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CTBS Exam Prep Questions and
Answers Latest 2026
What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
a. History of Cancer
b. Obesity
c. Cardiomyopathy
d. Idiopathic Disorders Ans: c. Cardiomyopathy
AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain
SOPs encompassing all of the following except:
a. Donor suitability criteria and record management
policies
b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release
of tissue Ans: b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue
banking
During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of
time that skin can be exposed to temperatures above 10
degrees Celsius?
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a. 2hrs
b. 1hr
c. 8hr
d. 4hr Ans: a. 2 hours
At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be
stored?
a. -50 degree celsius or colder
b. -1 degree celsius or colder
c. -25 degree celsius or colder
d. -100 degree celsius or colder Ans: d. -100 degree
Celsius or colder
What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that
have been breastfed in the 12 months prior to donation?
a. Length of time donor was fed
b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits Ans: c. Analysis
of mother's risk for transmissible disease
Pre-processing cultures are:
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a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
b. Required by AATB standards
c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to
antibiotics Ans: b. Required by AATB standards
Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular
area of long bones is responsible for fighting infection?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Platelets
d. Macrophages Ans: b. White Blood Cells
When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which
bone should be removed last?
a. Tibia
b. Iliac Crest
c. Femur
d. Calcaneous Ans: b. Iliac Crest
Which of the following organisms cultured from skin
shall make skin not suitable for transplantation?
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a. Cornebacterium Sp.
b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
d. Streptococcuss Viridans Ans: c. Staphylococcuss
Aureus
What is the correct temperature for short-term storage
frozen tissue?
a. -30 degree celsius or colder
b. -4 degree celsius or colder
c. -20 degree celsius or colder
d. -40 degree celsius or colder Ans: c. -20 degree celsius
or colder
A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential
donor. Who must give consent for donation?
a. Mother
b. Brother or Sister
c. Adult Son or Daughter
d. Husband Ans: d. Husband
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CTBS Exam Prep Questions and
Answers Latest 2026
What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
a. History of Cancer
b. Obesity
c. Cardiomyopathy
d. Idiopathic Disorders Ans: c. Cardiomyopathy
AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain
SOPs encompassing all of the following except:
a. Donor suitability criteria and record management
policies
b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release
of tissue Ans: b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue
banking
During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of
time that skin can be exposed to temperatures above 10
degrees Celsius?
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a. 2hrs
b. 1hr
c. 8hr
d. 4hr Ans: a. 2 hours
At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be
stored?
a. -50 degree celsius or colder
b. -1 degree celsius or colder
c. -25 degree celsius or colder
d. -100 degree celsius or colder Ans: d. -100 degree
Celsius or colder
What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that
have been breastfed in the 12 months prior to donation?
a. Length of time donor was fed
b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits Ans: c. Analysis
of mother's risk for transmissible disease
Pre-processing cultures are:
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a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
b. Required by AATB standards
c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to
antibiotics Ans: b. Required by AATB standards
Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular
area of long bones is responsible for fighting infection?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Platelets
d. Macrophages Ans: b. White Blood Cells
When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which
bone should be removed last?
a. Tibia
b. Iliac Crest
c. Femur
d. Calcaneous Ans: b. Iliac Crest
Which of the following organisms cultured from skin
shall make skin not suitable for transplantation?
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a. Cornebacterium Sp.
b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
d. Streptococcuss Viridans Ans: c. Staphylococcuss
Aureus
What is the correct temperature for short-term storage
frozen tissue?
a. -30 degree celsius or colder
b. -4 degree celsius or colder
c. -20 degree celsius or colder
d. -40 degree celsius or colder Ans: c. -20 degree celsius
or colder
A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential
donor. Who must give consent for donation?
a. Mother
b. Brother or Sister
c. Adult Son or Daughter
d. Husband Ans: d. Husband
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