EFA / ELEMENTARY FIRST AID EXIT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 3.0

• Tonsils are special collections of lymphoid tissue, are protective structures and are located primarily at the entrances of the respiratory and digestive system

1. True              *
2. False

• A tissue is a group of like cells working together

1. True        *
2. False

• Which fire extinguisher is most prone to freezing when stowed in low temperature?

1. Halon 1211
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Foam           *
4. Cry chemical

• You discover a particle embedded in the casualty cornea. You should

1. Remove the particle with a moist corner of a facial tissue or clean cloth
2. Flush the eye with water for 10 min
3. Use a splinter force to remove the particle
4. Cover the eye and transport the casualty to medical help                 *

• Tissue make up organs. An organ is structure performing a particular function

1. True    *
2. False

• After an extremity fracture has been immobilised, the responder should check for circulation

1. In the injured limb only
2. Distal to the injury                  *
3. Proximal to the injury
4. At the site of the fracture

• When performing adult CPR you give

1. 2 slow breaths and 30 chest compressions              *
2. 1 slow breaths and 10 chest compressions
3. 5 slow breaths and 10 chest compressions
4. 3 slow breaths and 15 chest compressions

• What method of handling you see if victim is unconscious

1. Pick a back method
2. Fireman lift
3. Simple fore and aft carry
4. Both B and C                  *

• The heat produces motive force to drive the blood, is located just below the diaphragm extending slightly to the right, the size of heart of an average is weighing ½ kg   

1. True
2. False              *

• A faint is a brief loss of consciousness of more than momentary duration caused by a temporary reduction in the flow of blood to the brain. How would you prevent anyone from fainting ?

1. If standing in a crowd, flex the leg muscles and toes to aid circulation
2. Try to keep the person in an upstanding position
3. Tell the person to sit down in a sitting position breathing normally
4. Tell the person to sit down and lean forward with the head between the knees taking deep breaths                  *

• What is the most important thing to do if you think someone is having a heart attack ?

1. Give aspirin and wait to see
2. Help the person lie down
3. Call the persons doctor
4. Call medical help                         *

• To safety perform a chair carry you need ?

1. 2 rescuers
2. 3 rescuers                     *
3. 4 rescuers
4. 5 rescuers

• What is the best way to remove a tick ?

1. Smoother it in butter
2. Lift it put carefully with tweezers                 *
3. Scrape it off with a hard, flat object like a credit card
4. Burn it off with a hot match

• You have a casualty that is muttering to themselves but not making any sense. The face appears to be dropping in one side what might be wrong with them ?

1. They are have a heart attack
2. They are in shock after witnessing an accident
3. They may be having a stroke                 *
4. None of the above

• Urine enters the bladder through which structure ?

1. Ureters            *
2. Collecting duct
3. Kidney
4. Urethra

• What damage could occur if first aider’s hand are placed at hte tip of the sternum during heart compression ?

1. The patient may vomit as his stomach is squeezed
2. The lungs may be punctured leading to severe loss of breath
3. The ribs might be cracked                               *
4. The liver might be torn leading to severe internal bleeding

• Blood is a vehicle for the human cardiovascular system, its major subdivision are the plasma including red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets

1. True                 *
2. False

• When caring for a chocking infant what position is the infant held ?

1. Upside down by ankles and shoulders
2. Face up on flat surface
3. Face down on your fore arm with head lower than the body               *
4. Face down on your knee with head lower than the body

• Signs that hernia is serious include

1. Pain and tenderness at site             *
2. Pale, ashen skin colour at site
3. Hernia can be pushed back into the body
4. Hernia is above the diaphragm

• How you should react to an emergency ?

1. Asses the scene for safety
2. Estimate the number of victims and call help
3. Get the first aid kit put on PPE before helping
4. All of the above           *

• The proper stimulant for unconscious person is

1. Tea
2. Coffee
3. Whiskey and water
4. Ammonia inhalant                    *

• If someone suffers heart attack and has ceased breathing, you should ?

1. Immediately give stimulant by force if necessary
2. Make the victim comfortable in a bunk
3. Immediately start CPR                 *
4. Administer oxygen

• A communicate fracture is one where the bone has

1. Broken into pieces which are floating                          *
2. Broken where only part of the bone is fractured
3. Broken clearly with each and attached
4. Broken and is affecting muscles and nerve

• In order to initiate CPR on a drowning victim

1. Start chest compression before the victim is removed from the water
2. Drain water from the lungs before ventilating
3. Begin mouth-to-mouth ventilation                            *
4. Do not lit the head back since it may cause vomiting

• Some people are very allergic to insect bites and stings. The condition is called ______.

1. Septic chock
2. Cardiac arrest
3. Toxic shock and syndrome
4. Anaphylactic shock                *

• The goal of medical service is to provide

1. Satisfactory treatment of male seamen
2. Provide treatment for those in need of urgent medical care                  *
3. To provide help to seamen in time of financial need
4. To provide help in the sea of disabled people

• Heat stroke attack bodies vital organs except

1. Brain
2. Heart
3. Kidney
4. Bones                  *

• When performing abdominal thrust how many thrust do you do ?

1. 1 to 5 thrust
2. 6 to 10 thrust                 *
3. 15 to 20 thrust
4. 30 to 40 thrust

• What does the ABC’s for first aid stand for ?

1. The letters in the alphabet
2. Air, breathing, circulation
3. Airway , breathing, circulation                         *
4. None of the above

• If a person is chocking you should do nothing as long as

1. They are coughing                            *
2. They are still conscious
3. Their face has not turned blue
4. They start crying

• Before giving CPR you should make sure ?

1. They are not bleeding
2. They are conscious or unconscious             *
3. They are not vomiting
4. They are not dead

• You are alone and administering CPR to an victim. How many chest compression and how many inflations should you administer in each sequence ?

1. 15 compression then 2 inflations
2. 15 compression then 4 inflations
3. 30 compression then 2 inflations        *
4. 30 compression then 4 inflations

• The content of the first aid kit include the following except

1. Micropore
2. Macropore                     *
3. Bandages
4. Scissor

• Advance communications system and technology stipulated by WHO where medical advice can be sought by

1. Tele medicine
2. Satellite communication
3. Radio medical advice                  *
4. Compulsory in board specialized

• Which of the following is not a good approach to managing stress

1. Talking directly to the person who is causing the stress
2. Giving yourself a treat like comfort food or a cocktail                          *
3. Accepting that there are things beyond your control
4. Trying cognitive-therapy to learn new coping skills

• A high-fiber, low-fat diet and regular exercise can help to ____.

1. Increase CVD
2. Increase weight
3. Lose weight            *
4. None

• Which of the following is a laboratory procedure developed to provide an objective behavioural measure of the tendency to binge eat /

1. Palatability test
2. Food pre-load test            *
3. Full capacity test
4. Fully loaded test

• Pick one of the following familial factors that plays a role in the development of eating disorders ?

1. Parental attitudes to sex
2. Parental obesity                      *
3. Parental attitudes to the media
4. Parental attitudes to education

• Body dissatisfaction is associated with triggering bouts of

1. Purging
2. Binging
3. Dieting                     *
4. Shopping

• You discover a particle embedded in the casualty’s cornea. You should ?

1. Remove the particle with the moist corner of a facial tissue or clean cloth
2. Flush the eye with water for 10 minutes
3. Use a splinter force to remove the particle
4. Cover the eye and transport the casualty to medical help                   *

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