Medical Ethics and Detainee Operations
Basic Course UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following is the correct order for the standard steps for challenging an unlawful
order? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Repeat the order. Request clarification of the order. State
your disagreement with the act. Present all moral arguments. Seek to get the order changed.
Request rescission of the order, and finally, ask the senior leader to stop the act.
Reprisals or acts which are usually violations of war may NEVER be taken to: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Take revenge on the opponent
The Principles of Medical Ethics require healthcare personnel to avoid which of the
following acts? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Participate actively or passively in acts in an
attempt to commit torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
What should you do during medical examinations to ensure the respect for dignity of the
detainee? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All of the answers are correct.
which of the following stipulations is TRUE regarding the verification of a detainee as being
impaired? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Two members of the medical staff must agree to the
determination.
Which of the following behaviors WOULD be considered rude or socially unacceptable in
Middle Eastern cultures? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Public displays of affection between a
man and woman.
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Qur'an? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is
not the ultimate law in Muslim society.
Although your shift has just ended, before you may leave you are tasked to screen the
detainees so that they can be transferred to another location. They have just knelt for mid-day
prayer. The MPs tell you that this procession usually requires about half an hour. What do
, you do? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Wait for the prayer to be over to
do the screening.
- Leave a note for the next shift to do the screening after the prayer.
Which of the below postures are considered rude in Middle Eastern culture? Select all that
apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Crossing your legs if in the presence of an elder.
- Slouching with legs open.
- Showing the soles of your shoes.
- Leaning against a wall.
- Having your hands in your pockets.
A detainee comes to the clinic with sever abdominal pain. The physician orders a catherer
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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
When visiting detainee compounds, the International Committee of the Red Cross looks for
all of the following EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Completeness of medical records.
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 date. What should you do? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔You forward the request for access to the facilities through your
Chain of Command.
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of Military Intelligence personnel? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Review detainee medical information.
Basic Course UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following is the correct order for the standard steps for challenging an unlawful
order? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Repeat the order. Request clarification of the order. State
your disagreement with the act. Present all moral arguments. Seek to get the order changed.
Request rescission of the order, and finally, ask the senior leader to stop the act.
Reprisals or acts which are usually violations of war may NEVER be taken to: - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Take revenge on the opponent
The Principles of Medical Ethics require healthcare personnel to avoid which of the
following acts? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Participate actively or passively in acts in an
attempt to commit torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
What should you do during medical examinations to ensure the respect for dignity of the
detainee? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All of the answers are correct.
which of the following stipulations is TRUE regarding the verification of a detainee as being
impaired? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Two members of the medical staff must agree to the
determination.
Which of the following behaviors WOULD be considered rude or socially unacceptable in
Middle Eastern cultures? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Public displays of affection between a
man and woman.
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Qur'an? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is
not the ultimate law in Muslim society.
Although your shift has just ended, before you may leave you are tasked to screen the
detainees so that they can be transferred to another location. They have just knelt for mid-day
prayer. The MPs tell you that this procession usually requires about half an hour. What do
, you do? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Wait for the prayer to be over to
do the screening.
- Leave a note for the next shift to do the screening after the prayer.
Which of the below postures are considered rude in Middle Eastern culture? Select all that
apply. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Crossing your legs if in the presence of an elder.
- Slouching with legs open.
- Showing the soles of your shoes.
- Leaning against a wall.
- Having your hands in your pockets.
A detainee comes to the clinic with sever abdominal pain. The physician orders a catherer
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? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
When visiting detainee compounds, the International Committee of the Red Cross looks for
all of the following EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Completeness of medical records.
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 date. What should you do? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔You forward the request for access to the facilities through your
Chain of Command.
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of Military Intelligence personnel? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Review detainee medical information.
