Prehospital Emergency Care, Chapter #44
Actual Exam (2025) comprehensive questions and
verified answers ( detailed & elaborated) 2025-2026
TEST
1) On the scene of a hazardous materials emergency, which individual is best
suited to provide command and coordination of assets at the incident?
A) Fire service rescue technician
B) Paramedic
C) Hazardous materials technician
D) Hazmat specialist
D) Hazmat specialist
2) You have been trained to the OSHA level of "First Responder Awareness."
With this level of training, which activities are you qualified to perform?
A) Stop and patch a leak in a broken valve emitting an unknown gas
B) Recognize a potential hazardous materials emergency and call for the
appropriate resources
C) Provide detailed instructions on how to contain a spill of an unknown liquid
D) Direct the operations at a hazardous materials emergency until the chemical
is identified
B) Recognize a potential hazardous materials emergency and call for the appropriate
resources
3) A small truck has gone over an embankment. The driver has a head injury
and is confused, but is able to tell you that he is hauling N-acetyl-para-
aminophenol. Which resource would provide you with the best initial
information about this chemical?
A) Emergency Response Guidebook
B) Medical direction
, C) Truck driver
D) TREC-CHEM EMS Guidebook
A) Emergency Response Guidebook
4) An intoxicated driver drove his car into the side of a slow-moving train,
hitting a tanker car. You recognize the need to call CHEMTREC to get
information on what is contained within the tanker. Which piece of information
is it critical to provide to this agency so it can respond with helpful
information?
A) Type of railroad car involved
B) Name of the railroad carrier
C) UN identification number
D) Accident location and train identification number
C) UN identification number
5) You and your partner are the first emergency personnel on the scene of an
overturned tanker truck. The driver appears motionless in the cab of the
vehicle. You also note liquid leaking from the rear-valve assembly of the tanker
trailer. After properly positioning your ambulance, your immediate priority is
to:
A) Assess the driver for life-threatening conditions
B) Determine which chemical is contained in the tanker
C) Evacuate people from cars near the tanker
D) Provide manual cervical spine motion restriction for the driver
C) Evacuate people from cars near the tanker
6) On the National Fire Protection Association hazardous materials
classification placard, the blue diamond represents:
A) Reactivity
B) Health hazard
C) Specific hazard
D) Fire hazard
B) Health hazard
7) If the red diamond on a National Fire Protection Association placard
contains a "4," the EMT should recognize that the material within this
container is:
A) Liquid
Actual Exam (2025) comprehensive questions and
verified answers ( detailed & elaborated) 2025-2026
TEST
1) On the scene of a hazardous materials emergency, which individual is best
suited to provide command and coordination of assets at the incident?
A) Fire service rescue technician
B) Paramedic
C) Hazardous materials technician
D) Hazmat specialist
D) Hazmat specialist
2) You have been trained to the OSHA level of "First Responder Awareness."
With this level of training, which activities are you qualified to perform?
A) Stop and patch a leak in a broken valve emitting an unknown gas
B) Recognize a potential hazardous materials emergency and call for the
appropriate resources
C) Provide detailed instructions on how to contain a spill of an unknown liquid
D) Direct the operations at a hazardous materials emergency until the chemical
is identified
B) Recognize a potential hazardous materials emergency and call for the appropriate
resources
3) A small truck has gone over an embankment. The driver has a head injury
and is confused, but is able to tell you that he is hauling N-acetyl-para-
aminophenol. Which resource would provide you with the best initial
information about this chemical?
A) Emergency Response Guidebook
B) Medical direction
, C) Truck driver
D) TREC-CHEM EMS Guidebook
A) Emergency Response Guidebook
4) An intoxicated driver drove his car into the side of a slow-moving train,
hitting a tanker car. You recognize the need to call CHEMTREC to get
information on what is contained within the tanker. Which piece of information
is it critical to provide to this agency so it can respond with helpful
information?
A) Type of railroad car involved
B) Name of the railroad carrier
C) UN identification number
D) Accident location and train identification number
C) UN identification number
5) You and your partner are the first emergency personnel on the scene of an
overturned tanker truck. The driver appears motionless in the cab of the
vehicle. You also note liquid leaking from the rear-valve assembly of the tanker
trailer. After properly positioning your ambulance, your immediate priority is
to:
A) Assess the driver for life-threatening conditions
B) Determine which chemical is contained in the tanker
C) Evacuate people from cars near the tanker
D) Provide manual cervical spine motion restriction for the driver
C) Evacuate people from cars near the tanker
6) On the National Fire Protection Association hazardous materials
classification placard, the blue diamond represents:
A) Reactivity
B) Health hazard
C) Specific hazard
D) Fire hazard
B) Health hazard
7) If the red diamond on a National Fire Protection Association placard
contains a "4," the EMT should recognize that the material within this
container is:
A) Liquid
