FDNY EMS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER-Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at least
the same basic level of knowledge and skill
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER-The process by which states ensure applicant competency in an
examination setting.
Medical director - CORRECT ANSWER-A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the
patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical control - CORRECT ANSWER-provided either off-line (indirect) or online (direct), as
authorized by the medical director.
Online = Directions given over the phone or radio
Offline = standing orders
Consent - CORRECT ANSWER-To give permission
Decision making capacity - CORRECT ANSWER-Ability to understand the information and to
make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
Expressed Consent (actual consent) - CORRECT ANSWER-Type of consent given when patient
verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to provide care or transport. May
also be nonverbal
, Informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER-Permission for treatment given by a competent patient
after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
Implied consent - CORRECT ANSWER-A patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable to
make a rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless
there is a threat to life or a limb.
Foraman magnum - CORRECT ANSWER-The opening at the base of the skull through which the
spinal cord passes from the brain
The face is composed of how many bones? - CORRECT ANSWER-14 bones
-Maxillae, Zygomas, Orbit, Mandible
Spinal column has how many vertebrae? - CORRECT ANSWER-33 bones make the vertebrae
7, 12, 5, 5, 4 - CORRECT ANSWER-Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and coccygeal ( Coccyx)
Skeletal muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and
provides the force that moves the bones. Voluntary
Smooth muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of
the body
Cardiac muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-Involuntary muscle, only in the heart.
Voluntary muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-A muscle that is under conscious control
Involuntary muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-A muscle that is not under conscious control.
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
Certification - CORRECT ANSWER-Exam is used to ensure all health care providers have at least
the same basic level of knowledge and skill
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER-The process by which states ensure applicant competency in an
examination setting.
Medical director - CORRECT ANSWER-A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the
patient-care aspects of the EMS system
Medical control - CORRECT ANSWER-provided either off-line (indirect) or online (direct), as
authorized by the medical director.
Online = Directions given over the phone or radio
Offline = standing orders
Consent - CORRECT ANSWER-To give permission
Decision making capacity - CORRECT ANSWER-Ability to understand the information and to
make a choice regarding appropriate medical care.
Expressed Consent (actual consent) - CORRECT ANSWER-Type of consent given when patient
verbally or otherwise acknowledge that he or she wants you to provide care or transport. May
also be nonverbal
, Informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER-Permission for treatment given by a competent patient
after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
Implied consent - CORRECT ANSWER-A patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable to
make a rational decision. A serious medical condition exists and should never be used unless
there is a threat to life or a limb.
Foraman magnum - CORRECT ANSWER-The opening at the base of the skull through which the
spinal cord passes from the brain
The face is composed of how many bones? - CORRECT ANSWER-14 bones
-Maxillae, Zygomas, Orbit, Mandible
Spinal column has how many vertebrae? - CORRECT ANSWER-33 bones make the vertebrae
7, 12, 5, 5, 4 - CORRECT ANSWER-Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and coccygeal ( Coccyx)
Skeletal muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and
provides the force that moves the bones. Voluntary
Smooth muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of
the body
Cardiac muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-Involuntary muscle, only in the heart.
Voluntary muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-A muscle that is under conscious control
Involuntary muscle - CORRECT ANSWER-A muscle that is not under conscious control.
