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CBSPD STERILIZATION - CERTIFICATION
EXAM REVIEW 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
1. What should be done if the Bowie-Dick test fails the first time? -
correct answer - Report to the supervisor for further instruction
2. What is the recommended sterilizer setting for the Bowie-Dick
test? - correct answer - 3 to 3 ½ minutes at 270°F (132°C),
dynamic-air-removal
3. Unless otherwise indicated by the biological indicator
manufacturer, if a biological test is performed daily, how often
is it necessary to incubate a control biological indicator? -
correct answer - Once a day and if a new lot number is used
4. How often should routine biological testing of steam sterilizers
be performed? - correct answer - Weekly
5. All loads containing implantable devices should be... - correct
answer - Monitored with a biological indicator
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6. For testing of rigid sterilization containers, the biological
indicators should be placed... - correct answer - As
recommended by the manufacturer
7. Sterile packs are most vulnerable to contamination when... -
correct answer - The packages are still hot
8. Items being unloaded from the steam sterilizer cart should be
handled with... - correct answer - Clean hands
9. A loaded instrument has been contaminated during a
procedure and the operating room (OR) wants to sterilize it in
the immediate-use steam sterilizer. Which of the following is
the first step to take? - correct answer - Consult the
manufacturer's written instructions for approved cleaning and
sterilization methods and parameters
10. Which of the following best defines "superheating" of steam?
- correct answer - Heat added to dry steam in the absence of
water
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11. The best method for loading paper-plastic pouches is to
place them... - correct answer - paper side up, flat
12. Which of the following organisms is the most resistant to the
steam sterilization process? - correct answer - Geobacillus
stearothermophilus
13. To prevent scorching or packaging material, how much
space should be between the packages and the chamber wall
of the sterilizer? - correct answer - 1 inch (2.76 cm)
14. Which of the following sterilizers/processors requires only a
special electrical outlet for installation? - correct answer - Low-
temperature gas plasma
15. When reviewing a sterilizer printout from a steam sterilization
cycle... - correct answer - the temperature, exposure time, and
pressure need to be verified
CBSPD STERILIZATION - CERTIFICATION
EXAM REVIEW 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
1. What should be done if the Bowie-Dick test fails the first time? -
correct answer - Report to the supervisor for further instruction
2. What is the recommended sterilizer setting for the Bowie-Dick
test? - correct answer - 3 to 3 ½ minutes at 270°F (132°C),
dynamic-air-removal
3. Unless otherwise indicated by the biological indicator
manufacturer, if a biological test is performed daily, how often
is it necessary to incubate a control biological indicator? -
correct answer - Once a day and if a new lot number is used
4. How often should routine biological testing of steam sterilizers
be performed? - correct answer - Weekly
5. All loads containing implantable devices should be... - correct
answer - Monitored with a biological indicator
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6. For testing of rigid sterilization containers, the biological
indicators should be placed... - correct answer - As
recommended by the manufacturer
7. Sterile packs are most vulnerable to contamination when... -
correct answer - The packages are still hot
8. Items being unloaded from the steam sterilizer cart should be
handled with... - correct answer - Clean hands
9. A loaded instrument has been contaminated during a
procedure and the operating room (OR) wants to sterilize it in
the immediate-use steam sterilizer. Which of the following is
the first step to take? - correct answer - Consult the
manufacturer's written instructions for approved cleaning and
sterilization methods and parameters
10. Which of the following best defines "superheating" of steam?
- correct answer - Heat added to dry steam in the absence of
water
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11. The best method for loading paper-plastic pouches is to
place them... - correct answer - paper side up, flat
12. Which of the following organisms is the most resistant to the
steam sterilization process? - correct answer - Geobacillus
stearothermophilus
13. To prevent scorching or packaging material, how much
space should be between the packages and the chamber wall
of the sterilizer? - correct answer - 1 inch (2.76 cm)
14. Which of the following sterilizers/processors requires only a
special electrical outlet for installation? - correct answer - Low-
temperature gas plasma
15. When reviewing a sterilizer printout from a steam sterilization
cycle... - correct answer - the temperature, exposure time, and
pressure need to be verified
