Cosumnes River College / EMT115
EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
Questions And Correct Verified Answers New Version
2026
The collective set of regulations and ethical nconsiderations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws -ANSWER- b. scope of practice
In the secondary assessment, you will be checking the patient from head to foot for pain
and tenderness. The difference between pain and tenderness is:
a. pain occurs only when you squeeze an injury site, whereas tender areas hurt most of the
time without provocation
b. pain is considered unbearable, whereas tenderness is usually bearable
c. tenderness may not hurt unless the area is palpated, .whereas pain is evident without
palpation
d. pain hurts only for the first 10 minutes, whereas tenderness doesn't go away -ANSWER-
c. tenderness may not hurt unless the area is palpated, whereas pain is evident without
palpation
You were called to the scene of an incident where a 21- year-old male was knocked
unconscious in a bar fight. Upon arrival, the patient is awake and has a broken nose
but no life threats. He admits to drinking six beers in the last hour. He wants to refuse
medical attention. Why should you discourage a refusal?
a. he is not legally old enough to consent
b. he may not be mentally competent at this time
c. he is unable to actually sign the release
d. the patient may die from a broken nose -ANSWER- b. he may not be mentally
competent at this time
The scene size up is the first part of the patient assessment process. it begins as you
approach the scene, firstly surveying it to determine:
a. if there are any threats to your safety
b. the number of injured
,c. personal safety of all those involved in the call
d. the mechanism of injury -ANSWER- a. if there are any threats to your safety
,Legislation that governs the skills and medical
interventions that may be performed by the EMT b. different from state to state
is:
a. standardized (uniform) throughout the country
b. different from state to state
c. standardized for regions within a state
d. governed by the US Department of Transportation
When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of the patient
a priority, this is considered a(n) of the c. ethical responsibility
EMT.
a. advanced directive
b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility
Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent
required for any treatment or action by an EMT? c.applied
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b.implied
c. applied
d.expressed
When you informed the adult patient of the procedures a. expressed consent
were about to perform and its associated risks, you are
asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
You are treating a patient that was found unconscious at c. implied
the bottom of the stairwell. Consent that is based on the
assumption that an unconscious patient would approve
the EMT's life-saving interventions is called:
a.expressed
b.negligence
c. implied
d. applied
, Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or c. signing of the form by the medical director
transport should include all of thefollowing EXCEPT:
a. informing the patient of the risks and consequences of refusal
b. documenting the steps you took
c. signing of the form by the medical director
d. obtaining a release form with the patient's witnessed
signature
Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital b. assault and battery
agains his or her will may result in charges against
the EMT.
a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence
Which of the following is an action you should not take if a b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to repoort the incident
patient refuses care?
a. leave phone stickers with emergency numbers
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the
incident
c. tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem
reoccurs
d. call a relative or neighbor who can stay with the patient
Another name for a DNR order is: d. advanced directive
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
through a variety of detailed instructions that may be part of the
order such as:
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was
observed
b.allowing comfort-care measures such as intravenous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support measures
d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be
attempted
EMT FISDAP Readiness Exam 2
Questions And Correct Verified Answers New Version
2026
The collective set of regulations and ethical nconsiderations governing the EMT is called:
a. duty to act
b. scope of practice
c. advanced directives
d. good samaritan laws -ANSWER- b. scope of practice
In the secondary assessment, you will be checking the patient from head to foot for pain
and tenderness. The difference between pain and tenderness is:
a. pain occurs only when you squeeze an injury site, whereas tender areas hurt most of the
time without provocation
b. pain is considered unbearable, whereas tenderness is usually bearable
c. tenderness may not hurt unless the area is palpated, .whereas pain is evident without
palpation
d. pain hurts only for the first 10 minutes, whereas tenderness doesn't go away -ANSWER-
c. tenderness may not hurt unless the area is palpated, whereas pain is evident without
palpation
You were called to the scene of an incident where a 21- year-old male was knocked
unconscious in a bar fight. Upon arrival, the patient is awake and has a broken nose
but no life threats. He admits to drinking six beers in the last hour. He wants to refuse
medical attention. Why should you discourage a refusal?
a. he is not legally old enough to consent
b. he may not be mentally competent at this time
c. he is unable to actually sign the release
d. the patient may die from a broken nose -ANSWER- b. he may not be mentally
competent at this time
The scene size up is the first part of the patient assessment process. it begins as you
approach the scene, firstly surveying it to determine:
a. if there are any threats to your safety
b. the number of injured
,c. personal safety of all those involved in the call
d. the mechanism of injury -ANSWER- a. if there are any threats to your safety
,Legislation that governs the skills and medical
interventions that may be performed by the EMT b. different from state to state
is:
a. standardized (uniform) throughout the country
b. different from state to state
c. standardized for regions within a state
d. governed by the US Department of Transportation
When the EMT makes the physical/emotional needs of the patient
a priority, this is considered a(n) of the c. ethical responsibility
EMT.
a. advanced directive
b. protocol
c. ethical responsibility
d. legal responsibility
Which one of the following is NOT a type of consent
required for any treatment or action by an EMT? c.applied
a. child and mentally incompetent adult
b.implied
c. applied
d.expressed
When you informed the adult patient of the procedures a. expressed consent
were about to perform and its associated risks, you are
asking for his or her:
a. expressed consent
b. negligence
c. implied
d. applied
You are treating a patient that was found unconscious at c. implied
the bottom of the stairwell. Consent that is based on the
assumption that an unconscious patient would approve
the EMT's life-saving interventions is called:
a.expressed
b.negligence
c. implied
d. applied
, Your record of a patient's refusal of medical care (aid) or c. signing of the form by the medical director
transport should include all of thefollowing EXCEPT:
a. informing the patient of the risks and consequences of refusal
b. documenting the steps you took
c. signing of the form by the medical director
d. obtaining a release form with the patient's witnessed
signature
Forcing a competent adult patient to go to the hospital b. assault and battery
agains his or her will may result in charges against
the EMT.
a. abandonment
b. assault and battery
c. implied consent
d. negligence
Which of the following is an action you should not take if a b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to repoort the incident
patient refuses care?
a. leave phone stickers with emergency numbers
b. recommend that a relative call the family physician to report the
incident
c. tell the patient to call his or her family physician if the problem
reoccurs
d. call a relative or neighbor who can stay with the patient
Another name for a DNR order is: d. advanced directive
a. deviated nervous response
b. duty not to react
c. refusal of treatment
d. advanced directive
There are varying degrees of DNR orders, expressed a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was observed
through a variety of detailed instructions that may be part of the
order such as:
a. allowing CPR only if cardiac or respiratory arrest was
observed
b.allowing comfort-care measures such as intravenous feeding
c. disallowing the use of long-term life-support measures
d. specify that only five minutes of artificial respiration will be
attempted
