AST CERTIFICATION EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A popular anesthetic agent used for epidural and spinal anesthesia and provides
good relaxation is:
A. Tetracaine
B. Prcaine
C. Bupivacaine
D. Lidocaine - ✔✔D. Lidocaine
✔✔What instrument is used to elevate periosteum from bone?
A. Cottle
B. Key
C. Hoke
D. Lambotte - ✔✔B. Key
✔✔What gas is used to establish the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic procedures? -
✔✔Co2
✔✔The carpal bones are examples of what type of bones?
A. Flat
B. Short
C. Irregular
D. Sesamoid - ✔✔B. Short
✔✔Cortisone is used for what purpose?
A. Sedative
B. Anti-histamine
C. Miotic
D. Reduce inflammation - ✔✔D. Reduce Inflammtion
✔✔The name of the surgical procedure to correctprolapse of the anterir vaginal wall is:
A. Myomectomy
B. Hysterectomy
C. Colporrhaphy
D. Colposcopy - ✔✔C. Colporrhaphy
✔✔The end of the bone is called? - ✔✔Epiphysis
✔✔When performing an arteriotomy, what instrument is used to extend the incision?
A. Potts-Smith scissors
B. Metz Scisscors
C. #12 knife blade
D. Tenotomy scissors - ✔✔A. Potts-Smith scissors
, ✔✔Which of the following specimens would be placed in formalin for preservation?
A. Kidney stone
B. Smears
C. Tissue for frozen sections
D. Appendix - ✔✔D. Appendix
✔✔Cardiac function monitoring during a vascular procedure is accomplished through
the use of a/an:
A. Pulse oximeter
B. Doppler
C. Central Venous Pressure Catheter
D. Capnography - ✔✔C. CVP Catheter
✔✔What is used to expand a skin graft? - ✔✔Mesh Graft Device
✔✔Bone cells are osteo___?
A. -Cytes
B. -Blasts
C. -Clasts
D. -Blastoma - ✔✔A. Osteocytes
✔✔What is added to lcal anesthetic to decrease bleeding?
A. Wydase
B. Epinephrine
C. Cocaine
D. Papaveine - ✔✔B. Epinephrine
✔✔Unwrapped instruments, no lumens present, are sterilized at 270 degrees F. for how
long?
A. 3 min
B. 4 min
C. 10 min
D. 15 min - ✔✔A. 3 minutes
✔✔What suture should not be used in th presence of infection?
A. Vicryl
B. Silk
C. Nurolon
D. Chromic Gut - ✔✔B. Silk
✔✔Which of the following is used to contract the ribs for suturing purposes?
A. Matson
B. Burford
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A popular anesthetic agent used for epidural and spinal anesthesia and provides
good relaxation is:
A. Tetracaine
B. Prcaine
C. Bupivacaine
D. Lidocaine - ✔✔D. Lidocaine
✔✔What instrument is used to elevate periosteum from bone?
A. Cottle
B. Key
C. Hoke
D. Lambotte - ✔✔B. Key
✔✔What gas is used to establish the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic procedures? -
✔✔Co2
✔✔The carpal bones are examples of what type of bones?
A. Flat
B. Short
C. Irregular
D. Sesamoid - ✔✔B. Short
✔✔Cortisone is used for what purpose?
A. Sedative
B. Anti-histamine
C. Miotic
D. Reduce inflammation - ✔✔D. Reduce Inflammtion
✔✔The name of the surgical procedure to correctprolapse of the anterir vaginal wall is:
A. Myomectomy
B. Hysterectomy
C. Colporrhaphy
D. Colposcopy - ✔✔C. Colporrhaphy
✔✔The end of the bone is called? - ✔✔Epiphysis
✔✔When performing an arteriotomy, what instrument is used to extend the incision?
A. Potts-Smith scissors
B. Metz Scisscors
C. #12 knife blade
D. Tenotomy scissors - ✔✔A. Potts-Smith scissors
, ✔✔Which of the following specimens would be placed in formalin for preservation?
A. Kidney stone
B. Smears
C. Tissue for frozen sections
D. Appendix - ✔✔D. Appendix
✔✔Cardiac function monitoring during a vascular procedure is accomplished through
the use of a/an:
A. Pulse oximeter
B. Doppler
C. Central Venous Pressure Catheter
D. Capnography - ✔✔C. CVP Catheter
✔✔What is used to expand a skin graft? - ✔✔Mesh Graft Device
✔✔Bone cells are osteo___?
A. -Cytes
B. -Blasts
C. -Clasts
D. -Blastoma - ✔✔A. Osteocytes
✔✔What is added to lcal anesthetic to decrease bleeding?
A. Wydase
B. Epinephrine
C. Cocaine
D. Papaveine - ✔✔B. Epinephrine
✔✔Unwrapped instruments, no lumens present, are sterilized at 270 degrees F. for how
long?
A. 3 min
B. 4 min
C. 10 min
D. 15 min - ✔✔A. 3 minutes
✔✔What suture should not be used in th presence of infection?
A. Vicryl
B. Silk
C. Nurolon
D. Chromic Gut - ✔✔B. Silk
✔✔Which of the following is used to contract the ribs for suturing purposes?
A. Matson
B. Burford
