HCB Test 1 Exam Questions and Verified
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What does the mnemonic ABCD stand for? - ✔✔A- Asses the situation
B- Balance resources
C- Communicate to others
D- Do & debrief the event
What are the three colors of risk? And what do they mean? - ✔✔Green: little
chance of serious error
Yellow: higher chance of serious error
Red: Very high chance of serious error
What is the purpose of the swooshing arrow indicate? - ✔✔Return to good
situational awareness
What are the two different names of where sick people are taken for care? -
✔✔Sickbay and Cockpit
what year was the Loblolly Boys made an official rate? - ✔✔1814
What were the two wars the Loblolly boys served? - ✔✔Quasi war with France
and Barbary War
Who was the first Loblolly boy? - ✔✔John Wall
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,Who was the first African American loblolly boy? - ✔✔Joseph Anderson
What year was the first surgeon steward first seen in the navy pay charts? -
✔✔1841
Who was the first person to recieve a medal of honor award? - ✔✔Robert
Stanley
Who was the first loblolly boy to become a POW? - ✔✔John Domyn
What was so significant of the surgeon steward? - ✔✔-ranked 2nd in seniority
among shipboard petty officers
-first enlisted rating requiring specific qualifications
What years did the baymen serve - ✔✔1870-1898
What name did the baymen replace? - ✔✔nurse
What date was the Hospital Corpsman name instituted? - ✔✔17 June 1898
Who are the WAVES? - ✔✔Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
What year was the first Hospital Corps school established and where? - ✔✔15
December 1902
Portsmouth, VA
When was the hospital corpsman "A" schools consolidated into one location? -
✔✔2011
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, When was medical training moved to Fort Sam Houston? - ✔✔2005
When did Congress mandate a new rank structure for Hospital Corpsman? -
✔✔1948
How many HM's died in combat during WWII? - ✔✔889
What Pharmacist's Mate proudly participated in the flag raising in Mount
Suribachi? - ✔✔John Bradley
How many enlisted Navy Medals of Honor were awarded to HM serving with
Marines during the Korea War? - ✔✔5
How many HM's were killed in action during the Korean War? - ✔✔108
When was the Marine barracks attacked by suicide bomber in Beirut? - ✔✔23
OCT 1983
How many HM's died during this attack? - ✔✔15
How many hospital ships does the Navy own to support humanitarian efforts? -
✔✔2
How many Medal of Honor recipients from the Hospital Corps? - ✔✔22
How many Navy Crosses? - ✔✔182
How many Distinguished Service Medals? - ✔✔33
How many Silver Stars? - ✔✔946
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Detailed Answers
What does the mnemonic ABCD stand for? - ✔✔A- Asses the situation
B- Balance resources
C- Communicate to others
D- Do & debrief the event
What are the three colors of risk? And what do they mean? - ✔✔Green: little
chance of serious error
Yellow: higher chance of serious error
Red: Very high chance of serious error
What is the purpose of the swooshing arrow indicate? - ✔✔Return to good
situational awareness
What are the two different names of where sick people are taken for care? -
✔✔Sickbay and Cockpit
what year was the Loblolly Boys made an official rate? - ✔✔1814
What were the two wars the Loblolly boys served? - ✔✔Quasi war with France
and Barbary War
Who was the first Loblolly boy? - ✔✔John Wall
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,Who was the first African American loblolly boy? - ✔✔Joseph Anderson
What year was the first surgeon steward first seen in the navy pay charts? -
✔✔1841
Who was the first person to recieve a medal of honor award? - ✔✔Robert
Stanley
Who was the first loblolly boy to become a POW? - ✔✔John Domyn
What was so significant of the surgeon steward? - ✔✔-ranked 2nd in seniority
among shipboard petty officers
-first enlisted rating requiring specific qualifications
What years did the baymen serve - ✔✔1870-1898
What name did the baymen replace? - ✔✔nurse
What date was the Hospital Corpsman name instituted? - ✔✔17 June 1898
Who are the WAVES? - ✔✔Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
What year was the first Hospital Corps school established and where? - ✔✔15
December 1902
Portsmouth, VA
When was the hospital corpsman "A" schools consolidated into one location? -
✔✔2011
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, When was medical training moved to Fort Sam Houston? - ✔✔2005
When did Congress mandate a new rank structure for Hospital Corpsman? -
✔✔1948
How many HM's died in combat during WWII? - ✔✔889
What Pharmacist's Mate proudly participated in the flag raising in Mount
Suribachi? - ✔✔John Bradley
How many enlisted Navy Medals of Honor were awarded to HM serving with
Marines during the Korea War? - ✔✔5
How many HM's were killed in action during the Korean War? - ✔✔108
When was the Marine barracks attacked by suicide bomber in Beirut? - ✔✔23
OCT 1983
How many HM's died during this attack? - ✔✔15
How many hospital ships does the Navy own to support humanitarian efforts? -
✔✔2
How many Medal of Honor recipients from the Hospital Corps? - ✔✔22
How many Navy Crosses? - ✔✔182
How many Distinguished Service Medals? - ✔✔33
How many Silver Stars? - ✔✔946
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