NCOEMS PRACTICE EXAM 1 LATEST 2025
CURRENTLY TESTING COMPLETE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
EMTs should wear high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)
respirators when they are in contact with patients who have
which of the following?
A. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) or AIDS (Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
B. Tuberculosis (TB)
C. Open Wounds
D. Hepatitis B - CORRECT ANSWER-B.
,You are called to assist a 60-year-old female complaining of a
severe headache. Upon entering the home, you smell a strong
odor of natural gas. What is your first action?
A. Check the patient's airway, breathing, and circulation.
B. Insert a nasopharyngeal airway and assess vital signs.
C. Remove the patient from the house to your ambulance.
D. Open all windows and determine the source of the gas leak.
- CORRECT ANSWER-C.
The most common electrical rhythm disturbance that results
in sudden cardiac arrest is called:
A. Pulseless electrical activity
B. Ventricular Fibrillation
C. Ventricular Tachycardia
D. Asystole - CORRECT ANSWER-B.
A non-trauma patient was pulseless and apneic. Assisted
ventilation was attempted, but unsuccessful. If the head is
repositioned and a repeat ventilation is unsuccessful, which of
the following is the next most appropriate step?
,A. Check for an airway obstruction.
B. Continue with chest compressions only.
C. Attempt ventilations using an alternative method.
D. Continue to reposition the head until assisted ventilations
are successful. - CORRECT ANSWER-A.
During the management of a cardiac arrest, the AED gives a
'no shock advised' message. Which of the following conditions
most likely prompted this message?
A. The patient is in V tach.
B. The patient is hypothermic.
C. The patient is in V fib.
D. The patient's rhythm is asystole. - CORRECT ANSWER-
D.
Of the following, which body fluid has the most potential to
transmit blood-borne diseases?
A. Nasal discharge
, B. Vomitus
C. Amniotic fluid
D. Feces - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
Your patient is an 11-month-old female. How can you
determine if she has a decreased mental status and is
responsive to verbal stimuli?
A. She will be upset when you take her from her mother's
arms.
B. She will be unable to tell you how old she is if you ask her.
C. She will attempt to locate her parents' voices when they
speak.
D. She will try to pull away from a painful stimulus on her toe.
- CORRECT ANSWER-C.
What is the best method to asses circulation in an infant?
A. Palpate the carotid pulse.
B. Palpate the brachial pulse.
C. Palpate the radial pulse.
CURRENTLY TESTING COMPLETE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
EMTs should wear high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)
respirators when they are in contact with patients who have
which of the following?
A. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) or AIDS (Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
B. Tuberculosis (TB)
C. Open Wounds
D. Hepatitis B - CORRECT ANSWER-B.
,You are called to assist a 60-year-old female complaining of a
severe headache. Upon entering the home, you smell a strong
odor of natural gas. What is your first action?
A. Check the patient's airway, breathing, and circulation.
B. Insert a nasopharyngeal airway and assess vital signs.
C. Remove the patient from the house to your ambulance.
D. Open all windows and determine the source of the gas leak.
- CORRECT ANSWER-C.
The most common electrical rhythm disturbance that results
in sudden cardiac arrest is called:
A. Pulseless electrical activity
B. Ventricular Fibrillation
C. Ventricular Tachycardia
D. Asystole - CORRECT ANSWER-B.
A non-trauma patient was pulseless and apneic. Assisted
ventilation was attempted, but unsuccessful. If the head is
repositioned and a repeat ventilation is unsuccessful, which of
the following is the next most appropriate step?
,A. Check for an airway obstruction.
B. Continue with chest compressions only.
C. Attempt ventilations using an alternative method.
D. Continue to reposition the head until assisted ventilations
are successful. - CORRECT ANSWER-A.
During the management of a cardiac arrest, the AED gives a
'no shock advised' message. Which of the following conditions
most likely prompted this message?
A. The patient is in V tach.
B. The patient is hypothermic.
C. The patient is in V fib.
D. The patient's rhythm is asystole. - CORRECT ANSWER-
D.
Of the following, which body fluid has the most potential to
transmit blood-borne diseases?
A. Nasal discharge
, B. Vomitus
C. Amniotic fluid
D. Feces - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
Your patient is an 11-month-old female. How can you
determine if she has a decreased mental status and is
responsive to verbal stimuli?
A. She will be upset when you take her from her mother's
arms.
B. She will be unable to tell you how old she is if you ask her.
C. She will attempt to locate her parents' voices when they
speak.
D. She will try to pull away from a painful stimulus on her toe.
- CORRECT ANSWER-C.
What is the best method to asses circulation in an infant?
A. Palpate the carotid pulse.
B. Palpate the brachial pulse.
C. Palpate the radial pulse.
