Surgical Tech 2 Exam Questions and
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What type of injury Can occur if the patient's body shifts or slides across a hight friction
surface, such as the operating room table, during a surgical procedure?
A. Brachial plexus injury
B. thromoemolism
C. shearing injury
D. Compartment syndrome - ✔✔C. Shearing injury
What type of sponge is best used in small areas of the head and neck, pelvis, or spine
that require maximum absorption to maintain a visual field?
A. 4x8 raytecs
B. sponge sticks
C. Mini-laparotomy tapes
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,D. laparotomy tapes - ✔✔C. Mini-Lap tapes
What type of incision is made in the right lower quadrant to facilitate the removal of the
appendix?
A. McBurney
B. subcostal
C. midline
D. inguinal - ✔✔A. McBurney
Which of the following surgical incisions is an extraperitoneal abdominal approach that
is specifically designed to provide access to the lower portion of the ureters?
A. lumbar
B. inguinal
C. flank
D. Gibson - ✔✔D. Gibson
A patient diagnosed with choanal atresia is in what special needs population?
A. adult
B. newborn
C. infant
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,D. adolescent - ✔✔B. Newborn
In what surgical procedure would a nasoantral window be created in the maxillary
bone above the canine teeth to improve drainage of a blocked or infected maxillary
sinus?
A. Caldwell-Luc
B. sub mucous resection
C. turbinectomy
D. septoplasty - ✔✔A. Caldwell Luc
What type of scope is used for hysteroscopic myomectomy?
A. resectoscope
B. panendoscope
C. laparoscope
D. cystoscope - ✔✔A. Resectoscope
Which of the following roller bandages would be used to secure a bulky dressing on an
extremity when compression is needed to reduce post injury edema?
A. Kling
B. Elastoplast
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, C. Kerlix
D. Stockinette - ✔✔B. Elastoplast
During a choledochoduodenostomy, the surgical tech must be prepared to assist with
the anastomosis of what two anatomical structures?
A. liver and the duodenum
B. common bile duct and the duodenum
C. stomach and the duodenum
D. gallbladder and the duodenum - ✔✔B. common bile duct and the duodenum
Which statement about preparing for a surgical procedure requiring an operating
microscope is correct?
A. the most common lens for operating microscopes is f=100 lens
B. the microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure
C. The surgeon is the only person who is allowed to relocate the microscope
D. the sterile microscope cover should only be used if the surgeon requests it - ✔✔B.
The microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure.
When the patient is in the lithotomy position, the buttocks are
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Answers 100% Pass
What type of injury Can occur if the patient's body shifts or slides across a hight friction
surface, such as the operating room table, during a surgical procedure?
A. Brachial plexus injury
B. thromoemolism
C. shearing injury
D. Compartment syndrome - ✔✔C. Shearing injury
What type of sponge is best used in small areas of the head and neck, pelvis, or spine
that require maximum absorption to maintain a visual field?
A. 4x8 raytecs
B. sponge sticks
C. Mini-laparotomy tapes
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,D. laparotomy tapes - ✔✔C. Mini-Lap tapes
What type of incision is made in the right lower quadrant to facilitate the removal of the
appendix?
A. McBurney
B. subcostal
C. midline
D. inguinal - ✔✔A. McBurney
Which of the following surgical incisions is an extraperitoneal abdominal approach that
is specifically designed to provide access to the lower portion of the ureters?
A. lumbar
B. inguinal
C. flank
D. Gibson - ✔✔D. Gibson
A patient diagnosed with choanal atresia is in what special needs population?
A. adult
B. newborn
C. infant
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,D. adolescent - ✔✔B. Newborn
In what surgical procedure would a nasoantral window be created in the maxillary
bone above the canine teeth to improve drainage of a blocked or infected maxillary
sinus?
A. Caldwell-Luc
B. sub mucous resection
C. turbinectomy
D. septoplasty - ✔✔A. Caldwell Luc
What type of scope is used for hysteroscopic myomectomy?
A. resectoscope
B. panendoscope
C. laparoscope
D. cystoscope - ✔✔A. Resectoscope
Which of the following roller bandages would be used to secure a bulky dressing on an
extremity when compression is needed to reduce post injury edema?
A. Kling
B. Elastoplast
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, C. Kerlix
D. Stockinette - ✔✔B. Elastoplast
During a choledochoduodenostomy, the surgical tech must be prepared to assist with
the anastomosis of what two anatomical structures?
A. liver and the duodenum
B. common bile duct and the duodenum
C. stomach and the duodenum
D. gallbladder and the duodenum - ✔✔B. common bile duct and the duodenum
Which statement about preparing for a surgical procedure requiring an operating
microscope is correct?
A. the most common lens for operating microscopes is f=100 lens
B. the microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure
C. The surgeon is the only person who is allowed to relocate the microscope
D. the sterile microscope cover should only be used if the surgeon requests it - ✔✔B.
The microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure.
When the patient is in the lithotomy position, the buttocks are
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