2026 CBSPD UPDATED SCRIPTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔where is the dedicated steam supply made? - ✔✔a boiler
✔✔Steam kills microorganisms by_______ the protein - ✔✔denaturing (coagulation)
✔✔True/false
Removing as many microorganisms as possible before sterilization enhances the
probability of microbial kill - ✔✔true
✔✔What is the air exchange in sterile storage - ✔✔4 per hour
✔✔What is the suggested release temperature of packs? - ✔✔70 to 80 degree farenheit
✔✔How far from the floor should medical devices be stored? - ✔✔8-10 inches from the
floor
✔✔How far should shelving be from outside walls? - ✔✔2 inches
✔✔What kind of pressure should the sterilization area be under? - ✔✔positive
✔✔What is the coldest area of the sterilizer? - ✔✔drain line
✔✔What are the three parameters of steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) Steam under pressure
2) time
3) Exposure/temperature
✔✔What are the two types of cycles in steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) dynamic air removal
(pre-vac)
2) Gravity Displacement (immediate use)
, ✔✔What are the phases of the cycle? - ✔✔1)conditioning (air is removed)
2)sterilization/Exposure/ Hold (temperature is held)
3) Exhaust (steam out drain line)
4) drying (approx. 30 min.)
✔✔It takes a certain ______ to reach a certain ____________ - ✔✔Pressure
temperature
✔✔What are the types of sterilization processes used? - ✔✔1) steam
2) EtO
3) Dry Heat
4) Gas plasma
5) Ozone
6) liquid chemical
✔✔What does a class on indicator respond to? - ✔✔Only one parameter of the process
(ex.: autoclave tape)
✔✔Geobacillus steurothermophilus must be incubated at what temp.? - ✔✔132 degrees
farenheit
✔✔What should the incoming saturated steam dryness be? - ✔✔ideally 97% to 100%
saturated steam
✔✔What should the sterility assurance level be? - ✔✔10^-6
✔✔When a new sterilizer comes in or relocated how many consecutive biologicals be
ran in an empty sterilizer? - ✔✔three
✔✔How many air exchanges should there be in the sterilization area? - ✔✔ten
✔✔Class five responds to - ✔✔all critical parameters
✔✔Class three responds to - ✔✔single parameter respond to one chemical parameter
✔✔Biological monitors contain... - ✔✔spores geobacillus stearothermophilus
✔✔The biological used for team, ozone, and pareacetic sterilization contains.... -
✔✔Geobacillus Stearothermophilus
✔✔The biological used for EtO, gas plasma, and dry heat contains... - ✔✔Bacillus
atrophaeus
✔✔True/False
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔where is the dedicated steam supply made? - ✔✔a boiler
✔✔Steam kills microorganisms by_______ the protein - ✔✔denaturing (coagulation)
✔✔True/false
Removing as many microorganisms as possible before sterilization enhances the
probability of microbial kill - ✔✔true
✔✔What is the air exchange in sterile storage - ✔✔4 per hour
✔✔What is the suggested release temperature of packs? - ✔✔70 to 80 degree farenheit
✔✔How far from the floor should medical devices be stored? - ✔✔8-10 inches from the
floor
✔✔How far should shelving be from outside walls? - ✔✔2 inches
✔✔What kind of pressure should the sterilization area be under? - ✔✔positive
✔✔What is the coldest area of the sterilizer? - ✔✔drain line
✔✔What are the three parameters of steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) Steam under pressure
2) time
3) Exposure/temperature
✔✔What are the two types of cycles in steam sterilization? - ✔✔1) dynamic air removal
(pre-vac)
2) Gravity Displacement (immediate use)
, ✔✔What are the phases of the cycle? - ✔✔1)conditioning (air is removed)
2)sterilization/Exposure/ Hold (temperature is held)
3) Exhaust (steam out drain line)
4) drying (approx. 30 min.)
✔✔It takes a certain ______ to reach a certain ____________ - ✔✔Pressure
temperature
✔✔What are the types of sterilization processes used? - ✔✔1) steam
2) EtO
3) Dry Heat
4) Gas plasma
5) Ozone
6) liquid chemical
✔✔What does a class on indicator respond to? - ✔✔Only one parameter of the process
(ex.: autoclave tape)
✔✔Geobacillus steurothermophilus must be incubated at what temp.? - ✔✔132 degrees
farenheit
✔✔What should the incoming saturated steam dryness be? - ✔✔ideally 97% to 100%
saturated steam
✔✔What should the sterility assurance level be? - ✔✔10^-6
✔✔When a new sterilizer comes in or relocated how many consecutive biologicals be
ran in an empty sterilizer? - ✔✔three
✔✔How many air exchanges should there be in the sterilization area? - ✔✔ten
✔✔Class five responds to - ✔✔all critical parameters
✔✔Class three responds to - ✔✔single parameter respond to one chemical parameter
✔✔Biological monitors contain... - ✔✔spores geobacillus stearothermophilus
✔✔The biological used for team, ozone, and pareacetic sterilization contains.... -
✔✔Geobacillus Stearothermophilus
✔✔The biological used for EtO, gas plasma, and dry heat contains... - ✔✔Bacillus
atrophaeus
✔✔True/False
