Adult BLS Exam Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
A team leader assigns a task to another person.
Which of the following actions demonstrates
good closed-loop communication? - If a person has a pulse but is not breathing, what
ANSWER -The person repeats the should be done? - ANSWER -Give rescue
message and acknowledges when the task is breaths every 5-6 seconds; check pulse and
done. breathing every 2 minutes.
In which of the following situations would it be In two-person CPR, if the victim is unresponsive,
safe to use an AED? - ANSWER -The what two tasks should happen immediately? -
victim is lying in a small puddle of water. ANSWER -Check for pulse and breathing;
activate emergency response system
What would be a valid reason to delay the start
of CPR? - ANSWER -The victim is bleeding When is it appropriate to place a victim in the
heavily from their leg. recovery position? - ANSWER -When
ROSC has been restored
How is the carotid artery found? -
ANSWER -By sliding your fingers between During CPR, what is the ratio of chest
the trachea and the muscles on the side of the compressions to rescue breaths in adults? -
neck ANSWER -30 compressions to 2 breaths
In a one-person rescue, you attempt to deliver a Which of the following is true? - ANSWER -
rescue breath and the victim's chest does not CPR may prevent biological death if performed
rise. How should you proceed? - immediately after clinical death.
ANSWER -Quickly check the positioning of
the head and deliver another breath before
starting compressions. What action should you take when the AED is
analyzing the heart rhythm? - ANSWER -
Stand clear of the victim.
How should your bottom hand be placed on a
person's chest for compressions? -
ANSWER -The heel of the hand should be Which of the following situations would lead to
placed over the lower half of the sternum. using a jaw-thrust method to open the airway? -
ANSWER -Potential neck or spine injury
What is the first link in the adult Out-of-Hospital
chain of survival? - ANSWER -Activation of How can you tell if a child has reached the onset
the emergency response system of puberty? - ANSWER -The child has
secondary sex characteristics.
Chest compressions on adults should be done to
what depth? - ANSWER -Between 2-2.4" Which of the following statements correctly
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A team leader assigns a task to another person.
Which of the following actions demonstrates
good closed-loop communication? - If a person has a pulse but is not breathing, what
ANSWER -The person repeats the should be done? - ANSWER -Give rescue
message and acknowledges when the task is breaths every 5-6 seconds; check pulse and
done. breathing every 2 minutes.
In which of the following situations would it be In two-person CPR, if the victim is unresponsive,
safe to use an AED? - ANSWER -The what two tasks should happen immediately? -
victim is lying in a small puddle of water. ANSWER -Check for pulse and breathing;
activate emergency response system
What would be a valid reason to delay the start
of CPR? - ANSWER -The victim is bleeding When is it appropriate to place a victim in the
heavily from their leg. recovery position? - ANSWER -When
ROSC has been restored
How is the carotid artery found? -
ANSWER -By sliding your fingers between During CPR, what is the ratio of chest
the trachea and the muscles on the side of the compressions to rescue breaths in adults? -
neck ANSWER -30 compressions to 2 breaths
In a one-person rescue, you attempt to deliver a Which of the following is true? - ANSWER -
rescue breath and the victim's chest does not CPR may prevent biological death if performed
rise. How should you proceed? - immediately after clinical death.
ANSWER -Quickly check the positioning of
the head and deliver another breath before
starting compressions. What action should you take when the AED is
analyzing the heart rhythm? - ANSWER -
Stand clear of the victim.
How should your bottom hand be placed on a
person's chest for compressions? -
ANSWER -The heel of the hand should be Which of the following situations would lead to
placed over the lower half of the sternum. using a jaw-thrust method to open the airway? -
ANSWER -Potential neck or spine injury
What is the first link in the adult Out-of-Hospital
chain of survival? - ANSWER -Activation of How can you tell if a child has reached the onset
the emergency response system of puberty? - ANSWER -The child has
secondary sex characteristics.
Chest compressions on adults should be done to
what depth? - ANSWER -Between 2-2.4" Which of the following statements correctly
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