Surgical Tech 2 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What type of injury Can occur if the patient's body shifts or slides across a hight friction surface,
such as the operating room table, during a surgical procedure?
A. Brachial plexus injury
B. thromoemolism
C. shearing injury
D. Compartment syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Shearing injury
What type of sponge is best used in small areas of the head and neck, pelvis, or spine that require
maximum absorption to maintain a visual field?
A. 4x8 raytecs
B. sponge sticks
C. Mini-laparotomy tapes
D. laparotomy tapes - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Mini-Lap tapes
What type of incision is made in the right lower quadrant to facilitate the removal of the
appendix?
A. McBurney
B. subcostal
C. midline
D. inguinal - CORRECT ANSWER - A. McBurney
Which of the following surgical incisions is an extraperitoneal abdominal approach that is
specifically designed to provide access to the lower portion of the ureters?
A. lumbar
,B. inguinal
C. flank
D. Gibson - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Gibson
A patient diagnosed with choanal atresia is in what special needs population?
A. adult
B. newborn
C. infant
D. adolescent - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Newborn
In what surgical procedure would a nasoantral window be created in the maxillary bone above
the canine teeth to improve drainage of a blocked or infected maxillary sinus?
A. Caldwell-Luc
B. sub mucous resection
C. turbinectomy
D. septoplasty - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Caldwell Luc
What type of scope is used for hysteroscopic myomectomy?
A. resectoscope
B. panendoscope
C. laparoscope
D. cystoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Resectoscope
Which of the following roller bandages would be used to secure a bulky dressing on an extremity
when compression is needed to reduce post injury edema?
A. Kling
B. Elastoplast
C. Kerlix
,D. Stockinette - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Elastoplast
During a choledochoduodenostomy, the surgical tech must be prepared to assist with the
anastomosis of what two anatomical structures?
A. liver and the duodenum
B. common bile duct and the duodenum
C. stomach and the duodenum
D. gallbladder and the duodenum - CORRECT ANSWER - B. common bile duct and the
duodenum
Which statement about preparing for a surgical procedure requiring an operating microscope is
correct?
A. the most common lens for operating microscopes is f=100 lens
B. the microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure
C. The surgeon is the only person who is allowed to relocate the microscope
D. the sterile microscope cover should only be used if the surgeon requests it - CORRECT
ANSWER - B. The microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure.
When the patient is in the lithotomy position, the buttocks are
A. even with the table edge
B. 2 to 3 inches over the table edge
C. 2 to 3 inches in from the able edge
D. 5 inches in from the table edge - CORRECT ANSWER - A. even with the table edge
Which of the following is true regarding transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM)
flap breast reconstruction?
, A. following graft procurement, the abdominal wound should be closed using an absorbable
mesh implant
B. The TRAM flap graft should be secured to the thoracic wall using synthetic, non absorbable
sutures
C. During TRAM flap graft preparation, the inferior epigastric artery is preserved to facilitate
tissue repercussion.
D. Two setups are required when TRAM flap grafting is performed immediately following a
mastectomy. - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Two setups are required when TRAM flap grafting
is performed immediately following a mastectomy.
The patient's surgical consent does not agree with the surgeon's pre-operative note or the room
schedule. How can this oversight be resolved if the patient has received pre-operative
medication?
A. Call the operating room nurse in charge.
B. Call the surgeon
C. Leave the patient in the pre-op holding area
D. Transport the patient to the operating room. - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Call the surgeon
What is the diagnostic tool and monitoring instrument that is the used in cardiovascular surgery
to determine the velocity rate of blood flow through an artery?
A. endovascular probe
B. Doppler probe
C. valvulotome
D. arterial probe - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Doppler probe
What is commonly used in delicate neurosurgical procedures with attachments to the
StealthStation, video camera, recorder, and television monitor?
A. endoscopic topography monitor
B. transluminal endoscope
C. Central spinal fluid monitor
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What type of injury Can occur if the patient's body shifts or slides across a hight friction surface,
such as the operating room table, during a surgical procedure?
A. Brachial plexus injury
B. thromoemolism
C. shearing injury
D. Compartment syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Shearing injury
What type of sponge is best used in small areas of the head and neck, pelvis, or spine that require
maximum absorption to maintain a visual field?
A. 4x8 raytecs
B. sponge sticks
C. Mini-laparotomy tapes
D. laparotomy tapes - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Mini-Lap tapes
What type of incision is made in the right lower quadrant to facilitate the removal of the
appendix?
A. McBurney
B. subcostal
C. midline
D. inguinal - CORRECT ANSWER - A. McBurney
Which of the following surgical incisions is an extraperitoneal abdominal approach that is
specifically designed to provide access to the lower portion of the ureters?
A. lumbar
,B. inguinal
C. flank
D. Gibson - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Gibson
A patient diagnosed with choanal atresia is in what special needs population?
A. adult
B. newborn
C. infant
D. adolescent - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Newborn
In what surgical procedure would a nasoantral window be created in the maxillary bone above
the canine teeth to improve drainage of a blocked or infected maxillary sinus?
A. Caldwell-Luc
B. sub mucous resection
C. turbinectomy
D. septoplasty - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Caldwell Luc
What type of scope is used for hysteroscopic myomectomy?
A. resectoscope
B. panendoscope
C. laparoscope
D. cystoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - A. Resectoscope
Which of the following roller bandages would be used to secure a bulky dressing on an extremity
when compression is needed to reduce post injury edema?
A. Kling
B. Elastoplast
C. Kerlix
,D. Stockinette - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Elastoplast
During a choledochoduodenostomy, the surgical tech must be prepared to assist with the
anastomosis of what two anatomical structures?
A. liver and the duodenum
B. common bile duct and the duodenum
C. stomach and the duodenum
D. gallbladder and the duodenum - CORRECT ANSWER - B. common bile duct and the
duodenum
Which statement about preparing for a surgical procedure requiring an operating microscope is
correct?
A. the most common lens for operating microscopes is f=100 lens
B. the microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure
C. The surgeon is the only person who is allowed to relocate the microscope
D. the sterile microscope cover should only be used if the surgeon requests it - CORRECT
ANSWER - B. The microscope should be set up prior to the start of the procedure.
When the patient is in the lithotomy position, the buttocks are
A. even with the table edge
B. 2 to 3 inches over the table edge
C. 2 to 3 inches in from the able edge
D. 5 inches in from the table edge - CORRECT ANSWER - A. even with the table edge
Which of the following is true regarding transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM)
flap breast reconstruction?
, A. following graft procurement, the abdominal wound should be closed using an absorbable
mesh implant
B. The TRAM flap graft should be secured to the thoracic wall using synthetic, non absorbable
sutures
C. During TRAM flap graft preparation, the inferior epigastric artery is preserved to facilitate
tissue repercussion.
D. Two setups are required when TRAM flap grafting is performed immediately following a
mastectomy. - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Two setups are required when TRAM flap grafting
is performed immediately following a mastectomy.
The patient's surgical consent does not agree with the surgeon's pre-operative note or the room
schedule. How can this oversight be resolved if the patient has received pre-operative
medication?
A. Call the operating room nurse in charge.
B. Call the surgeon
C. Leave the patient in the pre-op holding area
D. Transport the patient to the operating room. - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Call the surgeon
What is the diagnostic tool and monitoring instrument that is the used in cardiovascular surgery
to determine the velocity rate of blood flow through an artery?
A. endovascular probe
B. Doppler probe
C. valvulotome
D. arterial probe - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Doppler probe
What is commonly used in delicate neurosurgical procedures with attachments to the
StealthStation, video camera, recorder, and television monitor?
A. endoscopic topography monitor
B. transluminal endoscope
C. Central spinal fluid monitor
