Practice tests for the NBSTSA CST, NCCT TS-C, HSPA CRCST, CBSPD CSPDT and NBSTSA CSFA, built on each exam's official outline, with the reason behind every answer. Five questions a day are free, no account needed.
Each one has its own questions, its own outline and its own timed exam, set to the real length, clock and pass mark.
The Certified Surgical Technologist exam from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. 175 questions, 150 of them scored, in four hours.
The Tech in Surgery – Certified exam from the National Center for Competency Testing. 175 questions, 150 of them scored, in four hours.
The Certified Registered Central Service Technician exam from the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association. 150 questions, 125 of them scored, in three hours.
The Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician exam from the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution. 150 questions, 125 of them scored, in three hours.
The Certified Surgical First Assistant exam from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. 175 questions, 150 of them scored, in four hours.
Every answer prints its source, so you can look it up.
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| Brings back what you missed | — | |
| Times you like the real exam | — |
Keep your book and read it. Then find out if it stuck, before the exam does.
It looks simple because the work happens behind it. Every set is built for you, from everything you have answered so far.
Questions are aimed so you get about 3 in 4 right. Hard enough that you learn, easy enough that you keep going. As you get better, the questions get harder.
Each question's difficulty comes from how every student answered it the first time, and it keeps updating. Nobody guesses which questions are hard. The answers show it.
Miss one and it returns later, once you've had time to learn it. No separate "missed questions" list to manage.
Every answer is scored by area of the exam. An area under the pass mark gets more of your practice until it catches up.
Pick the Metzenbaum when it was the Mayo, and those two start showing up as each other's wrong answers until you can tell them apart.
The same length and clock as the real exam, dealt by area in the same shares as the official outline. Skip, flag, go back and change an answer, then hand it in.
Your score is your last 100 answers against the exam’s pass mark. Under it, one sentence tells you what to work on next, and why.
Pro opens every question and every timed exam on this page, plus every surgical setup and the full instrument library. Switch exams any time; your progress stays with your account.
A study site and apps for surgical techs and students, made by surgical techs. It has the real back table for 259 procedures, 2,882 instruments with photos, and practice for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA. Programs use it to teach and students use it to study. You can start free, and Pro opens all of it.
Any time, from your dashboard, and you keep Pro until the period you already paid for runs out. No email, no phone call, no retention script.
One account covers the website and the apps. Study on the bus, review on the unit, and your progress is the same everywhere. It lives on the account, not the device.
You don't need one. Without a date the daily lesson is 10 questions built from what you are weakest on. Set a date later and it grows on its own as the date gets closer.
Nothing is deleted. Your streak, your history and everything you have mastered are still there if you come back, and the free tier keeps working.
For the setups and instruments, yes: 259 trays and 2,882 instruments, tested until you are quick with them. For the exam it is practice, written to the exam's official outline, with full timed exams. It does not replace your program's textbook.