SUR 110 Final Test questions &
answers (updated)
Which of the following terms describes the system of principles that become standards of
conduct for professionals? - correct answer ✔✔ Ethics
Which of the following historical figures is considered the father of modern anatomy and
changed the traditional approach to anatomical studies? - correct answer ✔✔ Vesalius
Which of the following terms meets the following definition: a voluntary and informed act in
which one party gives permission to another party to "touch"? - correct answer ✔✔ Consent
Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery first developed techniques for surgical
antisepsis? - correct answer ✔✔ Lister
Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine? - correct answer
✔✔ Roentgen
If a patient suffered a burn as a result of improper application of the ESU dispersive pad, the
individual team member responsible may be found guilty in a lawsuit of which of the following?
- correct answer ✔✔ Negligence
The first scrub of a surgical technologist performs intraoperative tasks under the broad
delegatory authority of the: - correct answer ✔✔ Surgeon
Which of the following legal doctrines would most likely apply in the case of a wrong site
surgery or retained foreign body? - correct answer ✔✔ Res ipsa loquitur
, Ativan is used for pre- and intraoperative sedation - correct answer ✔✔ True
Verification that educational programs meet minimum accreditation standards is done by: -
correct answer ✔✔ CAAHEP
Which legal doctrine would be most applicable in a case involving injury to a patient as a result
of hospital employee's lack of proper training or credentialing? - correct answer ✔✔ Doctrine of
corporate negligence
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member
might answer questions under oath? - correct answer ✔✔ Deposition
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable providers
believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or verbal
permission given? - correct answer ✔✔ Implied
Through which hospital department or committee would the certified surgical first assistant
submit a request for privileges to work in the operating room? - correct answer ✔✔ Medical
staff
What category of drugs are used for surgical prophylaxis and or sepsis? - correct answer ✔✔
Cephalosporins
All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record except: - correct
answer ✔✔ Surgeon's preference card
Which of the following is an example of an intentional tort pertaining to surgical patient care? -
correct answer ✔✔ Restraints are used on patient who threatens to leave
answers (updated)
Which of the following terms describes the system of principles that become standards of
conduct for professionals? - correct answer ✔✔ Ethics
Which of the following historical figures is considered the father of modern anatomy and
changed the traditional approach to anatomical studies? - correct answer ✔✔ Vesalius
Which of the following terms meets the following definition: a voluntary and informed act in
which one party gives permission to another party to "touch"? - correct answer ✔✔ Consent
Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery first developed techniques for surgical
antisepsis? - correct answer ✔✔ Lister
Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine? - correct answer
✔✔ Roentgen
If a patient suffered a burn as a result of improper application of the ESU dispersive pad, the
individual team member responsible may be found guilty in a lawsuit of which of the following?
- correct answer ✔✔ Negligence
The first scrub of a surgical technologist performs intraoperative tasks under the broad
delegatory authority of the: - correct answer ✔✔ Surgeon
Which of the following legal doctrines would most likely apply in the case of a wrong site
surgery or retained foreign body? - correct answer ✔✔ Res ipsa loquitur
, Ativan is used for pre- and intraoperative sedation - correct answer ✔✔ True
Verification that educational programs meet minimum accreditation standards is done by: -
correct answer ✔✔ CAAHEP
Which legal doctrine would be most applicable in a case involving injury to a patient as a result
of hospital employee's lack of proper training or credentialing? - correct answer ✔✔ Doctrine of
corporate negligence
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member
might answer questions under oath? - correct answer ✔✔ Deposition
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable providers
believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or verbal
permission given? - correct answer ✔✔ Implied
Through which hospital department or committee would the certified surgical first assistant
submit a request for privileges to work in the operating room? - correct answer ✔✔ Medical
staff
What category of drugs are used for surgical prophylaxis and or sepsis? - correct answer ✔✔
Cephalosporins
All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record except: - correct
answer ✔✔ Surgeon's preference card
Which of the following is an example of an intentional tort pertaining to surgical patient care? -
correct answer ✔✔ Restraints are used on patient who threatens to leave
