TCCC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2027
Question 1.
Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
Correct Answer: Treat the casualty Prevent additional casualties Complete the
mission
Question 2.
Which of the following of care in TCCC?
Correct Answer: is NOT one of the three phases Combat Life Saving Care
Question 3.
The preferred pain medication for someone who has wounds that are moderately painful
but not life-threatening and that do not keep him from functioning effectively as a
combatant:
Correct Answer: Meloxicam and Tylenol ER
Question 4.
The most common cause of potentially preventable death on the battlefield is blood loss
from non-com-pressible hemorrhage.
Correct Answer: True
Question 5.
The best battlefield Field Care are:
Correct Answer: indicators of shock during Tactical State of consciousness and
quality of the radial pulse
Question 6.
All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible.
Correct Answer: False
Question 7.
A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. She should be allowed to take
fluids by mouth if she is conscious and able to swallow.
Correct Answer: True
,Question 8.
Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has bleeding sites inside the
chest or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by diluting clotting factors or by
interfering with clot formation at the bleeding site.
Correct Answer: True
Question 9.
Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds.
Correct Answer: True
Question 10.
Which of the following Under Fire phase?
Correct Answer: is NOT appropriate to the Care Starting an IV
Question 11.
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when after
wounding:
Correct Answer: As soon as possible
Question 12.
What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the
chin-lift/jaw-thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who is
unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase:
Correct Answer: Nasopharyngeal airway
Question 13.
As a corpsman you three casualties. Which
Correct Answer: are confronted with the following Casualty C - heavy bleed-one
should be cared for first? ing from a thigh wound
Question 14.
The ideal management ting is not necessarily injury in a civilian
Correct Answer: of a casualty in a combat set- True the same as for the identical
setting.
Question 15.
The Tactical Combat ed in this course should what the tactical be treated.
, Correct Answer: Casualty Care guidelines present- False be followed exactly no
matter context in which the casualties must
Question 16.
A casualty has suffered As you watch him, with his breathing.
Correct Answer: a gunshot wound to the chest. Needle decompression he is
having more and more trouble for a suspected tension What is the best next
step: pneumothorax
Question 17.
A casualty has sustained He is conscious and up and leaning forward. scene. How should
Correct Answer: a gunshot wound to the face. maintaining his airway by sitting
A corpsman arrives on the Allow him to continue to the casualty's airway be
managed? sit up and lean forward as care is rendered
Question 18.
What is the best quick
Correct Answer: check for an adequate airway: Ask a question that requires a
verbal response from the casualty
Question 19.
The minimum amount of time in which a casualty could bleed to death from a femoral
(thigh) wound with heavy bleeding is approximately:
Correct Answer: 3 minutes
Question 20.
A casualty who has dying from hemorrhagic
Correct Answer: lost a liter of blood is in danger of False shock.
Question 21.
In an adult male, associated with death
Correct Answer: what level of blood loss is likely to be 2.5 liters from
hemorrhagic shock?
Question 22.
The preferred antibiotic in the Tactical Field Care phase is moxifloxacin. This medicine is
preferred because it:
Question 1.
Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
Correct Answer: Treat the casualty Prevent additional casualties Complete the
mission
Question 2.
Which of the following of care in TCCC?
Correct Answer: is NOT one of the three phases Combat Life Saving Care
Question 3.
The preferred pain medication for someone who has wounds that are moderately painful
but not life-threatening and that do not keep him from functioning effectively as a
combatant:
Correct Answer: Meloxicam and Tylenol ER
Question 4.
The most common cause of potentially preventable death on the battlefield is blood loss
from non-com-pressible hemorrhage.
Correct Answer: True
Question 5.
The best battlefield Field Care are:
Correct Answer: indicators of shock during Tactical State of consciousness and
quality of the radial pulse
Question 6.
All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible.
Correct Answer: False
Question 7.
A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. She should be allowed to take
fluids by mouth if she is conscious and able to swallow.
Correct Answer: True
,Question 8.
Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has bleeding sites inside the
chest or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by diluting clotting factors or by
interfering with clot formation at the bleeding site.
Correct Answer: True
Question 9.
Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds.
Correct Answer: True
Question 10.
Which of the following Under Fire phase?
Correct Answer: is NOT appropriate to the Care Starting an IV
Question 11.
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when after
wounding:
Correct Answer: As soon as possible
Question 12.
What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the
chin-lift/jaw-thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who is
unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase:
Correct Answer: Nasopharyngeal airway
Question 13.
As a corpsman you three casualties. Which
Correct Answer: are confronted with the following Casualty C - heavy bleed-one
should be cared for first? ing from a thigh wound
Question 14.
The ideal management ting is not necessarily injury in a civilian
Correct Answer: of a casualty in a combat set- True the same as for the identical
setting.
Question 15.
The Tactical Combat ed in this course should what the tactical be treated.
, Correct Answer: Casualty Care guidelines present- False be followed exactly no
matter context in which the casualties must
Question 16.
A casualty has suffered As you watch him, with his breathing.
Correct Answer: a gunshot wound to the chest. Needle decompression he is
having more and more trouble for a suspected tension What is the best next
step: pneumothorax
Question 17.
A casualty has sustained He is conscious and up and leaning forward. scene. How should
Correct Answer: a gunshot wound to the face. maintaining his airway by sitting
A corpsman arrives on the Allow him to continue to the casualty's airway be
managed? sit up and lean forward as care is rendered
Question 18.
What is the best quick
Correct Answer: check for an adequate airway: Ask a question that requires a
verbal response from the casualty
Question 19.
The minimum amount of time in which a casualty could bleed to death from a femoral
(thigh) wound with heavy bleeding is approximately:
Correct Answer: 3 minutes
Question 20.
A casualty who has dying from hemorrhagic
Correct Answer: lost a liter of blood is in danger of False shock.
Question 21.
In an adult male, associated with death
Correct Answer: what level of blood loss is likely to be 2.5 liters from
hemorrhagic shock?
Question 22.
The preferred antibiotic in the Tactical Field Care phase is moxifloxacin. This medicine is
preferred because it: