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AST CERT EXAM #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STURCTURES IS LOCATED IN THE AVELOAR PROCESSES? | TEETH |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE WOUND CLASSIFICATION FOR A BRONCHSCOPY? | CLEAN-CONTAMINATED |
| THE ENZYME USED TO SOFTEN THE ZONULES OF THE LES BEFORE CATARACT SURGERY IS? | ALPHA-CHYMOTRYPSIN |
| HOW SHOULD THE STRETCHER BE ORIENTED WHEN NECESSARY TO USE AN ELEVATOR TO TRANSPORT A PATIENT TO THE OR? | ENTER HEAD FIRST, EXIT FEET FIRST |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A CURVED, TRANSVERSE INCISION ACROSS THE LOWER ABDOMEN FREQUENTLY USED IN GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY? | PFANNENSTIEL |
| WHEN PERFORATED METAL TRAYS ARE PLACED ON THE SHELES OF THE STEAM STERILIZING CART, THEY SHOULD BE POSITIONED: | FLAT |
| HYPERKALEMIA IS A HIGH CONCENTRAITON OF? | POTASSIUM |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TISSUES ARE CUT USING CURVED MAYO SCISSORS? | FASCIA |
| WHICH LASER BEAM CAN TRAVEL THROUGH CLEAR TISSUES WITHOUT HEATING THEM? | ARGON |
| PERMISSION FOR TREATMENT GIVEN WITH FULL KNOWLEDGEOF THE RISKS IS A/AN? | INFORMED CONSENT |
| WHICH PORTION OF THE STOMACH SURROUNDS THE LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER? | CARDIA |
| LOW LEVEL DISINFECTANTS KILL MOST MICROBES, BUT DO NOT DESTROY? | SPORES |
| SYNDACTYLY REFERS TO? | WEBBED FINGERS |
| THE SURGICAL PACK UTILIZED TO CREATE THE STERILE FIELD SHOULD BE OPENED ON THE ? | BACKTABLE |
| THE ISLETS OF LANERHANS SECRETE? | INSULIN |
| WHAT TYPE OF PROCEDURE WOULD INVLOVE THE REMOVAL OF TEETH? | EXTRACTIONS |
| WHICH ORGANISM IS A NORMAL RESIDENT FLORA OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT? | ESCHERICHIA COLI |
| WHERE SHOULD THE FIRST SCRUB SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST STAND WHEN HANDING TOWELS TO THE SURGEON TO SQUARE OFF AN INCISION SITE? | SAME SIDE AS THE SURGEON |
| A PROPERLY PERFORMED SURGICAL SCRUB RENDERS THE SKIN? | SURGICALLY CLEAN |
| THROUGH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO THE COMMON BILE DUCT AND THE PANCREATIC DUCT EMPTY? | AMPULLA OF VATER |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS MUST BE VERIFIED BY THE PATIENT OR THIER ID BRACELETS PRIOR TO TRANSPORTING A PATIENT TO THE OR? | NAME, DOB, PHYSICIAN |
| WHAT ARE SPIRAL SHAPED BACTERIA CALLED? | SPIRILLI |
| THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE GALLBLADDER IS TO? | STORE BILE |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN NON-STERILE MEMBER OF THE SURGICAL TEAM? | CIRCULATOR |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A BENEFIT OF USING SURFACE MOUNTED SLIDING DOORS FOR ACCESS TO THE OPERATING ROOM? | AID IN CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE |
| WHAT ARE THE THREE FACTORS FOR REDUCING IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE? | TIME, SHIELDING, DISTANCE |
| WHAT IS THE FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINES? | DUODENUM |
| WHAT IS THE SURGICAL POSITION FREQUENTLY USED FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING KIDNEY SURGERY? | LATERAL |
| HOW ARE RICKETTSIAE TRAMSMITTED? | ATHROPOD BITES |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMINATION OF THE CERVIX USING A BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE? | COLPOSCOPY |
| COMPRESSION OF THE HEART FROM EXCESSIVE FLUID OR BLOOD BUILD UP IS CALLED? | TAMPONADE |
| WHICH SURGICAL TEAM MEMBER DETERMINES WHEN THE PATIENT CAN BE TRANSPORTED FROM THE OR TO THE PACU? | ANESTHESIA PROVIDER |
| WHICH SUFFIX MEANS SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID? | -CENTESIS |
| TO WHICH PORTION OF THE COLON IS THE APPENDIX? | CECUM |
| WICH LABORATORY TEST DETERMINES BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION? | GRAM STAIN |
| MEDICATION USED TO DILATE THE PUPIL IS CALLED? | MYDRIATICS |
| WHICHOF THE FOLLOWING IS NON-FENESTRATED? LAPAROTOMY, U-DRAPE, TRANSVERSE, CRAINIOTOMY | U-DRAPE |
| UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO REMOVE A PATIENTS IDENTIFICATION BRACELENT? | NEVER UNTIL THE PATIENT IS DISCHARGED FROM THE FACILITY |
| WHAT IS THE POSITION MOST COMMONLY USED FOR MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT? | SUPINE |
| WHICH LASER IS BEST USED DURING A VITRECTOMY? | ARGON |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MONITORS PROVIDES POSITIVE ASSURANCE OF STERILITY? | BIOLOGICAL |
| THE APON-LIKE STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO THE GREATER CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH IS THE? | OMENTUM |
| WHICH MICROBES LIVE WITHOUT OXYGEN? | ANAEROBES |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN ABNORMAL TRACT BETWEEN TWO EPITHELIUM-LINED SURFACES THAT IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS? | FISTULA |
| WHAT IS THE ACTION OF ANTAGONIST DRUGS? | COUNTERACT THE ACTION OF ANOTHER DRUG |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONAL TERMS DESCRIBES THE TYPE OF SKIN PREP OF AN ENTIRE EXTREMITY? | CIRCUMDERENTIAL |
| WHAT ORGANS ARE EXCISED IF AN OVARIAN TUMOR IS MALIGNANT? | BILATERAL FALLOPIAN TUBES AND OVARIES, UTERUS |
| WHICH TERM REFERS TO AN ABNORMAL THORACIC CURVE OF THE SPINE REFERRED TO AS "HUNCHBACK" | KYPHOSIS |
| WHAT IS THE MEDICAL TERM FOR A BUNION? | HALLUX VALGUS |
| WHAT INCISION IS ALSO KNOWN AS A LOWER OBLIQUE? | INGUINAL |
| THE SMALL INTESTINE ATTACHES TO THE POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL BY THE? | MESENTARY |
| WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO ORGANISMS OCCUPY THE SAME AREA AND ONE ORGANISM BENEFITS WHILE THE OTHER IS UNHARMED | COMMENSALISM |
| A TOPICAL STEROID USED TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION AFTER EYE SURGERY IS? | DEPO-MEDROL |
| HOWIS THE SURGICAL INFORMED CONSENT SIGNED IF AN ADULT PATIENT IS ILLITERATE? | PATIENT MARKS WITH AN X AND WITNESS VERIFIES |
| WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD THE STRETCHER BE ORIENTED WHEN TRANSPORTING A PAIENT TO THE OR DEPARTMENT? | FEET FIRST, SIDE RAILS UP |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ROUTINE PREOPERATIVE LABORATORY STUDIES WOULD BE ORDERED FOR PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH NO HISTORY OF HYSTERCTOMY? | HCG |
| WHICH PORTION OF THE SURGICAL GOWN IS CONSIDERED NON-STERILE? | UPPER ARMS, NECKLINE AND AXILLARY REGION |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE URINARY CATHETER WITH A SMALL, CURVED TAPERED TIP USED ON PATIENTS WITH URETHRAL STRITURES? | COUDE |
| WHAT IS THE SURGICAL POSITION COMMONLY USED FOR THYROID AND GALLBLADDER SURGERY? | REVERSE TRENDELENBURG |
| A CONGENTIAL DEFECT IN WHICH THE FETAL BLOOD VESSEL BETWEEN THE PULMONARY ARTERY AND AORTA DOES NOT CLOSE? | PATENT DUCTURS ARTERIOSUS |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY USED PRESERVATIVE FOR TISSUE SPECIMENS? | FORMALIN |
| WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TAKEN FOR AN INCORRECT SPONGE COUNT? | NOTIFY SURGEON |
| THE MUMPS MAY BE DIAGNOSED BY FINDING INFLAMMATION IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GLANDS | PAROTID |
| WHAT INSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENT IS COMPLETED WHEN AN ADVERSE OR UNUSUAL EVENT TAKES PLACE IN THE OR THAT MAY HAVE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE STAFF OR PATIENT | INCIDENT REPORT |
| FOR WHICH PROCEDURE WOULD TRENDELENBURG POSITION PROVIDE OPTIMAL VISUALIZATION | HYSTERECTOMY |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A NONADHERENT DRESSING | ADAPTIC |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A FENESTRATED DRAPE | APERTURE |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DESCRIBES A HERNIA THAT OCCURS WITHIN HESSELBACH'S TRIANGLE | DIRECT |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INCISIONS IS OBLIQUE | KOCHER |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DILATORS ARE USED IN THE COMMON DUCT | BAKES |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A MICHANICAL METHOD OF HEMOSTASIS | LIGATURE |
| THE ORGAN THAT IS CONNECTED BY A DUCT TO THE DUODENUM IS THE | PANCREAS |
| A BRAIN TUMOR CAUSIN ALTERATION OF MUSCLE TONE, VOLUNTARY MUSCLE COORDINATION, GAIT AND BALANCE WOULD LIKELY BE LOCATED IN THE | CEREBELLUMM |
| WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A RELATIONSHIP THAT BENEFITS ONE ORGANISMAT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER | PARASITISM |
| WHAT TUPE OF DISEASE IS CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID ONSET AND A RAPID RECOVERY | ACUTE |
| WHICH ORGANELLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY | MITOCHONDRIA |
| WHAT TYPE OF ANESTHESIA IS A COMMBINATION OF INHALATION AND INTRAVENOUS DRUGS | BALANCED |
| WHO IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING THE SURGICAL INFORMED CONSENT | SURGEON |
| WHAT POSITION IS MOST COMMONLY USED FOR NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES | SUPINE |
| THE OUTER LAYER OF THE INSTESTINE | SEROSA |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE USED TO PREP THE DONOR SITE FOR A SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT | CHLORHEXIDINE |
| WHAT TYPE OF DRAPE WOULD BE USED FOR A FLANK PROCEDURE | TRANSVERSE |
| WHERE SHOULD THE SAFETY STRAP BE PLACED ON A PATIENT WHO IS IN THE SUPINE POSITION | OVER THE THIGHS |
| WHICH SURGICAL PROCEDURE IS PERFORMED TO CORRECT AN ABNORMALITY IN WHICH THE URETHRAL MEATUS IS SITUATED ON THE SUPERIOR ASPECT OF THE PENIS | EPISPADIAS REPAIR |
| WICH THERMAL METHOD OF HEMOSTASIS UTLIZES INTENSE, FOCUSED, LIGHT | LASER |
| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE | HYPERTENSION |
| THE LARYNX IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE | PHARYNX AND TRACHEA |
| THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF RETINAL DTACHMENT IS | TRAUMA |
| WHAT POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY | PULMONARY EMBOLISM |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TYPE OF PASSIVE DRAIN | PENROSE |
| THE VOCAL CORDS ARE LOCATED IN THE | LARYNX |
| WHAT TYPE OF ACQUIRED IMMUNITY IS A VACCINATION | ARTIFICIAL ACTIVE |
| WHEN WOULD THE ANESTHESIA PROVIDER REQUEST CRICOID PRESSURE | ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION |
| WHICH INSTRUMENT WOULD BE USED DURING A KERATOPLASTY TO REMOVE THE CORNEA | TREPHINE |
| WHAT IS THE REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSFER AN INCAPACITATED PATIENT FROM THE OR TABLE TO THE STRETCHER | FOUR |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS STATES THAT BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INFECTIOUS | STANDARD PRECAUTIONS |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF DISTRESS FOR TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL AGE PATIENTS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE OPERATING ROOM | SERPERATION ANXIETY |
| WHICH STRUCTURE HAS ORAL, NASAL, AND LARYNGEAL DIVISIONS | PHARYNX |
| OTOPLASTY IS PERFORMED TO CORRECT A CONGENITAL DEFORMITY OF WHICH STRUCTURE | EAR |
| AN INJURY A PATIENT SUSTAINS AS A RESULT OF THE CARE GIVEN BY A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IS CALLED | LATROGENIC |
| THE HIGHLY VASCULAR LAYER OF THE EYE THAT ABSORBS LIGHT RAYS AND NOURISHES THE RETINA IS THE | CHOROID |
| ACCORDING TO MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE PATIENT SATISFYING WHEN HE/SHE TRUST THE SURGICAL TEAMS ABILITIES | SAFETY |
| WHICH ANEURYSM USUALLY DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE RENAL AND ILIAC ARTERIES | ABDOMINAL AORTIC |
| THE AGENT USED TO FLUSH AN ARTERY TO PREVENT CLOTTING | HEPARIN |
| WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR REATTACHMENT OF A SEVERED DIGIT AFTER DEBRIDEMENT | BONE TO BONE FIXATION |
| WHAT TYPE OF SKIN GRAFT INCLUDES THE EPIDFERMIS AND ALL OF THE DERMIS | FULL THICKNESS |
| WHICH MUSCLE TYPE IS STRIATED AND VOLUNTARY | SKELETAL |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS REFERS TO ABSENCE OF THE EXTERNAL EAR | MICROTIA |
| WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT FOR A TOURNIQUET TO REMAIN ON AN ADULT LOWER EXTREMITY | 1 1/2 |
| WHICH ORGANISM CAUSES GAS GANGRENE | CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS |
| CHEST ROLLS SHOULD SPAN THE DISTANCE BILATERALLY BETWEEN WHICH TWO ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES | ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT TO ILIAC CREST |
| WHICH OSSICLE OF THE MIDDLE EAR COVERS THE OVAL WINDOW | STAPES |
| WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE KRASKE POSITION | JACKKNIFE |
| WHAT TYPE OF SPONGE IS TIGHTLY ROLLED COTTON TAPE USED BY SURGEONS FOR BLUNT DISSECTION | KITNER |
| WHICH OF THESE INSTRUMENTS WOULD BE USED DURING A KERATOPLASTY | COTTINGHAM PUNCH |
| A PARTIALLY DISLOCATED JOINT IS | SUBLUXATION |
| WHAT CONDITION IS CHARACTERIZED BY BUILD UP OF FATTY DEPOSITS SUCH AS CHOLESTEROL | ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
| PLASTER ROLLS FOR CASTING SHOULD BE SUBMERGED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING | LUKEWARM WATER |
| THE AVASCULAR, CLEAR PORTION OF THE EYE COVERING THE IRIS IS THE | CORNEA |
| HOW OFTEN SHOULD SURGICAL MASK BE CHANGED | AFTER EACH CASE |
| WHICH TERM DESCRIBES A ROD SHAPED MICROORGANISM | BACILLUS |
| WHEN USING THE WARM CYCLE OF THE ETO STERILZER, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN FARENHEIT | 85 |
| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE | REPOSITIONING PENETRATING TOWEL CLIP |
| WHICH LEGAL PRINCIPLE APPLIES WHEN THE PATIENT IS GIVEN THE WRONG DOSE OF THE LOCAL ANESTHETIC | RES IPSA LOQUITOR |
| THE SPACE BETWEEN THE VOCAL CORDS IS CALLED | BLOTTIS |
| WHICH BACTERIA COULD BE FOUND IN A PENETRATING WOUND CAUSED BY A RUSTY NAIL | Clostridium tetani |
| Which of the following retractors is used for spinal nerve roots | Love |
| What is another name for the electrosurgical unit's patient return electrode | Grounding pad |
| what size of Foley catheter is commonly used for adults | Foley |
| Which of the following tumors is typically benign, encapsulated, and arises from tissue covering the central nervous system structures | Schwannoma |
| The fibrous white layer that gives the eye it's shape | Sclera |
| What is the term for thread-like appendages that provide bacteria with motion | Flagella |
| what surgical position provides optimal visualization of the lower abdomen or pelvis | Trendelenburg |
| How many hours must an item submerse in glutaraldehyde to sterilize | 10 |
| When a patient's blood pressure is 135/81, 135 is the | Systolic |
| a term referring to a waxy secretion in the external ear canal is | Cerumen |
| Which of the following is an ossicle of the middle ear | Incus |
| What is the term for the process of removing blood from an extremity prior to inflating the pneumatic tourniquet | Exsanguination |
| Which of the following may require probing and dilating in pediatric patients with upper respiratory infections | Nasal duct |
| Which surgical team members is responsible for setting up the sterile field | Surgical Technologist |
| In what circumstances would cell-saver transfusion be contraindicated | Cancer procedures |
| Use of an intraluminal stapler (EEA) would be indicated for which of the following surgical procedures | Sigmoidectomy |
| Satinsky, Herrick, and Mayo clamps may be specifically used on which of the following structures | Kidney pedicle |
| The nasal cavity is divided into two portions by the | Septum |
| Which of the following is used by the surgeon to intermittently remove prostatic tissue fragments during a TURP | Ellik evacuator |
| Which type of hematoma is a result of torn bridging meningeal veins | Subdural |
| In addition to temperature, time and moisture, what is the fourth factor that determines the outcome of the steam sterilization process | Concentration |
| The Bowie-Dick test is performed | Monthly |
| The spiral, conical structure of the inner ear is the | Stapes |
| What is the name of the condition in which a loop of bowel herniates into the Douglas's cul-De-Sac | Cystocele |
| Which of these conditions is characterized by a fleshy encroachment of conjunctiva onto the cornea | Pterygium |
| Which procedure would be listed in OR schedule for patient undergoing surgical treatment of uterine fibroids | Myomectomy |
| Where is a Baker's cyst located | Popliteal fossa |
| Which of the following is a method of high level disinfection | 2% glutaraldehyde for 20 min |
| Another name for tympanic membrane is | Eardrum |
| What is the burn degree classification that involves the epidermis and subcutaneous tissue | Third |
| Which portion of the ear is affected by Meniere's syndrone | Inner |
| The cartilaginous nasal septum is anterior to which bone | Vomer |
| The most reliable method for termining the efficiency of moist heat sterilizers is the controlled use of biological indicators containing the organism | Bacillus stearothermophilus |
| Which neurosurgical pathology would a myelogram diagnose | Spinal Stenosis |
| How many hours must the steam sterilization biological indicator incubate | 24 |
| The nasal sinus located between the nose and the orbits is the | Ethmoid |
| What is the definition of otosclerosis | Bony overgrowth of stapes |
| Which of the following terms describes a fracture in which the bone penetrates the skin | Compound |
| For which of the following procedures would a McBurney incision be indicated | Appendectomy |
| What degrees Celsius is the steam sterilization biological indicator incubated | 55-60 |
| What is the medical term for removal of the uterus | Hysterectomy |
| Which of the following methods removes small organic particles and soil from the box locks and ratchets of instruments | Ultrasonic washer |
| What is the medical term for nosebleed | Epistaxis |
| What is the proper method for preparing a frazier suction tip for steam sterilization | Distilled water in lumen |
| Which of the following is a telescoping of the intestines in neonates requiring immediate surgical intervention | Intussusception |
| The minimum Fahrenheit temperature for sterilization to occur in a prevacuum steam sterilizer is | 270-276 |
| What is the name of the procedure for exision of the tunica vaginalis | Hydocelectomy |
| what is the minimum number of minutes to sterilize unwrapped metal instruments with lumens in the gravity displacement sterilizer at 270 degrees f | 10 |
| Which of the following terms means a prolapsed bladder causing a bulge in the anterior vaginal wall | Cystocele |
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