ONCC CFPN Certification Sample Questions

The CC Institute Certified Foundational Perioperative Nurse Certification Sample Question Set on this page is designed to familiarize you with the actual ONCC CFPN exam format and question types. These sample questions help you understand how questions are structured and what to expect on test day. While they provide a useful starting point, they represent only a limited preview of the real exam experience.

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ONCC CFPN Sample Questions:

01. A display in an operating room shows that the room's ventilation parameters have moved outside the range the facility maintains.
What should the perioperative nurse do?
a) Adjust the room's controls to bring the parameters back within the required range
b) Close the room's doors and limit traffic until the parameters return to range
c) Report it through the facility's route so engineering can respond, and tell the team
d) Record the reading and continue, since the display is monitored centrally by the facility

02. A patient requiring airborne precautions must undergo an urgent procedure.
Which combination of measures should the perioperative team plan?
a) Standard precautions alone, since the operating room's ventilation and air exchange exceed those of an ordinary patient room
b) Contact precautions with a surgical mask worn by the patient during transport only
c) Airborne precautions applied only after the procedure, when the room is cleaned
d) Airborne precautions with respiratory protection for personnel, limited traffic, and planned room recovery after the case

03. A prophylactic antibiotic has been ordered for a patient undergoing a surgical procedure.
What is the principle governing when the dose is given?
a) It is given before incision so that tissue concentrations are established when the wound is made
b) It is given after closure so that the wound is protected during the postoperative period
c) It is given once the procedure is under way and the extent of contamination is apparent
d) It is given at the moment of incision so that the dose coincides with the start of the procedure

04. A surgical team uses a designated neutral zone for passing sharps during procedures.
What does this practice accomplish?
a) It allows the scrub person to keep an accurate count of needles, blades, and other sharps in use
b) It removes hand-to-hand contact during sharp transfers, reducing percutaneous injury
c) It keeps the sharp within the sterile field, on the instrument mat, and away from the incision
d) It speeds up instrument exchange, so that the surgeon's attention, rather than the instrument, stays on the field

05. Facility practice requires that an alcohol-based surgical skin preparation be fully dry before the drapes are applied.
What is the principal reason for this requirement?
a) The antiseptic does not achieve its antimicrobial effect until dry
b) Residual solution on the skin can conduct current away from the active electrode
c) Vapor trapped beneath the drapes can ignite when an energy source is used
d) Wet solution weakens the adhesive that secures an incise drape to the skin

06. Sequential compression sleeves are to be applied to a patient's legs before a lengthy procedure.
What should the perioperative nurse do before applying them?
a) Confirm that the surgeon has ordered mechanical prophylaxis for this procedure
b) Check that the sleeves are the correct size, measured at the widest point, and applied without wrinkles
c) Confirm with the anesthesia professional that compression will not interfere with the monitoring
d) Check and record the condition of the skin and the pulses in both legs

07. The circulating nurse is busy documenting and asks an unlicensed assistive team member to help.
Which task may appropriately be delegated?
a) Participating in the surgical count on behalf of the circulating nurse
b) Positioning the anesthetized patient and determining the padding required
c) Retrieving a specified supply item and bringing it to the room
d) Performing the patient identification and verification with the patient on arrival

08. The surgical count is under way at the end of a procedure. Music is playing, two staff members are discussing the next case, and a telephone is ringing in the room.
What is the circulating nurse's most appropriate action?
a) Continue the count and repeat it afterwards if there is any doubt about the result
b) Ask the staff members to leave the room until the count has been completed
c) Move to a quieter part of the room to complete the count with the scrub person
d) Ask that the room be quiet so the count can be completed without interruption

09. Which statement is written as a measurable expected outcome for a perioperative patient?
a) The patient's skin at the dependent pressure points will be intact at the end of the procedure
b) The patient will not be harmed during the perioperative period
c) The nurse will pad all bony prominences before the procedure begins
d) The patient will understand the importance of preventing infection

10. Why must an unscrubbed team member never reach across a sterile field?
a) Reaching across places the person's arm within the boundary of the sterile field
b) Passing over the field carries organisms from unsterile clothing and skin onto it
c) The scrubbed team cannot see the approach and may collide with the person reaching over
d) The movement disturbs the room's airflow and draws air from outside the field over it

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