NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ /NEWEST EXAM / JUST
RELEASED!! 2026-2027
If the VII cranial nerve is severed, which of the
following is the result?
A. loss of hearing
B. loss of vision
C. facial paralysis
D. impairment of eye muscles
C. facial paralysis
When assisting with the closure of a skin incision
and operating the skin stapler, the surgical
technologist in the scrub role is placing the
staples through which two layers?
A.cuticular and subcuticular
B.subicular and subcutaneous
C.subcuticular and subcutaneous
D.subcutaneous and fascia
A.cuticular and subcuticular
,During which of the following surgeries is a
Meckel's diverticulum typically discovered?
A. esophagectomy
B. appendectomy
C. prostatectomy
D. varicocelectomy
B. appendectomy
Which of the following layers are transected
when a subcostal flank incision is used for a
nephrectomy?
A. pre-peritoneal fat
B. linea alba
C. oblique muscles
D. rectus abdominis muscle
C. oblique muscles
,A perforator is used for which of the following
procedures?
A. cordotomy
B. craniotomy
C. laminectomy
D. spinal fusion
B. craniotomy
In preparation for a cranial aneurysm, which of
the following pieces of equipment would MOST
likely be used?
A. microscope
B. cryoprobe
C. Jordan Day drill
D. Crutchfield tongs
A. microscope
, During strabismus surgery, which of the following
is the first tissue layer that must be incised?
A. iris
B. cornea
C. sclera
D. conjunctiva
D. conjunctiva
When can instrument counts be omitted?
A. if an emergency procedure must be
performed
B. when the surgical technologist in the circulator
role becomes too busy
C. if instruments are needed in another operating
room
D. when the patient is receiving outpatient
surgery
A. if an emergency procedure must be
performed
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ /NEWEST EXAM / JUST
RELEASED!! 2026-2027
If the VII cranial nerve is severed, which of the
following is the result?
A. loss of hearing
B. loss of vision
C. facial paralysis
D. impairment of eye muscles
C. facial paralysis
When assisting with the closure of a skin incision
and operating the skin stapler, the surgical
technologist in the scrub role is placing the
staples through which two layers?
A.cuticular and subcuticular
B.subicular and subcutaneous
C.subcuticular and subcutaneous
D.subcutaneous and fascia
A.cuticular and subcuticular
,During which of the following surgeries is a
Meckel's diverticulum typically discovered?
A. esophagectomy
B. appendectomy
C. prostatectomy
D. varicocelectomy
B. appendectomy
Which of the following layers are transected
when a subcostal flank incision is used for a
nephrectomy?
A. pre-peritoneal fat
B. linea alba
C. oblique muscles
D. rectus abdominis muscle
C. oblique muscles
,A perforator is used for which of the following
procedures?
A. cordotomy
B. craniotomy
C. laminectomy
D. spinal fusion
B. craniotomy
In preparation for a cranial aneurysm, which of
the following pieces of equipment would MOST
likely be used?
A. microscope
B. cryoprobe
C. Jordan Day drill
D. Crutchfield tongs
A. microscope
, During strabismus surgery, which of the following
is the first tissue layer that must be incised?
A. iris
B. cornea
C. sclera
D. conjunctiva
D. conjunctiva
When can instrument counts be omitted?
A. if an emergency procedure must be
performed
B. when the surgical technologist in the circulator
role becomes too busy
C. if instruments are needed in another operating
room
D. when the patient is receiving outpatient
surgery
A. if an emergency procedure must be
performed
