NCCT Surgical Tech Practice 2024/2025
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The surgical technologist is preparing for a laparoscopic assisted vaginal
hysterectomy. Which of the following equipment is needed for the
procedure?
A. endoscopic retrieval bag
B. harmonic scalpel
C. endoscopic GIA
D. Alexis retractor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. harmonic scalpel
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing to
do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing to
do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
A. Wilson frame
B. Mayfield head frame
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,C. bean bag
D. fracture table - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Wilson frame
3. When preparing the room for a total knee arthroplasty which of the
following items is necessary to occlude blood flow during the surgical
procedure?
A. Coban
B. stockinette
C. tourniquet
D. Esmark - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. tourniquet
The surgeon is starting an exploratory laparotomy on an elderly female
patient with a very large rotund abdomen. Which of the following supplies
should the surgical technologist have available in the room?
A. Laparoscopic instruments and a Bookwalter retractor.
B. Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
C. Laparoscopic instruments and a Balfour retractor.
D. Bowel instrumentation and a Balfour retractor. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B.
Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
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,Which of the following equipment is essential for a VATS procedure?
(Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. Wilson frame
B. bean bag
C. video tower
D. Jackson table
E. pillows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. bean bag
C. video tower
E. pillows
The surgical team is in the midst of the Time Out Protocol with the OR
charge nurse present to audit their briefing. After stating the procedure, site
of procedure, antibiotics administered, patient history, patient name and
everyone in the room agreeing to the briefing, the charge nurse declared it
a failed briefing. Which of the following elements of a Time Out did the
surgical team exclude?
A. verification of the floor the patient will return to
B. verification of blood type
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, C. verification that the proper implants are in the room
D. verification of the surgical consent form - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. verification
that the proper implants are in the room
Which of the following are verified in the Time Out process? (Select the
three (3) correct answers.)
A. patient's identity
B. patient's blood type
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
E. patient's date of birth - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. patient's identity
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
The nurse initiates a surgical time out with the surgeon not present and
states the wrong patient identifiers. Which of the following is the best action
for the surgical technologist to take?
A. Ask the nurse to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
B. Report this sentinel event through the facility compliance hotline.
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Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
Update | A+ Rated
The surgical technologist is preparing for a laparoscopic assisted vaginal
hysterectomy. Which of the following equipment is needed for the
procedure?
A. endoscopic retrieval bag
B. harmonic scalpel
C. endoscopic GIA
D. Alexis retractor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. harmonic scalpel
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing to
do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing to
do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
A. Wilson frame
B. Mayfield head frame
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,C. bean bag
D. fracture table - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Wilson frame
3. When preparing the room for a total knee arthroplasty which of the
following items is necessary to occlude blood flow during the surgical
procedure?
A. Coban
B. stockinette
C. tourniquet
D. Esmark - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. tourniquet
The surgeon is starting an exploratory laparotomy on an elderly female
patient with a very large rotund abdomen. Which of the following supplies
should the surgical technologist have available in the room?
A. Laparoscopic instruments and a Bookwalter retractor.
B. Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
C. Laparoscopic instruments and a Balfour retractor.
D. Bowel instrumentation and a Balfour retractor. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B.
Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
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,Which of the following equipment is essential for a VATS procedure?
(Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. Wilson frame
B. bean bag
C. video tower
D. Jackson table
E. pillows - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. bean bag
C. video tower
E. pillows
The surgical team is in the midst of the Time Out Protocol with the OR
charge nurse present to audit their briefing. After stating the procedure, site
of procedure, antibiotics administered, patient history, patient name and
everyone in the room agreeing to the briefing, the charge nurse declared it
a failed briefing. Which of the following elements of a Time Out did the
surgical team exclude?
A. verification of the floor the patient will return to
B. verification of blood type
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, C. verification that the proper implants are in the room
D. verification of the surgical consent form - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. verification
that the proper implants are in the room
Which of the following are verified in the Time Out process? (Select the
three (3) correct answers.)
A. patient's identity
B. patient's blood type
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
E. patient's date of birth - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. patient's identity
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
The nurse initiates a surgical time out with the surgeon not present and
states the wrong patient identifiers. Which of the following is the best action
for the surgical technologist to take?
A. Ask the nurse to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
B. Report this sentinel event through the facility compliance hotline.
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