent
C. lateral Sims
D. lithotomy - CORRECT ANSWER - B. dorsal recumbent
Which of the following INCREASES air contamination in the operating room?
A. restricting traffic flow in and out of the room
B. damp dusting with a germicidal solution
C. maintaining air pressure lower than in the outside hall.
D. using pneumatic surgical equipment - CORRECT ANSWER - C. maintaining pressure
lower than in the outside hall.
, A tourniquet is used in which of the following procedures?
A. patellectomy
B. ORIF hip
C. shoulder arthroscopy
D. Bankart repair - CORRECT ANSWER - A. patellectomy
Which of the following is the FIRST step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in
creating a bloodless field?
A. wrapping the limb sequentially with an Esmarch bandage from distal to proximal
B. applying the pneumatic tourniquet to the limb and immediately inflating it.
C. prepping the limb with ChloraPrep, including the determined location of the tourniquet
padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with Webril - CORRECT
ANSWER - D. padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with Webril
When a hernia is strangulated, which of the following instrument sets is added to the general
abdominal set-up?
A rectal
B vascular
