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JBL Module 3 Practice Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+ 2025
A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his
mother's lap. His father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins
crying uncontrollably, which causes the child to start crying. You should:
A. give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your assessment to
the best of your ability.
B. attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her child because
this will increase her anxiety.
C. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm
the mother.
D. reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common and that there
is nothing to worry about. -Correct Answer ✔C. ask the father to hold the child so you
can assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.
As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive
another call for a major motor vehicle crash. You should:
A. place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
C. leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
D. inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once. -Correct
Answer ✔B. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by
doing all of the following, EXCEPT:
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A. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
B. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her response.
D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. -Correct
Answer ✔D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you
ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately.
You should:
A. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea.
B. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
D. tell him that you cannot help him unless he answers your questions. -Correct Answer
✔B. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
A. English-speaking patients or family members
B. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
C. supervision by advanced life support personnel
D. correct use of complex medical terminology -Correct Answer ✔B. verbal and
nonverbal communication techniques
Ethnocentrism is defined as:
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A. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and
stress differently.
B. considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with
people of a different culture.
C. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice
when answering a question.
D. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that your
own values are more acceptable. -Correct Answer ✔B. considering your own cultural
values to be more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition.
After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you should:
A. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
B. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form. -Correct Answer
✔A. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:
A. withholding medical history data.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. not disclosing his or her name.
D. using coded medical language. -Correct Answer ✔C. not disclosing his or her name.
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be:
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A. brief and easily understood.
B. coded and scripted.
C. spoken in a loud voice.
D. lengthy and complete. -Correct Answer ✔A. brief and easily understood
When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that:
A. hostility and confusion should be presumed to be due to the patient's age.
B. speaking loudly and distinctly will ensure that the patient can hear you.
C. your questions should focus exclusively on the patient's obvious problem.
D. most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions. -Correct
Answer ✔D. most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions.
Which of the following incidents does NOT require a report to be filed with local
authorities?
A. Spousal abuse
B. Gunshot wounds
C. Cardiac arrest
D. Animal bites -Correct Answer ✔C. Cardiac arrest
Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate to document in the narrative
section of a PCR?
A. "Significant damage was noted to the front end of the vehicle."
B. "The patient admits to smoking marijuana earlier in the day."
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JBL Module 3 Practice Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+ 2025
A 4-year-old boy had an apparent seizure. He is conscious and calm and is sitting on his
mother's lap. His father is sitting in a nearby chair. The child's mother suddenly begins
crying uncontrollably, which causes the child to start crying. You should:
A. give the child a favorite toy or blanket to hold onto and perform your assessment to
the best of your ability.
B. attempt to calm the child's mother, but avoid separating her from her child because
this will increase her anxiety.
C. ask the father to hold the child so you can assess him while your partner tries to calm
the mother.
D. reassure the child's mother that seizures in children are very common and that there
is nothing to worry about. -Correct Answer ✔C. ask the father to hold the child so you
can assess him while your partner tries to calm the mother.
As you are wheeling your patient through the emergency department doors, you receive
another call for a major motor vehicle crash. You should:
A. place the patient in a high-visibility area and then respond to the call.
B. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
C. leave a copy of the run form with a nurse and then respond to the call.
D. inform the admissions clerk of the situation and then respond at once. -Correct
Answer ✔B. respond only after giving a verbal patient report to a nurse or physician.
Communicating with patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can be facilitated by
doing all of the following, EXCEPT:
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A. placing yourself in a position to ensure that the patient can see your lips.
B. shining a light on your face when you are in a darkened environment.
C. providing pen and paper if the patient prefers to write his or her response.
D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation. -Correct
Answer ✔D. elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you
ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately.
You should:
A. ask him if he frequently experiences severe headaches and nausea.
B. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
C. repeat your question because he probably did not hear you.
D. tell him that you cannot help him unless he answers your questions. -Correct Answer
✔B. allow him time to think about the question and respond to it.
Effective therapeutic communication skills require _________.
A. English-speaking patients or family members
B. verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
C. supervision by advanced life support personnel
D. correct use of complex medical terminology -Correct Answer ✔B. verbal and
nonverbal communication techniques
Ethnocentrism is defined as:
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A. understanding that people from different cultural backgrounds respond to pain and
stress differently.
B. considering your own cultural values to be more important when interacting with
people of a different culture.
C. suspecting that a person has an ulterior motive based on the tone of his or her voice
when answering a question.
D. subconsciously forcing your cultural values onto a patient because you feel that your
own values are more acceptable. -Correct Answer ✔B. considering your own cultural
values to be more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
Medical control gives you an order that seems inappropriate for the patient's condition.
After confirming that you heard the physician correctly, you should:
A. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
B. obtain consent from the patient and then carry out the order as usual.
C. state that you will not carry out the order because it is inappropriate.
D. carry out the order and then carefully document it on the run form. -Correct Answer
✔A. advise the physician that the order is unclear and ask for clarification.
When providing a patient report via radio, you should protect the patient's privacy by:
A. withholding medical history data.
B. refraining from objective statements.
C. not disclosing his or her name.
D. using coded medical language. -Correct Answer ✔C. not disclosing his or her name.
When relaying patient information via radio, communications should be:
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A. brief and easily understood.
B. coded and scripted.
C. spoken in a loud voice.
D. lengthy and complete. -Correct Answer ✔A. brief and easily understood
When you are communicating with an older patient, it is important to remember that:
A. hostility and confusion should be presumed to be due to the patient's age.
B. speaking loudly and distinctly will ensure that the patient can hear you.
C. your questions should focus exclusively on the patient's obvious problem.
D. most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions. -Correct
Answer ✔D. most older people think clearly and are capable of answering questions.
Which of the following incidents does NOT require a report to be filed with local
authorities?
A. Spousal abuse
B. Gunshot wounds
C. Cardiac arrest
D. Animal bites -Correct Answer ✔C. Cardiac arrest
Which of the following statements is NOT appropriate to document in the narrative
section of a PCR?
A. "Significant damage was noted to the front end of the vehicle."
B. "The patient admits to smoking marijuana earlier in the day."
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