LIRR BLOCK OPERATOR CORE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔At the scene of a car crash, power lines are lying on the roof of the car. You see two
people inside the car. What should you do?
a. call the power company
b. don rubber gloves before approaching the car
c. rapidly extricate the patients from the car
d. call for additional resources - ✔✔a. call the power company
✔✔An 19 yr old male was assaulted. He refuses to look at you or answer your
questions. What should you do?
a. Speak to him in a calm manner
b. call for law enforcement assistance
c. give him the option to sign a refusal form.
d. perform a head - to - toe physical exam - ✔✔a. Speak to him in a calm manner
✔✔You are transferring an 89 yr old female to a nursing home when she begins to
complain of stabbing chest pain and difficulty breathing. The nearest hospital is 2 min
away and an ALS ambulance is seven minutes away. What should you do?
a. Administer oxygen and contact medical control
b. Transport to the ED with lights and sirens
c. Rapidly transport her to the nursing home
d. Administer oxygen and wait for the ALS ambulance - ✔✔b. Transport to the ED with
lights and sirens
✔✔A 56 yr old male has been in cardiac arrest for the past 15 minutes. You start CPR
and his asks his son asks you, "Is he going to live?" How should you respond?
a. "CPR is not working and we are trying to keep him alive"
b. "His heart stopped and we are doing our best to revive him"
c. "I'm sorry. He appears to be pulseless and apneic"
d. "We're very busy and cannot talk to you right now" - ✔✔b. "His heart stopped and we
are doing our best to revive him"
✔✔A power line fell at the site of a car crash. You can hear a baby crying from inside
the car. What should you do?
a. Establish a danger zone around the power line
b. Approach the car on the opposite side of the power line
c. Call the fire department
, d. Push the power line away with a dry wooden stick - ✔✔a. Establish a danger zone
around the power line
✔✔A 78yr old male has dementia and has become combative toward staff members at
the nursing home. He threatens to "punch your lights out". How do you restrain them?
a. Immobilized to a long backboard
b. Tape
c. Handcuffs
d. Soft restraints - ✔✔d. Soft restraints
✔✔What is the term for the information you document in your patient care report that
the patient shares with you?
a. Assessment based
b. Opinion based
c. Subjective
d. Objective - ✔✔c. Subjective
✔✔At a multiple casualty incident, a 21 year old male is crying out with severe arm pain.
He has a 3 inch subdermal laceration with swelling behind his ear. Which START traige
category should you assign to this patient?
a. Immediate
b. Delayed
c. Critical
d. Minor - ✔✔d. Minor
✔✔How would you document a patient's heart rate of 110 beats per minute with evenly
timed beats?
a. Bradycardic and regular
b. Bradycardic and irregular
c. Tachycardic and irregular
d. Tachycardic and regular - ✔✔d. Tachycardic and regular
✔✔What is tachycardia? - ✔✔is a heart rate faster than 100 beats per minute
✔✔A 53 yr old male with a possible closed ankle fracture tells you that he has Hepatitis
C. What type of personal protective equipment should you don?
a. Gloves
b. Two pairs of gloves
c. Gloves and a mask
d. Refrain from touching him - ✔✔a. Gloves
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔At the scene of a car crash, power lines are lying on the roof of the car. You see two
people inside the car. What should you do?
a. call the power company
b. don rubber gloves before approaching the car
c. rapidly extricate the patients from the car
d. call for additional resources - ✔✔a. call the power company
✔✔An 19 yr old male was assaulted. He refuses to look at you or answer your
questions. What should you do?
a. Speak to him in a calm manner
b. call for law enforcement assistance
c. give him the option to sign a refusal form.
d. perform a head - to - toe physical exam - ✔✔a. Speak to him in a calm manner
✔✔You are transferring an 89 yr old female to a nursing home when she begins to
complain of stabbing chest pain and difficulty breathing. The nearest hospital is 2 min
away and an ALS ambulance is seven minutes away. What should you do?
a. Administer oxygen and contact medical control
b. Transport to the ED with lights and sirens
c. Rapidly transport her to the nursing home
d. Administer oxygen and wait for the ALS ambulance - ✔✔b. Transport to the ED with
lights and sirens
✔✔A 56 yr old male has been in cardiac arrest for the past 15 minutes. You start CPR
and his asks his son asks you, "Is he going to live?" How should you respond?
a. "CPR is not working and we are trying to keep him alive"
b. "His heart stopped and we are doing our best to revive him"
c. "I'm sorry. He appears to be pulseless and apneic"
d. "We're very busy and cannot talk to you right now" - ✔✔b. "His heart stopped and we
are doing our best to revive him"
✔✔A power line fell at the site of a car crash. You can hear a baby crying from inside
the car. What should you do?
a. Establish a danger zone around the power line
b. Approach the car on the opposite side of the power line
c. Call the fire department
, d. Push the power line away with a dry wooden stick - ✔✔a. Establish a danger zone
around the power line
✔✔A 78yr old male has dementia and has become combative toward staff members at
the nursing home. He threatens to "punch your lights out". How do you restrain them?
a. Immobilized to a long backboard
b. Tape
c. Handcuffs
d. Soft restraints - ✔✔d. Soft restraints
✔✔What is the term for the information you document in your patient care report that
the patient shares with you?
a. Assessment based
b. Opinion based
c. Subjective
d. Objective - ✔✔c. Subjective
✔✔At a multiple casualty incident, a 21 year old male is crying out with severe arm pain.
He has a 3 inch subdermal laceration with swelling behind his ear. Which START traige
category should you assign to this patient?
a. Immediate
b. Delayed
c. Critical
d. Minor - ✔✔d. Minor
✔✔How would you document a patient's heart rate of 110 beats per minute with evenly
timed beats?
a. Bradycardic and regular
b. Bradycardic and irregular
c. Tachycardic and irregular
d. Tachycardic and regular - ✔✔d. Tachycardic and regular
✔✔What is tachycardia? - ✔✔is a heart rate faster than 100 beats per minute
✔✔A 53 yr old male with a possible closed ankle fracture tells you that he has Hepatitis
C. What type of personal protective equipment should you don?
a. Gloves
b. Two pairs of gloves
c. Gloves and a mask
d. Refrain from touching him - ✔✔a. Gloves
