NBSTSA Practice Exam B EXAM AND
POST EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a
surgical technologist?
A. management of specimens
B. management of sponges
C. maintaining an orderly setup
D. ensuring adequate lighting correct answer..A. Management of
specimens
2. During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician. correct answer..C. Surgical technologist
3. The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal. correct answer..C. Midline
4. CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly
flow into the third ventricle through the foramen of
,A. Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the fourth ventricle.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
D. Luschka into the fourth ventricle. correct answer..C. Sylvius into the
fourth ventricle
5. During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist
should prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator.
B. Separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator.
C. Place in separate containers and identify.
D. Place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat.
correct answer..C. Place in separate containers and identify
6. A surgical technologist received the following medications onto the
sterile field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine
with epinephrine. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to
label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
correct answer..D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine
with epinephrine
7. A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back
for excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are
needed for this case?
A. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds correct answer..B. laps, silk ties,
and hemoclips
8. If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen,
which of the following departments should be consulted?
,A. histology
B. laboratory
C. pathology
D. radiology correct answer..C. Pathology
9. The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50. correct answer..B. 15 to 25
10. A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a
procedure. Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate
performing immediate-use sterilization?
A. The sterilizer is used for implantable devices, but not instruments.
B. The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
C. The staff feels uncomfortable transporting the unwrapped instrument to
the OR after sterilization.
D. There are no wrappers or pouches available for sterilizing the
instrument. correct answer..B. The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing
the instrument are unknown.
11. When transferring a thoracotomy patient to recovery, the chest
drainage system should be
A. disconnected.
B. placed at the patient's side.
C. positioned above the patient's head.
D. maintained below the patient's chest level. correct answer..D.
Maintained below the patient's chest level
12.Which of the following procedures requires an incision in the
suprasternal notch?
A. mediastinoscopy
B. bronchoscopy
C. parotidectomy
, D. pericardectomy correct answer..A. Mediastionscopy
13. When preparing surgical specimens, in addition to the surgical
technologist, who else is responsible for accurately labeling the specimen?
A. surgeon and anesthesiologist
B. circulating nurse and first assistant
C. anesthesiologist and first assistant
D. surgeon and circulating nurse correct answer..D. Surgeon and
circulating nurse
64. Which of the following suturing techniques features short lateral stitches
that are taken beneath the epithelial layer of skin?
A. purse-string
B. traction
C. mattress
D. subcuticular correct answer..D. subcuticular
65. Which of the following reflexes involves plantar flexion of the foot?
A. Achilles
B. patellar
C. Babinski
D. abdominal correct answer..A. achilles
66. In which of the following procedures should the surgical technologist
expect to use cottonoids?
A. abdominal hysterectomy
B. abdominal perineal resection
C. lumbar laminectomy
D. open cholecystectomy correct answer..C. lumbar laminectomy
67. Which of the following advantages do hand-held retractors have over
self-retaining retractors?
A. less exposure
B. operator dependency
C. fatigue reduction
D. repositioning ability correct answer..D. repositioning ability
POST EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a
surgical technologist?
A. management of specimens
B. management of sponges
C. maintaining an orderly setup
D. ensuring adequate lighting correct answer..A. Management of
specimens
2. During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for
transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician. correct answer..C. Surgical technologist
3. The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal. correct answer..C. Midline
4. CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly
flow into the third ventricle through the foramen of
,A. Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the fourth ventricle.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
D. Luschka into the fourth ventricle. correct answer..C. Sylvius into the
fourth ventricle
5. During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist
should prepare specimens using which of the following methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to be handed off to the circulator.
B. Separate on Telfa and pass to the circulator.
C. Place in separate containers and identify.
D. Place in specimen container held by the circulator using a hemostat.
correct answer..C. Place in separate containers and identify
6. A surgical technologist received the following medications onto the
sterile field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine
with epinephrine. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to
label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine + epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine
correct answer..D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25% Marcaine
with epinephrine
7. A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in the day is being brought back
for excessive bleeding from the incision. Which of the following items are
needed for this case?
A. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds correct answer..B. laps, silk ties,
and hemoclips
8. If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen,
which of the following departments should be consulted?
,A. histology
B. laboratory
C. pathology
D. radiology correct answer..C. Pathology
9. The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50. correct answer..B. 15 to 25
10. A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a
procedure. Which of the following is the BEST reason to hesitate
performing immediate-use sterilization?
A. The sterilizer is used for implantable devices, but not instruments.
B. The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
C. The staff feels uncomfortable transporting the unwrapped instrument to
the OR after sterilization.
D. There are no wrappers or pouches available for sterilizing the
instrument. correct answer..B. The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing
the instrument are unknown.
11. When transferring a thoracotomy patient to recovery, the chest
drainage system should be
A. disconnected.
B. placed at the patient's side.
C. positioned above the patient's head.
D. maintained below the patient's chest level. correct answer..D.
Maintained below the patient's chest level
12.Which of the following procedures requires an incision in the
suprasternal notch?
A. mediastinoscopy
B. bronchoscopy
C. parotidectomy
, D. pericardectomy correct answer..A. Mediastionscopy
13. When preparing surgical specimens, in addition to the surgical
technologist, who else is responsible for accurately labeling the specimen?
A. surgeon and anesthesiologist
B. circulating nurse and first assistant
C. anesthesiologist and first assistant
D. surgeon and circulating nurse correct answer..D. Surgeon and
circulating nurse
64. Which of the following suturing techniques features short lateral stitches
that are taken beneath the epithelial layer of skin?
A. purse-string
B. traction
C. mattress
D. subcuticular correct answer..D. subcuticular
65. Which of the following reflexes involves plantar flexion of the foot?
A. Achilles
B. patellar
C. Babinski
D. abdominal correct answer..A. achilles
66. In which of the following procedures should the surgical technologist
expect to use cottonoids?
A. abdominal hysterectomy
B. abdominal perineal resection
C. lumbar laminectomy
D. open cholecystectomy correct answer..C. lumbar laminectomy
67. Which of the following advantages do hand-held retractors have over
self-retaining retractors?
A. less exposure
B. operator dependency
C. fatigue reduction
D. repositioning ability correct answer..D. repositioning ability
