PARAMEDIC CARE AND PRINCIPLES &
PRACTICE PREPARATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Actual Damages. Answer: Physical, psychological, or financial harm
that can be compensated.
● Administrative Law. Answer: Legislation that is enacted by
governmental agencies at either the federal or state level. Also called
regulatory law.
● Advance Directive. Answer: Legal document prepared when a person
is alive, competent, and able to make informed decisions about health
care. The document provides guidelines on treatment if the person is no
longer capable of making decisions.
● Assault. Answer: Act that unlawfully places a person in apprehension
of immediate of bodily harm without his consent.
● Battery. Answer: Unlawful touching of another individual without
consent.
, ● Breach of Duty. Answer: Action or inaction that violates the standard
of care expected from a EMS practitioner.
● Capacity. Answer: Judgment by a medical caretaker or clinician that a
patient has the mental capacity to make informed decisions about
medical care.
● Civil Law. Answer: Division of the legal system that deals with
noncriminal issues and conflicts between two or more parties.
● Civil Rights. Answer: Personal rights; the rights of personal liberty
guaranteed to American citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the
US Constitution and by certain acts of Congress.
● Common Law. Answer: Type of law derived from society's acceptance
of customs and norms over time. Also called "case law" or "judge-made
law".
● Competence. Answer: Ability to make an informed decision about
medical care.
● Confidentiality. Answer: Principle of law that prohibits release of
medical or other personal information about a patient without the
patient's consent.
PRACTICE PREPARATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Actual Damages. Answer: Physical, psychological, or financial harm
that can be compensated.
● Administrative Law. Answer: Legislation that is enacted by
governmental agencies at either the federal or state level. Also called
regulatory law.
● Advance Directive. Answer: Legal document prepared when a person
is alive, competent, and able to make informed decisions about health
care. The document provides guidelines on treatment if the person is no
longer capable of making decisions.
● Assault. Answer: Act that unlawfully places a person in apprehension
of immediate of bodily harm without his consent.
● Battery. Answer: Unlawful touching of another individual without
consent.
, ● Breach of Duty. Answer: Action or inaction that violates the standard
of care expected from a EMS practitioner.
● Capacity. Answer: Judgment by a medical caretaker or clinician that a
patient has the mental capacity to make informed decisions about
medical care.
● Civil Law. Answer: Division of the legal system that deals with
noncriminal issues and conflicts between two or more parties.
● Civil Rights. Answer: Personal rights; the rights of personal liberty
guaranteed to American citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the
US Constitution and by certain acts of Congress.
● Common Law. Answer: Type of law derived from society's acceptance
of customs and norms over time. Also called "case law" or "judge-made
law".
● Competence. Answer: Ability to make an informed decision about
medical care.
● Confidentiality. Answer: Principle of law that prohibits release of
medical or other personal information about a patient without the
patient's consent.
