practice

Question 1

A postoperative total arthroplasty patient presents to the emergency department with severe throbbing pain, fever, and malaise. Which of the following is the likely diagnosis?

Answer 1

osteomyelitis

Question 2

Which of the following is used to stabilize a fractured finger?

Answer 2

Kirschner wires

Question 3

Which of the following is the primary purpose for changing into operative room attire?

Answer 3

to prevent the spread of microorganisms

Question 4

A surg tech is assigned to a room where the patient happens to be his neighbor. To protect confidentiality, the tech should indicate that he knows the patient and

Answer 4

request to be removed from the room

Question 5

Mannitol (Osmitrol) is used in neurosurgical procedures to

Answer 5

decrease intracranial pressure

Question 6

Which of the following lies between the lung and the chest wall?

Answer 6

pleura

Question 7

Which of the following is applied as a nonadherent dressing?

Answer 7

adaptic

Question 8

If the VII cranial nerve is severed, which of the following is the result?

Answer 8

facial paralysis

Question 9

When assisting with the closure of a skin incision and operating the skin stapler, the surg tech in the scrub role is placing the staples through which two layers?

Answer 9

cuticular and subcuticular

Question 10

During which of the following surgeries is a Meckel’s diverticulum typically discovered?

Answer 10

appendectomy

Question 11

Which of the following layers are transected when a subcostal flank incision is used for a nephrectomy?

Answer 11

oblique muscles

Question 12

A perforator is used for which of the following procedures?

Answer 12

craniotomy

Question 13

In preparation for a cranial aneurysm, which of the following pieces of equipment would MOST likely be used?

Answer 13

microscope (to visualize the aneurysm for clipping)

Question 14

During strabismus surgery, which of the following is the first tissue layer that must be incised?

Answer 14

conjunctiva

Question 15

What is the colored membrane between the lens and the cornea in the aqueous humor?

Answer 15

iris

Question 16

What is the clear anterior part of the fibrous coat of the eye?

Answer 16

cornea

Question 17

What is the outermost tissue layer of the eye?

Answer 17

conjunctiva

Question 18

When can instrument counts be omitted?

Answer 18

if an emergency procedure must be performed

Question 19

In which of the following positions is a patient placed for a right nephrectomy?

Answer 19

left lateral kidney

Question 20

Why is the right kidney typically several centimeters lower than the left kidney?

Answer 20

the liver rests superior and anterior to the right kidney

Question 21

What is the minimum exposure time in a time flash sterilizer for unwrapped instruments?

Answer 21

3 minutes

Question 22

If a routine surgical procedure was performed without consent, the surgeon committed

Answer 22

battery

Question 23

What is assault?

Answer 23

the threat of unlawful touching of another or willful attempt to harm

Question 24

What is malpractice?

Answer 24

professional misconduct that results in harm to another

Question 25

What is liability?

Answer 25

a health care provider’s responsibility, even if not at fault, for any injury or harm done to a patient