NAEMSE FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING (NCEE EXAM)
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|
AGRADE
Accreditation - ANSWER: To give official authorization to or approval of; to recognize
(as an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates
for admission to high or more specialized institutions or for professional practice.
Affective domain - ANSWER: Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with feelings, thoughts
and values.
Analytic learner - ANSWER: Learning preference dealing with how a learner prefers
to take in information; prefers to look at details, steps and minute elements.
Attribution - ANSWER: Regarding education; this is a though process where an
individual assigns responsibility for something.
Auditory preference - ANSWER: A learner preference describing how a learner
prefers to receive information; prefers the sense of hearing over other senses.
Certification - ANSWER: The issuing of a certificate by a private agency based upon
standards adopted by that agency that are based upon competency.
Clinical instructor - ANSWER: A member of the EMS education team whose focus in
teaching is the clinical setting. Works very closely with students in a real patient care
environment
Clinical setting - ANSWER: Generally an actual patient care environment where
student will interact with real or simulated patients to practice skills or to
demonstrate skills proficiency
CoAEMSP - ANSWER: Provides accreditation services for paramedic programs; its
primary goal is to foster partnerships with educational programs in continuous
quality improvements.
Cognitive domain - ANSWER: Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with thinking and
knowledge.
Cohort Group - ANSWER: Several students who are attending a course together.
Continuing education - ANSWER: The continual process of life-long learning that
involves learning new content materials. It is different from refresher education
which is a review of previously learned content.
Curriculum - ANSWER: A particular course of study, offered in a special field.
, Depth and breadth - ANSWER: Refers to how far into a level of learning one should
go in teaching it and the amount of material that is covered.
Didactic instruction - ANSWER: Designed or intended to teach. Can be presented
through lecture, small group work, problem-based learning, etc.
Discipline - ANSWER: Orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior.
Domains of learning - ANSWER: A method of categorizing learning into like
groupings: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
DOT-NSC currinculum - ANSWER: Department of Transportation National Standard
Educational Objective - ANSWER: The outcome/goal of the teaching/training
conducted; the desired knowledge to be imparted.
Entry level - ANSWER: Refers to the novice or new EMS educator who has completed
a formalized course of study of the body of knowledge proscribed by the EMS
instructor curricula.
Emergency Medical Services - ANSWER: Collective name for all levels of certification
or licensure for individuals who provide out-of-hospital patient care.
EMS Agenda for the Future - ANSWER: Public document finalized in 1996 that
focuses on aspects of EMS related to emergency care outside traditional health care
facilities.
Formative evaluation - ANSWER: Process of evaluation that is conducted while
training is in progress. It may be formal or informal but is generally designed to
provide the instructor and student with a snapshot of where they are currently
compared to where they want to be.
Global learner - ANSWER: Learning preference dealing with how a learned prefers to
take in information; prefers to look at the big picture first and then break it up into
chunks to study.
Kinesthetic preference - ANSWER: A learner preference describing how a learner
prefers to receive information; prefers the sense of touch over the other senses to
learn.
Laboratory instructor - ANSWER: Member of the EMS education team whose
primary responsibility is to assist students in learning psychomotor skills.
Learning style - ANSWER: A preferred mode or method a learner has that is unique
to the way they perceive, store and retrieve knowledge and information.
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|
AGRADE
Accreditation - ANSWER: To give official authorization to or approval of; to recognize
(as an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates
for admission to high or more specialized institutions or for professional practice.
Affective domain - ANSWER: Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with feelings, thoughts
and values.
Analytic learner - ANSWER: Learning preference dealing with how a learner prefers
to take in information; prefers to look at details, steps and minute elements.
Attribution - ANSWER: Regarding education; this is a though process where an
individual assigns responsibility for something.
Auditory preference - ANSWER: A learner preference describing how a learner
prefers to receive information; prefers the sense of hearing over other senses.
Certification - ANSWER: The issuing of a certificate by a private agency based upon
standards adopted by that agency that are based upon competency.
Clinical instructor - ANSWER: A member of the EMS education team whose focus in
teaching is the clinical setting. Works very closely with students in a real patient care
environment
Clinical setting - ANSWER: Generally an actual patient care environment where
student will interact with real or simulated patients to practice skills or to
demonstrate skills proficiency
CoAEMSP - ANSWER: Provides accreditation services for paramedic programs; its
primary goal is to foster partnerships with educational programs in continuous
quality improvements.
Cognitive domain - ANSWER: Part of Bloom's taxonomy; deals with thinking and
knowledge.
Cohort Group - ANSWER: Several students who are attending a course together.
Continuing education - ANSWER: The continual process of life-long learning that
involves learning new content materials. It is different from refresher education
which is a review of previously learned content.
Curriculum - ANSWER: A particular course of study, offered in a special field.
, Depth and breadth - ANSWER: Refers to how far into a level of learning one should
go in teaching it and the amount of material that is covered.
Didactic instruction - ANSWER: Designed or intended to teach. Can be presented
through lecture, small group work, problem-based learning, etc.
Discipline - ANSWER: Orderly or prescribed conduct or pattern of behavior.
Domains of learning - ANSWER: A method of categorizing learning into like
groupings: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.
DOT-NSC currinculum - ANSWER: Department of Transportation National Standard
Educational Objective - ANSWER: The outcome/goal of the teaching/training
conducted; the desired knowledge to be imparted.
Entry level - ANSWER: Refers to the novice or new EMS educator who has completed
a formalized course of study of the body of knowledge proscribed by the EMS
instructor curricula.
Emergency Medical Services - ANSWER: Collective name for all levels of certification
or licensure for individuals who provide out-of-hospital patient care.
EMS Agenda for the Future - ANSWER: Public document finalized in 1996 that
focuses on aspects of EMS related to emergency care outside traditional health care
facilities.
Formative evaluation - ANSWER: Process of evaluation that is conducted while
training is in progress. It may be formal or informal but is generally designed to
provide the instructor and student with a snapshot of where they are currently
compared to where they want to be.
Global learner - ANSWER: Learning preference dealing with how a learned prefers to
take in information; prefers to look at the big picture first and then break it up into
chunks to study.
Kinesthetic preference - ANSWER: A learner preference describing how a learner
prefers to receive information; prefers the sense of touch over the other senses to
learn.
Laboratory instructor - ANSWER: Member of the EMS education team whose
primary responsibility is to assist students in learning psychomotor skills.
Learning style - ANSWER: A preferred mode or method a learner has that is unique
to the way they perceive, store and retrieve knowledge and information.
