CST Practice Exam
C Questions and
Complete Solutions
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, During a surgical procedure, the STSR touches an unsterile item with a sterile glove. What should they
do. - Answer: Change the glove at once
During strabismus surgery, what tissue layer is incised first - Answer: Conjunctiva
A lumbar meningocele involves removal of - Answer: Afluid-filled sac
Which of the following procedures requires a microscope? Rhinoplasty, pyeloplasty, blepharoplasty,
tympanoplasty - Answer: Tympanoplasty
Hair removed during preparation for cranial surgery should be - Answer: Saved because it is personal
property
The safest method for placing a blade on a knife handle is with a - Answer: Needle holder
What procedure is used to visualize the cystic, hepatic, and common ducts: cholangiography, barium
enema, IV pyelography, upper GI series - Answer: cholangiography
A specimen obtained for frozen section is generally removed from the sterile field intra-operatively
because - Answer: It is sent to pathology immediately
When performing a right hemicolectomy, the surgeon will most likely remove portions of - Answer:
ascending and transverse colon
What is the best place to put the ES grounding pad in the lithotomy position - Answer: Anterior thigh
Which of the following conditions should be treated FIRST? Obstructed airway, closed cerebral injury,
shock due to hemorrhage, sucking wound to the chest - Answer: Obstructed airway
What layers are transected when a subcostal flank incision is used for a nephrectomy - Answer: Oblique
muscles
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