AST CST PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST VERSION 2025| 175 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

AST Practice Exam #1 You can participate in the Certified Surgical Technologist Practice Test 1 (AST Exam #1) Quiz Question Answers. In addition, we have also uploaded a printable PDF for AST Practice Exam #1. Q1. What organs are excised is an ovarian tumor is malignant? 1. upper arms, neckline and axillary region 2. bilateral fallopian tubes and ovaries, uterus 3. patient marks with an “X” and witness verify 4. never until the patient is discharged from the facility View Correct Answer Correct option: 2 If a tumor of an ovary is found to be malignant, the surgeon will excise the other ovary, both fallopian tubes, and the uterus to ensure that all cancer cells have been removed. Q2. The spiral conical structure of the inner ear is the?, 1. penrose 2. cochlea 3. formalin 4. third View Correct Answer Correct option: 2 Sol: The cochlea is a bony spiral canal in the ear. Q3. What is the term for a relationship in which two organisms occupy the same area and one organism benefits while the other is unharmed? 1. mitochondria 2. parotid 3. penrose 4. commensalism View Correct Answer Correct option: 4 Sol: A myomectomy is a procedure performed for the removal of fibromyomas or fibroid tumors from the uterine wall. Q4. Permission for treatment given with full knowledge of the risks is a/an? 1. informed consent 2. artificial active 3. abdominal aortic 4. clostridium tetani View Correct Answer Correct option: 1 Sol: The patient should be placed in the elevator entering headfirst and exit feet first when being transported to the O.R. on the stretcher. Q5. Which of the following is a method of high-level disinfection? 1. name, date of birth, physician 2. feet first, side rails up 3. acromioclavicular joint to iliac crest 4. 2% glutaraldehyde for 20 minutes Correct option: 4 Sol: 2% glutaraldehyde is a type of high-level disinfectant solution; the device must be complete submerse for 20 minutes at room temperature in order to be disinfected Q6. The mumps may be diagnosed by finding inflammation in which of the following glands? 1. third 2. 270-276 3. hysterectomy 4. parotid Correct option: 4 Sol: The parotid glands are located inferior and anterior to the ears between the skin and masseter muscle. The parotid glands are attacked by the mumps virus. Q7. How should the stretcher be oriented when necessary to use an elevator to transport a patient to the or? 1. acromioclavicular joint to iliac crest 2. enter head first, exit feet first 3. name, date of birth, physician 4. repositioning penetrating towel clip Correct option: 2 Sol: The patient should be placed in the elevator entering headfirst and exit feet first when being transported to the O.R. on the stretcher. Q8. Which of the following solutions should be used to prep the donor site for a split- thickness skin graft? 1. hypertension 2. compound 3. anaerobes 4. chlorhexidine Correct option: 4 Sol: The donor site should be scrubbed with a colorless antiseptic solution, such as chlorhexidine gluconate, to allow the surgeon the ability to evaluate the vascularity of the graft postoperatively. Q9. What type of procedure would involve the removal of teeth? 1. bacillus 2. extractions 3. systolic 4. insulin Correct option: 2 Sol: The removal of a tooth or teeth is an extraction procedure. The resection of the soft tissue and excision of the bone surrounding the tooth prior to the removal is called odontectomy. Q10. Which of the following is a fenestrated drape? 1. mitochondria 2. aperture 3. systolic 4. fistula Correct option: 2 Sol: A fenestrated drape is a drape with an opening such as an aperture drape commonly used to drape eyes. Q11. Compression of the heart from excessive fluid or blood buildup is called? 1. fistula 2. tamponade 3. daily 4. flat Correct option: 2 Sol: Tamponade is the compression of the heart due to a collection of blood or fluid within the pericardium. Q12. Which is the first part of the small intestine? 1. cerumen 2. love 3. fistula 4. duodenum Correct option: 4 Sol: The duodenum starts at the pyloric sphincter of the stomach. Q12. Which suffix means surgical puncture to remove fluid? 1. -centesis 2. subdural 3. kyphosis 4. fascia Correct option: 1 Sol: The suffix –centesis means surgical puncture; for example, when combined with arthrocentesis it means surgical puncture of a joint space with a needle to remove fluid 13. Which of the following is an examination of the cervix using a binocular microscope? 1. atherosclerosis 2. acute 3. trauma 4. colposcopy Correct option: 4 Sol: A binocular microscope is used during an examination of the vagina called a colposcopy; colpo being a root word that means “vagina”. 14. Which ossicle of the middle ear covers the oval window? 1. 85 2. daily 3. stapes 4. parasitism