CST NBSTSA EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS
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A surgeon asks for warm irrigation after a GI tract
reastomosis. What best describes the reason for
irrigation at this point in the procedure? -
....ANSWER...To aid visual inspection for leakage
In comparison to oral Fahrenheit temperatures,
rectal Fahrenheit temperatures are -
....ANSWER...Approximately 1 degree higher
What is the unexpected occurrence that involves
physiologic or psychologic injury or death? -
....ANSWER...Sentinel event
,Following a surgical procedure, what is the best
sequence of actions for a surgical technologist to
take? - ....ANSWER...Remove sterile drapes, remove
gown and gloves, and don a pair of unsterile gloves
to aid in the care of the postoperative patient
To prevent contamination at the end of a surgical
procedure, what should be removed last by the
surgical technologist in the scrub role? -
....ANSWER...Surgical drapes
An RN has just asked a surgical technologist to
complete a task that is within the surgical
technologist's scope of practice, but the surgical
technologist does not feel comfortable completing
the task independently. What is the surgical
technologist's best course of action? -
....ANSWER...Request that the RN provides the
appropriate level of supervision during the task to
ensure safety
What is necessary for ethylene oxide sterilization to
occur? - ....ANSWER...Humidity
,The destruction of organisms in an autoclave is
accomplished by the: - ....ANSWER...Coagulation of
cell protein
Ratcheted instruments should be: -
....ANSWER...Opened for washing and sterilizing
An effective packaging material used for a Balfour to
be steam sterilized: - ....ANSWER...Permits
penetration by the sterilant
While removing peel pack instruments from the
sterilizer, a surgical technologist notices several of
the packages have ruptured. What would most likely
be the cause of this? - ....ANSWER...The air was not
evacuated from the pouch
Which layer is transected when a subcostal flank
incision is used from a nephrectomy? -
....ANSWER...Oblique muscles
In order to remove a portion of the kidney, the
surgeon must enter what? - ....ANSWER...Gerota's
fascia
, What lies between the lung and the chest wall? -
....ANSWER...pleura
Where is the gastrocnemius muscle located? -
....ANSWER...Calf
What is the most serious complication of a
strangulated hernia? - ....ANSWER...Necrosis
During a herniaorraphy, the abdominal area that is
bound by the rectus abdominis muscle, the inguinal
ligament, and the inferior epigastric vessels is the: -
....ANSWER...Hesselbach triangle
Scoliosis is most commonly found in which curve of
the vertebral column? - ....ANSWER...Thoracic
When performing a Shirodkar procedure, where is
the attention being focused? - ....ANSWER...Cervix
A patient entering the operating room for a
laparoscopic cholecystectomy looks jaundiced. What
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