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CST PRACTICE EXAM TEST BWhich of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a surgical
technologist? - Answers -Management of specimens
The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for a Billroth I procedure is -
Answers -Midline
During the postoperative phase, the personnel primarily responsible for transporting
soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the - Answers -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 - Answers -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? - Answers -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? - Answers -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? -
Answers -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? - Answers -Pathology
The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is - Answers -15 to 25
The required number of air exchanges per hour in the decontamination room is -
Answers -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? -
Answers -The manufacturer's standards for sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
When transferring a thoracotomy patient to recovery, the chest drainage system should
be - Answers -maintained below the patient's chest level
Which of the following procedures requires an incision in the suprasternal notch? -
Answers -mediastinoscopy
, When preparing surgical specimens, in addition to the surgical technologist, who else is
responsbile for accurately labeling the specimen? - Answers -Surgeon and circulating
nurse
A T-tube drain may be used following - Answers -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? - Answers -cuticular
and subcuticular
A type of regional anesthesia i which a tourniquet is applied and local anesthetic is
administered intravenously is called a - Answers -Bier block
During a crainotomy, which of the following types of bone is entered? - Answers -Flat
A physician prescribed 50 milligrams of Demerol. The Demerol is supplied in 100
mg/mL. How many mL of Demerol should be given? - Answers -0.5 mL
Which of the following is MOST likely to be used during a posterior cervical
decompression? - Answers -Mayfield clamp
Which of the following is the most acceptable technique when placing a patient in the
lithotomy position? - Answers -Both legs placed in stirrups simultaneously
Which of the following supplies should the surgical technologist have available for
placement of a long arm cast? - Answers -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? - Answers -4.0 mL
The appendiceal stump, when inverted, is held in place by which of the following types
of suture? - Answers -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? - Answers -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? - Answers -intraluminal stapler
A GIA linear stapler is used to - Answers -divide in a linear side-to-side or end-to-side
fashion
ligating dividing stapler - Answers -used to ligate and divide blood vessels
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