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SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY-CST EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
CERTIFICATION STYLE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED
Question: Which of the following procedures would most likely utilize a Castroviejo caliper?
a. Strabismus correction
b. Enucleation
c. Iridectomy
d. Dacryocystorhinostomy - ANSWER✔✔a. Strabismus correction
Question: What is the name of the instrument that is used to probe the lacrimal duct?
a. Knapp
b. Desmarres
c. Lange
d. Bowman - ANSWER✔✔d. Bowman
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Question: Which of the following is a manual lid retractor?
a. Desmarres
b. Barraquer
c. Cooke
d. Mellinger - ANSWER✔✔a. Desmarres
Question: What is the name of the curette that the surgeon may use during the surgical repair
of a chalazion?
a. Skeele
b. Heath
c. All of these are correct
d. Meyhoefer - ANSWER✔✔c. All of these are correct
Question: Which of the following is locking needle holder?
a. McPherson
b. Patton
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c. Castroviejo
d. Both McPherson and Castroviejo - ANSWER✔✔d. Both McPherson and Castroviejo
Question: Which of the following item is classified as PPE?
a. Hair cover
b. Eyewear
c. All of these
d. Shoe cover - ANSWER✔✔c. All of these
Question: What is the term that is used to describe blood, body fluid, or gross debris that is left
on an instrument?
a. Contaminates
b. Enzymatic
c. Both bioburden and contaminates
d. Bioburden - ANSWER✔✔d. Bioburden
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Question: Which of the following is locking needle holder?
a. Castroviejo
b. McPherson
c. Both McPherson and Castroviejo
d. Patton - ANSWER✔✔c. Both McPherson and Castroviejo
Question: What is the name of the forceps that would be used to evert the eyelid to allow for
removal of a chalazion?
a. Ziegler
b. Bennett
c. Desmarres
d. Jameson - ANSWER✔✔c. Desmarres
Question: Which of the following scissors would be used to dissect the conjunctiva from the
limbus during a strabismus correction procedure?
a. Stevens tenotomy
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY-CST EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
CERTIFICATION STYLE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATED
Question: Which of the following procedures would most likely utilize a Castroviejo caliper?
a. Strabismus correction
b. Enucleation
c. Iridectomy
d. Dacryocystorhinostomy - ANSWER✔✔a. Strabismus correction
Question: What is the name of the instrument that is used to probe the lacrimal duct?
a. Knapp
b. Desmarres
c. Lange
d. Bowman - ANSWER✔✔d. Bowman
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Question: Which of the following is a manual lid retractor?
a. Desmarres
b. Barraquer
c. Cooke
d. Mellinger - ANSWER✔✔a. Desmarres
Question: What is the name of the curette that the surgeon may use during the surgical repair
of a chalazion?
a. Skeele
b. Heath
c. All of these are correct
d. Meyhoefer - ANSWER✔✔c. All of these are correct
Question: Which of the following is locking needle holder?
a. McPherson
b. Patton
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c. Castroviejo
d. Both McPherson and Castroviejo - ANSWER✔✔d. Both McPherson and Castroviejo
Question: Which of the following item is classified as PPE?
a. Hair cover
b. Eyewear
c. All of these
d. Shoe cover - ANSWER✔✔c. All of these
Question: What is the term that is used to describe blood, body fluid, or gross debris that is left
on an instrument?
a. Contaminates
b. Enzymatic
c. Both bioburden and contaminates
d. Bioburden - ANSWER✔✔d. Bioburden
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Question: Which of the following is locking needle holder?
a. Castroviejo
b. McPherson
c. Both McPherson and Castroviejo
d. Patton - ANSWER✔✔c. Both McPherson and Castroviejo
Question: What is the name of the forceps that would be used to evert the eyelid to allow for
removal of a chalazion?
a. Ziegler
b. Bennett
c. Desmarres
d. Jameson - ANSWER✔✔c. Desmarres
Question: Which of the following scissors would be used to dissect the conjunctiva from the
limbus during a strabismus correction procedure?
a. Stevens tenotomy