2026 CBSPD STUDY CORRECT ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Clamps used for hemostasis are also designed to - ✔✔Minimize damage to tissue
✔✔An instrument tray for a laparotomy procedure must include a(n) - ✔✔Abdominal
retractor
✔✔Inspection and verification of adequate cleaning is difficult with instruments -
✔✔With lumens
✔✔Cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process? - ✔✔Low-Temperature
gas plasma
✔✔Failure to completely dry devices to be processed in low-temperature gas plasma
can result in - ✔✔A cycle cancellation
✔✔Which of the following chemical indicators should only be used in the specific cycle
for which they are labeled? - ✔✔Emulating
✔✔If a technician's skin is exposed to liquid ethylene oxide, what should the technician
do FIRST? - ✔✔Wash the exposed area with large amounts of soap and water
✔✔A positive biological indicator (BI) test shows that sterilization process - ✔✔Did not
result in the death of all the test organisms
✔✔Lot control numbers should be placed on each package sterilized, and on the -
✔✔Sterilization log
✔✔Basin sets must be titled forward, on their side, on the steam sterilizer rack to -
✔✔Permit condensate to run off
, ✔✔Which of the following is necessary to attain the high temperature needed in a
steam sterilizer? - ✔✔Pressure
✔✔The purpose of the dynamic air removal cycle of pre-vacuum steam sterilizer is to -
✔✔Remove air from the chamber
✔✔Heat sensing thermometers for steam sterilizers are located in the - ✔✔Drain line
✔✔To kill the remaining microoragnisms on surgical instruments, the MOST cost-
effective sterilization method is generally considered to be - ✔✔Steam under pressure
✔✔When heat is added to steam without increasing the moisture content, the steam is
called - ✔✔Superheated steam
✔✔Which of the following sterilization methods would be appropriate for petrolatum
guaze - ✔✔Dry heat
✔✔When a steam sterilizer load contains a mixture of fabric and metal items, the items
should be places - ✔✔With the metal items below the fabric items
✔✔When a steam sterilizer is loaded with linen packs, they should be - ✔✔Placed on
their edges
✔✔There are two pressure gauges on a steam sterilizer. These guages measure the
pressure in the - ✔✔Jacket and the chamber
✔✔A bowie dick test should be performed in which of the following types of sterilizers? -
✔✔Pre-vacuum steam
✔✔Lot control numbers are used to - ✔✔Enable recall of the following sterilization
failure
✔✔All of the following agencies are involved with regulation and control of ethylene
oxide when it is used as a sterilant EXCEPT - ✔✔Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
✔✔In which distribution system are requisitions filled and delivered as they are
received? - ✔✔Demand
✔✔Sterility maintenance covers should be placed on sterile items - ✔✔When the
sterilized items are cool to room temperature
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Clamps used for hemostasis are also designed to - ✔✔Minimize damage to tissue
✔✔An instrument tray for a laparotomy procedure must include a(n) - ✔✔Abdominal
retractor
✔✔Inspection and verification of adequate cleaning is difficult with instruments -
✔✔With lumens
✔✔Cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process? - ✔✔Low-Temperature
gas plasma
✔✔Failure to completely dry devices to be processed in low-temperature gas plasma
can result in - ✔✔A cycle cancellation
✔✔Which of the following chemical indicators should only be used in the specific cycle
for which they are labeled? - ✔✔Emulating
✔✔If a technician's skin is exposed to liquid ethylene oxide, what should the technician
do FIRST? - ✔✔Wash the exposed area with large amounts of soap and water
✔✔A positive biological indicator (BI) test shows that sterilization process - ✔✔Did not
result in the death of all the test organisms
✔✔Lot control numbers should be placed on each package sterilized, and on the -
✔✔Sterilization log
✔✔Basin sets must be titled forward, on their side, on the steam sterilizer rack to -
✔✔Permit condensate to run off
, ✔✔Which of the following is necessary to attain the high temperature needed in a
steam sterilizer? - ✔✔Pressure
✔✔The purpose of the dynamic air removal cycle of pre-vacuum steam sterilizer is to -
✔✔Remove air from the chamber
✔✔Heat sensing thermometers for steam sterilizers are located in the - ✔✔Drain line
✔✔To kill the remaining microoragnisms on surgical instruments, the MOST cost-
effective sterilization method is generally considered to be - ✔✔Steam under pressure
✔✔When heat is added to steam without increasing the moisture content, the steam is
called - ✔✔Superheated steam
✔✔Which of the following sterilization methods would be appropriate for petrolatum
guaze - ✔✔Dry heat
✔✔When a steam sterilizer load contains a mixture of fabric and metal items, the items
should be places - ✔✔With the metal items below the fabric items
✔✔When a steam sterilizer is loaded with linen packs, they should be - ✔✔Placed on
their edges
✔✔There are two pressure gauges on a steam sterilizer. These guages measure the
pressure in the - ✔✔Jacket and the chamber
✔✔A bowie dick test should be performed in which of the following types of sterilizers? -
✔✔Pre-vacuum steam
✔✔Lot control numbers are used to - ✔✔Enable recall of the following sterilization
failure
✔✔All of the following agencies are involved with regulation and control of ethylene
oxide when it is used as a sterilant EXCEPT - ✔✔Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
✔✔In which distribution system are requisitions filled and delivered as they are
received? - ✔✔Demand
✔✔Sterility maintenance covers should be placed on sterile items - ✔✔When the
sterilized items are cool to room temperature
