UCLA EMT CH.24 TRAUMA SIMULATION
MIDTERM EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Multisystem trauma. Answer: Significant MOI that causes injuries to
more than one body system
◉ Kinetic energy. Answer: Energy of a moving object
◉ Mechanism of injury (MOI). Answer: How trauma occurs
◉ Blunt trauma. Answer: Result of force to the body that causes injury
but does not penetrate soft tissue or internal organs and cavities
◉ Penetrating trauma. Answer: Injury caused by objects that pierce the
surface of the body
◉ Work. Answer: Force acting over a distance
◉ Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and
unseen injuries or illness is referred to as the:
,A. Mechanism of injury
B. Index of suspicion
C. Scene size-up
D. General impression. Answer: B
◉ The energy of a moving object is called:
A. Potential energy
B. Thermal Energy
C. Kinetic Energy
D. Work. Answer: C
◉ Energy can be:
A. Created
B. Destroyed
C. Converted
D. Lost. Answer: C
◉ The amount of kinetic energy that is converted to do work on the
body dictated the _______ of the injury.
A. Location
B. Severity
C. Cause
, D. Speed. Answer: B
◉ All of the following are considered types of motorcycle impacts
EXCEPT:
A. Head-on collision
B. Angular collision
C. Controlled collision
D. Rear collision. Answer: D
◉ Which of the following is considered a type of impact from a motor
vehicle collision?
A. Ejection
B. Rollover
C. Crush
D. Penetration. Answer: B
◉ The three collisions in a frontal impact include all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Car striking object
B. Passenger striking vehicle
C. Airbag striking passager
D. Internal organs striking solid structures. Answer: C
MIDTERM EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Multisystem trauma. Answer: Significant MOI that causes injuries to
more than one body system
◉ Kinetic energy. Answer: Energy of a moving object
◉ Mechanism of injury (MOI). Answer: How trauma occurs
◉ Blunt trauma. Answer: Result of force to the body that causes injury
but does not penetrate soft tissue or internal organs and cavities
◉ Penetrating trauma. Answer: Injury caused by objects that pierce the
surface of the body
◉ Work. Answer: Force acting over a distance
◉ Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and
unseen injuries or illness is referred to as the:
,A. Mechanism of injury
B. Index of suspicion
C. Scene size-up
D. General impression. Answer: B
◉ The energy of a moving object is called:
A. Potential energy
B. Thermal Energy
C. Kinetic Energy
D. Work. Answer: C
◉ Energy can be:
A. Created
B. Destroyed
C. Converted
D. Lost. Answer: C
◉ The amount of kinetic energy that is converted to do work on the
body dictated the _______ of the injury.
A. Location
B. Severity
C. Cause
, D. Speed. Answer: B
◉ All of the following are considered types of motorcycle impacts
EXCEPT:
A. Head-on collision
B. Angular collision
C. Controlled collision
D. Rear collision. Answer: D
◉ Which of the following is considered a type of impact from a motor
vehicle collision?
A. Ejection
B. Rollover
C. Crush
D. Penetration. Answer: B
◉ The three collisions in a frontal impact include all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Car striking object
B. Passenger striking vehicle
C. Airbag striking passager
D. Internal organs striking solid structures. Answer: C
