NCCT SURGICAL TECH REVIEW UPDATED 2026 SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What type of drape would be used for a flank procedure? - ✔✔Transverse
✔✔Where should the safety strap be placed on a patient who is in supine position? -
✔✔Below the knees
✔✔Which surgical procedure is performed to correct an abnormality in which the
urethral meatus is situated on the superior aspect of the penis? - ✔✔Epispadias repair
✔✔What is the most common cause of intracerebral hemorage - ✔✔Hypertension
✔✔The larynx is located between what two structures? - ✔✔Pharynx and trachea
✔✔When would the anesthesia provider request cricoid pressure? - ✔✔Endotracheal
intubation
✔✔Which instrument would be used during a keratoplasty to remove the cornea? -
✔✔Trephine
✔✔Which regulation states that blood and body fluids should be considered infection? -
✔✔Body Substance Isolation rules
, ✔✔Which structure has oral, nasal, and laryngeal divisions? - ✔✔Pharynx
✔✔Otoplasty is performed to correct a congenital deformity of which structure? - ✔✔Ear
✔✔An injury a patient sustains as a result of the care given by a healthcare professional
is called? - ✔✔Latrogenic
✔✔The highly vascular later of the eye that absorbs light rays and nourishes the retina
is the - ✔✔Choroid
✔✔According to maslow's heirarchy of needs, which is the patient satisfying when they
trust the surgical tems ability? - ✔✔Physiological
✔✔What is the next step for reattachment of a severed digit after debridment? -
✔✔Bone to bone fixation
✔✔Which term refers to absence of the external ear? - ✔✔Microtia
✔✔Which instrument would be used during a keratoplasty? - ✔✔Cottingham punch
✔✔The avascular clear portion of the eye convering the iris is the - ✔✔Cornea
✔✔Which legal principle applies when the patient is given the wrong dose of the local
anesthetic - ✔✔Res ipsa loquitor (the thing speaks for itself)
✔✔What is the space between the vocal cords called? - ✔✔Glottis
✔✔What retractor is used for spinal nerve roots? - ✔✔Cushing
✔✔How many hours must an item submerse in glutaraldehyde to sterilize? - ✔✔10
✔✔What is the name of the condition in which a loop of bowel herniates into the
douglas's cul-de-sac? - ✔✔Cystocele
✔✔The nasal sinus located between the nose and the orbits is the` - ✔✔Ethmoid
✔✔The minimum fahrenheit temperature for sterilization to occur in a prevacuum steam
sterilizer is - ✔✔270-276
✔✔What is the minimum number of minutes to sterilize unwrapped metal instruments
with lumens in the gravity displacement sterilizer at 270? - ✔✔10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What type of drape would be used for a flank procedure? - ✔✔Transverse
✔✔Where should the safety strap be placed on a patient who is in supine position? -
✔✔Below the knees
✔✔Which surgical procedure is performed to correct an abnormality in which the
urethral meatus is situated on the superior aspect of the penis? - ✔✔Epispadias repair
✔✔What is the most common cause of intracerebral hemorage - ✔✔Hypertension
✔✔The larynx is located between what two structures? - ✔✔Pharynx and trachea
✔✔When would the anesthesia provider request cricoid pressure? - ✔✔Endotracheal
intubation
✔✔Which instrument would be used during a keratoplasty to remove the cornea? -
✔✔Trephine
✔✔Which regulation states that blood and body fluids should be considered infection? -
✔✔Body Substance Isolation rules
, ✔✔Which structure has oral, nasal, and laryngeal divisions? - ✔✔Pharynx
✔✔Otoplasty is performed to correct a congenital deformity of which structure? - ✔✔Ear
✔✔An injury a patient sustains as a result of the care given by a healthcare professional
is called? - ✔✔Latrogenic
✔✔The highly vascular later of the eye that absorbs light rays and nourishes the retina
is the - ✔✔Choroid
✔✔According to maslow's heirarchy of needs, which is the patient satisfying when they
trust the surgical tems ability? - ✔✔Physiological
✔✔What is the next step for reattachment of a severed digit after debridment? -
✔✔Bone to bone fixation
✔✔Which term refers to absence of the external ear? - ✔✔Microtia
✔✔Which instrument would be used during a keratoplasty? - ✔✔Cottingham punch
✔✔The avascular clear portion of the eye convering the iris is the - ✔✔Cornea
✔✔Which legal principle applies when the patient is given the wrong dose of the local
anesthetic - ✔✔Res ipsa loquitor (the thing speaks for itself)
✔✔What is the space between the vocal cords called? - ✔✔Glottis
✔✔What retractor is used for spinal nerve roots? - ✔✔Cushing
✔✔How many hours must an item submerse in glutaraldehyde to sterilize? - ✔✔10
✔✔What is the name of the condition in which a loop of bowel herniates into the
douglas's cul-de-sac? - ✔✔Cystocele
✔✔The nasal sinus located between the nose and the orbits is the` - ✔✔Ethmoid
✔✔The minimum fahrenheit temperature for sterilization to occur in a prevacuum steam
sterilizer is - ✔✔270-276
✔✔What is the minimum number of minutes to sterilize unwrapped metal instruments
with lumens in the gravity displacement sterilizer at 270? - ✔✔10
