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CST PRACTICE EXAM TEST BWhich of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a surgical technologist? - ANS
Management of specimens
The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I procedure is - ANS
Midline
During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for transporting soiled
instrumentation to decontamination is the - ANS Surgical Technologist
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly flow into the third
ventricle through the foramen of - ANS Slyvius into the fourth ventricle (also referred to as the
cerebral aqueduct.
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare
specimens using which of the following methods? - ANS Place in separate containers and identify
A surgical technolgist received the following medications onto the sterile field: 0.9% sodium
chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, and 0.25% Marcaine and epinephrine. Which of the following is the
MOST appropriate way to label these medications? - ANS 0.9% saline + 1gm bacitracin and 0.25%
Marcaine with epinephrine.
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? - ANS laps, silk ties, and
hemoclips
,If there is any question related to handling a specific type of specimen, which of the following
departments should be consulted? - ANS Pathology
The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is - ANS 15 to 25
The required number of air exchanges per hour in the decontamination room is - ANS 5 to 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? - ANS The
manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
When transferring a thoracotomy patient to recovery, the chest drainage system should be - ANS
maintained below the patient's chest level
Which of the following procedures requires an incision in the suprasternal notch? - ANS
mediastinoscopy
When preparing surgical specimens, in addition to the surgical technologist, who else is
responsbile for accurately labeling the specimen? - ANS Surgeon and circulating nurse
A T-tube drain may be used following - ANS a choledochotomy
When assisting with the closure of a skin incision and operating the skin stapler, the surgical
technologist places the staples through which two layers? - ANS cuticular and subcuticular
A type of regional anesthesia i which a tourniquet is applied and local anesthetic is administered
intravenously is called a - ANS Bier block
, During a crainotomy, which of the following types of bone is entered? - ANS Flat
A physician prescribed 50 milligrams of Demerol. The Demerol is supplied in 100 mg/mL. How
many mL of Demerol should be given? - ANS 0.5 mL
Which of the following is MOST likely to be used during a posterior cervical decompression? -
ANS Mayfield clamp
Which of the following is the most acceptable technique when placing a patient in the lithotomy
position? - ANS Both legs placed in stirrups simultaneously
Which of the following supplies should the surgical technologist have available for placement of a
long arm cast? - ANS Webril
How much 0.25% bupivacaine should be mixed with 1 mL of 1.0% lidocaine to make the solution
equal strengths of both medications? - ANS 4.0 mL
The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types of suture?
- ANS purse-string
A surgeon asks for warm irrigation after a right hemicolectomy. Which of the following BEST
describes the reason for irrigating at this point in the procedure? - ANS to aid visual inspection
for leakage
Which of the following devices should the surgical technologist have delivered to the sterile field
for a low anterior resection? - ANS intraluminal stapler
A GIA linear stapler is used to - ANS divide in a linear side-to-side or end-to-side fashion
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