FLORIDA BRT - FDLE REVIEW (2)
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,Abandonment: - Correct Answer: the relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never
again claiming it (First Aid)
ABCs: - Correct Answer: airway, breathing, and circulation; assessment begins with ABCs (First Aid)
abdominal evisceration: - Correct Answer: an open wound where organs protrude from the abdominal
cavity (First Aid)
ability: - Correct Answer: the capacity a subject has to carry out his or her intent (Defensive Tactics)
abrasion: - Correct Answer: an open wound caused by scraping, shearing away, or rubbing the
outermost skin layer (First Aid)
ABS (anti-lock braking system): - Correct Answer: a computerized braking system that automatically
slows and stops the vehicle when the driver applies a hard, steady pressure to the brake pedal (Vehicle
Operations)
active resistance: - Correct Answer: a subject's use of physically evasive movements directed toward the
officer; examples include bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the officer from establishing
control over the subject (Defensive Tactics)
advanced directive: - Correct Answer: documents a patient's request to withhold specific medical care
(First Aid)
AED: - Correct Answer: automated external defibrillator (First Aid)
aggressive resistance: - Correct Answer: a subject's attacking movements toward an officer that may
cause injury but are not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others (Defensive
Tactics)
AIDS: - Correct Answer: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; caused by HIV (First Aid)
, airborne disease: - Correct Answer: any infection spread from person to person through the air; caused
by breathing in microscopic, disease-bearing organisms called pathogens (First Aid)
amniotic sac: - Correct Answer: the bag of fluid surrounding the fetus (First Aid)
amputation: - Correct Answer: the gross removal of an appendage, complete or incomplete (First Aid)
anaphylaxis: - Correct Answer: a severe allergic reaction in which air passages swell and restrict
breathing; caused by insect bites or stings, pollen, medications, foods, chemicals, or other substances
(First Aid)
arterial bleeding: - Correct Answer: bright red blood spurting from a wound, indicating a severed or
damaged artery (First Aid)
asthma: - Correct Answer: results from the narrowing of airway passages, causing breathing difficulties
(First Aid)
auditory exclusion: - Correct Answer: a survival stress reaction in which hearing is diminished (Defensive
Tactics)
AVPU: - Correct Answer: method for identifying four levels of patient responsiveness: alert, verbal, pain,
and unresponsiveness (First Aid)
avulsion: - Correct Answer: an injury characterized by a flap of skin, torn or cut, that may not be
completely loose from the body (First Aid)
balance: - Correct Answer: a position in which the head is over the hips, and the hips are over and
between the feet; necessary for performing defensive tactics (Defensive Tactics)
balance displacement: - Correct Answer: a controlling technique used to break the subject's balance
through the use of leverage principles (Defensive Tactics)
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
,Abandonment: - Correct Answer: the relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never
again claiming it (First Aid)
ABCs: - Correct Answer: airway, breathing, and circulation; assessment begins with ABCs (First Aid)
abdominal evisceration: - Correct Answer: an open wound where organs protrude from the abdominal
cavity (First Aid)
ability: - Correct Answer: the capacity a subject has to carry out his or her intent (Defensive Tactics)
abrasion: - Correct Answer: an open wound caused by scraping, shearing away, or rubbing the
outermost skin layer (First Aid)
ABS (anti-lock braking system): - Correct Answer: a computerized braking system that automatically
slows and stops the vehicle when the driver applies a hard, steady pressure to the brake pedal (Vehicle
Operations)
active resistance: - Correct Answer: a subject's use of physically evasive movements directed toward the
officer; examples include bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the officer from establishing
control over the subject (Defensive Tactics)
advanced directive: - Correct Answer: documents a patient's request to withhold specific medical care
(First Aid)
AED: - Correct Answer: automated external defibrillator (First Aid)
aggressive resistance: - Correct Answer: a subject's attacking movements toward an officer that may
cause injury but are not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others (Defensive
Tactics)
AIDS: - Correct Answer: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; caused by HIV (First Aid)
, airborne disease: - Correct Answer: any infection spread from person to person through the air; caused
by breathing in microscopic, disease-bearing organisms called pathogens (First Aid)
amniotic sac: - Correct Answer: the bag of fluid surrounding the fetus (First Aid)
amputation: - Correct Answer: the gross removal of an appendage, complete or incomplete (First Aid)
anaphylaxis: - Correct Answer: a severe allergic reaction in which air passages swell and restrict
breathing; caused by insect bites or stings, pollen, medications, foods, chemicals, or other substances
(First Aid)
arterial bleeding: - Correct Answer: bright red blood spurting from a wound, indicating a severed or
damaged artery (First Aid)
asthma: - Correct Answer: results from the narrowing of airway passages, causing breathing difficulties
(First Aid)
auditory exclusion: - Correct Answer: a survival stress reaction in which hearing is diminished (Defensive
Tactics)
AVPU: - Correct Answer: method for identifying four levels of patient responsiveness: alert, verbal, pain,
and unresponsiveness (First Aid)
avulsion: - Correct Answer: an injury characterized by a flap of skin, torn or cut, that may not be
completely loose from the body (First Aid)
balance: - Correct Answer: a position in which the head is over the hips, and the hips are over and
between the feet; necessary for performing defensive tactics (Defensive Tactics)
balance displacement: - Correct Answer: a controlling technique used to break the subject's balance
through the use of leverage principles (Defensive Tactics)
