Q. 1
Which of the following needs an urgent thoracotomy?
- a. Hemothorax draining 1.5 liters as tube is inserted or draining more than 200mL every hour
- b. Fall chest
- c. Tension pneumothorax
- d. Hemothorax draining 1.5 liters in 24 hours
- e. Hemothorax draining 1.5 liters in 48 hours
- Answer: A
Q. 2
What is considered as the turnover time in an operation room?
- a. Delay between cases
- b. Delayed interval between cases
- c. Time for patient to relax
- d. Time for nurses to relax
- e. Time between a patient’s exit until the next patient’s entry in the same OR.
- Answer: A
Q. 3
When cleaning surgical instruments, which of the following detergents must be used?
- a. High pH detergent
- b. Low pH detergent
- c. Neutral pH detergent
- d. Both high and low pH detergent
- e. Highest pH detergent
- Answer: A
Q. 4
Which of the following is known as autoclaving?
- a. Ethylene oxide sterilization
- b. Chemical sterilization
- c. Dry heat sterilization
- d. Glass bead sterilization
- e. Steam sterilization
- Answer: A
Q. 5
Which of the following is used for opening skin and ribs?
- a. Retractors
- b. Distractors
- c. Mechanical cutters
- d. Dilators
- e. Drills
- Answer: A
Q. 6
Which of the following instruments is used for occluding the blood vessels?
- a. Anaesthesia forceps
- b. Biopsy forceps
- c. Bone-cutting forceps
- d. Magill forceps
- e. Kelly’s forceps
- Answer: A
Q. 7
When is Deaver’s retractor used in a surgery?
- a. To hold the edges of an abdominal opening
- b. To widen an incision
- c. To keep the wound dry
- d. To hold the tissues in neuro-surgery
- e. To expose bones
- Answer: A
Q. 8
Which of the following instruments will hold the tissue without slipping?
- a. Rat tooth forceps
- b. Adson tissue forceps
- c. Allis intestinal tissue forceps
- d. Babcock intestinal tissue forceps
- e. Sponge forceps
- Answer: A
Q. 9
When dropping instruments from sterile packs into a sterile tray, how much distance must the packs be held at by the nurse?
- a. 1 inch
- b. 2 inches
- c. 3 inches
- d. 4 inches
- e. 5 inches
- Answer: A
Q. 10
What is antisepsis in a surgical unit?
- a. Use of sterile instruments
- b. Use of gloves
- c. Use of no touch technique
- d. Absence of infectious organism
- e. Removal of transient micro-organisms from skin
- Answer: A
Q. 11
Which one of the following surgical skin-preparation agents acts by oxidation?
- a. Isopropylene
- b. Isopropyl alcohol
- c. Chlorhexidine
- d. Hexidine
- e. Povidone-iodine
- Answer: A
Q. 12
When pouring fluids in the sterile operation tray, which area or method is considered as sterile?
- a. Outer cap of pouring container
- b. Inner cap and lip of the container
- c. Whole container
- d. Splashing the fluid in the tray
- e. Spraying the fluid
- Answer: A
Q. 13
Which one of the following statements is not correct about surgical asepsis?
- a. All articles in the sterile tray must be sterile
- b. Moist areas are always sterile
- c. Gowns are sterile in the front, from chest to waist
- d. Tables are sterile when seen at or above the level of the table
- e. Non-sterile items should not cross above a sterile field
- Answer: A
Q. 14
Which of the following rejections is caused by preformed anti-donor antibodies?
- a. Acute rejection
- b. Hyperacute rejection
- c. Chronic rejection
- d. Non-adherence rejection
- e. Non-rejection
- Answer: A
Q. 15
Which of the following is not a complication of post kidney transplantation?
- a. Rejection
- b. Infection
- c. Sepsis
- d. Obesity
- e. Tuberculosis
- Answer: A