NCCT-TSC SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST EXAM
REVIEW PACK SOLVED 2026
● Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when
preparing to do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing
to do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
A. Wilson frame
B. Mayfield head frame
C. bean bag
D. fracture table. Answer: A. Wilson frame
● 3. When preparing the room for a total knee arthroplasty which of the
following items is necessary to occlude blood flow during the surgical
procedure?
A. Coban
B. stockinette
C. tourniquet
D. Esmark. Answer: C. tourniquet
● The surgeon is starting an exploratory laparotomy on an elderly
female patient with a very large rotund abdomen. Which of the
,following supplies should the surgical technologist have available in the
room?
A. Laparoscopic instruments and a Bookwalter retractor.
B. Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
C. Laparoscopic instruments and a Balfour retractor.
D. Bowel instrumentation and a Balfour retractor.. Answer: B. Bowel
instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
● Which of the following equipment is essential for a VATS procedure?
(Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. Wilson frame
B. bean bag
C. video tower
D. Jackson table
E. pillows. Answer: B. bean bag
C. video tower
E. pillows
● The surgical team is in the midst of the Time Out Protocol with the
OR charge nurse present to audit their briefing. After stating the
procedure, site of procedure, antibiotics administered, patient history,
patient name and everyone in the room agreeing to the briefing, the
charge nurse declared it a failed briefing. Which of the following
elements of a Time Out did the surgical team exclude?
,A. verification of the floor the patient will return to
B. verification of blood type
C. verification that the proper implants are in the room
D. verification of the surgical consent form. Answer: C. verification that
the proper implants are in the room
● Which of the following are verified in the Time Out process? (Select
the three (3) correct answers.)
A. patient's identity
B. patient's blood type
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
E. patient's date of birth. Answer: A. patient's identity
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
● The nurse initiates a surgical time out with the surgeon not present and
states the wrong patient identifiers. Which of the following is the best
action for the surgical technologist to take?
A. Ask the nurse to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
B. Report this sentinel event through the facility compliance hotline.
C. Perform the time out with the correct patient identifiers.
, D. Allow the nurse to complete the time out.. Answer: A. Ask the nurse
to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
● Which of the following is a special consideration before the procedure
for a burn patient?
A. amount of light in the room
B. temperature of room
C. laminar air flow rates
D. type of operating room bed. Answer: B. temperature of room
● In an appendectomy where the patient is morbidly obese, which of the
following self-retaining retractors is most appropriate to have on the
sterile field?
A. O'Sullivan-O'Connor
B. Balfour
C. Weitlaner
D. Gelpi. Answer: B. Balfour
● When performing pediatric surgery, the temperature of the room must
be adjusted before the patient enters approximately
A. 30 minutes prior and between 75.6 and 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
B. one hour prior and between 75.6 and 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
C. 30 minutes prior and between 78.8 and 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
REVIEW PACK SOLVED 2026
● Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when
preparing to do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
Which of the following positioning equipment is needed when preparing
to do a posterior spinal fusion of the T3-L2 range?
A. Wilson frame
B. Mayfield head frame
C. bean bag
D. fracture table. Answer: A. Wilson frame
● 3. When preparing the room for a total knee arthroplasty which of the
following items is necessary to occlude blood flow during the surgical
procedure?
A. Coban
B. stockinette
C. tourniquet
D. Esmark. Answer: C. tourniquet
● The surgeon is starting an exploratory laparotomy on an elderly
female patient with a very large rotund abdomen. Which of the
,following supplies should the surgical technologist have available in the
room?
A. Laparoscopic instruments and a Bookwalter retractor.
B. Bowel instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
C. Laparoscopic instruments and a Balfour retractor.
D. Bowel instrumentation and a Balfour retractor.. Answer: B. Bowel
instrumentation and a Bookwalter retractor.
● Which of the following equipment is essential for a VATS procedure?
(Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. Wilson frame
B. bean bag
C. video tower
D. Jackson table
E. pillows. Answer: B. bean bag
C. video tower
E. pillows
● The surgical team is in the midst of the Time Out Protocol with the
OR charge nurse present to audit their briefing. After stating the
procedure, site of procedure, antibiotics administered, patient history,
patient name and everyone in the room agreeing to the briefing, the
charge nurse declared it a failed briefing. Which of the following
elements of a Time Out did the surgical team exclude?
,A. verification of the floor the patient will return to
B. verification of blood type
C. verification that the proper implants are in the room
D. verification of the surgical consent form. Answer: C. verification that
the proper implants are in the room
● Which of the following are verified in the Time Out process? (Select
the three (3) correct answers.)
A. patient's identity
B. patient's blood type
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
E. patient's date of birth. Answer: A. patient's identity
C. correct site
D. procedure to be performed
● The nurse initiates a surgical time out with the surgeon not present and
states the wrong patient identifiers. Which of the following is the best
action for the surgical technologist to take?
A. Ask the nurse to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
B. Report this sentinel event through the facility compliance hotline.
C. Perform the time out with the correct patient identifiers.
, D. Allow the nurse to complete the time out.. Answer: A. Ask the nurse
to repeat the time out once the physician is in the room.
● Which of the following is a special consideration before the procedure
for a burn patient?
A. amount of light in the room
B. temperature of room
C. laminar air flow rates
D. type of operating room bed. Answer: B. temperature of room
● In an appendectomy where the patient is morbidly obese, which of the
following self-retaining retractors is most appropriate to have on the
sterile field?
A. O'Sullivan-O'Connor
B. Balfour
C. Weitlaner
D. Gelpi. Answer: B. Balfour
● When performing pediatric surgery, the temperature of the room must
be adjusted before the patient enters approximately
A. 30 minutes prior and between 75.6 and 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
B. one hour prior and between 75.6 and 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
C. 30 minutes prior and between 78.8 and 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
