CST EXAM

Question 1

Which endoscope is used to visualize the heart and major vessels?

Answer 1

Angioscope

Question 2

The goal of the surgical scrub is to remove what?

Answer 2

Resident flora

Question 3

What procedure can be performed to treat varicose veins without an incision?

Answer 3

Sclerotherapy

Question 4

Postoperatively what is the order of breakdown?

Answer 4

Remove drapes, remove gown and gloves, assist with patient move, break down sterile setup

Question 5

What is a cholestoma?

Answer 5

Damages the mastoid air cells and ossicles of the ear

Question 6

Which endoscope is used to remove foreign bodies from the airway of a pediatric patient?

Answer 6

Rigid bronchoscope

Question 7

What elements make up the bodies mass?

Answer 7

Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen

Question 8

How long until thrombin loses its potency?

Answer 8

3 hours

Question 9

Design of electrical equipment in the OR is based off of?

Answer 9

Electron theory

Question 10

What procedure is performed to decrease gastric secretions?

Answer 10

Vagotomy

Question 11

What secretes hydrochloric acid?

Answer 11

Parietal cells

Question 12

Fenestrated means what?

Answer 12

With a hole

Question 13

Fogarty catheters are used for?

Answer 13

Embolectomy

Question 14

What suture would be used in presence of infection?

Answer 14

Steel

Question 15

When the surgeon makes a mcburneys incision, what muscle is encountered first?

Answer 15

External oblique

Question 16

What maintains the position of the uterus?

Answer 16

Broad ligament

Question 17

How would you position a patient with an intertrochanteric fracture?

Answer 17

Supine

Question 18

Decortication means what?

Answer 18

Removing fibrous thickening of the visceral pleura

Question 19

How are legs positioned for lateral position?

Answer 19

Lower leg flexed, upper leg straight

Question 20

Another name for tonsil suction is

Answer 20

Yankauer

Question 21

Emulsion means?

Answer 21

Two liquids that cannot mix

Question 22

Instrument sets should not exceed how many pounds?

Answer 22

25

Question 23

The ureters enter the bladder medially from?

Answer 23

The posterior aspect of

Question 24

What is the correct order for donning OR attire?

Answer 24

Hair cover, scrubs, mask, shoe covers

Question 25

What is not a hemostatic agent?

Answer 25

Xeroform

Question 26

Intrarticular means?

Answer 26

In the joint

Question 27

The mandible articulates with what bone?

Answer 27

Temporal

Question 28

Crossing a patients arms in supine can result in?

Answer 28

Interference with respiration

Question 29

98.6 degrees Fahrenheit equals what in celcius

Answer 29

37

Question 30

Healing by granulation, contraction and connective tissue is?

Answer 30

Delayed closure

Question 31

Mesh that is contraindicated in infection is?

Answer 31

PTFE

Question 32

What is a fomite?

Answer 32

Inanimate object

Question 33

Order of colon layers

Answer 33

Mucosa, submucousa, muscularis, serosa

Question 34

Air or fluid accumulation in a wound is

Answer 34

Dead space

Question 35

What do histamine blockers do?

Answer 35

Decrease gastric volume in stomach

Question 36

Testosterone is secreted by?

Answer 36

Leydig cells

Question 37

Skin prep for ex lap

Answer 37

Nipple line to mid thigh

Question 38

Javid shunt is used for?

Answer 38

Carotid endartectomy

Question 39

What graft material doesn’t require pre-clotting?

Answer 39

PTFE

Question 40

When performing a split thickness skin graft what site should be prepped first?

Answer 40

Donor site first

Question 41

How many milliliters equal 2 oz

Answer 41

60

Question 42

Covering a sterile back table for later use is

Answer 42

Not permissible in any circumstance

Question 43

What level of Maslow hierarchy of needs the most applicable to the surgical patient?

Answer 43

Physiological and survival

Question 44

Cell destruction by steam sterilization occurs by

Answer 44

Coagulation of protein

Question 45

The lab test that determines ratio of erythrocytes to whole blood is

Answer 45

Hematocrit

Question 46

What is the proper procedure when a pack of sponges contains and incorrect number after the patient is in the OR?

Answer 46

Hand off the sterile field and isolate

Question 47

What specimen is not placed in preservative solution?

Answer 47

Calculi

Question 48

What helps preserve the facial nerve in a parotidectomy?

Answer 48

Nerve stimulator

Question 49

What must be tested prior to using a fiber optic bronchoscope?

Answer 49

Light source

Question 50

High ligation of gonadal veins of the tested performed to reduce venous plexus congestion is?

Answer 50

Varicocelectomy

Question 51

What is performed for a suspected ectopic pregnancy

Answer 51

Culdocentesis

Question 52

What is performed for treatment of glaucoma?

Answer 52

Iridectomy

Question 53

What term refers to spread of cancerous cells?

Answer 53

Metastasis

Question 54

Shared passageway for food and air is the

Answer 54

Pharnyx

Question 55

The valve on the left side of the heart is

Answer 55

Bicuspid

Question 56

The unsterile perimeter of a sterile wrap is

Answer 56

1 inch

Question 57

The sterile surgical technologist should drape a table from

Answer 57

Front to back

Question 58

Radiopaque surgical Pattie’s used during cranial procedures are?

Answer 58

Cottonoids

Question 59

What incision is made for a Caldwell-Luc procedure?

Answer 59

Canine fossa

Question 60

What structure of the ear is responsible for equilibrium

Answer 60

Semicircular canals

Question 61

The cranial nerve that secretes gastric juice

Answer 61

Vagus-X

Question 62

If the patient is allergic to iodine what contrast is used?

Answer 62

Renografin

Question 63

How long are unwrapped instrument with no lumens sterilized at 270 degrees F

Answer 63

3 minutes

Question 64

What must be in the chart prior to the patient being taken to the OR?

Answer 64

History and physical

Question 65

What regulates the amount of light entering the eye?

Answer 65

Iris

Question 66

The capillary network of blood vessels in the renal cortex that is a filter is called

Answer 66

Glomerulus

Question 67

How long must an item be placed in gluteraldehyde to be sterile?

Answer 67

10 hours

Question 68

What procedure is performed for incompetent cervix?

Answer 68

Shirodkar

Question 69

Nerve that could be damaged by improperly padded stirrups?

Answer 69

Peroneal

Question 70

The process by which blood cells are formed

Answer 70

Hemopoesis

Question 71

Thought process takes part in the

Answer 71

Cerebral cortex

Question 72

What precaution prevents cardiovascular complications when moving the anesthestitized patient

Answer 72

Move patient slowly

Question 73

The roof of the mouth is formed by

Answer 73

Hard and soft palates

Question 74

What is the result of adding epinephrine to local anesthesic?

Answer 74

Prolong anesthetic effect

Question 75

What might a gigli saw be used for?

Answer 75

Craniotomy