EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
Indication of air movement in the lungs - (answer)breath sounds
Lining of the eyelid - (answer)conjunctiva
Movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration - (answer)retractions
White of the eyes - (answer)sclera
The mental status of a patient - (answer)orientation
The six pain questions - (answer)OPQRST
Yellow skin color due to liver disease or dysfunction - (answer)jaundice
A crackling sound - (answer)crepitus
Examine by touch - (answer)palpate
Damage to tissues as the result of exposure to cold - (answer)frostbite
The way in which a patient responds to external stimuli - (answer)responsiveness
Secondary muscles of respiration - (answer)accessory muscles
Air under the skin - (answer)subcutaneous emphysema
,EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
Motion of a segment of chest wall that is opposite the normal movement during breathing -
(answer)paradoxical motion
The reason a patient called for help - (answer)chief complaint
The process of establishing treatment and transport priorities - (answer)triage
A bluish gray skin color associated with reduced oxygen levels - (answer)cyanosis
Profuse sweating - (answer)diaphoretic
Subjective finding that the patient feels - (answer)symptom
A heart rate greater than 100 beats/min - (answer)tachycardia
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: What does the pain feel like? -
(answer)quality
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: How long have you had the pain? -
(answer)timing
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Are you taking any medications? -
(answer)medications
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Did you eat this morning? - (answer)last
oral intake
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Does anything make the pain feel better or
worse? - (answer)provocation/palliation
,EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you rate your
pain? - (answer)severity
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: What were you doing before this
happened? - (answer)events leading up to illness
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: What type of reaction do you have when
you take medication? - (answer)allergies
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Does the pain move anywhere? -
(answer)region/radiation
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: When did the problem begin? -
(answer)onset
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Does your chest hurt? - (answer)signs and
symptoms
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Have you been recently ill? - (answer)past
medical history
The scene size-up consists of all of the following except:
a. determining the mechanism of injury
b. requesting additional assistance
c. determining level of responsiveness
d. personal protective equipment (PPE)/standard precautions - (answer)C
Your primary safety concern is for:
, EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
a. yourself
b. your partner
c. your patient
d. the bystanders - (answer)A
With __________, the force of the injury occurs over a broad area, and the skin is usually not broken.
a. motor vehicle collisions
b. blunt trauma
c. penetrating trauma
d. gunshot wounds - (answer)B
With __________, the force of the injury occurs at a small point of contact between the skin and the
object piercing the skin.
a. motor vehicle collision
b. blunt trauma
c. penetrating trauma
d. falls - (answer)C
________ is the measure of the amount of air that is moved into and out of the lungs in one breath.
a. residual volume
b. tidal volume
c. vital capacity
d. minute volume - (answer)B
The physical examination consists of all of the following except:
a. puncture
b. inspection
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
Indication of air movement in the lungs - (answer)breath sounds
Lining of the eyelid - (answer)conjunctiva
Movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration - (answer)retractions
White of the eyes - (answer)sclera
The mental status of a patient - (answer)orientation
The six pain questions - (answer)OPQRST
Yellow skin color due to liver disease or dysfunction - (answer)jaundice
A crackling sound - (answer)crepitus
Examine by touch - (answer)palpate
Damage to tissues as the result of exposure to cold - (answer)frostbite
The way in which a patient responds to external stimuli - (answer)responsiveness
Secondary muscles of respiration - (answer)accessory muscles
Air under the skin - (answer)subcutaneous emphysema
,EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
Motion of a segment of chest wall that is opposite the normal movement during breathing -
(answer)paradoxical motion
The reason a patient called for help - (answer)chief complaint
The process of establishing treatment and transport priorities - (answer)triage
A bluish gray skin color associated with reduced oxygen levels - (answer)cyanosis
Profuse sweating - (answer)diaphoretic
Subjective finding that the patient feels - (answer)symptom
A heart rate greater than 100 beats/min - (answer)tachycardia
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: What does the pain feel like? -
(answer)quality
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: How long have you had the pain? -
(answer)timing
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Are you taking any medications? -
(answer)medications
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Did you eat this morning? - (answer)last
oral intake
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Does anything make the pain feel better or
worse? - (answer)provocation/palliation
,EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you rate your
pain? - (answer)severity
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: What were you doing before this
happened? - (answer)events leading up to illness
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: What type of reaction do you have when
you take medication? - (answer)allergies
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Does the pain move anywhere? -
(answer)region/radiation
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: When did the problem begin? -
(answer)onset
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Does your chest hurt? - (answer)signs and
symptoms
What assessment tool corresponds to the following question: Have you been recently ill? - (answer)past
medical history
The scene size-up consists of all of the following except:
a. determining the mechanism of injury
b. requesting additional assistance
c. determining level of responsiveness
d. personal protective equipment (PPE)/standard precautions - (answer)C
Your primary safety concern is for:
, EMT-B Chapter 8 – Patient Assessment | EMS 102: Emergency Medical
Technician Questions and Answers 2026/2027 | A+ Grade Study Guide
a. yourself
b. your partner
c. your patient
d. the bystanders - (answer)A
With __________, the force of the injury occurs over a broad area, and the skin is usually not broken.
a. motor vehicle collisions
b. blunt trauma
c. penetrating trauma
d. gunshot wounds - (answer)B
With __________, the force of the injury occurs at a small point of contact between the skin and the
object piercing the skin.
a. motor vehicle collision
b. blunt trauma
c. penetrating trauma
d. falls - (answer)C
________ is the measure of the amount of air that is moved into and out of the lungs in one breath.
a. residual volume
b. tidal volume
c. vital capacity
d. minute volume - (answer)B
The physical examination consists of all of the following except:
a. puncture
b. inspection
