NCCT SURGICAL TECH EXAM REVIEW EXAM
NEWEST 2026 COMPLETE 90+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
An 85-year-old patient is currently in the operating room under general
anesthesia for a right hip arthroplasty. Which of the following will best help to
prevent perioperative positioning injuries?
Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Make sure that the implant is appropriately sized for the patient.
Be attentive to intraoperative signs of discomfort or distress.
Use a body warming blanket during the pre-operative phase. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers develop if bony
prominences are not cushioned and protected from the hard surface of the
operating room table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and other
conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation.
The surgical technologist is opening for a procedure and notices the wrapped
item she just opened has a hole in the outer layer. Which of the following is the
proper course of action?
Open the inner layer onto the sterile field.
Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Check the indicator to ensure the item has been sterilized.
Place the package on a prep stand and open away from the sterile field. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
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,Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been compromised, it should not be
taken on the sterile field. When in doubt throw it out and get a new one. If the
package has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto the sterile field it
would contaminate the whole field.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the surgical
technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the circulator
prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of medication and dosage
must be communicated during transfer of medication by the circulator and
surgical technician to reduce medication errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely source of
this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
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,A faulty grounding pad is in place. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The light source was
left on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper drape,
would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the heat. Iodine
and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of
the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the heat since it's not
working properly.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the surgical
technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the circulator
prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of medication and dosage
must be communicated during transfer of medication by the circulator and
surgical technician to reduce medication errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely source of
this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
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, The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
A faulty grounding pad is in place. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The light source was
left on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper drape,
would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the heat. Iodine
and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of
the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the heat since it's not
working properly.
When sterilizing an unwrapped, non-porous item with no lumen in an immediate
use sterilization unit, which of the following parameters must be met for
sterilization with gravity displacement steam? (Select the two (2) correct
answers.)
3-4 minute exposure time
270o F
10 minute exposure time
132o F
4 minute drying time - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 3-4 minute exposure time, 270F
The anesthesia care provider (ACP) is performing an induction on a known
asthmatic patient. The patient experiences a laryngospasm during intubation. The
patient's oxygen saturation is 65%. The scrubbed surgical technologist should
prepare for a tracheostomy.
prepare the machine for positive pressure ventilation of the airway.
prepare for a laryngoscopy.
hold cricoid pressure. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- prepare for a tracheostomy.
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NEWEST 2026 COMPLETE 90+ QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
An 85-year-old patient is currently in the operating room under general
anesthesia for a right hip arthroplasty. Which of the following will best help to
prevent perioperative positioning injuries?
Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Make sure that the implant is appropriately sized for the patient.
Be attentive to intraoperative signs of discomfort or distress.
Use a body warming blanket during the pre-operative phase. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers develop if bony
prominences are not cushioned and protected from the hard surface of the
operating room table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and other
conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation.
The surgical technologist is opening for a procedure and notices the wrapped
item she just opened has a hole in the outer layer. Which of the following is the
proper course of action?
Open the inner layer onto the sterile field.
Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Check the indicator to ensure the item has been sterilized.
Place the package on a prep stand and open away from the sterile field. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Pg. 1
,Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been compromised, it should not be
taken on the sterile field. When in doubt throw it out and get a new one. If the
package has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto the sterile field it
would contaminate the whole field.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the surgical
technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the circulator
prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of medication and dosage
must be communicated during transfer of medication by the circulator and
surgical technician to reduce medication errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely source of
this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
Pg. 2
,A faulty grounding pad is in place. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The light source was
left on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper drape,
would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the heat. Iodine
and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of
the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the heat since it's not
working properly.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the surgical
technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the circulator
prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of medication and dosage
must be communicated during transfer of medication by the circulator and
surgical technician to reduce medication errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely source of
this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
Pg. 3
, The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
A faulty grounding pad is in place. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The light source was
left on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper drape,
would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the heat. Iodine
and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of
the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the heat since it's not
working properly.
When sterilizing an unwrapped, non-porous item with no lumen in an immediate
use sterilization unit, which of the following parameters must be met for
sterilization with gravity displacement steam? (Select the two (2) correct
answers.)
3-4 minute exposure time
270o F
10 minute exposure time
132o F
4 minute drying time - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- 3-4 minute exposure time, 270F
The anesthesia care provider (ACP) is performing an induction on a known
asthmatic patient. The patient experiences a laryngospasm during intubation. The
patient's oxygen saturation is 65%. The scrubbed surgical technologist should
prepare for a tracheostomy.
prepare the machine for positive pressure ventilation of the airway.
prepare for a laryngoscopy.
hold cricoid pressure. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- prepare for a tracheostomy.
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