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SURGICAL TECH STUDY GUIDE FOR
CST EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024-2025 LATEST
UPDATED | GET IT CORRECT
What is an example of the interaction between personal and professional
life?
Ans: The nature of the OR results in some isolation from the general public
Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to?
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Ans: consistent communication
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What tasks belongs to the medical records department?
Ans: maintains and verifies all patient records, trascription of history and
phsyical, requires proper signature, may provide past medical records when
needed
Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the?
Ans: Radiologist
A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care
by elevating standards of surgical education and practice is the?
Ans: American College of Surgeons
The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance
criteria for health care organiations is the?
Ans: The Joint Commission
What is a proper job description?
Ans: Provides a job title, definition, specified requirements, duties and
tasks, and designation of ones immediate supervisor
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Which OR team member is responsible for opening sterile supplies onto the
field DURING a surgical procedure?
Ans: Circulator and ST in circulating role
Surgical technologists are employed most often in which are of the hospital?
Ans: Surgery department
When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist
offered?
Ans: Dec 1970
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Indirect patient care is provided by which departments?
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Ans: administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services,
purchasing/central services, medical records
The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity
Ans: National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants
The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the?
Ans: Scrub tech or STSR
Accreditation is a term that applies to?
Ans: Programs
Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ?
Ans: Board of Trustees
A CRNA is part of what OR group
Ans: non sterile anesthesia dept
A contractual relatinship and mutual benefit that exist when one party or
entity agrees to pay another for a specified loss or condition is known as?
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Ans: insurance
Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through
which agency
Ans: CMS
The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites
worldwide?
Ans: World Health Organization
What entity accredits surgical technology programs?
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Ans: Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
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A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as?
Ans: competencies
What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other
health care providers?
Ans: professional
What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the
patient, and the patient's family?
Ans: therapeutic
According to the text, which factor is a key component in developing
relationships?
Ans: communication
According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care
providers?
Ans: communication
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Nonverbal communication involves several components. What term defines
the following: be open-minded and objective
Ans: receptive
A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a
profit is known as which type of hospital?
Ans: Proprietary
What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of
increased responsibility
Ans: Clinical Ladder
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What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical
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services
Ans: Health Maintenance Organization
What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all
referrals?
Ans: HMO
What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and
specialized health care personnel
Ans: Medical Staff Committee
The credential held by a nurse with several years experience in critical
nursing and specialty training in anesthesia is ?
Ans: CRNA
What department provides sterotactic services?
Ans: Diagnostic Imaging
What department provides blood replacement services?
SURGICAL TECH STUDY GUIDE FOR
CST EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024-2025 LATEST
UPDATED | GET IT CORRECT
What is an example of the interaction between personal and professional
life?
Ans: The nature of the OR results in some isolation from the general public
Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to?
© 2025 All rights reserved®
Ans: consistent communication
Exampromax - Stuvia US
What tasks belongs to the medical records department?
Ans: maintains and verifies all patient records, trascription of history and
phsyical, requires proper signature, may provide past medical records when
needed
Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the?
Ans: Radiologist
A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care
by elevating standards of surgical education and practice is the?
Ans: American College of Surgeons
The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance
criteria for health care organiations is the?
Ans: The Joint Commission
What is a proper job description?
Ans: Provides a job title, definition, specified requirements, duties and
tasks, and designation of ones immediate supervisor
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Which OR team member is responsible for opening sterile supplies onto the
field DURING a surgical procedure?
Ans: Circulator and ST in circulating role
Surgical technologists are employed most often in which are of the hospital?
Ans: Surgery department
When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist
offered?
Ans: Dec 1970
© 2025 All rights reserved®
Indirect patient care is provided by which departments?
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services,
purchasing/central services, medical records
The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity
Ans: National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants
The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the?
Ans: Scrub tech or STSR
Accreditation is a term that applies to?
Ans: Programs
Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ?
Ans: Board of Trustees
A CRNA is part of what OR group
Ans: non sterile anesthesia dept
A contractual relatinship and mutual benefit that exist when one party or
entity agrees to pay another for a specified loss or condition is known as?
, 3 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
Ans: insurance
Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through
which agency
Ans: CMS
The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites
worldwide?
Ans: World Health Organization
What entity accredits surgical technology programs?
© 2025 All rights reserved®
Ans: Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Exampromax - Stuvia US
A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as?
Ans: competencies
What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other
health care providers?
Ans: professional
What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the
patient, and the patient's family?
Ans: therapeutic
According to the text, which factor is a key component in developing
relationships?
Ans: communication
According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care
providers?
Ans: communication
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Nonverbal communication involves several components. What term defines
the following: be open-minded and objective
Ans: receptive
A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a
profit is known as which type of hospital?
Ans: Proprietary
What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of
increased responsibility
Ans: Clinical Ladder
© 2025 All rights reserved®
What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical
Exampromax - Stuvia US
services
Ans: Health Maintenance Organization
What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all
referrals?
Ans: HMO
What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and
specialized health care personnel
Ans: Medical Staff Committee
The credential held by a nurse with several years experience in critical
nursing and specialty training in anesthesia is ?
Ans: CRNA
What department provides sterotactic services?
Ans: Diagnostic Imaging
What department provides blood replacement services?
