NBSTSA EXAM B 2025/2026 |60 VERIFIED ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. When should medication be labeled on the sterile field?
Before the CST is relieved for lunch
Immediately before receiving the medication
Immediately after receiving the medication
As soon as possible
2. What is the most dangerous complication of vomiting
during general anesthesia?
Dehiscence
Evisceration
Dehydration
Aspiration
3. Which two layers does the surgical technologist place staples
through when closing a skin incision?
subcuticular and dermal
cuticular and subcuticular
, subicular and
subcutaneous
subcutaneous and fascia
, 4. What is the correct supply that a surgical technologist
should have for placing a long arm cast?
Xeroform
Kerlix
Telfa
Webril
5. Which surgical instrument is specifically used to remove
disk material during a laminectomy?
Periosteal elevator
Kerrison rongeur
Cobb elevator
Pituitary rongeur
6. What is the most common biological indicator used for ethylene
oxide sterilization?
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus atrophaeus
Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. When should medication be labeled on the sterile field?
Before the CST is relieved for lunch
Immediately before receiving the medication
Immediately after receiving the medication
As soon as possible
2. What is the most dangerous complication of vomiting
during general anesthesia?
Dehiscence
Evisceration
Dehydration
Aspiration
3. Which two layers does the surgical technologist place staples
through when closing a skin incision?
subcuticular and dermal
cuticular and subcuticular
, subicular and
subcutaneous
subcutaneous and fascia
, 4. What is the correct supply that a surgical technologist
should have for placing a long arm cast?
Xeroform
Kerlix
Telfa
Webril
5. Which surgical instrument is specifically used to remove
disk material during a laminectomy?
Periosteal elevator
Kerrison rongeur
Cobb elevator
Pituitary rongeur
6. What is the most common biological indicator used for ethylene
oxide sterilization?
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus atrophaeus
Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
