Surgical Technology Chapters 1-4 Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
surgical conscience - Answer-Which term describes the surgical technologist's
foundational commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment, cost
containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical patient care?
A) surgical conscience
B) policy and procedure
C) aseptic principles
D) job description
Roentgen - Answer-Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray
machine?
A) Roentgen
B) Celsius
C) Jenner
D) Lister
director - Answer-What type of professional would have DO or DPM after his or her
name?
A) dietitian
B) pharmacist
C) director
D) dentist
circulating RN - Answer-Which of the following surgical team members would be
primarily responsible for maintaining the patient's operative record and transporting the
patient to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)?
A) circulating RN
B) anesthesia provider
C) surgical technologist
D) surgeon
AST - Answer-Which of the following is the membership organization for surgical
technology with a board of directors elected by a house of delegates?
A) AST
B) NBSTSA
C) ARC/STSA
D) CAAHEP
elective - Answer-Which of the following terms is used to describe surgical intervention
that does not have to be performed immediately or within a short period of time, for
example, a torn meniscus repair?
A) emergent
,B) elective
C) optional
D) urgent
AST recommended clinical ladder levels - Answer-The terms entry-level, proficient, and
expert practitioners are applied to which of the following?
A) AST recommended clinical ladder levels
B) NBSTSA certification titles
C) continuing education (CE) credit categories
D) accreditation status of surgical technology programs
Vesalius - Answer-Which of the following historical figures is considered the father of
modern anatomy and changed the traditional approach to anatomical studies?
A) Paré
B) Aristotle
C) Homer
D) Vesalius
Lister - Answer-Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery first developed
techniques for surgical antisepsis?
A) Halsted
B) Galen
C) Lister
D) Billroth
medical staff - Answer-Through which hospital department or committee would the
certified surgical first assistant (CSFA) submit a request for privileges to work in the
operating room?
A) risk management
B) auxiliary and volunteers
C) medical staff
D) nursing services
3 - Answer-How many phases of surgical case management are there?
A) 2
B) 5
C) 3
D) 4
director of nursing - Answer-Surgical technologists and other allied health professionals
in perioperative services usually work under the direction of which hospital
administrative director?
A) medical director
B) chief financial officer
C) chief executive officer
D) director of nursing
, CST - Answer-Which of the following surgical team members would be responsible for
separating instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the postoperative phase?
A) CRNA
B) CRNFA
C) CST
D) CSFA
professional - Answer-Which term describes the relationship between the certified
surgical technologist (CST) and the other members of the surgical team in the OR?
A) social
B) therapeutic
C) professional
D) contractual
CDC - Answer-The hospital's infection control nurse would report any suspicion of rare
or mysterious infectious diseases to which governmental agency?
A) CDC
B) EPA
C) OSHA
D) FDA
NBSTSA - Answer-Which organization develops national certification exams for surgical
technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to
eligible certificants?
A) AST
B) ARC/STSA
C) CAAHEP
D) NBSTSA
AORN - Answer-Which of the following membership organizations would the circulating
RN in the operating room likely join as a member?
A) AMA
B) AAMI
C) ACS
D) AORN
NBSTSA - Answer-The CST and CSFA credentials are registered trademarks of which
organization?
A) NBSTSA
B) ARC/STSA
C) CAAHEP
D) AST
yielding to the other's viewpoint - Answer-Which of the following behaviors would NOT
be considered an example of "workplace violence"?
Questions with Correct Answers
surgical conscience - Answer-Which term describes the surgical technologist's
foundational commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment, cost
containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical patient care?
A) surgical conscience
B) policy and procedure
C) aseptic principles
D) job description
Roentgen - Answer-Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray
machine?
A) Roentgen
B) Celsius
C) Jenner
D) Lister
director - Answer-What type of professional would have DO or DPM after his or her
name?
A) dietitian
B) pharmacist
C) director
D) dentist
circulating RN - Answer-Which of the following surgical team members would be
primarily responsible for maintaining the patient's operative record and transporting the
patient to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)?
A) circulating RN
B) anesthesia provider
C) surgical technologist
D) surgeon
AST - Answer-Which of the following is the membership organization for surgical
technology with a board of directors elected by a house of delegates?
A) AST
B) NBSTSA
C) ARC/STSA
D) CAAHEP
elective - Answer-Which of the following terms is used to describe surgical intervention
that does not have to be performed immediately or within a short period of time, for
example, a torn meniscus repair?
A) emergent
,B) elective
C) optional
D) urgent
AST recommended clinical ladder levels - Answer-The terms entry-level, proficient, and
expert practitioners are applied to which of the following?
A) AST recommended clinical ladder levels
B) NBSTSA certification titles
C) continuing education (CE) credit categories
D) accreditation status of surgical technology programs
Vesalius - Answer-Which of the following historical figures is considered the father of
modern anatomy and changed the traditional approach to anatomical studies?
A) Paré
B) Aristotle
C) Homer
D) Vesalius
Lister - Answer-Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery first developed
techniques for surgical antisepsis?
A) Halsted
B) Galen
C) Lister
D) Billroth
medical staff - Answer-Through which hospital department or committee would the
certified surgical first assistant (CSFA) submit a request for privileges to work in the
operating room?
A) risk management
B) auxiliary and volunteers
C) medical staff
D) nursing services
3 - Answer-How many phases of surgical case management are there?
A) 2
B) 5
C) 3
D) 4
director of nursing - Answer-Surgical technologists and other allied health professionals
in perioperative services usually work under the direction of which hospital
administrative director?
A) medical director
B) chief financial officer
C) chief executive officer
D) director of nursing
, CST - Answer-Which of the following surgical team members would be responsible for
separating instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the postoperative phase?
A) CRNA
B) CRNFA
C) CST
D) CSFA
professional - Answer-Which term describes the relationship between the certified
surgical technologist (CST) and the other members of the surgical team in the OR?
A) social
B) therapeutic
C) professional
D) contractual
CDC - Answer-The hospital's infection control nurse would report any suspicion of rare
or mysterious infectious diseases to which governmental agency?
A) CDC
B) EPA
C) OSHA
D) FDA
NBSTSA - Answer-Which organization develops national certification exams for surgical
technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to
eligible certificants?
A) AST
B) ARC/STSA
C) CAAHEP
D) NBSTSA
AORN - Answer-Which of the following membership organizations would the circulating
RN in the operating room likely join as a member?
A) AMA
B) AAMI
C) ACS
D) AORN
NBSTSA - Answer-The CST and CSFA credentials are registered trademarks of which
organization?
A) NBSTSA
B) ARC/STSA
C) CAAHEP
D) AST
yielding to the other's viewpoint - Answer-Which of the following behaviors would NOT
be considered an example of "workplace violence"?
