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ABSA Surgical First Assistant – Comprehensive Practice Questions with Correct Answers (2025 Edition)

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This document includes a thorough collection of practice questions with accurate answers for candidates preparing for the ABSA Surgical First Assistant exam. It encompasses key topics such as surgical procedures, anatomy, pathology, operative techniques, instruments, and perioperative care. The questions are designed to reflect real exam scenarios and are ideal for focused self-assessment and revision.

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ABSA Surgical First Assistant questions with accurate
answers
_______ is/are life-threatening obstruction in which the intestinal lumen
is obstructed both proximally and distally, leading to bowel necrosis,
perforation and peritonitis.
a. Volvulus
b. Paralytic ileum
c. Intussusception
d. Adhesion Ans✓✓✓ Volvulus


A 38-year-old mother of four is admitted for stress incontinence. She is
scheduled for a:
a. Wertheim operation
b. Colporrhaphy
c. Trachelorrhaphy
d. Marshall- Marchetti procedure Ans✓✓✓ Marshall- Marchetti
procedure


A benign intestinal tumor is ______ while _____ is malignant
a. Lipomata, angiomata
b. lymphosarcoma, fibromata
c. Angiomata. lipomata
d. Fibromata, lymphosarcoma Ans✓✓✓ Fibromata, lymphosarcoma

,A bone disorder in which there in an imbalance between bone formation
and bone reabsorption (decreased density of bone) is:
osteoporosis
osteomyelitis
osteomalacia
Paget's diseases Ans✓✓✓ osteoporosis


A bone graft usually taken from the patient's tibia and used as an onlay
graft across an ununited fracture site by means of screws is:
a. autogenous cancellous graft
b. homogenous cortical graft
c. autogenous cortical graft
d. homogenous cancellous graft Ans✓✓✓ autogenous cortical graft


A choledochotomy is a/an:
a. Incision into the gall bladder for stone
b. Cystic duct exploration
d. Anastomosis between common duct and duodenum Ans✓✓✓
Incision into common bile duct


A Chronics system disease of unknown cause, characterized by recurrent
inflammation involving the synovium of joints is:
tenosynovitis
osteoarthritis

,ankylosing spondylitis
rheumatoid arthritis Ans✓✓✓ rheumatoid arthritis


A closed cavity between muscle, tendons, and bones that is lined with
synovium, contains a small amount of synovial fluid and acts as a
gliding mechanism is:
cartilage
a callus
a bursa
a fibrous capsule Ans✓✓✓ a bursa


A congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the ventral
surface of the penis ___; a dorsal urinary meatus is ______.
a. Cryptorchidism, chordee
b. Hypospadias, epispadias
c. Chordee, Cryptorchidism
d. Epispadias, hypospadias Ans✓✓✓ Hypospadias, epispadias


a cyst in the eyelid is a ____ inflammation of the cornea is _____ and
infection involving the iris and choroid is a _____.
a. Sty, uveitis, keratitis
b. Chalazion, keratitis, uveitis
c. Dacrocystitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis

, d. Hordeolum, uveitis, conjunctivitis Ans✓✓✓ Chalazion, keratitis,
uveitis


a femoral fracture most often seen in obese children is:
coxa plana
impacted intertrochanteric
slipped femoral epiphysis
spontaneous greenstick Ans✓✓✓ slipped femoral epiphysis


A growth that occurs in the gravid uterus and develops from the
chorlonics villi is a
a. Fetus
b. Placenta
c. Hydaliform mole
d. Fibroid Ans✓✓✓ Hydaliform mole


A longitudinal ulcer in the anal canal is_____ and ______ is tubular tract
that has its skin opening beside the anus.
a. fissure in ano, fistula in ano
b. fistula in ano, pilonidal cyst
c. ischiorectal abscess, fissure in ano
d. fissure in ano, pilonidal cyst Ans✓✓✓ Fissure in ano, fistula in ano


A Papanicolaou smear report of Class 4 indicate.

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