CST Certification Exam #1 – Certified Surgical Technologist Practice Questions
with Correct Answers
Absorption area - correct answer The plicae circulares, microvilli, and villi increase?
Penfield dissectors - correct answer What comes as number sets frequently used in
neurosurgical procedures?
Staphylococcus aureus - correct answer What pathogen is most commonly associated with
surgical wound infections?
Dermatomes - correct answer Padgett and Reese are types of?
Bozeman - correct answer What is the name for a uterine dressing forcep?
First - correct answer What burn degree classification involves erythema without blisters?
Freer - correct answer What instrument is used to remove plaque during a carotid
endarterectomy?
Astrocytes - correct answer What neuroglia is star-shaped?
Shoulder roll - correct answer What device could be used when placing a patient in the
operative position for a thyroidectomy?
Insufflator machine - correct answer In order to expand the abdominal cavity with CO2 prior to
a laparoscopic procedure, the surgeon must use a/an?
Pillar retractor - correct answer What surgical instrument would be used during a
tonsillectomy?
Short arm - correct answer What type of cast would be appropriate for a fractured metacarpal?
Cholesteatoma - correct answer What is the medical term for accumulation of squamous
epithelium that forms a mass that is destructive to the middle ear?
Ciliary - correct answer What muscle alters the shape of the lens to accommodate vision?
Opportunistic - correct answer What is the term for a nonpathogenic organism that is capable
of producing disease in an immunocompromised patient?
Bypass urethral obstruction - correct answer Filiforms are used to?
Castroviejo - correct answer What is the name of this needle holder used in vascular cases?
Magnetic resonance imaging - correct answer What is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to
provide the best imaging of soft tissues?
Undescended testes - correct answer What defines cryptorchidism?
, Le Fort II - correct answer What type of procedure is performed to correct panfacial fractures?
Weitlaner - correct answer What retractor is used to provide exposure for a femoropopliteal
bypass?
Xeroform - correct answer What is a nonadherent, nonpermeable, occlusive surgical dressing?
Cervical carcinoma - correct answer A colposcopy may be performed for what condition?
Pulmonary - correct answer The only artery in the body that carries deoxygenated blood is the?
Mannitol - correct answer What intravenous drug would be used to reduce intracranial
pressure during a craniotomy?
Hypotonic - correct answer Sterile water is used for irrigation during a mastectomy, because it
is categorized as?
Blunt - correct answer What type of needle would be used to repair the liver?
Iron - correct answer What is the main element of hemoglobin?
Hand off the field to the circulator - correct answer What should be done with a perforating
towel clip that has been applied and removed from a sterile drape?
Nucleus - correct answer Which structure of a eukaryotic cell is DNA contained?
Sterile water - correct answer What is used to inflate the Foley catheter balloon?
Cryotherapy unit - correct answer What is commonly used in the treatment of retinal
detachment?
Incontinence - correct answer What term means lack of control of urination?
Sims - correct answer What is known as a sharp endometrial curette?
Enucleation - correct answer Removal of an entire eyeball is called?
Bayonet forceps - correct answer What surgical instrument is required for repair of a nasal
fracture?
Nitrogen - correct answer What is used for powered orthopedic equipment?
Bipolar - correct answer What mode of the electrosurgical unit does not require use of a
patient return electrode?
Recurrent laryngeal - correct answer The nerve that is at greatest risk for injury during a
thyroidectomy is the?
Pneumonia - correct answer What disease is caused by a pathogen?
with Correct Answers
Absorption area - correct answer The plicae circulares, microvilli, and villi increase?
Penfield dissectors - correct answer What comes as number sets frequently used in
neurosurgical procedures?
Staphylococcus aureus - correct answer What pathogen is most commonly associated with
surgical wound infections?
Dermatomes - correct answer Padgett and Reese are types of?
Bozeman - correct answer What is the name for a uterine dressing forcep?
First - correct answer What burn degree classification involves erythema without blisters?
Freer - correct answer What instrument is used to remove plaque during a carotid
endarterectomy?
Astrocytes - correct answer What neuroglia is star-shaped?
Shoulder roll - correct answer What device could be used when placing a patient in the
operative position for a thyroidectomy?
Insufflator machine - correct answer In order to expand the abdominal cavity with CO2 prior to
a laparoscopic procedure, the surgeon must use a/an?
Pillar retractor - correct answer What surgical instrument would be used during a
tonsillectomy?
Short arm - correct answer What type of cast would be appropriate for a fractured metacarpal?
Cholesteatoma - correct answer What is the medical term for accumulation of squamous
epithelium that forms a mass that is destructive to the middle ear?
Ciliary - correct answer What muscle alters the shape of the lens to accommodate vision?
Opportunistic - correct answer What is the term for a nonpathogenic organism that is capable
of producing disease in an immunocompromised patient?
Bypass urethral obstruction - correct answer Filiforms are used to?
Castroviejo - correct answer What is the name of this needle holder used in vascular cases?
Magnetic resonance imaging - correct answer What is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to
provide the best imaging of soft tissues?
Undescended testes - correct answer What defines cryptorchidism?
, Le Fort II - correct answer What type of procedure is performed to correct panfacial fractures?
Weitlaner - correct answer What retractor is used to provide exposure for a femoropopliteal
bypass?
Xeroform - correct answer What is a nonadherent, nonpermeable, occlusive surgical dressing?
Cervical carcinoma - correct answer A colposcopy may be performed for what condition?
Pulmonary - correct answer The only artery in the body that carries deoxygenated blood is the?
Mannitol - correct answer What intravenous drug would be used to reduce intracranial
pressure during a craniotomy?
Hypotonic - correct answer Sterile water is used for irrigation during a mastectomy, because it
is categorized as?
Blunt - correct answer What type of needle would be used to repair the liver?
Iron - correct answer What is the main element of hemoglobin?
Hand off the field to the circulator - correct answer What should be done with a perforating
towel clip that has been applied and removed from a sterile drape?
Nucleus - correct answer Which structure of a eukaryotic cell is DNA contained?
Sterile water - correct answer What is used to inflate the Foley catheter balloon?
Cryotherapy unit - correct answer What is commonly used in the treatment of retinal
detachment?
Incontinence - correct answer What term means lack of control of urination?
Sims - correct answer What is known as a sharp endometrial curette?
Enucleation - correct answer Removal of an entire eyeball is called?
Bayonet forceps - correct answer What surgical instrument is required for repair of a nasal
fracture?
Nitrogen - correct answer What is used for powered orthopedic equipment?
Bipolar - correct answer What mode of the electrosurgical unit does not require use of a
patient return electrode?
Recurrent laryngeal - correct answer The nerve that is at greatest risk for injury during a
thyroidectomy is the?
Pneumonia - correct answer What disease is caused by a pathogen?
