Medical Ethics and Detainee Operations
Basic Course ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Before a detainee can be transferred from a Role 2 to a Role 3 medical unit, what conditions
must be met? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Healthcare
personnel are prohibited from assisting detainee interrogation teams
Medical personnel who help interrogation team should not be a part of the healthcare team
Which of the duties listed below are owed to Enemy Prisoner of War in accordance with the
Geneva Conventions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All of the answers are correct
Detainees with symptoms of infectious diseases or identified medical conditions that require
daily medication should be front-loaded for processing. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
During a detainee ground transfer, healthcare personnel are in charge of a detainee's
restraints. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
, Only Geneva Conventions III has an Article 3 that states that the following acts are, and shall
remain, prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever: violence to life and person, in
particular cruel treatment and torture, and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular
humiliating and degrading treatment. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
The detaining forces have an obligation to provide certain groups with either medical care or
to ensure that they have access to medical care. Which group should be ensured access to
care? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Civilian Population
Who makes the determination whether an autopsy will be conducted after the death of a
detainee? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Armed Forces Medical Examiner
One of the detainees in your treatment facility is about to be released from detention and has
requested a copy of his medical records. What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Give him a copy which has had the unit and healthcare provider personal information
edited
Healthcare personnel are obligated to: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Report any claims of
detainee sexual abuse or torture
Reprisals or acts which are usually violations of war may NEVER be taken to: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Take revenge on the opponent
When specialty care is available to coalition forces, specialty care should also be available to
detainees in theater. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Threatening or humiliating an individual either verbally or non-verbally can be considered
what kind of abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Emotional Abuse
_____ is a holy month in which fasting from dawn until sunset for 29/30 days is required of
all able-bodied Muslims. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ramadan
During the initial screening exam, it's important that you take pictures of a detainee's existing
and pre-existing injuries and wounds. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Basic Course ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Before a detainee can be transferred from a Role 2 to a Role 3 medical unit, what conditions
must be met? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Healthcare
personnel are prohibited from assisting detainee interrogation teams
Medical personnel who help interrogation team should not be a part of the healthcare team
Which of the duties listed below are owed to Enemy Prisoner of War in accordance with the
Geneva Conventions? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All of the answers are correct
Detainees with symptoms of infectious diseases or identified medical conditions that require
daily medication should be front-loaded for processing. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
During a detainee ground transfer, healthcare personnel are in charge of a detainee's
restraints. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
, Only Geneva Conventions III has an Article 3 that states that the following acts are, and shall
remain, prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever: violence to life and person, in
particular cruel treatment and torture, and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular
humiliating and degrading treatment. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
The detaining forces have an obligation to provide certain groups with either medical care or
to ensure that they have access to medical care. Which group should be ensured access to
care? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Civilian Population
Who makes the determination whether an autopsy will be conducted after the death of a
detainee? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Armed Forces Medical Examiner
One of the detainees in your treatment facility is about to be released from detention and has
requested a copy of his medical records. What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Give him a copy which has had the unit and healthcare provider personal information
edited
Healthcare personnel are obligated to: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Report any claims of
detainee sexual abuse or torture
Reprisals or acts which are usually violations of war may NEVER be taken to: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Take revenge on the opponent
When specialty care is available to coalition forces, specialty care should also be available to
detainees in theater. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Threatening or humiliating an individual either verbally or non-verbally can be considered
what kind of abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Emotional Abuse
_____ is a holy month in which fasting from dawn until sunset for 29/30 days is required of
all able-bodied Muslims. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ramadan
During the initial screening exam, it's important that you take pictures of a detainee's existing
and pre-existing injuries and wounds. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
