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MEDICAL ETHICS AND DETAINEE
OPERATIONS BASIC COURSE
LATEST 2025/ 2026 MEDICAL
ETHICS AND DETAINEE
OPERATIONS – BASIC LEVEL
TRAINING & ASSESSMENT REVIEW
TEST EXPERT APPROVED
QUESTION & ANSWERS FOR
GUARANTEED PASS GRADED A+
Before a detainee can be transferred from a Role 2 to a Role 3 medical
unit, what conditions must be met?
----Solution----Transfer must be authorized by accepting physician
Detainee must be medically stable
Each medical treatment facility commander certifies that the transfer
documentation for the detainee is complete
Members of the ICRC arrive to perform an inspection of the medical
treatment areas of the detainee facility and ask to visit patients and view
medical data. What should you do?
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----Solution----You forward the request for access to the facilities
through your Chain of Command
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the role healthcare
personnel would play in interrogations?
----Solution----Healthcare personnel are prohibited from assisting
detainee interrogation teams
Medical personnel who help interrogation team should not be a part of
the healthcare team
When it comes to the 4 Ps of Abuse Prevention, which of the following
is NOT a correct statement?
----Solution----Policies - Telling people to do the right thing is more
important than putting the policy in writing
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of Military Intelligence
personnel?
----Solution----Review detainee medical information
Which of the following are the responsibilities of the healthcare
providers? Select all that apply.
----Solution----Restrain detainee patients for medical purposes
Administer care
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The Principles of Medical Ethics require healthcare personnel to avoid
which of the following acts?
----Solution----Participate actively or passively in acts in an attempt to
commit torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or
punishment
You challenge an unlawful order, but your Supervisor refuses to rescind
the order. What do you do?
----Solution----Follow the Chain of Command, proceed to Senior
Leadership with the request to rescind the order
Treat enemy casualties and detainees with the same ethics and medical
standards of care as for multinational forces. Triage by medical
condition only.
----Solution----True
According to the Hague and Geneva Conventions, American Soldiers
are required to:
----Solution----Treat Enemy Prisoners of War humanely
When you are in a deployed environment, which of the following issues
can hinder patient identification?
----Solution----All of the answers are correct
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Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the Behavioral
Science Support (BSS) personnel? Select all that apply. ----Solution----
They will not provide training in first aid, sanitation, or other health
matters
They will not be used as a medical monitor or safety officer, or to
supervise, conduct, or direct detainee operations or intelligence
interrogations
They are exclusively assigned as operational support to detainee
operations and intelligence interrogations in the DoD
A detainee comes to the clinic with severe abdominal pain. The
physician orders a catheter urine specimen and an IV insertion. The
female medic attempts to communicate these orders to the patient, but
the patient doesn't understand and refuses the procedures. He becomes
angry with the medic. She calls for the interpreter to translate, but he is
busy. What should she do? ----Solution----She waits for the interpreter
and finds out that the patient didn't understand what she was going to do
with the tube and why she was attempting to lift his gown
Per AR 190-8 Paragraph 1-5a (4), inhumane treatment of EPW, CI or
RP is a serious and punishable violation under the international law and
the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). ----Solution----True
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the duties owed
civilian detainees under the Geneva Conventions? ----Solution----They
must be used as shields, if necessary
MEDICAL ETHICS AND DETAINEE
OPERATIONS BASIC COURSE
LATEST 2025/ 2026 MEDICAL
ETHICS AND DETAINEE
OPERATIONS – BASIC LEVEL
TRAINING & ASSESSMENT REVIEW
TEST EXPERT APPROVED
QUESTION & ANSWERS FOR
GUARANTEED PASS GRADED A+
Before a detainee can be transferred from a Role 2 to a Role 3 medical
unit, what conditions must be met?
----Solution----Transfer must be authorized by accepting physician
Detainee must be medically stable
Each medical treatment facility commander certifies that the transfer
documentation for the detainee is complete
Members of the ICRC arrive to perform an inspection of the medical
treatment areas of the detainee facility and ask to visit patients and view
medical data. What should you do?
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----Solution----You forward the request for access to the facilities
through your Chain of Command
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the role healthcare
personnel would play in interrogations?
----Solution----Healthcare personnel are prohibited from assisting
detainee interrogation teams
Medical personnel who help interrogation team should not be a part of
the healthcare team
When it comes to the 4 Ps of Abuse Prevention, which of the following
is NOT a correct statement?
----Solution----Policies - Telling people to do the right thing is more
important than putting the policy in writing
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of Military Intelligence
personnel?
----Solution----Review detainee medical information
Which of the following are the responsibilities of the healthcare
providers? Select all that apply.
----Solution----Restrain detainee patients for medical purposes
Administer care
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The Principles of Medical Ethics require healthcare personnel to avoid
which of the following acts?
----Solution----Participate actively or passively in acts in an attempt to
commit torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or
punishment
You challenge an unlawful order, but your Supervisor refuses to rescind
the order. What do you do?
----Solution----Follow the Chain of Command, proceed to Senior
Leadership with the request to rescind the order
Treat enemy casualties and detainees with the same ethics and medical
standards of care as for multinational forces. Triage by medical
condition only.
----Solution----True
According to the Hague and Geneva Conventions, American Soldiers
are required to:
----Solution----Treat Enemy Prisoners of War humanely
When you are in a deployed environment, which of the following issues
can hinder patient identification?
----Solution----All of the answers are correct
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Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the Behavioral
Science Support (BSS) personnel? Select all that apply. ----Solution----
They will not provide training in first aid, sanitation, or other health
matters
They will not be used as a medical monitor or safety officer, or to
supervise, conduct, or direct detainee operations or intelligence
interrogations
They are exclusively assigned as operational support to detainee
operations and intelligence interrogations in the DoD
A detainee comes to the clinic with severe abdominal pain. The
physician orders a catheter urine specimen and an IV insertion. The
female medic attempts to communicate these orders to the patient, but
the patient doesn't understand and refuses the procedures. He becomes
angry with the medic. She calls for the interpreter to translate, but he is
busy. What should she do? ----Solution----She waits for the interpreter
and finds out that the patient didn't understand what she was going to do
with the tube and why she was attempting to lift his gown
Per AR 190-8 Paragraph 1-5a (4), inhumane treatment of EPW, CI or
RP is a serious and punishable violation under the international law and
the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). ----Solution----True
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the duties owed
civilian detainees under the Geneva Conventions? ----Solution----They
must be used as shields, if necessary
