NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A 2025/2026 ACTUAL COMPLETE
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM / JUST
RELEASED!!
A surgical technologist is preparing a fresh specimen for frozen
section to be passed off of the field. How should the specimen
be prepared to be passed to the circulator?
A. wrap it in a moist sponge
B. remove any suture material that may be attached
C. wrap it in a Telfa pad
D. remove from back table using a hemostat - ANSWER-C. wrap
it in a Telfa pad
Which of the following suturing techniques features short
lateral stitches that are taken beneath the epithelial layer of
skin?
A. purse-string
B. traction
C. mattress
D. subcuticular - ANSWER-D. subcuticular
Which of the following surgical needles is MOST
appropriately used in a liver resection? A. cutting
B. taper
C. blunt
D. trocar - ANSWER-C. blunt
,Which of the following is NOT an acceptable technique when
placing a patient in the lithotomy position?
A. arms placed on arm boards
B. legs placed in stirrups one at a time
C. both legs placed in stirrups simultaneously
D. hips placed over the lower break of the table - ANSWER-B.
legs placed in stirrups one at a time
What is the function of silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene)?
A. antimicrobial
B. hemostasis
C.
irrigation
D. anticoagulant - ANSWER-A.
antimicrobial
If unexpected heavy blood loss occurs during an
abdominal procedure, a
surgical technologist should request
additional
A. lap
sponges.
B. RAY-TEC
sponges.
C.
Kitners.
,D. cottonoids. - ANSWER-A. lap
sponges
A surgical technologist is explaining the steps of the ESU
circuit to a student.
The surgical technologist should explain that the electric
current is channeled
back to the generator
through the
A. power
source.
B. active electrode (ESU
pencil).
C.
patient.
D. dispersive (inactive) electrode. - ANSWER-D. dispersive
(inactive) electrode.
Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a
procedure has begun should be counted by the
A. circulator and surgeon.
B. surgical technologist in the scrub role and surgical first
assistant.
C. surgeon and surgical first assistant.
D. surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator. -
ANSWER-D.
surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator.
, During a procedure, a surgical technologist touches an
unsterile item with a
sterile glove. Which of the following
should be done?
A. Change the glove at once.
B. Break scrub and rescrub.
C. Wait until closing to change the glove.
D. Ask the surgeon what to do. - ANSWER-A. Change the glove
at once
The oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells is a
function of A. albumin.
B. hemoglobin.
C. hematocrit.
D. prothrombin. - ANSWER-B. hemoglobin.
Which of the following procedures uses a trocar?
A. cystoscopy
B. laparoscopy
C. proctoscopy
D. bronchoscopy - ANSWER-B. laparoscopy
A major function of the colon is to
A. absorb water.
B. secrete
hormones.
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM / JUST
RELEASED!!
A surgical technologist is preparing a fresh specimen for frozen
section to be passed off of the field. How should the specimen
be prepared to be passed to the circulator?
A. wrap it in a moist sponge
B. remove any suture material that may be attached
C. wrap it in a Telfa pad
D. remove from back table using a hemostat - ANSWER-C. wrap
it in a Telfa pad
Which of the following suturing techniques features short
lateral stitches that are taken beneath the epithelial layer of
skin?
A. purse-string
B. traction
C. mattress
D. subcuticular - ANSWER-D. subcuticular
Which of the following surgical needles is MOST
appropriately used in a liver resection? A. cutting
B. taper
C. blunt
D. trocar - ANSWER-C. blunt
,Which of the following is NOT an acceptable technique when
placing a patient in the lithotomy position?
A. arms placed on arm boards
B. legs placed in stirrups one at a time
C. both legs placed in stirrups simultaneously
D. hips placed over the lower break of the table - ANSWER-B.
legs placed in stirrups one at a time
What is the function of silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene)?
A. antimicrobial
B. hemostasis
C.
irrigation
D. anticoagulant - ANSWER-A.
antimicrobial
If unexpected heavy blood loss occurs during an
abdominal procedure, a
surgical technologist should request
additional
A. lap
sponges.
B. RAY-TEC
sponges.
C.
Kitners.
,D. cottonoids. - ANSWER-A. lap
sponges
A surgical technologist is explaining the steps of the ESU
circuit to a student.
The surgical technologist should explain that the electric
current is channeled
back to the generator
through the
A. power
source.
B. active electrode (ESU
pencil).
C.
patient.
D. dispersive (inactive) electrode. - ANSWER-D. dispersive
(inactive) electrode.
Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a
procedure has begun should be counted by the
A. circulator and surgeon.
B. surgical technologist in the scrub role and surgical first
assistant.
C. surgeon and surgical first assistant.
D. surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator. -
ANSWER-D.
surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator.
, During a procedure, a surgical technologist touches an
unsterile item with a
sterile glove. Which of the following
should be done?
A. Change the glove at once.
B. Break scrub and rescrub.
C. Wait until closing to change the glove.
D. Ask the surgeon what to do. - ANSWER-A. Change the glove
at once
The oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells is a
function of A. albumin.
B. hemoglobin.
C. hematocrit.
D. prothrombin. - ANSWER-B. hemoglobin.
Which of the following procedures uses a trocar?
A. cystoscopy
B. laparoscopy
C. proctoscopy
D. bronchoscopy - ANSWER-B. laparoscopy
A major function of the colon is to
A. absorb water.
B. secrete
hormones.
