68W MODULE 1 CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Evidence-based. Answer: description of medical techniques or
practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and
efficacy, rather than merely supposition and tradition.
◉ Contamination. Answer: the introduction of dangerous chemicals,
disease, or infectious materials
◉ critical incident stress management (CISM). Answer: a
comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both
prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately when it occurs.
◉ Decontamination. Answer: the removal or cleansing of dangerous
chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.
◉ Hazardous Material Incident. Answer: the release of harmful
substance into the environment.
,◉ Multiple-Casualty Incident. Answer: an emergency involving multiple
patients
◉ Pathogens. Answer: the organisms that cause infection, such as
viruses and bacteria
◉ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Answer: equipment that
protects the EMS worker from infection and/or exposure to the dangers
of rescue operations.
◉ Standard Precautions. Answer: A strict form of infection control that
is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are
infectious
◉ Stress. Answer: a state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a
stimulus.
◉ Abdominal Quadrants. Answer: four divisions of the abdomen used to
pinpoint the location of pain or injury: the right upper quadrant (RUQ),
the left upper quadrant (LUQ), the right lower quadrant (RLQ), and the
left lower quadrant (LLQ).
◉ Anatomic Position. Answer: the standard reference position for the
body in the study of anatomy. In this position, the body is standing erect,
,facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the
hands forward.
◉ anatomy. Answer: the study of body structure
◉ anterior. Answer: the front of the body or body parts
◉ bilateral. Answer: on both sides
◉ combining form. Answer: a word root with an added vowel that can
be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a new words;
thermo - meter
◉ compound. Answer: a word formed from two or more whole words;
smallpox
◉ distal. Answer: farther away from the torso. (opposite to proximal)
◉ dorsal. Answer: referring to the back of the body or the back of the
hand or foot. Syn for posterior
◉ Fowler Position. Answer: a sitting position
, ◉ inferior. Answer: away from the head, usually compared with another
structure that is closer to the head (lips are inferior to the nose)
◉ Lateral. Answer: to the side, away from the midline of the body
◉ medial. Answer: toward the midline of the body
◉ mid-axillary line. Answer: a line drawn vertically from the middle of
the armpit to the ankle
◉ mid-clavicular line. Answer: the line through the center of each
clavicle
◉ midline. Answer: an imaginary line drawn down the center of the
body dividing it into right and left halves
◉ Palmar. Answer: referring to the palm of the hand
◉ physiology. Answer: the study of body function
◉ plane. Answer: a flat surface formed when slicing through a solid
object
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Evidence-based. Answer: description of medical techniques or
practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and
efficacy, rather than merely supposition and tradition.
◉ Contamination. Answer: the introduction of dangerous chemicals,
disease, or infectious materials
◉ critical incident stress management (CISM). Answer: a
comprehensive system that includes education and resources to both
prevent stress and to deal with stress appropriately when it occurs.
◉ Decontamination. Answer: the removal or cleansing of dangerous
chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.
◉ Hazardous Material Incident. Answer: the release of harmful
substance into the environment.
,◉ Multiple-Casualty Incident. Answer: an emergency involving multiple
patients
◉ Pathogens. Answer: the organisms that cause infection, such as
viruses and bacteria
◉ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Answer: equipment that
protects the EMS worker from infection and/or exposure to the dangers
of rescue operations.
◉ Standard Precautions. Answer: A strict form of infection control that
is based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are
infectious
◉ Stress. Answer: a state of physical and/or psychological arousal to a
stimulus.
◉ Abdominal Quadrants. Answer: four divisions of the abdomen used to
pinpoint the location of pain or injury: the right upper quadrant (RUQ),
the left upper quadrant (LUQ), the right lower quadrant (RLQ), and the
left lower quadrant (LLQ).
◉ Anatomic Position. Answer: the standard reference position for the
body in the study of anatomy. In this position, the body is standing erect,
,facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the
hands forward.
◉ anatomy. Answer: the study of body structure
◉ anterior. Answer: the front of the body or body parts
◉ bilateral. Answer: on both sides
◉ combining form. Answer: a word root with an added vowel that can
be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a new words;
thermo - meter
◉ compound. Answer: a word formed from two or more whole words;
smallpox
◉ distal. Answer: farther away from the torso. (opposite to proximal)
◉ dorsal. Answer: referring to the back of the body or the back of the
hand or foot. Syn for posterior
◉ Fowler Position. Answer: a sitting position
, ◉ inferior. Answer: away from the head, usually compared with another
structure that is closer to the head (lips are inferior to the nose)
◉ Lateral. Answer: to the side, away from the midline of the body
◉ medial. Answer: toward the midline of the body
◉ mid-axillary line. Answer: a line drawn vertically from the middle of
the armpit to the ankle
◉ mid-clavicular line. Answer: the line through the center of each
clavicle
◉ midline. Answer: an imaginary line drawn down the center of the
body dividing it into right and left halves
◉ Palmar. Answer: referring to the palm of the hand
◉ physiology. Answer: the study of body function
◉ plane. Answer: a flat surface formed when slicing through a solid
object
