CSFA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CSFA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WHAT IS THE NORMAL RANGE OF RED CELLS IN A COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT FOR AN ADULT MALE? - ANS 4.6-6.2 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BONES MAKE UP THE PELVIC GIRDLE 1. COCCYX 2.ACETABULUM 3.SACRUM 4.OS COXAE - ANS 3. COCCYX, SACRUM, AND OS COXAE DURING ARTERIAL CANNULATION IN CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, THE CANNULA TIP MUST BE DIRECTED INTO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTERIES? 1. PULMONARY 2.BRACHIOCEPHALIC 3.AORTA 4.CORONARIES - ANS 3. AORTA WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGH LEVEL DISINFECTING AGENT? 1. GLUTARALDEHYDE 2.ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL 3.QUATERNARY AMMONIUM 4.IODOPHOR SOLUTION - ANS 1.GLUTARALDEHYDE A LONG TERM COMPLICATION OF A CEMENTED TOTAL HIP IS? 1. ANTERIOR DISLOCATION 2.POSTERIOR DISLOCATION 3. LOOSENING OF THE PROSTHESIS 4.IMPINGEMENT OF THE SCIATIC NERVE - ANS 3. LOOSENING OF THE PROSTHESIS DURING A POSTEROLATERAL APPROACH TO THE HIP, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES USUALLY FOUND SUPERFICIALLY TO THE OBTURATOR AND GEMELLI SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND PROTECTED? 1.SCIATIC NERVE 2.SUPERIOR GLUTEAL 3.INFERIOR GLUTEAL 4.LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE - ANS 1.SCIATIC NERVE TETRALOGY OF FALLOT INCLUDES WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS? 1.VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT 2.AORTIC STENOSIS 3.PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS 4.RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY - ANS 1.VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT 3.PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS 4.RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IF A KELLY CLAMP IS LEFT IN A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT A CHOLECYSTECTOMY, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LEGAL CHARGES CAN BE FILED? 1.PRIMUM NON NOCERE 2.RES IPSA LOQUITUR 3.FORESEEABILITY 4.INTENTIONAL TORT - ANS 2.RES IPSA LOQUITUR DURING A POSTEROLATERAL APPROACH FOR AN INTRACAPSULAR HIP FRACTURE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MUSCLES WOULD BE RELEASED ALONG WITH THE SHORT EXTERNAL ROTATORS AND CAPSULE FROM THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE FEMUR AS A SINGLE MUSCULOCAPSULAR FLAP? 1.GLUTEUS MEDIUS 2.GEMELLI 3.QUADRATUS 4.PIRIFORMIS - ANS 4.PRIRFORMIS WHEN AN OPEN APPENDECTOMY IS PERFORMED, IT IS NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THE? - ANS THE CECUM AND ILEOCECAL VALVE A PATIENT WHO IS OPPOSED TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION ON RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE IS UNDERGOING A HYSTERECTOMY. DURING SURGERY, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS CAUSING HEMATOCRIT TO DROP TO 30% WITH A RESULTING DROP IN OXYGEN SATURATION. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE? - ANS INCREASE IV FLUID DRIP TO ALLOW HEMODILUTION WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS MOST COMMON WHEN INSULATION FAILURE OCCURS IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY? 1.HYPOTHERMIA 2.WOUND INFECTION 3.TISSUE INJURY 4.ADHESIONS - ANS 3. TISSUE INJURY