TCCC MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
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a. Treat the casualty
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b. Prevent additional casualties
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c. Complete the mission
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d. All the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of care in TCCC? a. Care
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Under Fire | |
b. Tactical Field Care
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c. Tactical Evacuation Care
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d. Combat Life Saving Care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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The preferred pain medication for someone who has wounds that are moderately
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painful but not life-threatening and that do not keep him from functioning
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effectively as a combatant: | | |
| a. OTFC
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b. Ketamine IM
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c. Meloxicam and Tylenol ER
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d. Aspirin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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,. True or False: The most common cause of potentially preventable death on the
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battlefield is blood loss from non-compressible hemorrhage - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-T
. The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are: a. Heart
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rate and face color b. State of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse c.
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Rapid heart rate d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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True or False: All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-F
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True or False: A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. She should
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be allowed to take fluids by mouth if she is conscious and able to swallow. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T |
True or False: Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has
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bleeding sites inside the chest or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by
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diluting clotting factors or by interfering with clot formation at the bleeding site. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T
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Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T
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Which of the following is NOT appropriate to the Care Under Fire phase? a.
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Starting an IV b. Controlling life-threatening extremity bleeding with a limb
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, tourniquet c. Returning fire as necessary d. All the above - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when
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after wounding: a. As soon as possible b. Whenever c. Within 4 hours d. None of
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the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used
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the chin-lift/jaw-thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who
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is unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase: a.
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Nasopharyngeal airway b. Surgical airway c. Tracheal intubation d. None of the | | | | | | | | | | | |
above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A | | |
As a corpsman, you are confronted with the following three casualties. Which one
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should be cared for first? a. Casualty A - shot in the head and unconscious
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b. Casualty B - shot in the abdomen - awake and alert
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c. Casualty C - heavy bleeding from a thigh wound - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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True or False: The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not
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necessarily the same as for the identical injury in a civilian setting. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-T
True or False: The Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines presented in this
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course should be followed exactly no matter what the tactical context in which
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the casualties must be treated. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-F
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
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a. Treat the casualty
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b. Prevent additional casualties
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c. Complete the mission
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d. All the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of care in TCCC? a. Care
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Under Fire | |
b. Tactical Field Care
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c. Tactical Evacuation Care
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d. Combat Life Saving Care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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The preferred pain medication for someone who has wounds that are moderately
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painful but not life-threatening and that do not keep him from functioning
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effectively as a combatant: | | |
| a. OTFC
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b. Ketamine IM
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c. Meloxicam and Tylenol ER
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d. Aspirin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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,. True or False: The most common cause of potentially preventable death on the
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battlefield is blood loss from non-compressible hemorrhage - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-T
. The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are: a. Heart
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rate and face color b. State of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse c.
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Rapid heart rate d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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True or False: All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-F
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True or False: A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. She should
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be allowed to take fluids by mouth if she is conscious and able to swallow. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T |
True or False: Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has
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bleeding sites inside the chest or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by
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diluting clotting factors or by interfering with clot formation at the bleeding site. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T
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Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-T
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Which of the following is NOT appropriate to the Care Under Fire phase? a.
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Starting an IV b. Controlling life-threatening extremity bleeding with a limb
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, tourniquet c. Returning fire as necessary d. All the above - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when
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after wounding: a. As soon as possible b. Whenever c. Within 4 hours d. None of
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the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used
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the chin-lift/jaw-thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who
| | | | | | | | | | | |
is unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase: a.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nasopharyngeal airway b. Surgical airway c. Tracheal intubation d. None of the | | | | | | | | | | | |
above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A | | |
As a corpsman, you are confronted with the following three casualties. Which one
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should be cared for first? a. Casualty A - shot in the head and unconscious
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b. Casualty B - shot in the abdomen - awake and alert
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c. Casualty C - heavy bleeding from a thigh wound - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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True or False: The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not
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necessarily the same as for the identical injury in a civilian setting. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-T
True or False: The Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines presented in this
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course should be followed exactly no matter what the tactical context in which
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the casualties must be treated. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-F
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