STERILE PROCESSING ACTUAL EXAM FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED 2026
⫸ What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for
Decontamination? Answer: 10 air exchanges per hour under Negative
Pressure
⫸ What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Sterile Storage Area?
Answer: 68 deg to 75 deg F, 35% to 70% Humidity
⫸ What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Prep & Packaging
Area? Answer: 68 deg to 73 deg F, Ideal Humidity 50% - not lower
than 35%
⫸ The main role of sterile processing is to: Answer: Provide
dependable reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care.
⫸ Ethics is the practice of: Answer: Doing the right thing.
⫸ Which of the following establishes sterilization practice standards
based on opinion, research, and/or theory: Answer: AAMI
,⫸ EPA, FDA, OSHA and state departments of health (DOH)
primarily issue: Answer: Regulations.
⫸ Standards for CS/SPD practice are written by: Answer: AAMI
⫸ The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides
for which ethical issue? Answer: Confidentiality
⫸ If healthcare facilities reprocess single-use devices, the devices
must be cleared by: Answer: FDA
⫸ OSHA has a great effect on CS/SPD by its regulation of
occupational exposure to airborne contaminants, exposure from
bloodborne pathogens, and which of the following: Answer:
Communication of workplace hazards
⫸ The Medical Device Reporting regulation requires: Answer:
Healthcare facilities to report deaths or serious injuries from medical
devices.
⫸ Collection of data and identification of issues are part of what kind
of program? Answer: Quality Assurance
⫸ To ensure that all employees are learning the same information,
training should be: Answer: Standardized
,⫸ Which branch of science refers to the form and organization of
body parts? Answer: Anatomy
⫸ Which branch of science refers to the function of specific body
parts? Answer: Physiology
⫸ The smallest and most numerous structural units possessing the
basic characteristics of life are called: Answer: Cells
⫸ Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor required
for the life of a cell? Answer: Cold
⫸ DNA is found in which part of the cell? Answer: Nucleus
⫸ Complex structures with specialized functions within the body are
known as: Answer: Organs
⫸ Red blood cells develop in which part of the body? Answer: Bone
Marrow
⫸ The smallest bones of the body are found in the: Answer: Middle
Ear
⫸ Which of the following supports the tongue and the functions in
swallowing? Answer: Hyoid Bone
, ⫸ The skull, hyoid, vertebral column, and thoracic cage are part of
the: Answer: Axial Skeleton
⫸ Muscles make up what part of the body's bulk? Answer: 1/2
⫸ Which of the following bones can be found in the axial skeleton?
Answer: Sternum
⫸ Which of the following is part of the appendicular skeleton?
Answer: Humerus
⫸ The femur, tibia, and fibula are bones of the: Answer: Lower limbs
⫸ The humerus, radius, and ulna are bones of the: Answer: Upper
limbs
⫸ Smooth muscle cells lack: Answer: Striations
⫸ What connects muscle to bone? Answer: Tendons
⫸ Specialized cells responsible for contractions in the body are
called: Answer: Muscles
⫸ Which of the following is the largest organ OF the body? Answer:
Skin
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED 2026
⫸ What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for
Decontamination? Answer: 10 air exchanges per hour under Negative
Pressure
⫸ What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Sterile Storage Area?
Answer: 68 deg to 75 deg F, 35% to 70% Humidity
⫸ What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Prep & Packaging
Area? Answer: 68 deg to 73 deg F, Ideal Humidity 50% - not lower
than 35%
⫸ The main role of sterile processing is to: Answer: Provide
dependable reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care.
⫸ Ethics is the practice of: Answer: Doing the right thing.
⫸ Which of the following establishes sterilization practice standards
based on opinion, research, and/or theory: Answer: AAMI
,⫸ EPA, FDA, OSHA and state departments of health (DOH)
primarily issue: Answer: Regulations.
⫸ Standards for CS/SPD practice are written by: Answer: AAMI
⫸ The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides
for which ethical issue? Answer: Confidentiality
⫸ If healthcare facilities reprocess single-use devices, the devices
must be cleared by: Answer: FDA
⫸ OSHA has a great effect on CS/SPD by its regulation of
occupational exposure to airborne contaminants, exposure from
bloodborne pathogens, and which of the following: Answer:
Communication of workplace hazards
⫸ The Medical Device Reporting regulation requires: Answer:
Healthcare facilities to report deaths or serious injuries from medical
devices.
⫸ Collection of data and identification of issues are part of what kind
of program? Answer: Quality Assurance
⫸ To ensure that all employees are learning the same information,
training should be: Answer: Standardized
,⫸ Which branch of science refers to the form and organization of
body parts? Answer: Anatomy
⫸ Which branch of science refers to the function of specific body
parts? Answer: Physiology
⫸ The smallest and most numerous structural units possessing the
basic characteristics of life are called: Answer: Cells
⫸ Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor required
for the life of a cell? Answer: Cold
⫸ DNA is found in which part of the cell? Answer: Nucleus
⫸ Complex structures with specialized functions within the body are
known as: Answer: Organs
⫸ Red blood cells develop in which part of the body? Answer: Bone
Marrow
⫸ The smallest bones of the body are found in the: Answer: Middle
Ear
⫸ Which of the following supports the tongue and the functions in
swallowing? Answer: Hyoid Bone
, ⫸ The skull, hyoid, vertebral column, and thoracic cage are part of
the: Answer: Axial Skeleton
⫸ Muscles make up what part of the body's bulk? Answer: 1/2
⫸ Which of the following bones can be found in the axial skeleton?
Answer: Sternum
⫸ Which of the following is part of the appendicular skeleton?
Answer: Humerus
⫸ The femur, tibia, and fibula are bones of the: Answer: Lower limbs
⫸ The humerus, radius, and ulna are bones of the: Answer: Upper
limbs
⫸ Smooth muscle cells lack: Answer: Striations
⫸ What connects muscle to bone? Answer: Tendons
⫸ Specialized cells responsible for contractions in the body are
called: Answer: Muscles
⫸ Which of the following is the largest organ OF the body? Answer:
Skin
