CST - NBSTSA APP EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Tympanosplasty - ✔✔Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the
eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles)
After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds
to prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - ✔✔Regown
and reglove the surgeon
What position is used for a pneumonectomy? - ✔✔Lateral
What is the kraske position? - ✔✔Anatomical position in which the patient is prone,
with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down.
Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage? - ✔✔Lithotomy
When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to the general abdominal
set-up? - ✔✔Gastrointestinal
What is a fenestrated drape? - ✔✔A drape with an opening that allows exposure of the
operative site
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,Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one. A surgical
technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR two and the next
case in OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best course of action? - ✔✔New
sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR two and the setup in OR
one should be disposed of
What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in creating a
bloodless field? - ✔✔Padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with
Webril
For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used? - ✔✔Satinsky
Surgical loupes are used to: - ✔✔Magnify the surgical field
Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy? - ✔✔Left lateral kidney
Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown are considered
unsterile because they are: - ✔✔Absorbant and collect moisture
Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during an appendectomy
should be: - ✔✔Placed in a separate bin
Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a bowel resection? -
✔✔Allen
The primary purpose of chest tubes is to: - ✔✔Re-establish the negative pressure
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, Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to: - ✔✔Hold the duct open
The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types
of suture? - ✔✔Purse-string
Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy? - ✔✔Fogarty
A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach? - ✔✔Transurethral
Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision? - ✔✔Weitlaner
What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing? - ✔✔Adaptic
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare
specimens using which method? - ✔✔Placed in separate containers and identify
Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be performed on the
patient in the operating room? - ✔✔Sigmoidectomy
When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologist in the scrub role
should first notify the: - ✔✔Contaminating team member
Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a procedure has begun should be
counted by the: - ✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator
What is a procedure for removing excess skin from the face and neck? -
✔✔Rhytidectomy
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Tympanosplasty - ✔✔Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the
eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles)
After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds
to prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - ✔✔Regown
and reglove the surgeon
What position is used for a pneumonectomy? - ✔✔Lateral
What is the kraske position? - ✔✔Anatomical position in which the patient is prone,
with hips flexed and elevated, head and feet down.
Which position is correct for a dilation and curettage? - ✔✔Lithotomy
When a hernia is strangulated, which instrument set is added to the general abdominal
set-up? - ✔✔Gastrointestinal
What is a fenestrated drape? - ✔✔A drape with an opening that allows exposure of the
operative site
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,Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR one. A surgical
technologist was just informed that the case has been moved to OR two and the next
case in OR one is scheduled in two hours. What is the best course of action? - ✔✔New
sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR two and the setup in OR
one should be disposed of
What is the first step in applying the pneumatic tourniquet necessary in creating a
bloodless field? - ✔✔Padding the area where the tourniquet is to be wrapped with
Webril
For a splenectomy procedure, which clamp should be used? - ✔✔Satinsky
Surgical loupes are used to: - ✔✔Magnify the surgical field
Which position is the patient placed in for a right nephrectomy? - ✔✔Left lateral kidney
Once a surgical technologist dons a gown, the cuffs on the gown are considered
unsterile because they are: - ✔✔Absorbant and collect moisture
Instruments that come in contact with the appendiceal stump during an appendectomy
should be: - ✔✔Placed in a separate bin
Which instrument is used to cross-clamp the intestine during a bowel resection? -
✔✔Allen
The primary purpose of chest tubes is to: - ✔✔Re-establish the negative pressure
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, Traction sutures are used on common duct explorations to: - ✔✔Hold the duct open
The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types
of suture? - ✔✔Purse-string
Which catheter is most commonly used to perform an embolectomy? - ✔✔Fogarty
A resectoscope is used in what prostatic approach? - ✔✔Transurethral
Which retractor is preferred for a groin incision? - ✔✔Weitlaner
What type of dressing is applied as a nonadherent dressing? - ✔✔Adaptic
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare
specimens using which method? - ✔✔Placed in separate containers and identify
Immediately before a hemorrhoidectomy, which procedure might be performed on the
patient in the operating room? - ✔✔Sigmoidectomy
When a break in antisecptic technique occurs, the surgical technologist in the scrub role
should first notify the: - ✔✔Contaminating team member
Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a procedure has begun should be
counted by the: - ✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator
What is a procedure for removing excess skin from the face and neck? -
✔✔Rhytidectomy
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