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CTBS Exam Prep Questions With Complete
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What is an automatic deferral for heart valve donation?
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a. History of Cancer
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b. Obesity
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c. Cardiomyopathy
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d. Idiopathic Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Cardiomyopathy
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AATB standards require that tissue banking maintain SOPs encompassing all of
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the following except:
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a. Donor suitability criteria and record management policies
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b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
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c. Procedures for monitoring in-process controls
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d. Procedures describing criteria for exceptional release of tissue - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. FDA regulations that apply to tissue banking
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During skin processing, what is the maximum amount of time that skin can be
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exposed to temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius?
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a. 2hrs
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b. 1hr
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c. 8hr
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d. 4hr - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. 2 hours
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,At what temperature shall cardiovascular tissue be stored?
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a. -50 degree celsius or colder
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b. -1 degree celsius or colder
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c. -25 degree celsius or colder
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d. -100 degree celsius or colder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. -100 degree Celsius or
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colder
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What must be considered for pediatric heart donors that have been breastfed in
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the 12 months prior to donation?
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a. Length of time donor was fed
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b. Mother's blood must be used for serology testing
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c. Analysis of mother's risk for transmissible disease
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d. Analysis of mother's nutritional habits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Analysis of
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mother's risk for transmissible disease
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Pre-processing cultures are: | |




a. Used to detect pathogenic yeast, viruses, & bacteria
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b. Required by AATB standards
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c. Reviewed by the medical director designee
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d. Preformed immediately after tissue exposure to antibiotics - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. Required by AATB standards | | | |




Which of these blood cells produced in the trabecular area of long bones is
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responsible for fighting infection? | | |

,a. Red Blood Cells
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b. White Blood Cells
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c. Platelets
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d. Macrophages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. White Blood Cells
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When recovering bone from the lower extremities, which bone should be
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removed last? |




a. Tibia
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b. Iliac Crest
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c. Femur
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d. Calcaneous - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Iliac Crest
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Which of the following organisms cultured from skin shall make skin not suitable
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for transplantation?
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a. Cornebacterium Sp.
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b. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcuss
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c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
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d. Streptococcuss Viridans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Staphylococcuss Aureus
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What is the correct temperature for short-term storage frozen tissue?
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a. -30 degree celsius or colder
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b. -4 degree celsius or colder
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c. -20 degree celsius or colder
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, d. -40 degree celsius or colder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. -20 degree celsius or
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colder


A 54yo married female with adult children is a potential donor. Who must give
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consent for donation? | |




a. Mother
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b. Brother or Sister
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c. Adult Son or Daughter
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d. Husband - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Husband
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For in process controls, what percentage of grafts must be swabbed for testing?
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a. 100%
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b. 20%
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c. 10%
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d. 50% - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. 100%
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What is the maximum amount of time that a donor can remain unrefrigerated
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prior to the commencement or recovery?
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a. 24hrs
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b. 12hrs
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c. 15hrs
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d. 8hrs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. 15 hours
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Which of the following is a cryoprotectant
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