STERILE PROCESSING CERTIFICATION TEST 2025
EXAM COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS /A+ STUDY MATERIAL
ASSURED
Temperature and humidity levels need to be monitored and recorded:
A. Weekly, preferably daily
B. Each shift
C. At least daily
D. At least monthly - ANSWERC.
Survey readiness is the responsibility of:
A. Every central service technician
B. The central service management team
C. Central service and other various departments
D. The infection prevention and control department - ANSWERA.
Product expiration dates are located on this part of each package:
A. Top part of the package chevron
B. Bottom left hand side of the package
C. Back of the package
D. There is no standard place to look for an expiration date - ANSWERD.
One type of formal monitoring is watching the departments temperature and humidity levels:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERA.
If an equipment malfunction causes harm to patients, it should be:
,A. Discarded immediately
B. Sent to the manufacturer for repairs
C. Sequestered for inspection by occupational safety and health administration personnel
D. Returned immediately to the biomedical department - ANSWERD.
Occupational safety and health administration is responsible for:
A. Ethylene oxide guidelines, worker safety, and the blood borne pathogen standard
B. Biohazard material transport safety, personal protective equipment, and product labeling
C. Prion guidelines, safe medical device act and medwatch
D. Sterilization safety guidelines, decontamination safety guidelines, and personal protective equipment -
ANSWERA.
The ears are made up of three parts:
A. Inner, external and middle
B. External eardrum, and middle
C. Funnel, stapes, and malleus
D. Stapes, external, and sclera - ANSWERA.
The most common reason steam sterilization failure is:
A. Lack of steam contact with the instrument
B. Temperature in the sterilizer chamber
C. Time of the conditioning phase
D. Dry steam - ANSWERA.
When using glutaraldehyde technicians should always wear latex gloves for protection:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERB.
Using latex tubing to protect delicate instrumentation is the process of choice for items to be steam sterilized:
A. True
,B. False - ANSWERB.
The purpose of using a decontamination battery or hose when cleaning powered surgical instruments is:
A. To keep fluid from entering the unit
B. To keep functioning batteries and cords clean
C. To prevent electrical shock
D. To test the unit while cleaning - ANSWERA.
Healthcare-associated infections are:
A. Most likely to occur during a surgical procedure
B. Caused by drug resistant organisms
C. Infections without known cures
D. Infections which occur in the course of being treated in a healthcare facility - ANSWERD.
Items that have been used in patient care should be considered contaminated:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERA.
The term "excise" means:
A. To repair
B. To open
C. To cut out
D. Examine - ANSWERC.
Water must be degassed each time the ultrasonic cleaner's tank is changed because:
A. Excess bubbles from filling reduced the energy of the cavitation process
B. Excess bubbles reduce the effectiveness of the detergent
C. Excess bubbles decrease the temperature of the tank
D. Excess bubbles make it difficult to see items being cleaned - ANSWERA.
, Wrapped trays should not be stacked because:
A. It is okay to stack light weight trays but not heavy trays as the bottom
B. The trays will be damaged
C. It can cause holes in the wrapper of the bottom tray
D. It will cause the shelving to bend - ANSWERC.
Woven reusable fabrics are the packaging products of choice for ozone sterilization:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERB.
Instrument lubrication should be preformed:
A. In the decontamination area each time the instrument is cleaned
B. Following the manufacturer's instructions for use
C. Each time the instrument is dissembled
D. None of the above - ANSWERB.
Decontamination is not required for items that are immediate use steam sterilized:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERB.
Microbes:
A. Can be useful in food products
B. Are useful to breakdown sewage
C. Can produce toxins
D. Are all of the above - ANSWERD.
Each year approximately_________ patients develop a healthcare-associated infection:
A. 1 million
B. 2 million
C. 700,000
EXAM COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS /A+ STUDY MATERIAL
ASSURED
Temperature and humidity levels need to be monitored and recorded:
A. Weekly, preferably daily
B. Each shift
C. At least daily
D. At least monthly - ANSWERC.
Survey readiness is the responsibility of:
A. Every central service technician
B. The central service management team
C. Central service and other various departments
D. The infection prevention and control department - ANSWERA.
Product expiration dates are located on this part of each package:
A. Top part of the package chevron
B. Bottom left hand side of the package
C. Back of the package
D. There is no standard place to look for an expiration date - ANSWERD.
One type of formal monitoring is watching the departments temperature and humidity levels:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERA.
If an equipment malfunction causes harm to patients, it should be:
,A. Discarded immediately
B. Sent to the manufacturer for repairs
C. Sequestered for inspection by occupational safety and health administration personnel
D. Returned immediately to the biomedical department - ANSWERD.
Occupational safety and health administration is responsible for:
A. Ethylene oxide guidelines, worker safety, and the blood borne pathogen standard
B. Biohazard material transport safety, personal protective equipment, and product labeling
C. Prion guidelines, safe medical device act and medwatch
D. Sterilization safety guidelines, decontamination safety guidelines, and personal protective equipment -
ANSWERA.
The ears are made up of three parts:
A. Inner, external and middle
B. External eardrum, and middle
C. Funnel, stapes, and malleus
D. Stapes, external, and sclera - ANSWERA.
The most common reason steam sterilization failure is:
A. Lack of steam contact with the instrument
B. Temperature in the sterilizer chamber
C. Time of the conditioning phase
D. Dry steam - ANSWERA.
When using glutaraldehyde technicians should always wear latex gloves for protection:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERB.
Using latex tubing to protect delicate instrumentation is the process of choice for items to be steam sterilized:
A. True
,B. False - ANSWERB.
The purpose of using a decontamination battery or hose when cleaning powered surgical instruments is:
A. To keep fluid from entering the unit
B. To keep functioning batteries and cords clean
C. To prevent electrical shock
D. To test the unit while cleaning - ANSWERA.
Healthcare-associated infections are:
A. Most likely to occur during a surgical procedure
B. Caused by drug resistant organisms
C. Infections without known cures
D. Infections which occur in the course of being treated in a healthcare facility - ANSWERD.
Items that have been used in patient care should be considered contaminated:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERA.
The term "excise" means:
A. To repair
B. To open
C. To cut out
D. Examine - ANSWERC.
Water must be degassed each time the ultrasonic cleaner's tank is changed because:
A. Excess bubbles from filling reduced the energy of the cavitation process
B. Excess bubbles reduce the effectiveness of the detergent
C. Excess bubbles decrease the temperature of the tank
D. Excess bubbles make it difficult to see items being cleaned - ANSWERA.
, Wrapped trays should not be stacked because:
A. It is okay to stack light weight trays but not heavy trays as the bottom
B. The trays will be damaged
C. It can cause holes in the wrapper of the bottom tray
D. It will cause the shelving to bend - ANSWERC.
Woven reusable fabrics are the packaging products of choice for ozone sterilization:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERB.
Instrument lubrication should be preformed:
A. In the decontamination area each time the instrument is cleaned
B. Following the manufacturer's instructions for use
C. Each time the instrument is dissembled
D. None of the above - ANSWERB.
Decontamination is not required for items that are immediate use steam sterilized:
A. True
B. False - ANSWERB.
Microbes:
A. Can be useful in food products
B. Are useful to breakdown sewage
C. Can produce toxins
D. Are all of the above - ANSWERD.
Each year approximately_________ patients develop a healthcare-associated infection:
A. 1 million
B. 2 million
C. 700,000
