ABSA STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
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Question 1.
Which is not considered part of a sterile field?
Correct Answer: Gloves of sterile person who has folded his arms
Question 2.
The presence of only one living microorganism means an object is:
Correct Answer: Contaminated
Question 3.
Which statement concerning masks is not true?
Correct Answer: Ties may be tied crisscross on top of head
In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____, protecting her
gloves _____. -✓✓Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin:
-✓✓Surgically Clean
After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered sterile?
-✓✓Suction tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs attached,
Cautery tips bound with rubber bands
Question 4.
Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method of gloving is _____.
For changing only a glove during a case, this method _______ be used.
Correct Answer: Closed, cannot
Question 5.
Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect
Correct Answer: Loading liquids first to prevent spillage on packs
Question 6.
If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which cannot be sealed off, it
should be scrubbed:
Correct Answer: Last with sponges used once and discarded
Question 7.
Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____ at the end of each ____.
,Correct Answer: Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
What are some potential sources for surgical infection: -✓✓Circulating air,
patient's bronchial tree, scrub teams hair, patients circulating blood,
instruments, patients and scrub teams skin
Which statement regarding the use of masks is false? -✓✓Cross strings behind
the head for better aeration Strike-through -✓✓The soaking of moisture
through unsterile layers to sterile layers or vice versa
Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing agent is
false? - ✓✓Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes
The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air exchanges
per hour are recommended for infection control and a ___ percent humidity is
mandatory to suppress static electricity -✓✓25, 50
Which draping principle is false? -✓✓Drape far side of unsterile table first
Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite:
-✓✓Windows, top floor locations, central corridor
Question 8.
Which statement regarding sterile items is false?
Correct Answer: Covered sterile set ups may be used later in the day
Question 9.
When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove technique?
Correct Answer: To change a glove during a procedure
The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a procedure
should be: -✓✓Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
Question 10.
Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-negative and gram- positive
microorganisms
Correct Answer: Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
Which statement regarding sterile technique is false -✓✓Paper or peel-open
packages are torn to expose contents
Question 11.
Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers:
Correct Answer: Biological spore strip
Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false? -✓✓Polyvinyl
chloride wrappers are recommended
Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection are:
-✓✓Duration of operation, invasive monitoring techniques, indiscriminate use
of antibioties, gastrointestinal surgery, prosthetic devices.
An area of a gown considered sterile is ( are ) the ____ while the ____ is
, considered unsterile. -✓✓Sleeves, neck Which is the major source of
contamination in the operating room? -✓✓Personnel
Which is (are) not effective method (s) of disinfection in an operating room: -
✓✓Mercurial compounds, Fogging
Which statement concerning pathogenic Streptococci species of
microorganism is false? -✓✓They are gram-negative, nonmotile organisms
The preferred method of sterilization for heat-sensitive items and anesthesia
equipment when EO sterilization is impractical is soaking in: -✓✓Activated
glutaraldehyde
Which disadvantage in use of muslin wrapper material for sterile packs and
items? - ✓✓It must be laundered to rehydrate
Which statement regarding hexachlorophene as an antiseptie solution is
false? -✓✓It is soluble in water
Completely unwrapped items may be sterilized in a flash sterilizer at ___
pounds of pressure, ___ degrees F, for ___ minutes -✓✓27, 270, 3
The foundation for the practice of strict aseptic and sterile technique is: -✓✓A
surgical conscience
Factors that have adverse affects on the shelf life of sterile items include:
-✓✓Open cabinets, high temperature, extremes in humidity
All of the following may cause arterial hypotension surgical patient except: -
✓✓Hypervolemia
The anesthesiologist evaluates the patient's oxygenation and carbon by
measuring arterial: -✓✓pH, pCO2, H2CO3
Which statement is not true about fluids? -✓✓Lab report of a dehyrdated
patient shows a decrease in packed cell volume and hemoglobin
The center which regulates the rhythm of respirations is located in the:
-✓✓Pons
In surgical patients, the most common cause of shock is oligemia which is
a/an: - ✓✓Deficient circulating blood volume
Which of the following may cause apnea -✓✓Stimulation of the pharynx by
irritating chemicals, Sudden cold stimulation applied to the skin, Sudden
painful stimulation
7. Which statement is not true about the sino-atrial atrium? -✓✓Impulses pass
from it to the bundle of His
Oxygen is carried in the blood: -✓✓As physically dissolved oxygen in plasma,
in combination with the hemoglobin of the red blood cells
After cardiovascular surgery, hypocalcemia may result from ___ and
hyperkalemia may result from ___. -✓✓Multiple transfusion of citrated blood,
red cell breakdown from pump perfusion
The basic approach to the treatment of shock is to: -✓✓Determine the cause
An accurate index of cardiac performance is: -✓✓Central Venouse pressure
Solutions whose volumes and pressures remain the same if the two solutions
are separated membrane are: -✓✓Not hypertonic, hypotonic or isotonic
To produce inspiration, ___ pressure must be lower than ___ pressure; it must
be ___ to produce expiration. -✓✓Intrathoracic, atmospheric, higher
In a two-bottle water seal suction setup for chest drainage, the first bottle
provides ___ and the second provides the ___. -✓✓Water seal and collect
CORRECT Answers | Complete Exam Prep | A+ Verified
Question 1.
Which is not considered part of a sterile field?
Correct Answer: Gloves of sterile person who has folded his arms
Question 2.
The presence of only one living microorganism means an object is:
Correct Answer: Contaminated
Question 3.
Which statement concerning masks is not true?
Correct Answer: Ties may be tied crisscross on top of head
In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____, protecting her
gloves _____. -✓✓Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin:
-✓✓Surgically Clean
After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered sterile?
-✓✓Suction tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs attached,
Cautery tips bound with rubber bands
Question 4.
Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method of gloving is _____.
For changing only a glove during a case, this method _______ be used.
Correct Answer: Closed, cannot
Question 5.
Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect
Correct Answer: Loading liquids first to prevent spillage on packs
Question 6.
If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which cannot be sealed off, it
should be scrubbed:
Correct Answer: Last with sponges used once and discarded
Question 7.
Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____ at the end of each ____.
,Correct Answer: Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
What are some potential sources for surgical infection: -✓✓Circulating air,
patient's bronchial tree, scrub teams hair, patients circulating blood,
instruments, patients and scrub teams skin
Which statement regarding the use of masks is false? -✓✓Cross strings behind
the head for better aeration Strike-through -✓✓The soaking of moisture
through unsterile layers to sterile layers or vice versa
Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing agent is
false? - ✓✓Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes
The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air exchanges
per hour are recommended for infection control and a ___ percent humidity is
mandatory to suppress static electricity -✓✓25, 50
Which draping principle is false? -✓✓Drape far side of unsterile table first
Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite:
-✓✓Windows, top floor locations, central corridor
Question 8.
Which statement regarding sterile items is false?
Correct Answer: Covered sterile set ups may be used later in the day
Question 9.
When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove technique?
Correct Answer: To change a glove during a procedure
The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a procedure
should be: -✓✓Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
Question 10.
Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-negative and gram- positive
microorganisms
Correct Answer: Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
Which statement regarding sterile technique is false -✓✓Paper or peel-open
packages are torn to expose contents
Question 11.
Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers:
Correct Answer: Biological spore strip
Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false? -✓✓Polyvinyl
chloride wrappers are recommended
Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection are:
-✓✓Duration of operation, invasive monitoring techniques, indiscriminate use
of antibioties, gastrointestinal surgery, prosthetic devices.
An area of a gown considered sterile is ( are ) the ____ while the ____ is
, considered unsterile. -✓✓Sleeves, neck Which is the major source of
contamination in the operating room? -✓✓Personnel
Which is (are) not effective method (s) of disinfection in an operating room: -
✓✓Mercurial compounds, Fogging
Which statement concerning pathogenic Streptococci species of
microorganism is false? -✓✓They are gram-negative, nonmotile organisms
The preferred method of sterilization for heat-sensitive items and anesthesia
equipment when EO sterilization is impractical is soaking in: -✓✓Activated
glutaraldehyde
Which disadvantage in use of muslin wrapper material for sterile packs and
items? - ✓✓It must be laundered to rehydrate
Which statement regarding hexachlorophene as an antiseptie solution is
false? -✓✓It is soluble in water
Completely unwrapped items may be sterilized in a flash sterilizer at ___
pounds of pressure, ___ degrees F, for ___ minutes -✓✓27, 270, 3
The foundation for the practice of strict aseptic and sterile technique is: -✓✓A
surgical conscience
Factors that have adverse affects on the shelf life of sterile items include:
-✓✓Open cabinets, high temperature, extremes in humidity
All of the following may cause arterial hypotension surgical patient except: -
✓✓Hypervolemia
The anesthesiologist evaluates the patient's oxygenation and carbon by
measuring arterial: -✓✓pH, pCO2, H2CO3
Which statement is not true about fluids? -✓✓Lab report of a dehyrdated
patient shows a decrease in packed cell volume and hemoglobin
The center which regulates the rhythm of respirations is located in the:
-✓✓Pons
In surgical patients, the most common cause of shock is oligemia which is
a/an: - ✓✓Deficient circulating blood volume
Which of the following may cause apnea -✓✓Stimulation of the pharynx by
irritating chemicals, Sudden cold stimulation applied to the skin, Sudden
painful stimulation
7. Which statement is not true about the sino-atrial atrium? -✓✓Impulses pass
from it to the bundle of His
Oxygen is carried in the blood: -✓✓As physically dissolved oxygen in plasma,
in combination with the hemoglobin of the red blood cells
After cardiovascular surgery, hypocalcemia may result from ___ and
hyperkalemia may result from ___. -✓✓Multiple transfusion of citrated blood,
red cell breakdown from pump perfusion
The basic approach to the treatment of shock is to: -✓✓Determine the cause
An accurate index of cardiac performance is: -✓✓Central Venouse pressure
Solutions whose volumes and pressures remain the same if the two solutions
are separated membrane are: -✓✓Not hypertonic, hypotonic or isotonic
To produce inspiration, ___ pressure must be lower than ___ pressure; it must
be ___ to produce expiration. -✓✓Intrathoracic, atmospheric, higher
In a two-bottle water seal suction setup for chest drainage, the first bottle
provides ___ and the second provides the ___. -✓✓Water seal and collect
