NBSTSA Practice Exam B/ Strategies Review of Key
Quizzes & Correct Answers.
Terms in this set (150)
1. Which of the following is A. Management of specimens
considered the MOST
important skill for a surgical
technologist?
A. management
ofspecimens
B. management
ofsponges
C. maintaining an
orderlysetup
D. ensuring
adequatelighting
C. Surgical technologist
2. During the postoperative
phase, the personnel
primarily responsible for
transporting soiled
instrumentation to
decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia
technician.
C. surgical
technologist.D. central
processing technician.
,3. The surgical incision that C. Midline
allows for the BEST
visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
4. CSF is formed in the lateral
ventricles of a patient and
may not properly flow into
the third ventricle through
the foramen of
A. Magendie into
thefourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the
fourthventricle.
C. Sylvius into the
fourthventricle.
D. Luschka into the
fourthventricle.
,5. During an excisional biopsy C. Place in separate containers and identify
of sentinel nodes, the
surgical technologist should
prepare specimens using
which of the following
methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to
behanded off to the
circulator.
B. Separate on Telfa
andpass to the circulator. C.
Place in separate containers
and identify. D. Place in
specimen container held by
the circulator using a
hemostat.
, 6. A surgical technologist D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with
received the following epinephrine
medications onto the sterile
field: 0.9% sodium chloride,
bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25%
Marcaine with epinephrine.
Which of the following is
the MOST appropriate way
to label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracin
and.25 Marcaine +
epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and
0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and
0.25%marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1
gmbacitracin and 0.25%
Marcaine with epinephrine
Quizzes & Correct Answers.
Terms in this set (150)
1. Which of the following is A. Management of specimens
considered the MOST
important skill for a surgical
technologist?
A. management
ofspecimens
B. management
ofsponges
C. maintaining an
orderlysetup
D. ensuring
adequatelighting
C. Surgical technologist
2. During the postoperative
phase, the personnel
primarily responsible for
transporting soiled
instrumentation to
decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia
technician.
C. surgical
technologist.D. central
processing technician.
,3. The surgical incision that C. Midline
allows for the BEST
visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
4. CSF is formed in the lateral
ventricles of a patient and
may not properly flow into
the third ventricle through
the foramen of
A. Magendie into
thefourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the
fourthventricle.
C. Sylvius into the
fourthventricle.
D. Luschka into the
fourthventricle.
,5. During an excisional biopsy C. Place in separate containers and identify
of sentinel nodes, the
surgical technologist should
prepare specimens using
which of the following
methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to
behanded off to the
circulator.
B. Separate on Telfa
andpass to the circulator. C.
Place in separate containers
and identify. D. Place in
specimen container held by
the circulator using a
hemostat.
, 6. A surgical technologist D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with
received the following epinephrine
medications onto the sterile
field: 0.9% sodium chloride,
bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25%
Marcaine with epinephrine.
Which of the following is
the MOST appropriate way
to label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracin
and.25 Marcaine +
epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and
0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and
0.25%marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1
gmbacitracin and 0.25%
Marcaine with epinephrine
