NFSI STUDY GUIDE (EMT UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. How many common categories of medications are relevant to patient care?
Answer:
6
Question:
2. Analgesic drugs
Answer:
prescribed for temporary pain relief, fever control, and reduction of inflammation. (pain meds)
Question:
3. Anti-arrhythmic drugs
Answer:
prescribed for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
Question:
4. Anti-convulsant drugs
Answer:
prescribed for prevention and control of seizures.
Question:
5. Anti-Diabetic Agents
Answer:
prescribed to help maintain healthy blood-sugar levels in hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) patients, and to
provide insulin (which allows the body to regulate the body's metabolism of sugar).
Question:
6. Anti-hypertensive drugs
Answer:
prescribed for the reduction of high BP (blood pressure) by relaxing the sympathetic nervous system
(SNS), which relaxes the walls of the arteries and arterioles.
Question:
7. Bronchodilator Drugs
Answer:
prescribed to provide relief of bronchial asthma and other allergies affecting the respiratory system by
relaxing the smooth muscles of bronchial tubes.
Question:
8. verbal comprehension
Answer:
the ability to understand language, either written or spoken.
, Question:
9. Verbal expression
Answer:
the ability to use language (written/spoken) to communicate information or ideas to other people.
Question:
10. As soon as they arrived, the firefighters decided to ___________________ unmediated firefighting
maneuvers.
a. begin
b. began
c. had began
d. had begun
e. did begin
Answer:
a. begin
Question:
11. Which word is spelled incorrectly: The lungs and respiratory tract are more vulnerable to injury than
any other body area. Gases associated with fires are dangerous and must not be inhaled.
a. respiratory
b. vulnerable
c. asociated
d. dangerous
e. inhaled
Answer:
c. asociated
Question:
12. Problem sensitivity
Answer:
the ability to recognize or identify the existence of problems.
Question:
13. Deductive reasoning
Answer:
the ability to apply general rules or regulations to specific situations or to proceed from stated principles to
logical conclusions.
Question:
14. According to the 6 types of medications, if person were having trouble breathing due to dust and
pollen, what category of medication would be prescribed?
a. analgesics
b. anti-arrhythmic
c. anti-convulsant
d. anti-hypertensive
e. bronchodilator
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. How many common categories of medications are relevant to patient care?
Answer:
6
Question:
2. Analgesic drugs
Answer:
prescribed for temporary pain relief, fever control, and reduction of inflammation. (pain meds)
Question:
3. Anti-arrhythmic drugs
Answer:
prescribed for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
Question:
4. Anti-convulsant drugs
Answer:
prescribed for prevention and control of seizures.
Question:
5. Anti-Diabetic Agents
Answer:
prescribed to help maintain healthy blood-sugar levels in hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) patients, and to
provide insulin (which allows the body to regulate the body's metabolism of sugar).
Question:
6. Anti-hypertensive drugs
Answer:
prescribed for the reduction of high BP (blood pressure) by relaxing the sympathetic nervous system
(SNS), which relaxes the walls of the arteries and arterioles.
Question:
7. Bronchodilator Drugs
Answer:
prescribed to provide relief of bronchial asthma and other allergies affecting the respiratory system by
relaxing the smooth muscles of bronchial tubes.
Question:
8. verbal comprehension
Answer:
the ability to understand language, either written or spoken.
, Question:
9. Verbal expression
Answer:
the ability to use language (written/spoken) to communicate information or ideas to other people.
Question:
10. As soon as they arrived, the firefighters decided to ___________________ unmediated firefighting
maneuvers.
a. begin
b. began
c. had began
d. had begun
e. did begin
Answer:
a. begin
Question:
11. Which word is spelled incorrectly: The lungs and respiratory tract are more vulnerable to injury than
any other body area. Gases associated with fires are dangerous and must not be inhaled.
a. respiratory
b. vulnerable
c. asociated
d. dangerous
e. inhaled
Answer:
c. asociated
Question:
12. Problem sensitivity
Answer:
the ability to recognize or identify the existence of problems.
Question:
13. Deductive reasoning
Answer:
the ability to apply general rules or regulations to specific situations or to proceed from stated principles to
logical conclusions.
Question:
14. According to the 6 types of medications, if person were having trouble breathing due to dust and
pollen, what category of medication would be prescribed?
a. analgesics
b. anti-arrhythmic
c. anti-convulsant
d. anti-hypertensive
e. bronchodilator
