NCCT SURGICAL TECH EOC STUDY TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The basis for the design of electrical equipment in the OR is - ✔✔Based on the
electron theory
✔✔Which procedure is performed to decrease gastric secretions - ✔✔Vagotomy
✔✔A patient who underwent an apendectomy enters the emergency department with
severe abdominal pain, constipation, and vomiting. What is occuring - ✔✔Obstructed
bowel
✔✔Which organ shares the same blood supply with the pancreas and must be removed
during a whipple procedure? - ✔✔Duodenum
✔✔During a cleft palate procedure which equipment should the surgical tech be
prepared to set up quickly? - ✔✔Drill
✔✔What is the purpose of inserting a ureteral stent catheter - ✔✔Bypass calculi
obstructions
✔✔The walls of the vagina are lined with - ✔✔mucosa
, ✔✔A fogarty catheter is used during a - ✔✔embolectomy
✔✔What is used to obtain specimens during a bronchoscopy - ✔✔Lukens tube
✔✔What suture material would be used in the presence of an infection - ✔✔Steel
✔✔What kind of uterine tissue can grow in abnormal location including the ovaries,
pelvic peritoneum, and small intestine? - ✔✔Endometrial
✔✔What is the correct sequence for placing a screw into bone? - ✔✔Drill, depth gauge,
tap, screw driver
✔✔The removal of fibrous thickening of the visceral pleura is known as -
✔✔decortication
✔✔The only depolarizing muscle relaxant in clinical use is - ✔✔Succinylcholine
(anectine)
✔✔How are the legs of a patient positioned for lateral positioning? - ✔✔Lower leg
flexed, upper leg straight
✔✔The neuroglia of the nervous system is - ✔✔support and bind
✔✔what muscles relax when a small pad is placed under a patients head in supine
position? - ✔✔The strap muscles
✔✔A type of bone holding forceps is - ✔✔Dingman
✔✔the nasal sinus located between the nose and the orbits is the - ✔✔ethmoid
✔✔The minimum fahrenheit temp for a sterilization to occur in a prevacum steam
sterilizer is - ✔✔270-276
✔✔Which condition of the small intestine can be misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis? -
✔✔Merkel's diverticulum
✔✔What is a combination of two liquids which can not mix - ✔✔Emulsion
✔✔What anatomical structure must be approximated after a colectomy to prevent
herniation of abdominal contents - ✔✔Mesentery
✔✔Instrument sets should not exceed - ✔✔25 lbs
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The basis for the design of electrical equipment in the OR is - ✔✔Based on the
electron theory
✔✔Which procedure is performed to decrease gastric secretions - ✔✔Vagotomy
✔✔A patient who underwent an apendectomy enters the emergency department with
severe abdominal pain, constipation, and vomiting. What is occuring - ✔✔Obstructed
bowel
✔✔Which organ shares the same blood supply with the pancreas and must be removed
during a whipple procedure? - ✔✔Duodenum
✔✔During a cleft palate procedure which equipment should the surgical tech be
prepared to set up quickly? - ✔✔Drill
✔✔What is the purpose of inserting a ureteral stent catheter - ✔✔Bypass calculi
obstructions
✔✔The walls of the vagina are lined with - ✔✔mucosa
, ✔✔A fogarty catheter is used during a - ✔✔embolectomy
✔✔What is used to obtain specimens during a bronchoscopy - ✔✔Lukens tube
✔✔What suture material would be used in the presence of an infection - ✔✔Steel
✔✔What kind of uterine tissue can grow in abnormal location including the ovaries,
pelvic peritoneum, and small intestine? - ✔✔Endometrial
✔✔What is the correct sequence for placing a screw into bone? - ✔✔Drill, depth gauge,
tap, screw driver
✔✔The removal of fibrous thickening of the visceral pleura is known as -
✔✔decortication
✔✔The only depolarizing muscle relaxant in clinical use is - ✔✔Succinylcholine
(anectine)
✔✔How are the legs of a patient positioned for lateral positioning? - ✔✔Lower leg
flexed, upper leg straight
✔✔The neuroglia of the nervous system is - ✔✔support and bind
✔✔what muscles relax when a small pad is placed under a patients head in supine
position? - ✔✔The strap muscles
✔✔A type of bone holding forceps is - ✔✔Dingman
✔✔the nasal sinus located between the nose and the orbits is the - ✔✔ethmoid
✔✔The minimum fahrenheit temp for a sterilization to occur in a prevacum steam
sterilizer is - ✔✔270-276
✔✔Which condition of the small intestine can be misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis? -
✔✔Merkel's diverticulum
✔✔What is a combination of two liquids which can not mix - ✔✔Emulsion
✔✔What anatomical structure must be approximated after a colectomy to prevent
herniation of abdominal contents - ✔✔Mesentery
✔✔Instrument sets should not exceed - ✔✔25 lbs
