WEST COAST EMT BLOCK 2 PRACTICE
TEST 2026 CORE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS PARAMEDIC
FOUNDATIONS
◉ The determination of whether a medical patient is a high-priority
or low-priority transport is typically made:
Select one:
A. as soon as the patient voices his or her chief complaint.
B. after the primary assessment has been completed.
C. upon completion of a detailed secondary assessment.
D. once the patient's baseline vital signs are known..
Answer: B. after the primary assessment has been completed.
◉ When assessing a patient with a medical complaint, which of the
following would MOST likely reveal the cause of the problem?
Select one:
A. Baseline vital signs
B. Index of suspicion
C. Medical history
D. Primary assessment.
,Answer: C. Medical history
◉ When caring for a patient with an altered mental status and signs
of circulatory compromise, you should:
Select one:
A. perform a detailed secondary assessment prior to transporting
the patient.
B. have a paramedic unit respond to the scene if it is less than 15
minutes away.
C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
D. transport immediately and begin all emergency treatment en
route to the hospital..
Answer: C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if
possible.
◉ When forming your general impression of a patient with a
medical complaint, it is important to remember that:
Select one:
A. most serious medical conditions do not present with obvious
symptoms.
B. it is during the general impression that assessment of the ABCs
occurs.
C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious
at first.
,D. the majority of medical patients you encounter are also injured..
Answer: C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear
serious at first.
◉ Which of the following conditions is NOT categorized as a
psychiatric condition?
Select one:
A. Alzheimer disease
B. Depression
C. Schizophrenia
D. Substance abuse.
Answer: D. Substance abuse
◉ Which of the following is bacterium resistant to most antibiotics
and causes skin abscesses?
Select one:
A. Whooping cough
B. MRSA
C. H1N1
D. Avian flu.
Answer: B. MRSA
, ◉ Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for
complications caused by the influenza virus?
Select one:
A. 50-year-old woman moderate obesity
B. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
C. 12-year-old child with a fractured arm
D. 39-year-old man with mild hypertension.
Answer: B. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
◉ You and your EMT partner arrive at the residence of a 50-year-old
man who complains of weakness. Your primary assessment reveals
that he is critically ill and will require aggressive treatment. The
closest hospital is 25 miles away. You should:
Select one:
A. administer oxygen via nonrebreathing mask and obtain as much
of his medical history as possible.
B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation and
consider requesting an ALS unit.
C. load him into the ambulance, begin transport, and perform all
treatment en route to the hospital.
D. perform a detailed secondary assessment, assess his vital signs,
and then transport rapidly..
Answer: B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation
and consider requesting an ALS unit.
TEST 2026 CORE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS PARAMEDIC
FOUNDATIONS
◉ The determination of whether a medical patient is a high-priority
or low-priority transport is typically made:
Select one:
A. as soon as the patient voices his or her chief complaint.
B. after the primary assessment has been completed.
C. upon completion of a detailed secondary assessment.
D. once the patient's baseline vital signs are known..
Answer: B. after the primary assessment has been completed.
◉ When assessing a patient with a medical complaint, which of the
following would MOST likely reveal the cause of the problem?
Select one:
A. Baseline vital signs
B. Index of suspicion
C. Medical history
D. Primary assessment.
,Answer: C. Medical history
◉ When caring for a patient with an altered mental status and signs
of circulatory compromise, you should:
Select one:
A. perform a detailed secondary assessment prior to transporting
the patient.
B. have a paramedic unit respond to the scene if it is less than 15
minutes away.
C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if possible.
D. transport immediately and begin all emergency treatment en
route to the hospital..
Answer: C. limit your time at the scene to 10 minutes or less, if
possible.
◉ When forming your general impression of a patient with a
medical complaint, it is important to remember that:
Select one:
A. most serious medical conditions do not present with obvious
symptoms.
B. it is during the general impression that assessment of the ABCs
occurs.
C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear serious
at first.
,D. the majority of medical patients you encounter are also injured..
Answer: C. the conditions of many medical patients may not appear
serious at first.
◉ Which of the following conditions is NOT categorized as a
psychiatric condition?
Select one:
A. Alzheimer disease
B. Depression
C. Schizophrenia
D. Substance abuse.
Answer: D. Substance abuse
◉ Which of the following is bacterium resistant to most antibiotics
and causes skin abscesses?
Select one:
A. Whooping cough
B. MRSA
C. H1N1
D. Avian flu.
Answer: B. MRSA
, ◉ Which of the following patients is at greatest risk for
complications caused by the influenza virus?
Select one:
A. 50-year-old woman moderate obesity
B. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
C. 12-year-old child with a fractured arm
D. 39-year-old man with mild hypertension.
Answer: B. 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes
◉ You and your EMT partner arrive at the residence of a 50-year-old
man who complains of weakness. Your primary assessment reveals
that he is critically ill and will require aggressive treatment. The
closest hospital is 25 miles away. You should:
Select one:
A. administer oxygen via nonrebreathing mask and obtain as much
of his medical history as possible.
B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation and
consider requesting an ALS unit.
C. load him into the ambulance, begin transport, and perform all
treatment en route to the hospital.
D. perform a detailed secondary assessment, assess his vital signs,
and then transport rapidly..
Answer: B. manage all threats to airway, breathing, and circulation
and consider requesting an ALS unit.
