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CSPDT practice test

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.

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3 htimed exam, 150 questions
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Question 1 of 5 · Preparation and Handling

During inspection at the packaging station, dried blood is found in a clamp's box lock. What is the NEXT step?

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No question count to pick, no modes, no settings. The CSPDT practice test decides what to ask you next.

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    Press Practice

    You get 10 questions picked for you. Keep going for 5 more as long as you like, or stop whenever. Nothing is lost.

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    Answer, then see why

    Every answer shows the right one and the reason for it, so a wrong answer still teaches you something. Hard words are underlined in practice: tap one to see what it means.

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    Sit the exam when your score is ready

    Your score sits next to the 70% pass mark. When it stays over, sit the full exam: 150 questions in 3 hours.

What's on the CSPDT exam

CBSPD publishes how much of the exam comes from each area. Our timed exam deals its questions in the same shares, so it feels like the real one.

Instrument photo questions count toward Preparation and Handling, where the real exam asks them.

CBSPD CSPDT content outlineShare of the exam
Decontamination and Disinfection 19%
Sterilization 18%
Preparation and Handling 16%
Roles and Responsibilities 13%
Sterile Storage, Inventory Management and Distribution 11%
Life Science 9%
Ethics 8%
Patient Care Equipment 6%

The CSPDT isn’t written from a single book.

“The purchase of the study material, books or courses is optional … they are not the best or only means of preparation for the Technician exam.”CBSPD, 2025 Technician Candidate Bulletin
What you needYour bookThis test
Explains the material
Asks you questions at your level–
Finds the areas you're weak in–
Times you like the real exam–
What our 1,038 written questions citeEvery answer prints its source
IAHCSMM Central Service Technical Manual724
Frey, Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist264
Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery233
Kotcher Fuller, Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice228
CDC infection control guidelines157
Nemitz, Surgical Instrumentation74
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary32
OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard31
AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice21

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Is the CSPDT practice test free?

Yes. Five new CSPDT questions every day with the answers explained, the same five for everyone. No account needed. A free account keeps your days. Pro opens all 1,121 questions and the timed exam.

How many questions are on the CSPDT exam?

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. Our timed exam matches it: 150 questions in 3 hours, and 70% passes.

Does the CSPDT practice test have answers and rationales?

Every question. After each answer you see the right one and the reason for it, in practice and on today's five. On the timed exam you see them all when you hand it in, the way you would want to review a real one.

Is there a CSPDT practice test PDF?

No. The questions live online so the answer and its reason show the moment you answer, and practice can pick your next question from what you missed. A PDF can do neither. It works on any phone or computer, nothing to download.

Is it up to date for 2026?

Yes. It is built on the current CSPDT content outline: its areas are the exam's own, shown above with the share of the exam each one takes.

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