RED CROSS INSTRUCTOR CORE EXAM TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of
the following is most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first?
a. Begin giving ventilations to the victim.
b. Call for a change in position to assist with CPR.
c. Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
d. Have the first lifeguard stop CPR to allow for victim reassessment. - ✔✔C
✔✔14. Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilations to protect
you and the victim from disease transmission? a. Resuscitation masks
b. Protective clothing
c. Gowns
d. Protective eye wear - ✔✔A
✔✔You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of
a ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first?
a. Ask the victim what happened when they fell.
b. Obtain consent from the victim to provide care.
c. Check the victim's pulse.
d. Question the victim about any complaints of pain. - ✔✔B
✔✔16. For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel?
a. A victim with a minor cut on the forearm that is lightly bleeding
b. A victim with an airway obstruction who is forcefully coughing
c. A victim with intermittent abdominal pressure
d. A victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding - ✔✔D
✔✔While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been
rescued from the water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no
severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do next?
a. Give 5 abdominal thrusts.
b. Immediately begin CPR, starting with chest compressions.
c. Place the victim in the recovery position.
d. Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR. - ✔✔D
✔✔If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or
an infant, you should:
a. Place one pad on the stomach and one pad on the chest.
b. Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back.
c. Place them as usual. It does not matter if the pads touch each other.
d. Reverse the pads' position on the chest. - ✔✔B
, ✔✔You have sized up the scene, formed an initial impression and determined the
scene is safe. When starting the primary assessment, which of the following would you
do first?
a. Summon EMS personnel
b. Check for responsiveness
c. Open the victim's airway
d. Check for breathing and a pulse - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs)
is most accurate?
a. BVMs are readily available at all emergency scenes.
b. Monitoring the victim for full exhalation is not required.
c. Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM.
d. When used by a single rescuer, BVMs allow easy coordination with chest
compressions. - ✔✔C
✔✔You are preparing to give ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation
mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:
a. 1 second.
b. 2 seconds.
c. 5-6 seconds.
d. 3 seconds. - ✔✔D
✔✔22. When performing chest compressions during CPR, you should give
compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute?
a. Between 100 and 120
b. Between 60 and 80
c. Between 120 and 140
d. Between 140 and 160 - ✔✔A
✔✔23. An AED has advised that a shock should be given. Which of the following is
appropriate?
a. Apply new AED pads to the victim's chest.
b. Begin chest compressions immediately.
c. Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim.
d. Cover the AED pads with a blanket. - ✔✔C
✔✔24. You are about to apply AED pads to a victim's chest when you notice that the
victim has several body piercings with jewelry on their chest. Which of the following
should you do?
a. Remove the jewelry before applying the pads.
b. Use one pad, applying it directly over the jewelry.
c. Wipe the chest, including the jewelry, with alcohol.
d. Apply the pads to the chest, at least 1 inch away from the jewelry - ✔✔D
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of
the following is most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first?
a. Begin giving ventilations to the victim.
b. Call for a change in position to assist with CPR.
c. Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
d. Have the first lifeguard stop CPR to allow for victim reassessment. - ✔✔C
✔✔14. Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilations to protect
you and the victim from disease transmission? a. Resuscitation masks
b. Protective clothing
c. Gowns
d. Protective eye wear - ✔✔A
✔✔You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of
a ladder. The victim is responsive. Which of the following should you do first?
a. Ask the victim what happened when they fell.
b. Obtain consent from the victim to provide care.
c. Check the victim's pulse.
d. Question the victim about any complaints of pain. - ✔✔B
✔✔16. For which of the following should you summon EMS personnel?
a. A victim with a minor cut on the forearm that is lightly bleeding
b. A victim with an airway obstruction who is forcefully coughing
c. A victim with intermittent abdominal pressure
d. A victim with an open leg wound with the bone protruding - ✔✔D
✔✔While performing a primary assessment on an unresponsive adult who has been
rescued from the water, you find that they have only occasional gasps, no pulse and no
severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do next?
a. Give 5 abdominal thrusts.
b. Immediately begin CPR, starting with chest compressions.
c. Place the victim in the recovery position.
d. Give 2 ventilations and begin CPR. - ✔✔D
✔✔If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or
an infant, you should:
a. Place one pad on the stomach and one pad on the chest.
b. Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back.
c. Place them as usual. It does not matter if the pads touch each other.
d. Reverse the pads' position on the chest. - ✔✔B
, ✔✔You have sized up the scene, formed an initial impression and determined the
scene is safe. When starting the primary assessment, which of the following would you
do first?
a. Summon EMS personnel
b. Check for responsiveness
c. Open the victim's airway
d. Check for breathing and a pulse - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs)
is most accurate?
a. BVMs are readily available at all emergency scenes.
b. Monitoring the victim for full exhalation is not required.
c. Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM.
d. When used by a single rescuer, BVMs allow easy coordination with chest
compressions. - ✔✔C
✔✔You are preparing to give ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation
mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:
a. 1 second.
b. 2 seconds.
c. 5-6 seconds.
d. 3 seconds. - ✔✔D
✔✔22. When performing chest compressions during CPR, you should give
compressions at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute?
a. Between 100 and 120
b. Between 60 and 80
c. Between 120 and 140
d. Between 140 and 160 - ✔✔A
✔✔23. An AED has advised that a shock should be given. Which of the following is
appropriate?
a. Apply new AED pads to the victim's chest.
b. Begin chest compressions immediately.
c. Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim.
d. Cover the AED pads with a blanket. - ✔✔C
✔✔24. You are about to apply AED pads to a victim's chest when you notice that the
victim has several body piercings with jewelry on their chest. Which of the following
should you do?
a. Remove the jewelry before applying the pads.
b. Use one pad, applying it directly over the jewelry.
c. Wipe the chest, including the jewelry, with alcohol.
d. Apply the pads to the chest, at least 1 inch away from the jewelry - ✔✔D
