Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
According to the terminal drop hypothesis: -
correct answer ✅mental function is presumed to decline in the 5
years preceding death.
All of the following physical changes occur in school-aged children,
EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅their vital signs become the same as adults'.
An infant's fontanelles are typically fused together by the age of? -
correct answer ✅24 months
An infant's sleep pattern is developed through a combination of: -
correct answer ✅central nervous system development and
parental efforts.
Anxious avoidant attachment is observed in infants who are
repeatedly: -
correct answer ✅Rejected
As smooth muscles of the lower airway weaken with age: -
correct answer ✅Strong inhalation can collapse the walls of the
airway, resulting in inspiratory wheezing.
,Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Barotrauma caused by bag-mask ventilation in an infant means that
you ventilations: -
correct answer ✅were too forceful
At two months of age, an infant should be able to: -
correct answer ✅track objects with his or her eyes
Basic language mastery typically occurs by what age? -
correct answer ✅36 months
By the age of 1 year, an infant's tidal volume ranges from: -
correct answer ✅10 to 15 mL/kg
In contrast to infants, do toddlers have a slower or faster
respiratory rate? -
correct answer ✅Slower
In general, normal psycho social factors that affect the life of a 35
year-old person include all of the following, EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅anxiety
,Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
In late adults, the size of the airway (increases or decreases?) and
the surface area of the alveoli (increases or decreases?) -
correct answer ✅increases, decreases
In most infants, the primary method of communicating distress is: -
correct answer ✅Crying
Patients between 41 and 60 years of age are LEAST susceptible to : -
correct answer ✅acute immunosuppression
Teething is commonly accompanied by: -
correct answer ✅fever
What reflex happens when an infant is startled and opens his arms
wide? -
correct answer ✅Moro
The decline of cardiac function associated with aging is largely
related to: -
correct answer ✅Atherosclerosis
, Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Vascular compensation for changes in blood pressure decreases
with age due to: -
correct answer ✅Reduced elasticity of the peripheral vessels
secondary to decreases in elastin and collagen
What is the "low normal" blood glucose level in a newborn? -
correct answer ✅45 mg/dL
When assessing an older adult's pupils and ocular movements, you
should recall that: -
correct answer ✅it is not uncommon for lens deterioration to
cause the pupils to be sluggish to react.
Which of the following factors typically does NOT affect the vital
signs of a 65 year-old patient? -
correct answer ✅Living conditions
Which of the following physical changes occurs in adults over 25
years of age? -
correct answer ✅Settling of disks in the spine
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
According to the terminal drop hypothesis: -
correct answer ✅mental function is presumed to decline in the 5
years preceding death.
All of the following physical changes occur in school-aged children,
EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅their vital signs become the same as adults'.
An infant's fontanelles are typically fused together by the age of? -
correct answer ✅24 months
An infant's sleep pattern is developed through a combination of: -
correct answer ✅central nervous system development and
parental efforts.
Anxious avoidant attachment is observed in infants who are
repeatedly: -
correct answer ✅Rejected
As smooth muscles of the lower airway weaken with age: -
correct answer ✅Strong inhalation can collapse the walls of the
airway, resulting in inspiratory wheezing.
,Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Barotrauma caused by bag-mask ventilation in an infant means that
you ventilations: -
correct answer ✅were too forceful
At two months of age, an infant should be able to: -
correct answer ✅track objects with his or her eyes
Basic language mastery typically occurs by what age? -
correct answer ✅36 months
By the age of 1 year, an infant's tidal volume ranges from: -
correct answer ✅10 to 15 mL/kg
In contrast to infants, do toddlers have a slower or faster
respiratory rate? -
correct answer ✅Slower
In general, normal psycho social factors that affect the life of a 35
year-old person include all of the following, EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅anxiety
,Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
In late adults, the size of the airway (increases or decreases?) and
the surface area of the alveoli (increases or decreases?) -
correct answer ✅increases, decreases
In most infants, the primary method of communicating distress is: -
correct answer ✅Crying
Patients between 41 and 60 years of age are LEAST susceptible to : -
correct answer ✅acute immunosuppression
Teething is commonly accompanied by: -
correct answer ✅fever
What reflex happens when an infant is startled and opens his arms
wide? -
correct answer ✅Moro
The decline of cardiac function associated with aging is largely
related to: -
correct answer ✅Atherosclerosis
, Paramedic Final Exam (JB Learning)
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Vascular compensation for changes in blood pressure decreases
with age due to: -
correct answer ✅Reduced elasticity of the peripheral vessels
secondary to decreases in elastin and collagen
What is the "low normal" blood glucose level in a newborn? -
correct answer ✅45 mg/dL
When assessing an older adult's pupils and ocular movements, you
should recall that: -
correct answer ✅it is not uncommon for lens deterioration to
cause the pupils to be sluggish to react.
Which of the following factors typically does NOT affect the vital
signs of a 65 year-old patient? -
correct answer ✅Living conditions
Which of the following physical changes occurs in adults over 25
years of age? -
correct answer ✅Settling of disks in the spine
