IAHCSMM (CRCST) 2026 Question and Answer
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• Central Service Technician must wear special attire referred to as ______ to
minimize their exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contaminants -✓✓PPE
• instruments sets and other requirement instrumentation needed for all scheduled
procedures for an entire day are usually pulled (collected) -✓✓the day or evening
before they will be used
• the use of analytical skills to solve problems and make decisions is a component
go which knowledge and skills dimensions? -✓✓employability skills
• Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) are -✓✓infections which occur in the
course of being treated in a health care facility
• the human resources tool that defines job duties performed by persons in specific
positions is called a : -✓✓job description
• in the future, which of the following will more frequently become a requirement
for working in a Central Service department? -✓✓formal education
• While items may be dispensed to all areas of a facility, the major focus of the
sterile storage personnel is -✓✓the Operating Room
• which of the following is NOT a growing trend in central service? -
✓✓decentralization of Central Service responsibilities
, • Knowing and understanding medical terminology helps technicians -
✓✓understand what is asked when a request is made
• the majority of medical terms are of either ________ or ________ origin. -
✓✓greek or latin
• which of the following tells the primary meaning of a word? -✓✓root word
element
• the purpose of a combing vowel is to -✓✓ease pronunciation of a word
• the last word element in a medical terms is the -✓✓suffix
• the term ITIS mean -✓✓inflammation
• the term ectomy mean -✓✓surgical removal
• the term oscopy mean -✓✓visual examination
• arthroscopy means -✓✓visual exam of a joint
• the term ostomy -✓✓is a suffix
• the suffix -tome means a -✓✓cutting instrument
| Premium Revision Edition | Previously
Tested Solutions
• Central Service Technician must wear special attire referred to as ______ to
minimize their exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contaminants -✓✓PPE
• instruments sets and other requirement instrumentation needed for all scheduled
procedures for an entire day are usually pulled (collected) -✓✓the day or evening
before they will be used
• the use of analytical skills to solve problems and make decisions is a component
go which knowledge and skills dimensions? -✓✓employability skills
• Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) are -✓✓infections which occur in the
course of being treated in a health care facility
• the human resources tool that defines job duties performed by persons in specific
positions is called a : -✓✓job description
• in the future, which of the following will more frequently become a requirement
for working in a Central Service department? -✓✓formal education
• While items may be dispensed to all areas of a facility, the major focus of the
sterile storage personnel is -✓✓the Operating Room
• which of the following is NOT a growing trend in central service? -
✓✓decentralization of Central Service responsibilities
, • Knowing and understanding medical terminology helps technicians -
✓✓understand what is asked when a request is made
• the majority of medical terms are of either ________ or ________ origin. -
✓✓greek or latin
• which of the following tells the primary meaning of a word? -✓✓root word
element
• the purpose of a combing vowel is to -✓✓ease pronunciation of a word
• the last word element in a medical terms is the -✓✓suffix
• the term ITIS mean -✓✓inflammation
• the term ectomy mean -✓✓surgical removal
• the term oscopy mean -✓✓visual examination
• arthroscopy means -✓✓visual exam of a joint
• the term ostomy -✓✓is a suffix
• the suffix -tome means a -✓✓cutting instrument
