CCSVP CORE REVIEW SET ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔throughout the cycle - ✔✔Sterilizer gauges and/or control monitors should be
checked:
✔✔Properly cleaned per manufacturer's instructions for use - ✔✔Items to be high-level
disinfected at point-of-use must be:
✔✔increase the steam pressure - ✔✔In order to elevate the temperature in a steam
sterilizer, you must:
✔✔prevacuum steam sterilizers - ✔✔Bowie dick tests should be run in:
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: After sterilization the load contents may take two hours or more to
cool.
✔✔mechanical recording charts/printouts - ✔✔Which of the following measurements is
designed to provide a written record of sterilizer cycle activity?
✔✔False - ✔✔T/F: When combining loads, hard goods should be placed on the top
shelves to allow for more efficient removal of the condensate.
✔✔daily - ✔✔How frequently should a sterilizer's strainer be removed and cleaned?
✔✔placed so that air can exit the package - ✔✔When loading a steam sterilizer, items
with solid bottoms should be:
✔✔should be placed on the edge - ✔✔When loading a steam sterilizer paper/plastic
sterilization pouches:
✔✔the more difficult it will be to sterilize - ✔✔The higher the bioburden on an object:
, ✔✔False - ✔✔T/F: Ethylene oxide, hydrogen peroxide and ozone sterilization can all
use the same packaging materials.
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: Information about a device's compatibility with a specific sterilization
process should be obtained from the device's manufacturer.
✔✔False - ✔✔T/F: Aeration is required for items sterilized in an ozone sterilizer.
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: Relative humidity is a required cycle parameter for ozone and
Ethylene oxide sterilization.
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: Ethylene oxide, hydrogen peroxide and ozone sterilization processes
must all be monitored using chemical, physical and biological monitors.
✔✔case cart - ✔✔Which of the following distribution systems provides supplies and
instruments for individual surgical procedures?
✔✔eliminate it - ✔✔The only way to interrupt the transmission of a causative agent is to:
✔✔everyone working in or visiting the department - ✔✔Departmental dress codes apply
to:
✔✔patients' blood and body fluids must be treated as infectious - ✔✔The main theory of
Standard Precautions is that:
✔✔provide national standards to protect patient's medical records - ✔✔Which of the
following best completes this statement? HIPPA regulations:
✔✔Periodic Automated Replenishment System (PAR-level) - ✔✔The inventory system
that stocks supplies by established stock levels is called:
✔✔keep items accessible and easily located - ✔✔Item locator systems:
✔✔patient care supplies - ✔✔Implants are an example of:
✔✔distribution - ✔✔The movement of supplies throughout the healthcare facility is
called:
✔✔operational supplies - ✔✔Supplies such as disposable wraps are called:
✔✔items with a higher purchase cost - ✔✔Capital equipment items are:
✔✔required inventory levels - ✔✔Which of the following information is NOT included on
a Safety Data sheet (SDS)?
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔throughout the cycle - ✔✔Sterilizer gauges and/or control monitors should be
checked:
✔✔Properly cleaned per manufacturer's instructions for use - ✔✔Items to be high-level
disinfected at point-of-use must be:
✔✔increase the steam pressure - ✔✔In order to elevate the temperature in a steam
sterilizer, you must:
✔✔prevacuum steam sterilizers - ✔✔Bowie dick tests should be run in:
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: After sterilization the load contents may take two hours or more to
cool.
✔✔mechanical recording charts/printouts - ✔✔Which of the following measurements is
designed to provide a written record of sterilizer cycle activity?
✔✔False - ✔✔T/F: When combining loads, hard goods should be placed on the top
shelves to allow for more efficient removal of the condensate.
✔✔daily - ✔✔How frequently should a sterilizer's strainer be removed and cleaned?
✔✔placed so that air can exit the package - ✔✔When loading a steam sterilizer, items
with solid bottoms should be:
✔✔should be placed on the edge - ✔✔When loading a steam sterilizer paper/plastic
sterilization pouches:
✔✔the more difficult it will be to sterilize - ✔✔The higher the bioburden on an object:
, ✔✔False - ✔✔T/F: Ethylene oxide, hydrogen peroxide and ozone sterilization can all
use the same packaging materials.
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: Information about a device's compatibility with a specific sterilization
process should be obtained from the device's manufacturer.
✔✔False - ✔✔T/F: Aeration is required for items sterilized in an ozone sterilizer.
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: Relative humidity is a required cycle parameter for ozone and
Ethylene oxide sterilization.
✔✔True - ✔✔T/F: Ethylene oxide, hydrogen peroxide and ozone sterilization processes
must all be monitored using chemical, physical and biological monitors.
✔✔case cart - ✔✔Which of the following distribution systems provides supplies and
instruments for individual surgical procedures?
✔✔eliminate it - ✔✔The only way to interrupt the transmission of a causative agent is to:
✔✔everyone working in or visiting the department - ✔✔Departmental dress codes apply
to:
✔✔patients' blood and body fluids must be treated as infectious - ✔✔The main theory of
Standard Precautions is that:
✔✔provide national standards to protect patient's medical records - ✔✔Which of the
following best completes this statement? HIPPA regulations:
✔✔Periodic Automated Replenishment System (PAR-level) - ✔✔The inventory system
that stocks supplies by established stock levels is called:
✔✔keep items accessible and easily located - ✔✔Item locator systems:
✔✔patient care supplies - ✔✔Implants are an example of:
✔✔distribution - ✔✔The movement of supplies throughout the healthcare facility is
called:
✔✔operational supplies - ✔✔Supplies such as disposable wraps are called:
✔✔items with a higher purchase cost - ✔✔Capital equipment items are:
✔✔required inventory levels - ✔✔Which of the following information is NOT included on
a Safety Data sheet (SDS)?
