BLS Instructor Essentials Exam
Questions with Correct Answers 2025
What is a prerequisite to becoming an AHA instructor? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ Be aligned with a training center
Which resource provides AHA instructors with access to the Program Administration Manual? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ The AHA Instructor Network
You are a BLS instructor and want to add the AHA logo to a flying advertising a BLS course that you
will be offspring. What instructor resource would you use to find out if this is allowed? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ The Program Administration Manual
You're going to be teaching in an unfamiliar facility. As part of your preparation, you arrive an hour e
arly to set up the room because the room was unavailable the day before. Which action would be consi
dered innapropriate or unprofessional? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ Waiting for students to arrive so that they can assist in setting up the classroom
As an AHA instructor, when do you complete a course roster? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ As students arrive for the course
What are the AHA core competencies for instructor candidates? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ Skills, course delivery, testing, professionalism, and program administration
You are going to teach a BLS Provider Course and need to check that all equipment is in good conditi
on and is working. In what step of the AHA Instruction Cycle would you complete this action? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ Prepare
What are the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle? - CORRECT ANSWERV-
✰ Prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
What is the AHA Instructor Network? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ An online resource for all instructors that includes information about AHA Emergency Cardiovascul
ar Care programs and science
Why is it important to use the skills testing checklist during skills test? - CORRECT ANSWERV-
✰ To have an objective method for evaluating skills performance
Which is a primary purpose for lesson plans? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ To ensure that the course is taught the way it was designed
You are teaching a BLS Provider Course with one other instructor and have 8 students in your class.
What is the minimum number of manikins that you must have to teach the course? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ 3 manikins
Questions with Correct Answers 2025
What is a prerequisite to becoming an AHA instructor? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ Be aligned with a training center
Which resource provides AHA instructors with access to the Program Administration Manual? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ The AHA Instructor Network
You are a BLS instructor and want to add the AHA logo to a flying advertising a BLS course that you
will be offspring. What instructor resource would you use to find out if this is allowed? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ The Program Administration Manual
You're going to be teaching in an unfamiliar facility. As part of your preparation, you arrive an hour e
arly to set up the room because the room was unavailable the day before. Which action would be consi
dered innapropriate or unprofessional? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ Waiting for students to arrive so that they can assist in setting up the classroom
As an AHA instructor, when do you complete a course roster? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ As students arrive for the course
What are the AHA core competencies for instructor candidates? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ Skills, course delivery, testing, professionalism, and program administration
You are going to teach a BLS Provider Course and need to check that all equipment is in good conditi
on and is working. In what step of the AHA Instruction Cycle would you complete this action? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ Prepare
What are the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle? - CORRECT ANSWERV-
✰ Prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
What is the AHA Instructor Network? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ An online resource for all instructors that includes information about AHA Emergency Cardiovascul
ar Care programs and science
Why is it important to use the skills testing checklist during skills test? - CORRECT ANSWERV-
✰ To have an objective method for evaluating skills performance
Which is a primary purpose for lesson plans? - CORRECT ANSWER -
✰ To ensure that the course is taught the way it was designed
You are teaching a BLS Provider Course with one other instructor and have 8 students in your class.
What is the minimum number of manikins that you must have to teach the course? -
CORRECT ANSWER -✰ 3 manikins
