CSTR EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What does a tree chart show? - ✔✔(Fishbone diagram) - used to identify all of the
various issues/tasks that go into development of a single outcome.
✔✔How would you present volume? - ✔✔Visualized by a bar chart (similar to a
histogram) showing different heights depicting variance from comparative items or
periods of time.
✔✔How would you present a trend? - ✔✔A trend is a series of consecutive
information/data that is all moving upward or downward as time progresses. A trend line
can be overlaid onto the chart information/ data for the reader to more easily visualize if
there is a trend over time.
✔✔What is the process of PIPS? - ✔✔recognition, assessment, and correction
✔✔Who originated the National Trauma Data Bank? - ✔✔ACS
✔✔What is the Joint Commission? - ✔✔It is a national organization that provides
standards so that hospitals may obtain accreditation for licensure and gain the right to
receive payment from Medicaid and Medicare.
✔✔What created the Joint Commission? - ✔✔Created by merging the Hospital
Standardization Program with similar programs run by the American College of
Physicians, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and
the Canadian Medical Association.
✔✔What is benchmarking? - ✔✔A benchmark is a standard by which something can be
measured or judged, comparing like data over time with different organizations,
providers, or with a recommended or desired outcome/standard.
✔✔What are filters? - ✔✔Filters are tools that can be used to gather data into
specifically defined groups, or a single item. Filters are used to easily define, view, or
calculate subgroups within a larger population
✔✔How do you calculate an ICU day? - ✔✔ICU Day = a count of any day, or partial
day, that the patient was in an ICU. For example: if the patient was admitted at 11pm on
one day, and discharged at 10 am the next day, this will equal 2 (two) ICU days, since
the stay included 2 (two) 24 hour days.
✔✔What are the 4 steps in PI and loop closure? - ✔✔Identification of Issues
Review of Issues
Corrective Action
Result Evaluation
, ✔✔What does population analysis look at? - ✔✔Population age, gender, residence,
nationality, etc.
✔✔What does sampling look at? - ✔✔The process of taking a small portion of a larger
set of data to study in order to obtain a picture of the probable larger total population.
✔✔What does frequency look at? - ✔✔The number of occurrences of a repeating
similar event that is identified within a defined set of reference.
✔✔Define average - ✔✔Average or mean is the sum of the value of all integers divided
by the total number of integers
✔✔Define ratio - ✔✔One value as compared to another, i.e., frequency of occurrence
as in one in 240, e.g., 1:240.
✔✔Define median - ✔✔The median is the integer holding the middle position in a
sequential listing of numbers.
The median when arranged : 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 2
✔✔Define mode - ✔✔The median is the integer holding the middle position in a
sequential listing of numbers.
The median when arranged : 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 2
✔✔Define standard deviation - ✔✔Standard Deviation: a measure to quantify the
difference between the values in the data set.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the neck - ✔✔Cervical vertebrae x 7, trachea, esophagus,
larynx, pharynx, hyoid bone.
✔✔Name the bones of the face - ✔✔14 stationary bones and a lower jaw bone. Inferior
nasal conchae x 2, lacrimal bones x 2, mandible, maxilla x 2, nasal bones and septum,
palatine bones x 2, vomer, zygomatic bones x 2, eye, ear.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the chest - ✔✔Thoracic spine, ribs 1-12, sternum, heart,
bronchi and lungs, thoracic aorta, diaphragm, thoracic esophagus.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the abdomen - ✔✔Liver, spleen, colon, rectum, small bowel,
pancreas, kidneys, pelvis, uterus, bladder, stomach, gallbladder, retroperitoneum,
abdominal aorta and other vessels.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the spine - ✔✔Cervical--7, thoracic--12, lumbar--5, sacrum—5
(fused), coccyx (tailbone)—2, 3, or 4.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What does a tree chart show? - ✔✔(Fishbone diagram) - used to identify all of the
various issues/tasks that go into development of a single outcome.
✔✔How would you present volume? - ✔✔Visualized by a bar chart (similar to a
histogram) showing different heights depicting variance from comparative items or
periods of time.
✔✔How would you present a trend? - ✔✔A trend is a series of consecutive
information/data that is all moving upward or downward as time progresses. A trend line
can be overlaid onto the chart information/ data for the reader to more easily visualize if
there is a trend over time.
✔✔What is the process of PIPS? - ✔✔recognition, assessment, and correction
✔✔Who originated the National Trauma Data Bank? - ✔✔ACS
✔✔What is the Joint Commission? - ✔✔It is a national organization that provides
standards so that hospitals may obtain accreditation for licensure and gain the right to
receive payment from Medicaid and Medicare.
✔✔What created the Joint Commission? - ✔✔Created by merging the Hospital
Standardization Program with similar programs run by the American College of
Physicians, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and
the Canadian Medical Association.
✔✔What is benchmarking? - ✔✔A benchmark is a standard by which something can be
measured or judged, comparing like data over time with different organizations,
providers, or with a recommended or desired outcome/standard.
✔✔What are filters? - ✔✔Filters are tools that can be used to gather data into
specifically defined groups, or a single item. Filters are used to easily define, view, or
calculate subgroups within a larger population
✔✔How do you calculate an ICU day? - ✔✔ICU Day = a count of any day, or partial
day, that the patient was in an ICU. For example: if the patient was admitted at 11pm on
one day, and discharged at 10 am the next day, this will equal 2 (two) ICU days, since
the stay included 2 (two) 24 hour days.
✔✔What are the 4 steps in PI and loop closure? - ✔✔Identification of Issues
Review of Issues
Corrective Action
Result Evaluation
, ✔✔What does population analysis look at? - ✔✔Population age, gender, residence,
nationality, etc.
✔✔What does sampling look at? - ✔✔The process of taking a small portion of a larger
set of data to study in order to obtain a picture of the probable larger total population.
✔✔What does frequency look at? - ✔✔The number of occurrences of a repeating
similar event that is identified within a defined set of reference.
✔✔Define average - ✔✔Average or mean is the sum of the value of all integers divided
by the total number of integers
✔✔Define ratio - ✔✔One value as compared to another, i.e., frequency of occurrence
as in one in 240, e.g., 1:240.
✔✔Define median - ✔✔The median is the integer holding the middle position in a
sequential listing of numbers.
The median when arranged : 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 2
✔✔Define mode - ✔✔The median is the integer holding the middle position in a
sequential listing of numbers.
The median when arranged : 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 2
✔✔Define standard deviation - ✔✔Standard Deviation: a measure to quantify the
difference between the values in the data set.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the neck - ✔✔Cervical vertebrae x 7, trachea, esophagus,
larynx, pharynx, hyoid bone.
✔✔Name the bones of the face - ✔✔14 stationary bones and a lower jaw bone. Inferior
nasal conchae x 2, lacrimal bones x 2, mandible, maxilla x 2, nasal bones and septum,
palatine bones x 2, vomer, zygomatic bones x 2, eye, ear.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the chest - ✔✔Thoracic spine, ribs 1-12, sternum, heart,
bronchi and lungs, thoracic aorta, diaphragm, thoracic esophagus.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the abdomen - ✔✔Liver, spleen, colon, rectum, small bowel,
pancreas, kidneys, pelvis, uterus, bladder, stomach, gallbladder, retroperitoneum,
abdominal aorta and other vessels.
✔✔Name the anatomy of the spine - ✔✔Cervical--7, thoracic--12, lumbar--5, sacrum—5
(fused), coccyx (tailbone)—2, 3, or 4.
