CTBS FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The horizontal plane is a plane that passes thru the body at right angels to the ___
and ___planes.
a. Medial and Oblique
b. Coronal and Medial
c. Coronal and Lateral
d. Coronal and Oblique - ✔✔b. Coronal and Medial
✔✔What is assigned to a donor to facilitate tracing of individual grafts to that donor?
a. SSN
b. Unique Identifier
c. Random Number
d. Barcode - ✔✔b. Unique Identifier
✔✔An informed consent should include a statement that blood samples from the donor
will be tested for certain transmissible diseases?
a. False
b. True
c. It isn't necessary, if an OPO gets the consent - ✔✔b. True
✔✔Processing of skin that is to be frozen/cryopreserved shall be initiated within how
many days of recovery?
a. 7 days
b. 2 days
c. 10 days
d. 20 days - ✔✔c. 10 days
✔✔What is the shelf life for tissue stored at temperature below -40 deg celsius?
a. 1yr unless a longer expiration date has been validated
b. 5 yrs unless a longer expiration date has been validated
c. not applicable
d. 20 yrs unless a longer expiration date has been validated - ✔✔b. 5 yrs unless a
longer expiration date has been validated
✔✔A patient has a fever, elevated white count and positive blood cultures for E.coli,
according to AATB standards what action should be taken with musculoskeletal tissue?
a. Accept Bone, Defer Tendons
b. Accept, but Radiate
c. Accept
d. Defer - ✔✔d. Defer
✔✔All of the following are advantages of using allograft heart valves except:
,a. Non-Obstructive Flow
b. Catastrophic Failures are Rare
c. Anticoagulation Therapy is not Needed
d. Supply is Unlimited Compared to Xenographs - ✔✔d. Supply is Unlimited Compared
to Xenographs
✔✔Which best describes the flow of blood through the heart?
a. Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left
ventricle
b. Left atrium, left ventricle, pulmonary vein, right atrium, right ventricle
c. Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary vein, pulmonary artery, left atrium, left
ventricle.
d. Left atrium, left ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, right atrium, right
ventricle - ✔✔a. Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, left
atrium, left ventricle
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an adequate transport solution characteristic for the
recovered heart?
a. Isotonic
b Cryoprotectant
c. Cold
d. Sterile - ✔✔b. Cryoprotectant
✔✔Which of the following is not a structural allograft?
a. Femoral Cortical Strut
b. Iliac Crest Wedge
c. Cloward Dowel
d. Ground Corticocancellous - ✔✔d. Ground Corticocancellous
✔✔You have consent for skin and musculoskeletal tissue, but the donor has rheumatoid
arthritis. According to AATB standards, is the donor a deferral?
a. No, skin could be recovered
b. Yes, musculoskeletal tissue can be recovered
c. No, musculoskeletal tissue can be recovered
d. AATB has no guidance in this tissue - ✔✔a. No, skin could be recovered
✔✔During heart valve dissection, processed cardiac tissue is placed in antibiotic
solution, resulting in a ____ graft.
a. Viable
b. Clean
c. Sterilized
d. Decontaminated - ✔✔d. Decontaminated
✔✔In anatomical position and direction the term LATERAL refers to something that is
a. Farther from the middle of the body than another structure.
,b. Superficial to another structure
c. On the opposite side of the body
d. Between two structures - ✔✔a. Farther from the middle of the body than another
structure.
✔✔The angel of the dermatome blade to the skin surface during skin recovery is
a. 45 degrees
b. 30 degrees
c. 60 degrees
d. 15 degrees - ✔✔a. 45 degrees
✔✔If skin storage media is not changed, processing shall be initiated within how many
hours of recovery?
a. 24hrs
b. 72hrs
c. 48hrs
d. 96hrs - ✔✔d. 96hrs
✔✔According to the Karl Fisher analysis, lyophilized allograft tissue may not have a
residual moisture exceeding.
a. 5%
b. 6%
c. 8%
d. 7% - ✔✔b. 6%
✔✔Cryoprotectant is absorbed by tissue cells thru the process of:
a. Infusion
b. Osmosis
c. Diffusion
d. Perforation - ✔✔b. Osmosis
✔✔Cryoprotectants are used for all of the following except:
a. To prevent cell shrinkage
b. To prevent intercellular ice formation
c. To prevent extracellular ice formation
d. To minimize osmotic imbalances - ✔✔c. To prevent extracellular ice formation
✔✔AATB standards require that tissue processing be preformed by:
a. CTBS technicians
b. Staff member with a medical background
c. Staff member with sufficient background, experienced and training
d. Staff member with 2-4 yr degree - ✔✔c. Staff member with sufficient background,
experienced and training
, ✔✔Which of the following is used for quality control of gamma irradiation?
a. Bacillis subtilis spore strips
b. Bacillis pumilus spore strips
c. Bacillis cereus spore strips
d. Chemical indicator sport strips - ✔✔b. Bacillis pumilus spore strips
✔✔Donors with a history of exposure to or ingestion of toxic substances should be:
a. Deferred as a tissue donor
b. Accepted as a tissue donor depending on the ID of the substance
c. Considered as suitable if the tissue bank specialist adheres to universal precautions
d. Evaluated by the medical director for transplant suitability - ✔✔d. Evaluated by the
medical director for transplant suitability
✔✔A donor has systemic lupus, according to AATB standards, which of the following
tissues must be deferred?
a. Femoral Artery
b. Achilles Tendon
c. Heart Valves
d. Skin - ✔✔d. Skin
✔✔The 2 heart valves most often used in cardiac surgery are the
a. Mitral, Tricuspid
b. Ventricle, Atrium
c. Pulmonary, Aortic
d. Bicuspid, Mitral - ✔✔c. Pulmonary, Aortic
✔✔AATB requirements for serological testing include all of the following except
a. HBsAg
b. RPR
c HIV I&II
d. HIV Ag - ✔✔d. HIV Ag
✔✔Which of the following diseases is caused by a spirochete?
a. HCV
b. Syphilis
c. CJD
d. HIV - ✔✔b. Syphilis
✔✔What is the name of the incision used for musculoskeletal tissue recovery?
a. Harris approach
b. McFarland & Osborne approach
c. Modified Watson Jones
d. Hardinge Approach - ✔✔c. Modified Watson Jones
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The horizontal plane is a plane that passes thru the body at right angels to the ___
and ___planes.
a. Medial and Oblique
b. Coronal and Medial
c. Coronal and Lateral
d. Coronal and Oblique - ✔✔b. Coronal and Medial
✔✔What is assigned to a donor to facilitate tracing of individual grafts to that donor?
a. SSN
b. Unique Identifier
c. Random Number
d. Barcode - ✔✔b. Unique Identifier
✔✔An informed consent should include a statement that blood samples from the donor
will be tested for certain transmissible diseases?
a. False
b. True
c. It isn't necessary, if an OPO gets the consent - ✔✔b. True
✔✔Processing of skin that is to be frozen/cryopreserved shall be initiated within how
many days of recovery?
a. 7 days
b. 2 days
c. 10 days
d. 20 days - ✔✔c. 10 days
✔✔What is the shelf life for tissue stored at temperature below -40 deg celsius?
a. 1yr unless a longer expiration date has been validated
b. 5 yrs unless a longer expiration date has been validated
c. not applicable
d. 20 yrs unless a longer expiration date has been validated - ✔✔b. 5 yrs unless a
longer expiration date has been validated
✔✔A patient has a fever, elevated white count and positive blood cultures for E.coli,
according to AATB standards what action should be taken with musculoskeletal tissue?
a. Accept Bone, Defer Tendons
b. Accept, but Radiate
c. Accept
d. Defer - ✔✔d. Defer
✔✔All of the following are advantages of using allograft heart valves except:
,a. Non-Obstructive Flow
b. Catastrophic Failures are Rare
c. Anticoagulation Therapy is not Needed
d. Supply is Unlimited Compared to Xenographs - ✔✔d. Supply is Unlimited Compared
to Xenographs
✔✔Which best describes the flow of blood through the heart?
a. Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left
ventricle
b. Left atrium, left ventricle, pulmonary vein, right atrium, right ventricle
c. Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary vein, pulmonary artery, left atrium, left
ventricle.
d. Left atrium, left ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, right atrium, right
ventricle - ✔✔a. Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, left
atrium, left ventricle
✔✔Which of the following is NOT an adequate transport solution characteristic for the
recovered heart?
a. Isotonic
b Cryoprotectant
c. Cold
d. Sterile - ✔✔b. Cryoprotectant
✔✔Which of the following is not a structural allograft?
a. Femoral Cortical Strut
b. Iliac Crest Wedge
c. Cloward Dowel
d. Ground Corticocancellous - ✔✔d. Ground Corticocancellous
✔✔You have consent for skin and musculoskeletal tissue, but the donor has rheumatoid
arthritis. According to AATB standards, is the donor a deferral?
a. No, skin could be recovered
b. Yes, musculoskeletal tissue can be recovered
c. No, musculoskeletal tissue can be recovered
d. AATB has no guidance in this tissue - ✔✔a. No, skin could be recovered
✔✔During heart valve dissection, processed cardiac tissue is placed in antibiotic
solution, resulting in a ____ graft.
a. Viable
b. Clean
c. Sterilized
d. Decontaminated - ✔✔d. Decontaminated
✔✔In anatomical position and direction the term LATERAL refers to something that is
a. Farther from the middle of the body than another structure.
,b. Superficial to another structure
c. On the opposite side of the body
d. Between two structures - ✔✔a. Farther from the middle of the body than another
structure.
✔✔The angel of the dermatome blade to the skin surface during skin recovery is
a. 45 degrees
b. 30 degrees
c. 60 degrees
d. 15 degrees - ✔✔a. 45 degrees
✔✔If skin storage media is not changed, processing shall be initiated within how many
hours of recovery?
a. 24hrs
b. 72hrs
c. 48hrs
d. 96hrs - ✔✔d. 96hrs
✔✔According to the Karl Fisher analysis, lyophilized allograft tissue may not have a
residual moisture exceeding.
a. 5%
b. 6%
c. 8%
d. 7% - ✔✔b. 6%
✔✔Cryoprotectant is absorbed by tissue cells thru the process of:
a. Infusion
b. Osmosis
c. Diffusion
d. Perforation - ✔✔b. Osmosis
✔✔Cryoprotectants are used for all of the following except:
a. To prevent cell shrinkage
b. To prevent intercellular ice formation
c. To prevent extracellular ice formation
d. To minimize osmotic imbalances - ✔✔c. To prevent extracellular ice formation
✔✔AATB standards require that tissue processing be preformed by:
a. CTBS technicians
b. Staff member with a medical background
c. Staff member with sufficient background, experienced and training
d. Staff member with 2-4 yr degree - ✔✔c. Staff member with sufficient background,
experienced and training
, ✔✔Which of the following is used for quality control of gamma irradiation?
a. Bacillis subtilis spore strips
b. Bacillis pumilus spore strips
c. Bacillis cereus spore strips
d. Chemical indicator sport strips - ✔✔b. Bacillis pumilus spore strips
✔✔Donors with a history of exposure to or ingestion of toxic substances should be:
a. Deferred as a tissue donor
b. Accepted as a tissue donor depending on the ID of the substance
c. Considered as suitable if the tissue bank specialist adheres to universal precautions
d. Evaluated by the medical director for transplant suitability - ✔✔d. Evaluated by the
medical director for transplant suitability
✔✔A donor has systemic lupus, according to AATB standards, which of the following
tissues must be deferred?
a. Femoral Artery
b. Achilles Tendon
c. Heart Valves
d. Skin - ✔✔d. Skin
✔✔The 2 heart valves most often used in cardiac surgery are the
a. Mitral, Tricuspid
b. Ventricle, Atrium
c. Pulmonary, Aortic
d. Bicuspid, Mitral - ✔✔c. Pulmonary, Aortic
✔✔AATB requirements for serological testing include all of the following except
a. HBsAg
b. RPR
c HIV I&II
d. HIV Ag - ✔✔d. HIV Ag
✔✔Which of the following diseases is caused by a spirochete?
a. HCV
b. Syphilis
c. CJD
d. HIV - ✔✔b. Syphilis
✔✔What is the name of the incision used for musculoskeletal tissue recovery?
a. Harris approach
b. McFarland & Osborne approach
c. Modified Watson Jones
d. Hardinge Approach - ✔✔c. Modified Watson Jones
