NBSTSA CST REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔In which position would a person be if lying on their back? - ✔✔Supine
✔✔If a patient is lying on their right side, which position are they in? - ✔✔Left lateral
recumbent
✔✔In which position is the patient in if they are lying supine with legs separated, flexed,
and raised in stirrups - ✔✔Lithotomy
✔✔A patient's dentures are removed in the operating room. What is the proper
procedure for the care of the dentures? - ✔✔Place them in a labeled denture cup and
keep them with the patient's chart
✔✔During a procedure, a surgical technologist notices a hole in his glove. What should
be done next? - ✔✔Change the glove using the open-gloving technique
✔✔A patient undergoing a blood transfusion is having a hemolytic reaction. What
should the healthcare provider do first? - ✔✔Stop the transfusion
✔✔Which instrument is most likely used to stabilize a cervical fracture? - ✔✔Mayfield
clamp
✔✔What procedure may require a postauricular incision? - ✔✔Mastoidectomy
✔✔What is the surgical procedure that removes diseased mastoid air cells? -
✔✔Mastoidectomy
✔✔What is the surgical procedure used to remove adenoids for reasons which include:
impaired breathing through the nose, chronic infections, or recurrent earaches -
✔✔Adenoidectomy
,✔✔What is the surgical procedure of an incision to the eardrum to relieve pressure or
drain fluid? - ✔✔Myringotomy
✔✔During an abdominoperineal resection, which stapling device should the surgical
technologist have available to form an anal pouch from the ileum? - ✔✔GIA
✔✔A #12 knife blade on a #7 handle is most commonly used for what type of surgery? -
✔✔Tonsillectomy
✔✔Which instrument is used to grasp the base of the hemorrhoid during a
hemorrhoidectomy? - ✔✔Allis
✔✔Which retractor may be used during an open cholecystectomy? - ✔✔Harrington
✔✔What may be used when applying a sterile dressing to a skin graft site? -
✔✔Pressure dressing
✔✔The diagnostic procedure that examines the interior of the respiratory structures is: -
✔✔Bronchoscopy
✔✔What is the endoscopic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and
pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall? -
✔✔Culdoscopy
✔✔What is the procedure where a flexed endoscope is inserted through the mouth or,
more rarely, through the nares and into the esophagus? - ✔✔Esophagoscopy
✔✔This procedure is done to examine the mediastinum. - ✔✔Mediastinoscopy
✔✔Removing a cataract by ultrasonic vibration and aspiration is called: -
✔✔Phacoemulsification
✔✔Which procedure involves the entire natural lens of the eye, including the capsule
that holds it in place, to be removed? - ✔✔Intracapsular extraction
✔✔This procedure is performed by removing the lens of the eye while the elastic
capsule that covers the lens is left partially intact to allow implantation of an intraocular
lens. - ✔✔Extracapsular extraction
✔✔What procedure repairs a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm? - ✔✔Excision with
graft placement
, ✔✔This is the removal of material on the inside of an artery. - ✔✔Endarterectomy
✔✔What surgical procedure is done as a treatment for high blood pressure in the liver?
- ✔✔Portacaval shunt
✔✔What is the first step when performing a myringotomy? - ✔✔Removal of cerumen
from the ear canal
✔✔Which sponge can be used directly on the structure of the brain? - ✔✔Cottonoid
✔✔Who is responsible for the proper care and handling of an intraoperative specimen?
- ✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator
✔✔During a procedure, a surgical technologist touches an unsterile item with a sterile
glove. What should be done? - ✔✔Change the glove at once
✔✔What is used for sponging around the spinal cord? - ✔✔Cottonoids
✔✔During a craniotomy, removal of the bone flap is followed by: - ✔✔Incision of the
dura mater
✔✔What stapler should be used for end-to-end intestinal resection? - ✔✔EEA
✔✔What is the surgical operation to remove the back of one or more vertebrae, usually
to give access to the spinal cord or to relieve pressure on nerves? - ✔✔Laminectomy
✔✔This procedure is performed to disable selected pain-conducting tracts in the spinal
cord, in order to achieve loss of pain and temperature perception. - ✔✔Cordotomy
✔✔What is the most important consideration when cutting suture? - ✔✔Avoid cutting
the knot
✔✔During a laminectomy, disk material is removed with: - ✔✔Pituitary rongeur
✔✔Retention sutures are advantageous when the patient is: - ✔✔Obese
✔✔A three-way Foley catheter is inserted following a TURP in order to: - ✔✔Irrigate and
facilitate hemostasis
✔✔What is the best placement area for the electrosurgical grounding pad for a patient
in the lithotomy position? - ✔✔Anterior thigh
✔✔What is used to oxygenate and circulate blood? - ✔✔Extracorporeal bypass
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔In which position would a person be if lying on their back? - ✔✔Supine
✔✔If a patient is lying on their right side, which position are they in? - ✔✔Left lateral
recumbent
✔✔In which position is the patient in if they are lying supine with legs separated, flexed,
and raised in stirrups - ✔✔Lithotomy
✔✔A patient's dentures are removed in the operating room. What is the proper
procedure for the care of the dentures? - ✔✔Place them in a labeled denture cup and
keep them with the patient's chart
✔✔During a procedure, a surgical technologist notices a hole in his glove. What should
be done next? - ✔✔Change the glove using the open-gloving technique
✔✔A patient undergoing a blood transfusion is having a hemolytic reaction. What
should the healthcare provider do first? - ✔✔Stop the transfusion
✔✔Which instrument is most likely used to stabilize a cervical fracture? - ✔✔Mayfield
clamp
✔✔What procedure may require a postauricular incision? - ✔✔Mastoidectomy
✔✔What is the surgical procedure that removes diseased mastoid air cells? -
✔✔Mastoidectomy
✔✔What is the surgical procedure used to remove adenoids for reasons which include:
impaired breathing through the nose, chronic infections, or recurrent earaches -
✔✔Adenoidectomy
,✔✔What is the surgical procedure of an incision to the eardrum to relieve pressure or
drain fluid? - ✔✔Myringotomy
✔✔During an abdominoperineal resection, which stapling device should the surgical
technologist have available to form an anal pouch from the ileum? - ✔✔GIA
✔✔A #12 knife blade on a #7 handle is most commonly used for what type of surgery? -
✔✔Tonsillectomy
✔✔Which instrument is used to grasp the base of the hemorrhoid during a
hemorrhoidectomy? - ✔✔Allis
✔✔Which retractor may be used during an open cholecystectomy? - ✔✔Harrington
✔✔What may be used when applying a sterile dressing to a skin graft site? -
✔✔Pressure dressing
✔✔The diagnostic procedure that examines the interior of the respiratory structures is: -
✔✔Bronchoscopy
✔✔What is the endoscopic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and
pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall? -
✔✔Culdoscopy
✔✔What is the procedure where a flexed endoscope is inserted through the mouth or,
more rarely, through the nares and into the esophagus? - ✔✔Esophagoscopy
✔✔This procedure is done to examine the mediastinum. - ✔✔Mediastinoscopy
✔✔Removing a cataract by ultrasonic vibration and aspiration is called: -
✔✔Phacoemulsification
✔✔Which procedure involves the entire natural lens of the eye, including the capsule
that holds it in place, to be removed? - ✔✔Intracapsular extraction
✔✔This procedure is performed by removing the lens of the eye while the elastic
capsule that covers the lens is left partially intact to allow implantation of an intraocular
lens. - ✔✔Extracapsular extraction
✔✔What procedure repairs a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm? - ✔✔Excision with
graft placement
, ✔✔This is the removal of material on the inside of an artery. - ✔✔Endarterectomy
✔✔What surgical procedure is done as a treatment for high blood pressure in the liver?
- ✔✔Portacaval shunt
✔✔What is the first step when performing a myringotomy? - ✔✔Removal of cerumen
from the ear canal
✔✔Which sponge can be used directly on the structure of the brain? - ✔✔Cottonoid
✔✔Who is responsible for the proper care and handling of an intraoperative specimen?
- ✔✔Surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator
✔✔During a procedure, a surgical technologist touches an unsterile item with a sterile
glove. What should be done? - ✔✔Change the glove at once
✔✔What is used for sponging around the spinal cord? - ✔✔Cottonoids
✔✔During a craniotomy, removal of the bone flap is followed by: - ✔✔Incision of the
dura mater
✔✔What stapler should be used for end-to-end intestinal resection? - ✔✔EEA
✔✔What is the surgical operation to remove the back of one or more vertebrae, usually
to give access to the spinal cord or to relieve pressure on nerves? - ✔✔Laminectomy
✔✔This procedure is performed to disable selected pain-conducting tracts in the spinal
cord, in order to achieve loss of pain and temperature perception. - ✔✔Cordotomy
✔✔What is the most important consideration when cutting suture? - ✔✔Avoid cutting
the knot
✔✔During a laminectomy, disk material is removed with: - ✔✔Pituitary rongeur
✔✔Retention sutures are advantageous when the patient is: - ✔✔Obese
✔✔A three-way Foley catheter is inserted following a TURP in order to: - ✔✔Irrigate and
facilitate hemostasis
✔✔What is the best placement area for the electrosurgical grounding pad for a patient
in the lithotomy position? - ✔✔Anterior thigh
✔✔What is used to oxygenate and circulate blood? - ✔✔Extracorporeal bypass
