ABSA Surgical First Assistant Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
A partial gastrectomy followed by a gastroduodenal anastomosis is a:
a. Billroth I
b. Polya
c. Billroth II
d. Hofmeister
Correct Answer
Billroth I
Question 2
Earlobe piercing is contraindicated in persons
a. skin disease
b. diabetes
c. keloids
d. enteritis
Correct Answer
skin disease
diabetes
keloids
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,Question 3
Which diagnosis does not require operation?
a. Intussusception
b. Strangulated hernia
c. Meckel's diverticulum
d. paralytic Ileus
Correct Answer
Paralytic Ileus
Question 4
the inner ear contains the organ of ___, the cochlea, and the organ of equilibrium, the ___.
a. hearing, eustachian tube
b. conduction, stapes
c. hearing, semicircular canals
d. conduction, lymphanic membrane
Correct Answer
hearing, semicircular canals
Question 5
Reconstruction of the gastrointestinal tract in whipple procedure is accomplished by the following anastomosis
Correct Answer
Pancreatojejunostomy, Choledochojejunostomy, gastrojejunostomy,
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,Question 6
surgical bypass procedure for portal hypertension is a shunt between _____ and _____ or between _______ and____________
a. Hepatic artery, Cystic artery, portal vein, splenic vein
b. Portal vein, inferior vena cava, splenic vein, left renal vein
c. Splenic artery, superior mesenteric, portal vein, left renal vein
d. Portal vein, splenic vein, left renal vein, inferior vena cava
Correct Answer
Portal vein, inferior vena, splenic vein, left renal vein
Question 7
Which statement concerning small bowel obstruction is Not true
a. It may lead to metabolic acidosis
b. It causes distention of proximal intestine
c. It may lead metabolic alkalosis
d. It causes distention of distal intestine
Correct Answer
It causes distention of distal intestine
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, Question 8
A patient with urinary retention cannot void because of:
a. urinary cast
b. An inability of the kidneys to secrete urine
c. a mucus plug in the catheter
d. a failure of the bladder to release urine
Correct Answer
a failure of the bladder to release urine
Question 9
A bone graft usually taken from the patient's tibia and used as an onlay graft across an ununited fracture site by means of
screws is:
a. autogenous cancellous graft
b. homogenous cortical graft
c. autogenous cortical graft
d. homogenous cancellous graft
Correct Answer
autogenous cortical graft
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Question 1
A partial gastrectomy followed by a gastroduodenal anastomosis is a:
a. Billroth I
b. Polya
c. Billroth II
d. Hofmeister
Correct Answer
Billroth I
Question 2
Earlobe piercing is contraindicated in persons
a. skin disease
b. diabetes
c. keloids
d. enteritis
Correct Answer
skin disease
diabetes
keloids
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,Question 3
Which diagnosis does not require operation?
a. Intussusception
b. Strangulated hernia
c. Meckel's diverticulum
d. paralytic Ileus
Correct Answer
Paralytic Ileus
Question 4
the inner ear contains the organ of ___, the cochlea, and the organ of equilibrium, the ___.
a. hearing, eustachian tube
b. conduction, stapes
c. hearing, semicircular canals
d. conduction, lymphanic membrane
Correct Answer
hearing, semicircular canals
Question 5
Reconstruction of the gastrointestinal tract in whipple procedure is accomplished by the following anastomosis
Correct Answer
Pancreatojejunostomy, Choledochojejunostomy, gastrojejunostomy,
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,Question 6
surgical bypass procedure for portal hypertension is a shunt between _____ and _____ or between _______ and____________
a. Hepatic artery, Cystic artery, portal vein, splenic vein
b. Portal vein, inferior vena cava, splenic vein, left renal vein
c. Splenic artery, superior mesenteric, portal vein, left renal vein
d. Portal vein, splenic vein, left renal vein, inferior vena cava
Correct Answer
Portal vein, inferior vena, splenic vein, left renal vein
Question 7
Which statement concerning small bowel obstruction is Not true
a. It may lead to metabolic acidosis
b. It causes distention of proximal intestine
c. It may lead metabolic alkalosis
d. It causes distention of distal intestine
Correct Answer
It causes distention of distal intestine
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, Question 8
A patient with urinary retention cannot void because of:
a. urinary cast
b. An inability of the kidneys to secrete urine
c. a mucus plug in the catheter
d. a failure of the bladder to release urine
Correct Answer
a failure of the bladder to release urine
Question 9
A bone graft usually taken from the patient's tibia and used as an onlay graft across an ununited fracture site by means of
screws is:
a. autogenous cancellous graft
b. homogenous cortical graft
c. autogenous cortical graft
d. homogenous cancellous graft
Correct Answer
autogenous cortical graft
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