SURG TECH EXAM 1 CORE SURGICAL
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATING ROOM
PROCEDURES REVIEW 2026
◉ what does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting?
Answer: diagnosis related groups
◉ When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology
program to verify and clarify records and annual reporting
information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?
Answer: CAAHEP
◉ which of the following membership organizations would the
circulating RN in the operating room likely join as a member?
Answer: AORN
◉ which organization would employees of the central sterile
processing department likely join as members?
Answer: IAHCSMM
◉ which of the following is an independent, nonprofit national
organization that develops standards for and accredits health care
organizations in the United States?
, Answer: the Joint Commission
◉ a medical device or surgical piece of equipment that has failed
would have to be taken out of service and any patient injury
reported to which of the following agencies?
Answer: FDA
◉ after which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain
and the United States begin to train and employ allied health
professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery?
Answer: World War II
◉ the emergency shut-off valve for the supply of oxygen into an
operating room is designated by which color?
Answer: green
◉ Where are surgical instruments "booms" mounted in an OR?
Answer: ceiling
◉ which piece of OR furniture is usually the MOST proximal to the
operative site?
Answer: Mayo stand
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATING ROOM
PROCEDURES REVIEW 2026
◉ what does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting?
Answer: diagnosis related groups
◉ When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology
program to verify and clarify records and annual reporting
information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?
Answer: CAAHEP
◉ which of the following membership organizations would the
circulating RN in the operating room likely join as a member?
Answer: AORN
◉ which organization would employees of the central sterile
processing department likely join as members?
Answer: IAHCSMM
◉ which of the following is an independent, nonprofit national
organization that develops standards for and accredits health care
organizations in the United States?
, Answer: the Joint Commission
◉ a medical device or surgical piece of equipment that has failed
would have to be taken out of service and any patient injury
reported to which of the following agencies?
Answer: FDA
◉ after which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain
and the United States begin to train and employ allied health
professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery?
Answer: World War II
◉ the emergency shut-off valve for the supply of oxygen into an
operating room is designated by which color?
Answer: green
◉ Where are surgical instruments "booms" mounted in an OR?
Answer: ceiling
◉ which piece of OR furniture is usually the MOST proximal to the
operative site?
Answer: Mayo stand
