CST - NBSTSA Exam 2025-2026 Actual Complete Real Exam
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A patient's dentures are removed in the operating room.
What is the proper
procedure for the care of the dentures? - ANSWER-Place
them in a labeled
denture cup and keep them with the
patient's chart
During a procedure, a surgical technologist notices a hole in
his glove. What should be done next? - ANSWER-Change the
glove using the open-gloving technique
A patient undergoing a blood transfusion is having a
hemolytic reaction. What
should the healthcare provider do first? - ANSWER-Stop
the transfusion
Which instrument is most likely used to stabilize a cervical
fracture? - ANSWER-
Mayfield
clamp
,What procedure may require a postauricular
incision? - ANSWER-
Mastoidectomy
What is the surgical procedure that removes diseased
mastoid air cells? -
ANSWER-
Mastoidectomy
What is the surgical procedure used to remove adenoids for
reasons which
include: impaired breathing through the nose, chronic
infections, or recurrent earaches - ANSWER-Adenoidectomy
What is the surgical procedure of an incision to the eardrum to
relieve pressure
or drain fluid? - ANSWER-
Myringotomy
During an abdominoperineal resection, which stapling device
should the surgical technologist have available to form an anal
pouch from the ileum? -
ANSWER-GIA
A #12 knife blade on a #7 handle is most commonly used
for what type of
surgery? - ANSWER-
Tonsillectomy
,Which instrument is used to grasp the base of the
hemorrhoid during a
hemorrhoidectomy? -
ANSWER-Allis
Which retractor may be used during an open
cholecystectomy? - ANSWER-
Harrington
What may be used when applying a sterile dressing to a
skin graft site? -
ANSWER-Pressure
dressing
The diagnostic procedure that examines the interior of the
respiratory structures
is: - ANSWER-
Bronchoscopy
What is the endoscopic procedure performed to examine the
rectouterine pouch
and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope
through the posterior
vaginal wall? - ANSWER-
Culdoscopy
What is the procedure where a flexed endoscope is inserted
through the mouth
, or, more rarely, through the nares and into the
esophagus? - ANSWER-
Esophagoscopy
This procedure is done to examine the mediastinum.
- ANSWER-
Mediastinoscopy
Removing a cataract by ultrasonic vibration and
aspiration is called: -
ANSWER-
Phacoemulsification
Which procedure involves the entire natural lens of the eye,
including the capsule that holds it in place, to be removed? -
ANSWER-Intracapsular extraction
This procedure is performed by removing the lens of the eye
while the elastic capsule that covers the lens is left partially
intact to allow implantation of an intraocular lens. - ANSWER-
Extracapsular extraction
What procedure repairs a ruptured abdominal aortic
aneurysm? - ANSWER-
Excision with graft
placement
This is the removal of material on the inside of an artery.
- ANSWER-
Endarterectomy
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A patient's dentures are removed in the operating room.
What is the proper
procedure for the care of the dentures? - ANSWER-Place
them in a labeled
denture cup and keep them with the
patient's chart
During a procedure, a surgical technologist notices a hole in
his glove. What should be done next? - ANSWER-Change the
glove using the open-gloving technique
A patient undergoing a blood transfusion is having a
hemolytic reaction. What
should the healthcare provider do first? - ANSWER-Stop
the transfusion
Which instrument is most likely used to stabilize a cervical
fracture? - ANSWER-
Mayfield
clamp
,What procedure may require a postauricular
incision? - ANSWER-
Mastoidectomy
What is the surgical procedure that removes diseased
mastoid air cells? -
ANSWER-
Mastoidectomy
What is the surgical procedure used to remove adenoids for
reasons which
include: impaired breathing through the nose, chronic
infections, or recurrent earaches - ANSWER-Adenoidectomy
What is the surgical procedure of an incision to the eardrum to
relieve pressure
or drain fluid? - ANSWER-
Myringotomy
During an abdominoperineal resection, which stapling device
should the surgical technologist have available to form an anal
pouch from the ileum? -
ANSWER-GIA
A #12 knife blade on a #7 handle is most commonly used
for what type of
surgery? - ANSWER-
Tonsillectomy
,Which instrument is used to grasp the base of the
hemorrhoid during a
hemorrhoidectomy? -
ANSWER-Allis
Which retractor may be used during an open
cholecystectomy? - ANSWER-
Harrington
What may be used when applying a sterile dressing to a
skin graft site? -
ANSWER-Pressure
dressing
The diagnostic procedure that examines the interior of the
respiratory structures
is: - ANSWER-
Bronchoscopy
What is the endoscopic procedure performed to examine the
rectouterine pouch
and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope
through the posterior
vaginal wall? - ANSWER-
Culdoscopy
What is the procedure where a flexed endoscope is inserted
through the mouth
, or, more rarely, through the nares and into the
esophagus? - ANSWER-
Esophagoscopy
This procedure is done to examine the mediastinum.
- ANSWER-
Mediastinoscopy
Removing a cataract by ultrasonic vibration and
aspiration is called: -
ANSWER-
Phacoemulsification
Which procedure involves the entire natural lens of the eye,
including the capsule that holds it in place, to be removed? -
ANSWER-Intracapsular extraction
This procedure is performed by removing the lens of the eye
while the elastic capsule that covers the lens is left partially
intact to allow implantation of an intraocular lens. - ANSWER-
Extracapsular extraction
What procedure repairs a ruptured abdominal aortic
aneurysm? - ANSWER-
Excision with graft
placement
This is the removal of material on the inside of an artery.
- ANSWER-
Endarterectomy
