ENT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
A Caldwell-Luc procedure is performed to create a new passageway between the
_______ _________ and the nasal cavity.
a. mandibular sinus
b. ear canal
c. oral gums
d. maxillary sinus - Answers - d. maxillary sinus
Which of the following is NOT considered otorhinolaryngeal surgery?
a. thyroid
b. ear
c. nose
d. mouth and throat - Answers - a. thyroid
While the surgeon is performing a sinoscopy, the surgical technologist should
__________.
a. maintain the oral suction patency
b. watch for change of ocular appearance
c. observe any clear fluid drainage from the nose
d. all of the above - Answers - c. observe any clear fluid drainage from the nose
The procedure/s performed to correct sleep apnea is known as __________.
a. TEP
b. myringotomy
c. uvuoloplatopharyngoplasty
d. laryngoplasty - Answers - c. uvuoloplatopharyngoplasty
This instrument is used to backbite tissue for sinal procedures.
a. antrum rongeur
b. Cottle elevator
c. alligator forceps
d. Joseph knife - Answers - a. antrum rongeur
The surgical approach for an ethmoid sinuscopy can be through the _______.
a. cranium
b. mouth
c. nose
d. none of the above - Answers - c. nose
The ______________ houses coarse hairs and sebaceous glands that filter air for
respiration.
, a. turbinate
b. trachea
c. choana
d. vestibule - Answers - d. vestibule
Cancer of the tongue requires a __________. There is no prosthesis available for this
procedure.
a. partial glossectomy
b. total glossectomy
c. A or B
d. neither A nor B - Answers - c. A or B
This instrument is used to grasp PE tubes and foreign objects.
a. nasal rongeur
b. Cottle elevator
c. alligator forceps
d. Joseph knife - Answers - c. alligator forceps
The______________ closely monitors the facial nerve in procedures where it is at risk,
particularly acoustic neuroma and mastoid procedures.
a. surgeon
b. anesthesiologist
c. circulator
d. surgical technologist - Answers - a. surgeon
In preparation for any ENT or head-and-neck procedure, in case of an emergency, the
_______ should always be readily available until after the patient leaves the room.
a. electrocautery
b. suction
c. microscope
d. headlight - Answers - b. suction
Cholesteatoma is a condition described as __________.
a. hardening of the stapes
b. ruptured tympanic membrane
c. tumorous skin growing in the middle ear
d. leakage of the vestibular fluid - Answers - c. tumorous skin growing in the middle ear
This instrument is used to incise nasal cartilage.
a. nasal rongeur
b. Cottle elevator
c. alligator forceps
d. Joseph knife - Answers - d. Joseph knife
A stapedectomy __________ require a __________.
a. does, tympanoplasty
ANSWERS
A Caldwell-Luc procedure is performed to create a new passageway between the
_______ _________ and the nasal cavity.
a. mandibular sinus
b. ear canal
c. oral gums
d. maxillary sinus - Answers - d. maxillary sinus
Which of the following is NOT considered otorhinolaryngeal surgery?
a. thyroid
b. ear
c. nose
d. mouth and throat - Answers - a. thyroid
While the surgeon is performing a sinoscopy, the surgical technologist should
__________.
a. maintain the oral suction patency
b. watch for change of ocular appearance
c. observe any clear fluid drainage from the nose
d. all of the above - Answers - c. observe any clear fluid drainage from the nose
The procedure/s performed to correct sleep apnea is known as __________.
a. TEP
b. myringotomy
c. uvuoloplatopharyngoplasty
d. laryngoplasty - Answers - c. uvuoloplatopharyngoplasty
This instrument is used to backbite tissue for sinal procedures.
a. antrum rongeur
b. Cottle elevator
c. alligator forceps
d. Joseph knife - Answers - a. antrum rongeur
The surgical approach for an ethmoid sinuscopy can be through the _______.
a. cranium
b. mouth
c. nose
d. none of the above - Answers - c. nose
The ______________ houses coarse hairs and sebaceous glands that filter air for
respiration.
, a. turbinate
b. trachea
c. choana
d. vestibule - Answers - d. vestibule
Cancer of the tongue requires a __________. There is no prosthesis available for this
procedure.
a. partial glossectomy
b. total glossectomy
c. A or B
d. neither A nor B - Answers - c. A or B
This instrument is used to grasp PE tubes and foreign objects.
a. nasal rongeur
b. Cottle elevator
c. alligator forceps
d. Joseph knife - Answers - c. alligator forceps
The______________ closely monitors the facial nerve in procedures where it is at risk,
particularly acoustic neuroma and mastoid procedures.
a. surgeon
b. anesthesiologist
c. circulator
d. surgical technologist - Answers - a. surgeon
In preparation for any ENT or head-and-neck procedure, in case of an emergency, the
_______ should always be readily available until after the patient leaves the room.
a. electrocautery
b. suction
c. microscope
d. headlight - Answers - b. suction
Cholesteatoma is a condition described as __________.
a. hardening of the stapes
b. ruptured tympanic membrane
c. tumorous skin growing in the middle ear
d. leakage of the vestibular fluid - Answers - c. tumorous skin growing in the middle ear
This instrument is used to incise nasal cartilage.
a. nasal rongeur
b. Cottle elevator
c. alligator forceps
d. Joseph knife - Answers - d. Joseph knife
A stapedectomy __________ require a __________.
a. does, tympanoplasty
