Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
Treatment decisions based on research are called:
A. evidence-based.
B. off-line protocols.
C. standard of care.
D. higher medical authority. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅A. evidence-based.
Which of the following statements best describes
protocols?
A. A process of continuous self-review with the purpose of
identifying and correcting aspects of the system that
require improvement
B. A policy or protocol issued by a medical director that
authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in
certain situations
C. Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system
by the medical director
D. Lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions,
to be taken in different situations - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅D. Lists of steps, such as assessments and
interventions, to be taken in different situations
,Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
Which of the following terms is the description of medical
techniques or practices that are supported by scientific
evidence confirming their safety and efficacy?
A. Evidence-based
B. Quality improvement
C. Patient outcomes
D. Injury prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅A.
Evidence-based
Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT
certification or licensure is:
A. part of your role as an EMS professional.
B. the responsibility of your service medical director.
C. the role of your regional EMT training council.
D. the responsibility of your service training officer. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅A. part of your role as an
EMS professional.
The modern EMS system in the United States began in
the:
A. 1950s.
B. 1980s.
C. 1960s.
,Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
D. 2000s. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅C. 1960s.
The National Highway Safety Act charged which
government entity with developing an EMS system and
upgrading prehospital emergency care?
A. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
B. State EMS agencies
C. U.S. Department of Transportation
D. American Red Cross - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅C.
U.S. Department of Transportation
After World War II, who was the person who usually
provided ambulance transport?
A. The local undertaker
B. The local doctor's office
C. The local National Guard
D. The local police service - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅A. The local undertaker
In what year was the National Registry of Emergency
Medical Technicians established?
A. 1973
, Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
B. 1970
C. 1940
D. 1966 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅B. 1970
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
provides a set of recommended standards for EMS
systems called the Technical Assistance Program
Assessment Standards. Which of the following is one of
these ten standards?
A. Personnel scheduling
B. Medical direction
C. Vehicle maintenance
D. System access - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅B.
Medical direction
Each EMS system must have a physician as a medical
director to provide medical oversight that includes
overseeing patient care and delegating appropriate
medical practices to EMTs and other EMS personnel.
You have just become an EMS instructor, and now you are
teaching a helmet safety awareness class for a local
elementary school. This activity would be in support of
Question & Anwers 2025
Treatment decisions based on research are called:
A. evidence-based.
B. off-line protocols.
C. standard of care.
D. higher medical authority. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅A. evidence-based.
Which of the following statements best describes
protocols?
A. A process of continuous self-review with the purpose of
identifying and correcting aspects of the system that
require improvement
B. A policy or protocol issued by a medical director that
authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in
certain situations
C. Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system
by the medical director
D. Lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions,
to be taken in different situations - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅D. Lists of steps, such as assessments and
interventions, to be taken in different situations
,Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
Which of the following terms is the description of medical
techniques or practices that are supported by scientific
evidence confirming their safety and efficacy?
A. Evidence-based
B. Quality improvement
C. Patient outcomes
D. Injury prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅A.
Evidence-based
Maintaining current knowledge, skills and EMT
certification or licensure is:
A. part of your role as an EMS professional.
B. the responsibility of your service medical director.
C. the role of your regional EMT training council.
D. the responsibility of your service training officer. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅A. part of your role as an
EMS professional.
The modern EMS system in the United States began in
the:
A. 1950s.
B. 1980s.
C. 1960s.
,Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
D. 2000s. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅C. 1960s.
The National Highway Safety Act charged which
government entity with developing an EMS system and
upgrading prehospital emergency care?
A. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
B. State EMS agencies
C. U.S. Department of Transportation
D. American Red Cross - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅C.
U.S. Department of Transportation
After World War II, who was the person who usually
provided ambulance transport?
A. The local undertaker
B. The local doctor's office
C. The local National Guard
D. The local police service - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅A. The local undertaker
In what year was the National Registry of Emergency
Medical Technicians established?
A. 1973
, Chapter 1 Practice Quizzes Exam
Question & Anwers 2025
B. 1970
C. 1940
D. 1966 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅B. 1970
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
provides a set of recommended standards for EMS
systems called the Technical Assistance Program
Assessment Standards. Which of the following is one of
these ten standards?
A. Personnel scheduling
B. Medical direction
C. Vehicle maintenance
D. System access - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅B.
Medical direction
Each EMS system must have a physician as a medical
director to provide medical oversight that includes
overseeing patient care and delegating appropriate
medical practices to EMTs and other EMS personnel.
You have just become an EMS instructor, and now you are
teaching a helmet safety awareness class for a local
elementary school. This activity would be in support of
