EMT OPERATIONS: PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) The EMT's primary responsibility during a rescue or extrication situation is:
A) incident command
B) documentation
C) crowd control
D) patient care -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) patient care
2) Which of the following is the primary reason for changing gloves between contact
with one patient and the next?
A) to prevent spreading infection to the next patient
B) to minimize the possibility of latex allergy
C) to limit the chance for gloves ripping
D) to properly account for the items charged to each patient's account --
Correct Answer ✔✔ A) to prevent spreading infection to the next patient
3) During an air medical transport, you should always approach the helicopter:
A) only once the tail has stopped spinning
B) from the uphill side when on a slope
C) from the side of the aircraft
D) from behind the tail -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) from the side of the aircraft
,4) Besides checking patient care equipment, you need to check the entire ambulance
unit, including:
A) floors, gloves, maps, and radios
B) fuel, lights, fluid levels, and tires
C) lights and sirens
D) tires, fluids, cot, and radios -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) fuel, lights, fluid
levels, and tires
5) After receiving an order from medical control, what should you do?
A) repeat the order back word for word
B) refuse the order
C) reply with "copy"
D) write the order down word for word -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A) repeat
the order back word for word
6) A motor vehicle collided with an electrical pole, resulting in downed power lines. A
large crowd has gathered around the accident. Whom should you call for support?
A) volunteer FD and rescue squad
B) local power company and volunteer FD
C) local power company and state police
D) volunteer FD and state police -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) local power
company and state police
7) You respond to a call at a residence with a known bed bug infestation. What should
you do?
A) contact Poison Control
B) wear a protective suit
C) contact county social services
D) advise the ED -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) wear a protective suit
8) How should materials with blood or body fluids present be considered?
, A) contaminated and potentially infectious
B) not contaminated but needing to be cleaned
C) contaminated but not infectious
D) contaminated but not infectious if the liquid has dried -- Correct Answer
✔✔ A) contaminated and potentially infectious
9) Which of the following is NOT a reason for an emergency move?
A) patient is unconscious and has agonal respirations
B) you can't assess the unconscious victim beside them
C) your patient tells you they can't feel their legs
D) the car is smoking and flames are visible -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) your
patient tells you they can't feel their legs
10) While treating a patient at a HazMat scene, what must you remember?
A) patients in critical condition may die if you delay transport for full
decontamination
B) the most serious injuries at HazMat scenes are from trauma
C) patients should always be fully contaminated before leaving the HazMat
scene
D) transporting contaminated patients decreases the size of the incident --
Correct Answer ✔✔ A) patients in critical condition may die if you delay
transport for full decontamination
11) You can treat an unconscious patient under what type of consent?
A) informed
B) special
C) expressed
D) implied -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) implied
12) You are the senior EMT at the scene of an MCI. What is your primary responsibility?
A) as a safety sector officer until relieved
, B) as an incident command officer until relieved
C) as a staging officer until relieved
D) as a triage sector officer until relieved -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) as an
incident command officer until relieved
13) What is mandatory of victims of hazardous material exposure?
A) they must move from the cold zone to the warm zone due to
contamination
B) they must be allowed to wander between the hot and warm zone
C) they must be moved to the cold zone if they can walk on their own
D) they need to be decontaminated before moving them out of the hot zone --
Correct Answer ✔✔ D) they need to be decontaminated before moving
them out of the hot zone
14) For which of the following patients should you call air rescue?
A) a 68 y/o female with a history of dementia and a GCS of 12
B) a 26 y/o male with a coup-contrecoup head injury and dilated pupils
C) a 3 y/o toddler with an index finger amputation
D) a 43 y/o male with a 7 inch rod that penetrated through his left leg --
Correct Answer ✔✔ B) a 26 y/o male with a coup-contrecoup head injury
and dilated pupils
15) You arrive at the scene of an MVC. There is no fire, leaking fluid, or fumes. How far
from the wreckage should you park?
A) 150 feet
B) 15 feet
C) 50 feet
D) 100 feet -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) 50 feet
16) What is an example of defensive driving?
A) never exceeding the posted speed limit
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) The EMT's primary responsibility during a rescue or extrication situation is:
A) incident command
B) documentation
C) crowd control
D) patient care -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) patient care
2) Which of the following is the primary reason for changing gloves between contact
with one patient and the next?
A) to prevent spreading infection to the next patient
B) to minimize the possibility of latex allergy
C) to limit the chance for gloves ripping
D) to properly account for the items charged to each patient's account --
Correct Answer ✔✔ A) to prevent spreading infection to the next patient
3) During an air medical transport, you should always approach the helicopter:
A) only once the tail has stopped spinning
B) from the uphill side when on a slope
C) from the side of the aircraft
D) from behind the tail -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) from the side of the aircraft
,4) Besides checking patient care equipment, you need to check the entire ambulance
unit, including:
A) floors, gloves, maps, and radios
B) fuel, lights, fluid levels, and tires
C) lights and sirens
D) tires, fluids, cot, and radios -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) fuel, lights, fluid
levels, and tires
5) After receiving an order from medical control, what should you do?
A) repeat the order back word for word
B) refuse the order
C) reply with "copy"
D) write the order down word for word -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A) repeat
the order back word for word
6) A motor vehicle collided with an electrical pole, resulting in downed power lines. A
large crowd has gathered around the accident. Whom should you call for support?
A) volunteer FD and rescue squad
B) local power company and volunteer FD
C) local power company and state police
D) volunteer FD and state police -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) local power
company and state police
7) You respond to a call at a residence with a known bed bug infestation. What should
you do?
A) contact Poison Control
B) wear a protective suit
C) contact county social services
D) advise the ED -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) wear a protective suit
8) How should materials with blood or body fluids present be considered?
, A) contaminated and potentially infectious
B) not contaminated but needing to be cleaned
C) contaminated but not infectious
D) contaminated but not infectious if the liquid has dried -- Correct Answer
✔✔ A) contaminated and potentially infectious
9) Which of the following is NOT a reason for an emergency move?
A) patient is unconscious and has agonal respirations
B) you can't assess the unconscious victim beside them
C) your patient tells you they can't feel their legs
D) the car is smoking and flames are visible -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) your
patient tells you they can't feel their legs
10) While treating a patient at a HazMat scene, what must you remember?
A) patients in critical condition may die if you delay transport for full
decontamination
B) the most serious injuries at HazMat scenes are from trauma
C) patients should always be fully contaminated before leaving the HazMat
scene
D) transporting contaminated patients decreases the size of the incident --
Correct Answer ✔✔ A) patients in critical condition may die if you delay
transport for full decontamination
11) You can treat an unconscious patient under what type of consent?
A) informed
B) special
C) expressed
D) implied -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) implied
12) You are the senior EMT at the scene of an MCI. What is your primary responsibility?
A) as a safety sector officer until relieved
, B) as an incident command officer until relieved
C) as a staging officer until relieved
D) as a triage sector officer until relieved -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) as an
incident command officer until relieved
13) What is mandatory of victims of hazardous material exposure?
A) they must move from the cold zone to the warm zone due to
contamination
B) they must be allowed to wander between the hot and warm zone
C) they must be moved to the cold zone if they can walk on their own
D) they need to be decontaminated before moving them out of the hot zone --
Correct Answer ✔✔ D) they need to be decontaminated before moving
them out of the hot zone
14) For which of the following patients should you call air rescue?
A) a 68 y/o female with a history of dementia and a GCS of 12
B) a 26 y/o male with a coup-contrecoup head injury and dilated pupils
C) a 3 y/o toddler with an index finger amputation
D) a 43 y/o male with a 7 inch rod that penetrated through his left leg --
Correct Answer ✔✔ B) a 26 y/o male with a coup-contrecoup head injury
and dilated pupils
15) You arrive at the scene of an MVC. There is no fire, leaking fluid, or fumes. How far
from the wreckage should you park?
A) 150 feet
B) 15 feet
C) 50 feet
D) 100 feet -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) 50 feet
16) What is an example of defensive driving?
A) never exceeding the posted speed limit
