IAHCSMM ENDOSCOPIC 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Viruses are larger than bacteria - ✔✔False
✔✔Enveloped viruses are easier to disable than non envelope viruses - ✔✔True
✔✔An opportunistic infection is one that is usually caused by non-pathogenic bacteria -
✔✔True
✔✔While bacteria can be pathogenic , fungus and parasites cannot be pathogenic -
✔✔False
✔✔Sepsis has been associated with - ✔✔Bronchoscope
Duodenscopy
Upper GI endoscopy
✔✔Endospores are formed - ✔✔Inside bacteria cell
✔✔Biofilm is a colony of one type of bacteria that joins together - ✔✔False
✔✔Biofilm and fungus can form underneath artificial finger nails - ✔✔True
✔✔Effective work area design should incorporate - ✔✔One way flow
✔✔Inadequate work space in the endoscope work area can be a cause of -
✔✔Endoscope damage
✔✔Endoscopes that have been high level disinfected should be stored on open wire
shelving - ✔✔False
✔✔The recommended temperature for the endoscope clean processing area should be
- ✔✔60*F to 73*F
✔✔When airflow is negative it means air flows into that area - ✔✔True
✔✔Doors and pass through windows between the decontamination and disinfection
area should remain closed however they may remain open between the disinfection and
sterilization area - ✔✔False
✔✔The relative humidity in all endoscope work areas should not exceed - ✔✔60%
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Viruses are larger than bacteria - ✔✔False
✔✔Enveloped viruses are easier to disable than non envelope viruses - ✔✔True
✔✔An opportunistic infection is one that is usually caused by non-pathogenic bacteria -
✔✔True
✔✔While bacteria can be pathogenic , fungus and parasites cannot be pathogenic -
✔✔False
✔✔Sepsis has been associated with - ✔✔Bronchoscope
Duodenscopy
Upper GI endoscopy
✔✔Endospores are formed - ✔✔Inside bacteria cell
✔✔Biofilm is a colony of one type of bacteria that joins together - ✔✔False
✔✔Biofilm and fungus can form underneath artificial finger nails - ✔✔True
✔✔Effective work area design should incorporate - ✔✔One way flow
✔✔Inadequate work space in the endoscope work area can be a cause of -
✔✔Endoscope damage
✔✔Endoscopes that have been high level disinfected should be stored on open wire
shelving - ✔✔False
✔✔The recommended temperature for the endoscope clean processing area should be
- ✔✔60*F to 73*F
✔✔When airflow is negative it means air flows into that area - ✔✔True
✔✔Doors and pass through windows between the decontamination and disinfection
area should remain closed however they may remain open between the disinfection and
sterilization area - ✔✔False
✔✔The relative humidity in all endoscope work areas should not exceed - ✔✔60%
