SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ what is a gram stain? Answer: stain that uses crystal violet
◉ gram-postitive bacteria color? Answer: purple
◉ gram-negative bacteria color? Answer: not red or purple
◉ what is an example of spore forming? Answer: clostridium
◉ what is the most common transmitted pathogen? Answer:
staphylococcus aureus - gram postitive
◉ where is bacterium most commonly found? Answer: flora of the
skin, hair, and nares of nose
◉ tuberculosis (TB) Answer: mycobacterium tuberculosis
,◉ how is TB transmitted? Answer: airborne - usually infects lungs -
needs N95
◉ viruses Answer: nonliving particles unlike bacteria
◉ Staphlococcus aureus Answer: toxic shock syndrome
post-op SSI
osteomyelitis
◉ Staphylococcus epidermis Answer: UTIs
IV catheter infections
◉ Streptococcus pyogenes Answer: strep throat
rheumatic fever
scarlet fever
◉ bordetella pertussis (gram -) Answer: whooping cough
◉ listeria monocytogenes Answer: meningitis bacteremia (gram +)
, ◉ Pseudomonas aeruginosa Answer: deep-tissue health care
associated infections (burns, deep puncture wounds, open bone
fractures)
UTIs
endocarditis
◉ helicobacter pylori Answer: stomach ulcers
chronic gastritis
◉ enterococcus Answer: gram + / infections in urinary tract and
bloodstream; associated with intra-abdominal abscesses and wound
infections
◉ Haemophilus influenzae Answer: bacterial meningitis (infants)
otitis media
respiratory tract infections
◉ Escherichia coli Answer: UTIs - pathogen outside the intestine
◉ Clostridium perfringens Answer: gas gangrene
◉ hepatitis c Answer: Virus causing chronic disease without
jaundice
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ what is a gram stain? Answer: stain that uses crystal violet
◉ gram-postitive bacteria color? Answer: purple
◉ gram-negative bacteria color? Answer: not red or purple
◉ what is an example of spore forming? Answer: clostridium
◉ what is the most common transmitted pathogen? Answer:
staphylococcus aureus - gram postitive
◉ where is bacterium most commonly found? Answer: flora of the
skin, hair, and nares of nose
◉ tuberculosis (TB) Answer: mycobacterium tuberculosis
,◉ how is TB transmitted? Answer: airborne - usually infects lungs -
needs N95
◉ viruses Answer: nonliving particles unlike bacteria
◉ Staphlococcus aureus Answer: toxic shock syndrome
post-op SSI
osteomyelitis
◉ Staphylococcus epidermis Answer: UTIs
IV catheter infections
◉ Streptococcus pyogenes Answer: strep throat
rheumatic fever
scarlet fever
◉ bordetella pertussis (gram -) Answer: whooping cough
◉ listeria monocytogenes Answer: meningitis bacteremia (gram +)
, ◉ Pseudomonas aeruginosa Answer: deep-tissue health care
associated infections (burns, deep puncture wounds, open bone
fractures)
UTIs
endocarditis
◉ helicobacter pylori Answer: stomach ulcers
chronic gastritis
◉ enterococcus Answer: gram + / infections in urinary tract and
bloodstream; associated with intra-abdominal abscesses and wound
infections
◉ Haemophilus influenzae Answer: bacterial meningitis (infants)
otitis media
respiratory tract infections
◉ Escherichia coli Answer: UTIs - pathogen outside the intestine
◉ Clostridium perfringens Answer: gas gangrene
◉ hepatitis c Answer: Virus causing chronic disease without
jaundice
