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Surgical First Assistant Certification Examination MCQs (1,068)
Our question bank for the Surgical First Assistant Certification Examination covers four Cognitive Difficulty Levels:
Level 1
352 Questions
Level 2
597 Questions
Level 3
105 Questions
Level 4
14 Questions
- Allergy and Immunology - 7 questions
- Cardiovascular - 244 questions
- Musculoskeletal - 298 questions
- Ears Nose and Throat - 69 questions
- Endocrine and Metabolism - 40 questions
- Ophthalmology - 24 questions
- Gastrointestinal and Nutrition - 150 questions
- Renal, Urinary and Electrolytes - 68 questions
- Human Growth and Development - 10 questions
- Gynecologic - 54 questions
- Hematology and Oncology - 52 questions
- Infectious Diseases - 115 questions
- Skin & Subcutaneous Tissue - 84 questions
- Nervous - 201 questions
- Pregnancy, Childbirth & Puerperium - 24 questions
- Psychiatric/Behavioral & Substance Use Disorder - 4 questions
- Pulmonary & Critical Care - 50 questions
- Poisoning & Environmental Exposure - 139 questions
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology - 11 questions
- Dental - 5 questions
- Reproductive - 15 questions
- Social Sciences (Ethics/Legal/Professional) - 37 questions
- Traumatic Injuries - 27 questions
- Manage Care and Comply Regulations - 14 questions
- Promote Safety and Minimize Infection - 98 questions
- Health Promotion & Maintenance (Prevent Problems) - 25 questions
- Basic Care and Comfort (Assist Daily Living Tasks) - 14 questions
- Pharm/Parenteral Therapy (Drugs/Vital Signs) - 34 questions
- Reduction Risk (Post Procedure) - 34 questions
- Physiological Adaptation (Care Ill Patients) - 393 questions
- Psychosocial (Mental Health Patient/Family) - 3 questions
- Professional Practice - 6 questions
- Process (Analysis, Assess, Eval, Implement, Plan) - 513 questions
- Caring (Hope and Support) - 3 questions
- Communication/Documentation (Oral, Written, EMR) - 16 questions
- Teaching/Learning (Promotes Behavior Change) - 7 questions
- Culture/Spiritualilty (Beliefs, Practices, Ethics) - 11 questions
- Causes - 270 questions
- Classification - 116 questions
- Differential - 76 questions
- Evaluation Diagnostic Tests - 24 questions
- Evaluation Lab - 37 questions
- Evaluation Monitoring - 20 questions
- Evaluation Procedures - 58 questions
- Evaluation Radiologic - 116 questions
- Health Maint Prevention Public Health - 59 questions
- History Physical - 479 questions
- Legal - 22 questions
- Patient Education - 10 questions
- Prognosis Complications - 183 questions
- Toxicology - 5 questions
- Treatment Medical - 93 questions
- Treatment Occupation/Physical Therapy - 4 questions
- Treatment Prehospital/EMS/Disaster - 4 questions
- Treatment Radiation - 1 questions
- Treatment Rehabilitation - 3 questions
- Treatment Surgical - 387 questions
- Healthcare Ethics - 21 questions
- Clinical Education - 62 questions
- Environmental - 5 questions
- Airway Management - 4 questions
- Pain Management - 4 questions
- Sedation and Analgesic Management - 13 questions
- Ventilatory Management - 3 questions
- Research and Evidence-Based Medicine - 1 questions
- Resource Utilization - 2 questions
- Vulnerable Populations - 1 questions
- Therapeutics (Drug treatment) - 22 questions
- Drug Information - 35 questions
- Pharmaceutics (Safely dosing medications) - 8 questions
- Pharmacokinetics (Drug movement in body) - 7 questions