Board Vitals- Surgical Tech
Certification Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
In 1990 the Safe Medical Device Act was passed, granting FDA authority to medical
device regulations, therefore healthcare facilities are required to: - ✔✔implement
methods of tracking devices
How long would you expect it to take for an absorbable suture to breakdown in the
body? - ✔✔3 weeks
A member of the surgical team responsible for separating instrumentation at the sterile
field after the procedure would be a: - ✔✔Certified Surgical Tech
A report that should be completed after an adverse report/event in the hospital with
potential legal consequences is: - ✔✔An incident report
Which of the following best describes the area where only personnel with a scrub suit
and a hair cap are permitted, including corridors between surgical rooms? - ✔✔Semi-
restricted area
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,In an emergency, what should a surgeon do when a minor patient needs life-saving
surgery but no relative can be reached? - ✔✔no outside consent is necessary
Which of the following organizations mandate maintenance of operatives records of
peri operative care of surgical patients? - ✔✔JCAHO
Definition of Medical Liability - ✔✔Each individual is responsible
The organization who verifies, clarifies, and amplifies that surgical technology
programs adhere to the standards set by the CAAHED: - ✔✔ARC-STSA
Which retractors is used to retract muscle and tissue through the cervical and lumbar
approach to the spine? - ✔✔Scoville
Many departments in a healthcare facility are responsible for different aspects of patient
care. The department responsible for identifying and resolving hazards posed to a
patient and personnel is: - ✔✔Risk Management
What is negligence: - ✔✔Omission of an act.
Which of the following individuals is ultimately responsible for obtaining consent
before a procedure? - ✔✔Surgeon
Major abdominal surgery that requires which self-retraining retractor? - ✔✔Bookwalter.
Attached to the OR table.
*Sterile and non-sterile.
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, *It possesses a tract so other retractors could attach for better visualization.
Surgical techs gain both the knowledge and skills to work within their scope of practice.
Healthcare facilities provide advancement by: - ✔✔Clinical ladder
The sterrad is a plasma sterilization that uses which chemical solution: - ✔✔hydrogen
peroxide
Which of the following should a surgical tech do if a patient with drawls general
consent before transport to the OR? - ✔✔Do not transport and inform the surgeon
Cranial Nerve X innervates which anatomic structures? - ✔✔pharynx and larynx
Which of the following legal claims could a patient make against a hospital employee
who has overheard telling another employee in the cafeteria what surgery the patient
had that morning? - ✔✔invasion of privacy
Which of the following is true regarding when the surgical field should be broken
down? - ✔✔After the patient has left the room because if anything were to happen, the
sterile field is still established.
First sign and sympton of infection? - ✔✔fever
A ________ hernia leaves the abdominal cavity at the deep inguinal ring and passes
through the inguinal canal? - ✔✔indirect inguinal hernia
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Certification Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
In 1990 the Safe Medical Device Act was passed, granting FDA authority to medical
device regulations, therefore healthcare facilities are required to: - ✔✔implement
methods of tracking devices
How long would you expect it to take for an absorbable suture to breakdown in the
body? - ✔✔3 weeks
A member of the surgical team responsible for separating instrumentation at the sterile
field after the procedure would be a: - ✔✔Certified Surgical Tech
A report that should be completed after an adverse report/event in the hospital with
potential legal consequences is: - ✔✔An incident report
Which of the following best describes the area where only personnel with a scrub suit
and a hair cap are permitted, including corridors between surgical rooms? - ✔✔Semi-
restricted area
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,In an emergency, what should a surgeon do when a minor patient needs life-saving
surgery but no relative can be reached? - ✔✔no outside consent is necessary
Which of the following organizations mandate maintenance of operatives records of
peri operative care of surgical patients? - ✔✔JCAHO
Definition of Medical Liability - ✔✔Each individual is responsible
The organization who verifies, clarifies, and amplifies that surgical technology
programs adhere to the standards set by the CAAHED: - ✔✔ARC-STSA
Which retractors is used to retract muscle and tissue through the cervical and lumbar
approach to the spine? - ✔✔Scoville
Many departments in a healthcare facility are responsible for different aspects of patient
care. The department responsible for identifying and resolving hazards posed to a
patient and personnel is: - ✔✔Risk Management
What is negligence: - ✔✔Omission of an act.
Which of the following individuals is ultimately responsible for obtaining consent
before a procedure? - ✔✔Surgeon
Major abdominal surgery that requires which self-retraining retractor? - ✔✔Bookwalter.
Attached to the OR table.
*Sterile and non-sterile.
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, *It possesses a tract so other retractors could attach for better visualization.
Surgical techs gain both the knowledge and skills to work within their scope of practice.
Healthcare facilities provide advancement by: - ✔✔Clinical ladder
The sterrad is a plasma sterilization that uses which chemical solution: - ✔✔hydrogen
peroxide
Which of the following should a surgical tech do if a patient with drawls general
consent before transport to the OR? - ✔✔Do not transport and inform the surgeon
Cranial Nerve X innervates which anatomic structures? - ✔✔pharynx and larynx
Which of the following legal claims could a patient make against a hospital employee
who has overheard telling another employee in the cafeteria what surgery the patient
had that morning? - ✔✔invasion of privacy
Which of the following is true regarding when the surgical field should be broken
down? - ✔✔After the patient has left the room because if anything were to happen, the
sterile field is still established.
First sign and sympton of infection? - ✔✔fever
A ________ hernia leaves the abdominal cavity at the deep inguinal ring and passes
through the inguinal canal? - ✔✔indirect inguinal hernia
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