EMT / FD Practice Test Questions and
answers
The most basic level of hazardous materials training is the ________ level
A) operations
B) specialists
✅✅
C) awareness
D) technician - -C) awareness
Which of the following are desirable characteristics of the "safe or cold zone" in a
hazardous materials incident?
A) Upward on the same level as the spill
B) downwind, uphill from the spill
✅✅
C) Down wind, downhill from the spill
D) Upwind, uphill from the spill - -D) Upwind, uphill from the spill
In which of the following is NOT a normal response of a small child when approached
by the EMT?
A) anxiety
B) fear
✅✅
C) indifference
D) None of the above are normal responses - -C) indifference
In which of the following zones is the EMT expected to be staged at the scene of a
hazardous materials incident?
A) Warm zone
B) Hot zone
✅✅
C) Cold zone
D) Ground zero - -C) Cold zone
Which of the following best describes the term "crowning"
A) The bag of waters raptures
B) The presenting part of the baby is visable at the vaginal opening
✅✅
C) A discharge of bloody mucus
D) Complete dilation of the cervix - -B) The presenting part of the baby is visable
at the vaginal opening
Which of the following describes the midline of the body?
A) An imaginary line dividing the body into a front and back portion
, B) an imaginary line dividing the body into a top and bottom portion
✅✅-B) an
C) The intersection of two imaginary lines crossing at the umbilicus
D) an imaginary line dividing the body into equal right and left halves -
imaginary line dividing the body into a top and bottom portion
A patient with bilateral femur fractures would have which of the following?
A) A femur fracture in which the bone ends have punctured the muscle and skin of the
thigh
B) A femur fracture occurring with little or no trauma
✅✅
C) Two fractures in the same femur
D) fractures of both femurs - -D) fractures of both femurs
What is another term for the frontal aspect of the body?
A) Caudal
B) Dorsal
✅✅
C) Anterior
D) Posterior - -C) Anterior
What are the abdominal regions called created by drawing two imaginary lines
intersecting at the navel?
A) Abdominal quadrants
B) Abdominal sextants
✅✅
C) Abdominal planes
D) Abdominal regions - -A) Abdominal quadrants
What is the strongest and most muscular part of the heart?
A) Left atrium
B) Right atrium
✅✅
C) Right ventricle
D) Left ventricle - -D) Left ventricle
Which layer of the skin is exposed to the environment?
A) adispose tissues
B) dermis
✅✅
C) subculaneous tissues
D) epidermis - -D) epidermis
Which organ secretes insulin after eating a large meal?
A) pancrea
B) gallbladder
answers
The most basic level of hazardous materials training is the ________ level
A) operations
B) specialists
✅✅
C) awareness
D) technician - -C) awareness
Which of the following are desirable characteristics of the "safe or cold zone" in a
hazardous materials incident?
A) Upward on the same level as the spill
B) downwind, uphill from the spill
✅✅
C) Down wind, downhill from the spill
D) Upwind, uphill from the spill - -D) Upwind, uphill from the spill
In which of the following is NOT a normal response of a small child when approached
by the EMT?
A) anxiety
B) fear
✅✅
C) indifference
D) None of the above are normal responses - -C) indifference
In which of the following zones is the EMT expected to be staged at the scene of a
hazardous materials incident?
A) Warm zone
B) Hot zone
✅✅
C) Cold zone
D) Ground zero - -C) Cold zone
Which of the following best describes the term "crowning"
A) The bag of waters raptures
B) The presenting part of the baby is visable at the vaginal opening
✅✅
C) A discharge of bloody mucus
D) Complete dilation of the cervix - -B) The presenting part of the baby is visable
at the vaginal opening
Which of the following describes the midline of the body?
A) An imaginary line dividing the body into a front and back portion
, B) an imaginary line dividing the body into a top and bottom portion
✅✅-B) an
C) The intersection of two imaginary lines crossing at the umbilicus
D) an imaginary line dividing the body into equal right and left halves -
imaginary line dividing the body into a top and bottom portion
A patient with bilateral femur fractures would have which of the following?
A) A femur fracture in which the bone ends have punctured the muscle and skin of the
thigh
B) A femur fracture occurring with little or no trauma
✅✅
C) Two fractures in the same femur
D) fractures of both femurs - -D) fractures of both femurs
What is another term for the frontal aspect of the body?
A) Caudal
B) Dorsal
✅✅
C) Anterior
D) Posterior - -C) Anterior
What are the abdominal regions called created by drawing two imaginary lines
intersecting at the navel?
A) Abdominal quadrants
B) Abdominal sextants
✅✅
C) Abdominal planes
D) Abdominal regions - -A) Abdominal quadrants
What is the strongest and most muscular part of the heart?
A) Left atrium
B) Right atrium
✅✅
C) Right ventricle
D) Left ventricle - -D) Left ventricle
Which layer of the skin is exposed to the environment?
A) adispose tissues
B) dermis
✅✅
C) subculaneous tissues
D) epidermis - -D) epidermis
Which organ secretes insulin after eating a large meal?
A) pancrea
B) gallbladder
