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CST — Certified Surgical Technologist Exam Prep
3H SurgTechStory — a story makes it stick. Built to help you walk in ready.
📚 1,000 practice questions✓ Every answer explained🗂 50 study chapters🌐 App interface in 20 languages
🎯 Start free — right now
- ✓ The first story, free
- ✓ The first chapter of questions, free
- ✓ A 10-question mini diagnostic, free
- ✓ One full practice mock exam, free
- ✓ No card required to start
The free parts live inside the app itself. Buying unlocks the full question bank in the same app — your progress carries over.
What's inside
- ✓ Story lessons that carry the rules inside a plot you remember
- ✓ 1,000 original practice questions, grouped in 50 chapters
- ✓ An explanation for every answer choice — why it is right, or why it is not
- ✓ Real-format mock exams, a wrong-answer deck, and weakest-topic practice
- ✓ Learning notes that appear in the language you choose — English explanations are always complete
📋 About the real exam
- Who runs the exam
- The Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) examination is owned and administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA). The program is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).
- Format
- 175 multiple-choice items in 4 hours, computer-based at PSI test centers: 150 scored items and 25 unscored pretest items distributed at random through the exam.
- Content outline
- The outline effective January 1, 2023 divides the 150 scored items into Perioperative Care (97: preoperative 19, intraoperative 68, postoperative 10), Ancillary Duties (23), and Basic Science (30).
- Passing score
- NBSTSA publishes the passing score as a count of scored questions: 98 of the 150 scored questions. The 25 pretest items do not count toward your result. Confirm the current figure on the NBSTSA CST page before test day.
- How many people take it
- A candidate count for the CST examination was not published in the sources consulted for this edition, so this app does not print one. See NBSTSA for current certification information.
- Results
- NBSTSA issues your official result and the CST credential. Certification runs on a two-year cycle with continuing education. This app cannot predict or influence your result.
Fees, formats and rules change — always confirm the final details on the official exam site before you apply.
🧾 Exam-day checklist — preview
- ☐ Government-issued photo ID — the name must match your application
- ☐ Your exam confirmation or scheduling notice
- ☐ Arrive 30 minutes early — late arrivals can be turned away
- ☐ Know what you may bring: most test centers ban phones and notes
- ☐ Eat, sleep, and plan the route the night before — not the morning of
- ☐ Check the official exam site the day before for last-minute changes
The full checklist for this exam — what to bring, what the center provides, and the morning-of routine — lives inside the app.
Questions
- Is this the official exam?
- No. These are original practice questions in a study app. 3H TestPrep apps are study aids with original practice questions. They are not official exams, are not affiliated with any testing organization or government agency, and do not provide or replace any required education, training, or certification.
- Is it a subscription?
- No. One payment of $49 and it is yours to keep — no expiry, nothing renews. The only time-limited product we sell is the All-Access Pass (one year), and it never auto-renews.
- Will this make me pass?
- No app can promise that, and we will not pretend to. What we can give you is the whole question bank, an explanation for every answer, and a readiness score that shows exactly where you stand — the rest is your study, and we built this to make every hour of it count.
- How do I unlock the full app after buying?
- Your receipt email carries an unlock code (see Redeem a code). Type it into the app once — it works offline, and your free-trial progress stays.
3H TestPrep apps are study aids with original practice questions. They are not official exams, are not affiliated with any testing organization or government agency, and do not provide or replace any required education, training, or certification.
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