CAMATA Exam 2026/2027 (Actual Exam) | Complete Exam Questions with Verified Correct Answers and Detailed Rationales | A+ Graded | Latest Version

CAMATA Exam 2026/2027 (Actual Exam) | Complete Exam Questions with Verified Correct Answers and Detailed Rationales | A+ Graded | Latest Version 1. Best mode of patient transport for distances greater than 200 km? Answer: Fixed-wing aircraft 2. As an aircraft ascends, what happens to temperature and atmospheric pressure? Answer: Both temperature and atmospheric pressure decrease 3. What is the “physiological zone”? Answer: Sea level to approximately 10,000 ft 4. What is the composition of the atmosphere? Answer: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% other gases 5. What is normal atmospheric pressure at sea level? Answer: 760 mmHg 6. What is the pressure exerted by the atmosphere on an object or person called? Answer: Barometric pressure 7. What is the “efficient zone” of flight? Answer: Sea level to 10,000 ft 8. What is the “deficient zone”? Answer: 10,000–50,000 ft (human body cannot tolerate without support) 9. What is the “space-equivalent zone”? Answer: Above 50,000 ft 10. What is Armstrong’s Line? Answer: 63,000 ft (47 mmHg); at this pressure, water boils at body temperature and blood would boil 11. What is the atmospheric pressure at 10,000 ft? Answer: Approximately 523 mmHg 12. What does Boyle’s Law state? Answer: The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure when temperature is constant (P₁V₁ = P₂V₂) 13. What does Dalton’s Law state? Answer: The total pressure of a gas mixture equals the sum of the partial pressures of individual gases (Ptotal = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ …) 14. What does Charles’s Law state? Answer: The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature when pressure is constant 15. What does Henry’s Law state? Answer: The amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of that gas above the liquid 16. External inspiration is primarily influenced by which gas law? Answer: Graham’s Law 17. What does the acronym GHOSTBAN represent (flight stressors)? Answer: o G – G-forces o H – Humidity / Hyperventilation o O – Oxygen o S – Shakes / Vibrations o T – Temperature / Tiredness o B – Barometric pressure o A – Atmosphere o N – Noise 18. Which law states: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”? Answer: Newton’s Third Law of Motion 19. What percentage of oxygen is dissolved directly in plasma? Answer: 3% 20. What is the normal bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻) range? Answer: 22–26 mEq/L 21. At altitudes above 20,000 ft, what stage of hypoxia occurs? Answer: Critical hypoxia 22. What is hypoxic hypoxia? Answer: Reduced oxygen exchange at the alveolar–capillary level (e.g., high altitude) 23. What is hypemic (anemic) hypoxia? Answer: Reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood (e.g., hemorrhage, anemia) 24. What is stagnant hypoxia? Answer: Reduced oxygen delivery to tissues due to decreased blood flow (e.g., shock) 25. What is histotoxic hypoxia? Answer: Inability of tissues to utilize oxygen (e.g., carbon monoxide poisoning, certain overdoses) 26. What are the four forces acting on an aircraft? Answer: Lift, drag, thrust, and weight 27. What altitude requires supplemental oxygen for aircrew? Answer: Above 10,000 ft 28. What altitude requires continuous oxygen for patients? Answer: Above 8,000 ft (depending on condition) 29. What is the primary cause of decompression sickness? Answer: Rapid decrease in atmospheric pressure causing nitrogen bubble formation 30. Which gas expands most rapidly with altitude changes? Answer: Trapped air gases (e.g., in sinuses, GI tract, pneumothorax) 31. What is the primary risk of altitude to patients with pneumothorax? Answer: Expansion of trapped air leading to tension pneumothorax 32. What is the normal PaO₂ at sea level? Answer: Approximately 80–100 mmHg 33. What flight condition increases vibration exposure? Answer: Turbulence 34. Which aircraft is best for long-distance, high-speed medical transport? Answer: Fixed-wing aircraft 35. What physiological system is most affected by hypobaric hypoxia? Answer: Central nervous system 36. What is the main effect of cold temperatures at altitude? Answer: Increased risk of hypothermia 37. What does increased G-force primarily affect? Answer: Cardiovascular and neurological systems 38. Why is humidity low at altitude? Answer: Cold air holds less moisture 39. What is the most common early sign of hypoxia? Answer: Impaired judgment 40. What patient condition is most sensitive to altitude changes? Answer: Head injury or pulmonary disease 1. Best mode of patient transport for distances greater than 200 km? Answer: Fixed-wing aircraft 2. As an aircraft ascends, what happens to temperature and atmospheric pressure? Answer: Both temperature and atmospheric pressure decrease 3. What is the “physiological zone”? Answer: Sea level to approximately 10,000 ft 4. What is the composition of the atmosphere? Answer: 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% other gases 5. What is normal atmospheric pressure at sea level? Answer: 760 mmHg 6. What is the pressure exerted by the atmosphere on an object or person called? Answer: Barometric pressure 7. What is the “efficient zone” of flight? Answer: Sea level to 10,000 ft 8. What is the “deficient zone”? Answer: 10,000–50,000 ft (human body cannot tolerate without support) 9. What is the “space-equivalent zone”? Answer: Above 50,000 ft 10. What is Armstrong’s Line? Answer: 63,000 ft (47 mmHg); at this pressure, water boils at body temperature and blood would boil 11. What is the atmospheric pressure at 10,000 ft? Answer: Approximately 523 mmHg 12. What does Boyle’s Law state? Answer: The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure when temperature is constant (P₁V₁ = P₂V₂) 13. What does Dalton’s Law state? Answer: The total pressure of a gas mixture equals the sum of the partial pressures of individual gases (Ptotal = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ …) 14. What does Charles’s Law state? Answer: The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature when pressure is constant 15. What does Henry’s Law state? Answer: The amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of that gas above the liquid 16. External inspiration is primarily influenced by which gas law? Answer: Graham’s Law 17. What does the acronym GHOSTBAN represent (flight stressors)? Answer: o G – G-forces o H – Humidity / Hyperventilation o O – Oxygen o S – Shakes / Vibrations o T – Temperature / Tiredness o B – Barometric pressure o A – Atmosphere o N – Noise 18. Which law states: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”? Answer: Newton’s Third Law of Motion 19. What percentage of oxygen is dissolved directly in plasma? Answer: 3% 20. What is the normal bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻) range? Answer: 22–26 mEq/L 21. At altitudes above 20,000 ft, what stage of hypoxia occurs? Answer: Critical hypoxia 22. What is hypoxic hypoxia? Answer: Reduced oxygen exchange at the alveolar–capillary level (e.g., high altitude) 23. What is hypemic (anemic) hypoxia? Answer: Reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood (e.g., hemorrhage, anemia) 24. What is stagnant hypoxia? Answer: Reduced oxygen delivery to tissues due to decreased blood flow (e.g., shock) 25. What is histotoxic hypoxia? Answer: Inability of tissues to utilize oxygen (e.g., carbon monoxide poisoning, certain overdoses) 26. What are the four forces acting on an aircraft? Answer: Lift, drag, thrust, and weight 27. What altitude requires supplemental oxygen for aircrew? Answer: Above 10,000 ft 28. What altitude requires continuous oxygen for patients? Answer: Above 8,000 ft (depending on condition) 29. What is the primary cause of decompression sickness? Answer: Rapid decrease in atmospheric pressure causing nitrogen bubble formation 30. Which gas expands most rapidly with altitude changes? Answer: Trapped air gases (e.g., in sinuses, GI tract, pneumothorax) 31. What is the primary risk of altitude to patients with pneumothorax? Answer: Expansion of trapped air leading to tension pneumothorax 32. What is the normal PaO₂ at sea level? Answer: Approximately 80–100 mmHg 33. What flight condition increases vibration exposure? Answer: Turbulence 34. Which aircraft is best for long-distance, high-speed medical transport? Answer: Fixed-wing aircraft 35. What physiological system is most affected by hypobaric hypoxia? Answer: Central nervous system 36. What is the main effect of cold temperatures at altitude? Answer: Increased risk of hypothermia 37. What does increased G-force primarily affect? Answer: Cardiovascular and neurological systems 38. Why is humidity low at altitude? Answer: Cold air holds less moisture 39. What is the most common early sign of hypoxia? Answer: Impaired judgment 40. What patient condition is most sensitive to altitude changes? Answer: Head injury or pulmonary disease