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NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
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NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A Questionsand Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Which of the following is the opening in the occipital bone
through which the spinal cord passes?
A. foramen ovale
B. foramen magnum
C. foramen rotundum
D. foramen of Bochdalek - Correct Answer ✅B. foramen
magnum
Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened
in OR 1. A surgical technologist was just informed that the
case has been moved to OR 2 and the next case in OR 1 is
scheduled in two hours. Which of the following is the BEST
course of action?
A. Cover the sterile field with a sterile drape and move it from
OR 1 to OR 2.
B. New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained
for OR 2 and the setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
C. OR 1 should be left so that these supplies and instruments
can be used by the next case.
D. The surgical technologist should argue that the procedure
be held in OR 1 as planned. - Correct Answer ✅B. New
sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR 2
and the setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
,NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Which of the following is the body's local tissue reaction to
injury?
A. fever
B. infection
C. inflammation
D. immune reaction - Correct Answer ✅C. inflammation
Which of the following instruments is used for a common bile
duct exploration?
A. Fogarty clamp
B. Randall forceps
C. Pennington clamp
D. Forester ring forceps - Correct Answer ✅B. Randall
forceps
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration
when cutting suture?
A. avoiding the knot
B. using sharp scissors
C.opening the scissors wide when cutting
D. tagging the end of suture to be cut with a hemostat -
Correct Answer ✅A. avoiding the knot
,NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Which of the following structures are ligated and divided
during the cholecystectomy?
A.cystic artery and cystic duct
B.hepatic artery and hepatic duct
C. cystic artery and common bile duct
D. hepatic artery and pancreatic duct - Correct Answer
✅A.cystic artery and cystic duct
Which of the following may be used when applying a sterile
dressing to a skin graft site?
A. pressure dressing
B. ABD pad
C. 4x4s
D. Steri-Strips - Correct Answer ✅A. pressure dressing
When performing a dilation and curettage, which of the
following instruments is used to grasp the cervix?
A. Sims
B. Auvard
C. Schroeder
D. Bozeman - Correct Answer ✅C. Schroeder
, NBSTSA CST Practice Exam A Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2025)
On the way into the operating room, a terminally ill patient
tells the nurse, "No matter what happens, it will be okay."
Which of the Five Stages of Grief is the patient MOST likely
in?
A. denial
B. bargaining
C. depression
D. acceptance - Correct Answer ✅D. acceptance
Which of the following instruments is used for placement of
cottonoid strips during a craniotomy?
A. bayonet forceps
B. Russian forceps
C. Kelly clamp
D. angled DeBakey clamp - Correct Answer ✅A. bayonet
forceps
When two individuals in sterile attire pass one another in the
sterile field, they should
A. pass back-to-back.
B. both face the wall.
C. pass side-to-side.
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