Medical Ethics and Detainee Operations Basic Course Test
Questions with Answers Graded A
Before a detainee can be transferred from a Role
2 to a Role 3 medical unit, what conditions must
be met? Select all that apply. - ANSWER - Detainees with symptoms of infectious diseases
Transfer must be authorized by accepting or identified medical conditions that require daily
physician medication should be front-loaded for processing.
- ANSWER -True
Detainee must be medically stable
Each medical treatment facility commander
certifies that the transfer documentation for the
detainee is complete During a detainee ground transfer, healthcare
personnel are in charge of a detainee's restraints.
- ANSWER -False
Members of the ICRC arrive to perform an
inspection of the medical treatment areas of the
detainee facility and ask to visit patients and view Only Geneva Conventions III has an Article 3 that
medical data. What should you do? - states that the following acts are, and shall
ANSWER -You forward the request for remain, prohibited at any time and in any place
access to the facilities through your Chain of whatsoever: violence to life and person, in
Command particular cruel treatment and torture, and
outrages upon personal dignity, in particular
humiliating and degrading treatment. -
ANSWER -False
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE
about the role healthcare personnel would play in
interrogations? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER -Healthcare personnel are The detaining forces have an obligation to
prohibited from assisting detainee interrogation provide certain groups with either medical care or
teams to ensure that they have access to medical care.
Which group should be ensured access to care?
Medical personnel who help interrogation team - ANSWER -Civilian Population
should not be a part of the healthcare team
Who makes the determination whether an
Which of the duties listed below are owed to autopsy will be conducted after the death of a
Enemy Prisoner of War in accordance with the detainee? - ANSWER -Armed Forces
Geneva Conventions? - ANSWER -All of Medical Examiner
the answers are correct
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, Medical Ethics and Detainee Operations Basic Course Test
Questions with Answers Graded A
One of the detainees in your treatment facility is
about to be released from detention and has
requested a copy of his medical records. What During the initial screening exam, it's important
should you do? - ANSWER -Give him a that you take pictures of a detainee's existing and
copy which has had the unit and healthcare pre-existing injuries and wounds. -
provider personal information edited ANSWER -True
Healthcare personnel are obligated to: - Screening Requirements include all of the
ANSWER -Report any claims of detainee following EXCEPT? - ANSWER -Body
sexual abuse or torture cavity exam
Reprisals or acts which are usually violations of Which medications are detainees allowed to have
war may NEVER be taken to: - ANSWER - in their possession? Select all that apply. -
Take revenge on the opponent ANSWER -Moisturizing creams
Albuterol inhalers
When specialty care is available to coalition
forces, specialty care should also be available to
detainees in theater. - ANSWER -True Which of the following stipulations is TRUE
regarding the verification of a detainee as being
impaired? - ANSWER -Two members of the
medical staff must agree to the determination
Threatening or humiliating an individual either
verbally or non-verbally can be considered what
kind of abuse? - ANSWER -Emotional
Abuse What should you do during medical examinations
to ensure the respect for dignity of the detainee?
- ANSWER -All of the answers are correct
_____ is a holy month in which fasting from dawn
until sunset for 29/30 days is required of all able-
bodied Muslims. - ANSWER -Ramadan Being thorough with detainee records helps
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Questions with Answers Graded A
Before a detainee can be transferred from a Role
2 to a Role 3 medical unit, what conditions must
be met? Select all that apply. - ANSWER - Detainees with symptoms of infectious diseases
Transfer must be authorized by accepting or identified medical conditions that require daily
physician medication should be front-loaded for processing.
- ANSWER -True
Detainee must be medically stable
Each medical treatment facility commander
certifies that the transfer documentation for the
detainee is complete During a detainee ground transfer, healthcare
personnel are in charge of a detainee's restraints.
- ANSWER -False
Members of the ICRC arrive to perform an
inspection of the medical treatment areas of the
detainee facility and ask to visit patients and view Only Geneva Conventions III has an Article 3 that
medical data. What should you do? - states that the following acts are, and shall
ANSWER -You forward the request for remain, prohibited at any time and in any place
access to the facilities through your Chain of whatsoever: violence to life and person, in
Command particular cruel treatment and torture, and
outrages upon personal dignity, in particular
humiliating and degrading treatment. -
ANSWER -False
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE
about the role healthcare personnel would play in
interrogations? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER -Healthcare personnel are The detaining forces have an obligation to
prohibited from assisting detainee interrogation provide certain groups with either medical care or
teams to ensure that they have access to medical care.
Which group should be ensured access to care?
Medical personnel who help interrogation team - ANSWER -Civilian Population
should not be a part of the healthcare team
Who makes the determination whether an
Which of the duties listed below are owed to autopsy will be conducted after the death of a
Enemy Prisoner of War in accordance with the detainee? - ANSWER -Armed Forces
Geneva Conventions? - ANSWER -All of Medical Examiner
the answers are correct
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, Medical Ethics and Detainee Operations Basic Course Test
Questions with Answers Graded A
One of the detainees in your treatment facility is
about to be released from detention and has
requested a copy of his medical records. What During the initial screening exam, it's important
should you do? - ANSWER -Give him a that you take pictures of a detainee's existing and
copy which has had the unit and healthcare pre-existing injuries and wounds. -
provider personal information edited ANSWER -True
Healthcare personnel are obligated to: - Screening Requirements include all of the
ANSWER -Report any claims of detainee following EXCEPT? - ANSWER -Body
sexual abuse or torture cavity exam
Reprisals or acts which are usually violations of Which medications are detainees allowed to have
war may NEVER be taken to: - ANSWER - in their possession? Select all that apply. -
Take revenge on the opponent ANSWER -Moisturizing creams
Albuterol inhalers
When specialty care is available to coalition
forces, specialty care should also be available to
detainees in theater. - ANSWER -True Which of the following stipulations is TRUE
regarding the verification of a detainee as being
impaired? - ANSWER -Two members of the
medical staff must agree to the determination
Threatening or humiliating an individual either
verbally or non-verbally can be considered what
kind of abuse? - ANSWER -Emotional
Abuse What should you do during medical examinations
to ensure the respect for dignity of the detainee?
- ANSWER -All of the answers are correct
_____ is a holy month in which fasting from dawn
until sunset for 29/30 days is required of all able-
bodied Muslims. - ANSWER -Ramadan Being thorough with detainee records helps
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