OEC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NEW MODIFIED EXAM TESTED AND APPROVED
GRADED A+ WITH A COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
EXAM
The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar training would
exercise in a similar circumstance is known as:
a. negligence.
b. assault.
c. gross negligence.
d. standard of care breach. --CORRECT ANSWER--a
You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket you
come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if you
approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a
reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as:
a. the absence of negligence.
b. professional ethics.
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,c. moral obligation.
d. the doctrine of public reliance. --CORRECT ANSWER--d
While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls
and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for
your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action
could be viewed as:
a. a breach of ethics.
b. your duty to act.
c. denial of care.
d. abandonment. --CORRECT ANSWER--d
You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a tree and has
a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she refuses care and
says she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express
your concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch her
because you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:
a. assault.
b. battery.
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,c. breach of duty.
d. duty to act. --CORRECT ANSWER--b
While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells you that he
was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going too fast and got
out of control. You recognize that this information must be documented on the accident
report because it provides evidence of:
a. gross negligence.
b. assumption of risk.
c. contributory negligence.
d. willful negligence. --CORRECT ANSWER--c
Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states that any time
you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a neck/back injury and
apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific requirement is called a:
a. standard of training.
b. standard of care.
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, c. medical standard.
d. duty to act. --CORRECT ANSWER--b
Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?
a. Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC Technician's
legal risk.
b. "Standard of training" is the same thing as "standard of care."
c. "Standard of training" includes the mountain area's protocols.
d. "Standard of training" includes your state's laws and procedures. --CORRECT ANSWER--
a
Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?
a. Informed consent
b. Minor consent
c. Implied consent
d. Absolute consent --CORRECT ANSWER--d
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NEW MODIFIED EXAM TESTED AND APPROVED
GRADED A+ WITH A COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
EXAM
The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar training would
exercise in a similar circumstance is known as:
a. negligence.
b. assault.
c. gross negligence.
d. standard of care breach. --CORRECT ANSWER--a
You have just finished your shift, and while driving home still wearing your patrol jacket you
come upon a car collision in which people appear to be injured. You recognize that if you
approach the collision wearing your patrol jacket, members of the public may have a
reasonable expectation that you will provide care. This expectation is known as:
a. the absence of negligence.
b. professional ethics.
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,c. moral obligation.
d. the doctrine of public reliance. --CORRECT ANSWER--d
While you are alone and caring for an injured skier in the aid room, a fellow patroller calls
and tells you that your own young child was just injured in the terrain park. Concerned for
your child, you leave the patient's care unfinished and run to the terrain park. Your action
could be viewed as:
a. a breach of ethics.
b. your duty to act.
c. denial of care.
d. abandonment. --CORRECT ANSWER--d
You arrive at the scene of an accident where a 22-year-old female skier has hit a tree and has
a large bleeding cut on her head. When you ask her if she needs help, she refuses care and
says she just needs to sit for a while. Noticing the amount of bleeding, you calmly express
your concern for her, but she continues to say she doesn't want help. You hesitate to touch her
because you are concerned that if you do, she could accuse you of:
a. assault.
b. battery.
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,c. breach of duty.
d. duty to act. --CORRECT ANSWER--b
While in the aid room treating a patient with a fractured wrist, the patient tells you that he
was skiing on a slope that was too difficult for him, and that he started going too fast and got
out of control. You recognize that this information must be documented on the accident
report because it provides evidence of:
a. gross negligence.
b. assumption of risk.
c. contributory negligence.
d. willful negligence. --CORRECT ANSWER--c
Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states that any time
you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a neck/back injury and
apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific requirement is called a:
a. standard of training.
b. standard of care.
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, c. medical standard.
d. duty to act. --CORRECT ANSWER--b
Which of the following statements concerning "standard of training" is true?
a. Acting within the "standard of training" is fundamental to reducing an OEC Technician's
legal risk.
b. "Standard of training" is the same thing as "standard of care."
c. "Standard of training" includes the mountain area's protocols.
d. "Standard of training" includes your state's laws and procedures. --CORRECT ANSWER--
a
Which of the following is not considered a form of patient consent?
a. Informed consent
b. Minor consent
c. Implied consent
d. Absolute consent --CORRECT ANSWER--d
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