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CRCST Sterile Processing Technician Exam — Practice

Departmental Considerations: practice questions

Our CRCST bank has 38 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1

Which of these is a quality benchmark an SPD might track?

  1. Cafeteria wait time at lunch
  2. Patient room temperature on each unit
  3. Tray accuracy from tray audits
  4. Number of parking spaces used by staff
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C. Tray accuracy from tray audits — The outline lists tray audits, IUSS rates, turnaround time, case cart accuracy and inventory fill rates as QA benchmarks.

Question 2

Relative humidity in sterile processing work areas other than sterile storage should generally be kept within which range, per the CDC guideline?

  1. 10–20%
  2. 30–60%
  3. 80–95%
  4. 60–80%
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B. 30–60% — CDC gives 30–60% relative humidity for work areas, with sterile storage allowed up to 70%.

Question 3

Which quality method focuses mainly on removing waste and non-value-added steps?

  1. Six Sigma
  2. Lean
  3. Root cause of BI failure
  4. Spaulding
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B. Lean — Lean targets waste (waiting, motion, excess inventory); Six Sigma targets variation and defects.

Question 4

The CDC guideline divides central processing into at least three areas. Which list is correct?

  1. Soiled utility; clean utility; operating room core
  2. Decontamination; sterilization; patient care equipment
  3. Decontamination; packaging; sterilization and storage
  4. Receiving; assembly and packaging; case cart staging
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C. Decontamination; packaging; sterilization and storage — Central processing should be divided into decontamination, packaging, and sterilization and storage, with physical barriers separating decontamination from the rest.

Question 5

How do industry standards such as ANSI/AAMI documents differ from federal regulations?

  1. They are federal laws enforced by OSHA inspectors
  2. They are voluntary consensus standards
  3. They apply only to manufacturers in Europe
  4. They override the manufacturer's IFU in every case
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B. They are voluntary consensus standards — AAMI standards are consensus recommendations; they become binding through facility policy, accreditation expectations or FDA recognition, not by themselves.

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