FISDAP – OPERATIONS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Medical control has ordered you to administer one tube of oral glucose to a hypoglycemic
patient. Immediately after receiving this order, you should:
A) document the order on the prehospital care report.
B) administer the medication and reassess the patient.
C) ask medical control to repeat the order word for word.
D) repeat the order back to medical control word for word. - ANS D) repeat the order back to
medical control word for word.
The EMT should avoid focusing all his or her attention on a single critical patient during the
triage process because:
A. three EMTs are required to effectively manage a critical patient
B. other patients may die from causes that could have been prevented
C. all of his or her supplies will likely be depleted on that one patient
D. the patient will most likely die before he or she can be transported - ANS B. other patients
may die from causes that could have been prevented
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,Following a call in which a 6-week-old infant in cardiac arrest did not survive, your partner has
severe anxiety and is irritable. What should you do?
A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
B) Tell him that he needs psychiatric help.
C) Recommend at least 12 hours of sleep.
D) Report his behavior to the medical director. - ANS A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
If the EMT could initially only take two pieces of equipment to the side of a patient in cardiac
arrest, which of the following should he or she select?
A) AED and suction device
B) AED and oxygen cylinder
C) Pocket mask and oxygen cylinder
D) Bag-mask and suction devices
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← PREVIOUSPAUSE/END TESTNEXT → - ANS A) AED and suction device
During the triage process, which of the following injuries or conditions would classify a patient
as a high priority?
A) Pulselessness and apnea
B) Unilateral femur fracture and tachycardia
C) Partial-thickness burns with no respiratory difficulty
D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental status - ANS D) A large avulsion to the
arm and an altered mental status
What are the recommended dimensions for a helicopter landing zone?
A) 50 feet by 50 feet
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, B) 75 feet by 75 feet
C) 100 feet by 100 feet
D) 200 feet by 200 feet - ANS C) 100 feet by 100 feet
When arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash at night, you determine that the safest
place to park the ambulance is in a direction that faces oncoming traffic. What should you do?
A) Position road flares around the front of the ambulance.
B) Turn all emergency lighting off to avoid blinding the traffic.
C) Turn the high-beam headlights on to alert oncoming traffic.
D) Turn your headlights off, but keep the emergency lights on. - ANS D) Turn your headlights
off, but keep the emergency lights on.
The set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the extent or limits of an EMT's job
is called:
A) a duty to act.
B) confidentiality.
C) the scope of practice.
D) the Medical Practices Act. - ANS C) the scope of practice.
When driving in emergency mode on a multilane highway, the emergency vehicle operator
should keep to the:
A) right shoulder so that traffic flow is not disrupted.
B) extreme left lane so motorists can yield to the right.
C) extreme right lane so motorists can yield to the left.
D) center lane so the traffic can flow around the ambulance. - ANS B) extreme left lane so
motorists can yield to the right.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Medical control has ordered you to administer one tube of oral glucose to a hypoglycemic
patient. Immediately after receiving this order, you should:
A) document the order on the prehospital care report.
B) administer the medication and reassess the patient.
C) ask medical control to repeat the order word for word.
D) repeat the order back to medical control word for word. - ANS D) repeat the order back to
medical control word for word.
The EMT should avoid focusing all his or her attention on a single critical patient during the
triage process because:
A. three EMTs are required to effectively manage a critical patient
B. other patients may die from causes that could have been prevented
C. all of his or her supplies will likely be depleted on that one patient
D. the patient will most likely die before he or she can be transported - ANS B. other patients
may die from causes that could have been prevented
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,Following a call in which a 6-week-old infant in cardiac arrest did not survive, your partner has
severe anxiety and is irritable. What should you do?
A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
B) Tell him that he needs psychiatric help.
C) Recommend at least 12 hours of sleep.
D) Report his behavior to the medical director. - ANS A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
If the EMT could initially only take two pieces of equipment to the side of a patient in cardiac
arrest, which of the following should he or she select?
A) AED and suction device
B) AED and oxygen cylinder
C) Pocket mask and oxygen cylinder
D) Bag-mask and suction devices
ID#EMT-435
← PREVIOUSPAUSE/END TESTNEXT → - ANS A) AED and suction device
During the triage process, which of the following injuries or conditions would classify a patient
as a high priority?
A) Pulselessness and apnea
B) Unilateral femur fracture and tachycardia
C) Partial-thickness burns with no respiratory difficulty
D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental status - ANS D) A large avulsion to the
arm and an altered mental status
What are the recommended dimensions for a helicopter landing zone?
A) 50 feet by 50 feet
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, B) 75 feet by 75 feet
C) 100 feet by 100 feet
D) 200 feet by 200 feet - ANS C) 100 feet by 100 feet
When arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash at night, you determine that the safest
place to park the ambulance is in a direction that faces oncoming traffic. What should you do?
A) Position road flares around the front of the ambulance.
B) Turn all emergency lighting off to avoid blinding the traffic.
C) Turn the high-beam headlights on to alert oncoming traffic.
D) Turn your headlights off, but keep the emergency lights on. - ANS D) Turn your headlights
off, but keep the emergency lights on.
The set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the extent or limits of an EMT's job
is called:
A) a duty to act.
B) confidentiality.
C) the scope of practice.
D) the Medical Practices Act. - ANS C) the scope of practice.
When driving in emergency mode on a multilane highway, the emergency vehicle operator
should keep to the:
A) right shoulder so that traffic flow is not disrupted.
B) extreme left lane so motorists can yield to the right.
C) extreme right lane so motorists can yield to the left.
D) center lane so the traffic can flow around the ambulance. - ANS B) extreme left lane so
motorists can yield to the right.
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