CHAPTER 3 AND 4: SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST
LATEST UPDATE 2025\2026 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/WELL ANALYSED/
ALREADY GRADED A+
professional - CORRECT ANSWER-an individual who has specialized education and
training in a given field and who meets certain competency-based and ethical
criteria
CST role - CORRECT ANSWER-rendering care to the surgical patient in assisting the
surgeon during the surgical procedure- the establishment and protection of the
sterile field, the care and handling of surgical instrumentation, and assistance
with technical tasks through the surgical procedure
stress - CORRECT ANSWER-defined by Dr. Hans Selye: "a nonspecific response of
the body to a demand" that can take the form of physical, chemical, or
emotional phenomenon that causes tension
two types of stress - CORRECT ANSWER-distress and eustress
distress - CORRECT ANSWER-has negative implications
, eustress - CORRECT ANSWER-prefix eu means "well" or "good", is the term for the
positive, desirable form of stress (e.g., coming in first during a race, receiving a
promotion, getting married, etc.)
coping mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER-denial, rationalization, regression,
repression
denial - CORRECT ANSWER-patient does not want to accept the truth of what is
occuring
rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER-patient attempts to rationalize illness or
disease
regression - CORRECT ANSWER-patient regresses to an earlier stage of life, such as
adolescence, and exhibits behaviors unique to that stage
repression - CORRECT ANSWER-patient represses thoughts and feelings about
illness or disease and does not want to hold any discussions concerning what is
happening
three stages of death - CORRECT ANSWER-cardiac death, higher-brain death,
whole-brain death
cardiac death - CORRECT ANSWER-the irreversible loss of cardiac and respiratory
function; this is the permanent absence of heartbeat and respiration
higher-brain death - CORRECT ANSWER-the irreversible loss of higher brain
function; the brain stem continues to provide respiration, blood pressure, and a
heartbeat without the assistance of a respirator
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST
LATEST UPDATE 2025\2026 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/WELL ANALYSED/
ALREADY GRADED A+
professional - CORRECT ANSWER-an individual who has specialized education and
training in a given field and who meets certain competency-based and ethical
criteria
CST role - CORRECT ANSWER-rendering care to the surgical patient in assisting the
surgeon during the surgical procedure- the establishment and protection of the
sterile field, the care and handling of surgical instrumentation, and assistance
with technical tasks through the surgical procedure
stress - CORRECT ANSWER-defined by Dr. Hans Selye: "a nonspecific response of
the body to a demand" that can take the form of physical, chemical, or
emotional phenomenon that causes tension
two types of stress - CORRECT ANSWER-distress and eustress
distress - CORRECT ANSWER-has negative implications
, eustress - CORRECT ANSWER-prefix eu means "well" or "good", is the term for the
positive, desirable form of stress (e.g., coming in first during a race, receiving a
promotion, getting married, etc.)
coping mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER-denial, rationalization, regression,
repression
denial - CORRECT ANSWER-patient does not want to accept the truth of what is
occuring
rationalization - CORRECT ANSWER-patient attempts to rationalize illness or
disease
regression - CORRECT ANSWER-patient regresses to an earlier stage of life, such as
adolescence, and exhibits behaviors unique to that stage
repression - CORRECT ANSWER-patient represses thoughts and feelings about
illness or disease and does not want to hold any discussions concerning what is
happening
three stages of death - CORRECT ANSWER-cardiac death, higher-brain death,
whole-brain death
cardiac death - CORRECT ANSWER-the irreversible loss of cardiac and respiratory
function; this is the permanent absence of heartbeat and respiration
higher-brain death - CORRECT ANSWER-the irreversible loss of higher brain
function; the brain stem continues to provide respiration, blood pressure, and a
heartbeat without the assistance of a respirator
