2026 CBSPD CORRECT FINAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What are the most common distribution systems? - ✔✔1) demand 2)par-level
3)Exchange 4)case carts 5) Specialty 6) Just in time
✔✔What is the air pressure of the sterile storage area? - ✔✔positive air flows out
✔✔What is shelf life - ✔✔period of time which a sterile item is considered safe to use
event related not time related
✔✔When are packs most vulnerable to contamination? - ✔✔Immediately after
sterilization
✔✔What is it when a sterilizer's ability is tested under worst case conditions? - ✔✔Small
load testing
✔✔What is it called when a sterilizer is tested for sterilization under actual use
conditions? - ✔✔Max load testing
✔✔How often is a Bowie Dick test ran? - ✔✔Daily for dynamic air removal sterilizers
✔✔How much space should be between packages and chamber wall? - ✔✔one inch
✔✔How should paper-plastic pouches be placed in a sterilizer? - ✔✔plastic to paper or
paper to plastic
tilted on side
✔✔How should basins be placed in a sterilizer? - ✔✔on tilted side same direction
✔✔What should be placed on the bottom of the rack in a mixed load? - ✔✔metal
instruments
, basin
other metal items
✔✔What should be placed on the top shelf? - ✔✔textile packs and paper/plastic
pouches
✔✔Textile packs should be placed how in a sterilizer? - ✔✔sides
✔✔Solid bottom trays should be loaded now? - ✔✔tilted on sides
✔✔How should mesh bottom containers be loaded into the sterilizer? - ✔✔flat on rack
✔✔If packages are still moist when the sterilizer doors are open bacteria can do what? -
✔✔wick through the package
✔✔How does steam sterilization occur? - ✔✔by condensation
✔✔What cases are proven to have prions? - ✔✔1) neurosurgery
2) opthamology (eye)
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be monitored? - ✔✔Weekly with a biological and a
class 5 or class 6 indicator
✔✔What can not be processed in an express cycle? - ✔✔porous items
items with lumens
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be used? - ✔✔In an emergency; a one of a kind
instrument is dropped
✔✔How are liquids sterilized? - ✔✔only through gravity displacement liquid cycles
✔✔What occurs during the drying phase? - ✔✔Dynamic Air Removal: Filtered air is
drawn in achieve drying
Gravity: Heat in chamber evaporates moisture
*Approx.: 30 min. for both
✔✔What occurs during the exhaust phase? - ✔✔steam is exhausted from the chamber
drain line
✔✔What occurs during he sterilization/exposure/"holding phase"? - ✔✔exposure
temperature is maintained for the prescribed amount of time
✔✔What occurs during the conditioning phase of steam sterilizers? - ✔✔Air is removed
and steam is injected
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What are the most common distribution systems? - ✔✔1) demand 2)par-level
3)Exchange 4)case carts 5) Specialty 6) Just in time
✔✔What is the air pressure of the sterile storage area? - ✔✔positive air flows out
✔✔What is shelf life - ✔✔period of time which a sterile item is considered safe to use
event related not time related
✔✔When are packs most vulnerable to contamination? - ✔✔Immediately after
sterilization
✔✔What is it when a sterilizer's ability is tested under worst case conditions? - ✔✔Small
load testing
✔✔What is it called when a sterilizer is tested for sterilization under actual use
conditions? - ✔✔Max load testing
✔✔How often is a Bowie Dick test ran? - ✔✔Daily for dynamic air removal sterilizers
✔✔How much space should be between packages and chamber wall? - ✔✔one inch
✔✔How should paper-plastic pouches be placed in a sterilizer? - ✔✔plastic to paper or
paper to plastic
tilted on side
✔✔How should basins be placed in a sterilizer? - ✔✔on tilted side same direction
✔✔What should be placed on the bottom of the rack in a mixed load? - ✔✔metal
instruments
, basin
other metal items
✔✔What should be placed on the top shelf? - ✔✔textile packs and paper/plastic
pouches
✔✔Textile packs should be placed how in a sterilizer? - ✔✔sides
✔✔Solid bottom trays should be loaded now? - ✔✔tilted on sides
✔✔How should mesh bottom containers be loaded into the sterilizer? - ✔✔flat on rack
✔✔If packages are still moist when the sterilizer doors are open bacteria can do what? -
✔✔wick through the package
✔✔How does steam sterilization occur? - ✔✔by condensation
✔✔What cases are proven to have prions? - ✔✔1) neurosurgery
2) opthamology (eye)
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be monitored? - ✔✔Weekly with a biological and a
class 5 or class 6 indicator
✔✔What can not be processed in an express cycle? - ✔✔porous items
items with lumens
✔✔When should a flash sterilizer be used? - ✔✔In an emergency; a one of a kind
instrument is dropped
✔✔How are liquids sterilized? - ✔✔only through gravity displacement liquid cycles
✔✔What occurs during the drying phase? - ✔✔Dynamic Air Removal: Filtered air is
drawn in achieve drying
Gravity: Heat in chamber evaporates moisture
*Approx.: 30 min. for both
✔✔What occurs during the exhaust phase? - ✔✔steam is exhausted from the chamber
drain line
✔✔What occurs during he sterilization/exposure/"holding phase"? - ✔✔exposure
temperature is maintained for the prescribed amount of time
✔✔What occurs during the conditioning phase of steam sterilizers? - ✔✔Air is removed
and steam is injected
