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NBSTSA Practice Exam A Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following layers are transected when a subcostal flank incision is used for a nephrectomy? - ANSWER-oblique muscles During which of the following surgeries is a Meckel's diverticulum typically discovered? - ANSWER- appendectom...

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NBSTSA Practice Exam A Questions and

Answers 100% Pass


Which of the following layers are transected when a subcostal flank incision is used for a nephrectomy? -

ANSWER✔✔-oblique muscles


During which of the following surgeries is a Meckel's diverticulum typically discovered? - ANSWER✔✔-

appendectomy


Sponges that have been added to the sterile field after a procedure has begun should be counted by the

- ANSWER✔✔-surgical technologist in the scrub role and the circulator.


To help prevent toxicity and vascular events in a patient where polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is used,

which of the following devices should a surgical technologist have available? - ANSWER✔✔-pulse lavage


A specimen obtained for frozen section is generally removed from the sterile field intraoperatively

because it - ANSWER✔✔-is sent to pathology immediately


Which of the following procedures for obtaining an informed consent form is appropriate? -

ANSWER✔✔-The patient is asked to sign the consent form after the surgeon has explained the

procedure.


During the application of arch bars, the surgeon will MOST likely use which of the following between the

teeth and around the bar? - ANSWER✔✔-25- or 26-gauge stainless steel wire


Which of the following lies between the lung and the chest wall? - ANSWER✔✔-pleura



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Hepatitis B is caused by a - ANSWER✔✔-virus


A sterile item used with an electrosurgical unit is the - ANSWER✔✔-active electrode


The parathyroid gland regulates - ANSWER✔✔-calcium


Which of the following examples illustrates UNSAFE technique for disposing of contaminated sharps? -

ANSWER✔✔-Used suture needles and scalpel blades are removed from the needle counter and

individually placed in the biohazard sharps container.


The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types of suture? -

ANSWER✔✔-purse-string


In order to remove a portion of the kidney, the surgeon must enter which of the following? -

ANSWER✔✔-Gerota's fascia


How much 0.25% bupivacaine (Marcaine) should be mixed with 1 mL of 1.0% lidocaine (Xylocaine) to

make the solution equal strengths of both medications? - ANSWER✔✔-4.0 mL


When applying a pneumatic tourniquet preoperatively, which of the following items is used to force

blood from an extremity? - ANSWER✔✔-Esmarch bandage


Heaney clamps are used MOST frequently for which of the following types of surgery? - ANSWER✔✔-

hysterectomy


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. Which of the following is the surgical technologist's BEST course of action? -




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