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CMC Maritime Academy -Chennai
MFA-Exit Exam Questions
1. Most important step in managing shock is to:
a) Keep the patient warm
b) Elevate the lower extremities
c) Give CPR as soon as possible
d) Give First aid for the illness or injury
2. When treating a third degree burn you should:
a) Cool the burn with ice
b) Activate EMS or rush patient to nearest hospital
c) Remove clothing from charred area
d) None of the above
3. (None of the above, since we should first cool the patient with large amount of normal
temperature water)Which of the following should you NOT do when treating cuts and
scrapes?
a) Apply pressure on the wound with a clean cloth or bandage.
b) Wash the wound with soap
c) Apply an antibiotic to the wound
d) Cover the wound
4. First Aid treatment for a chemical-burn involves:
a) Applying ointment over the affected area
b) Remove dead skin
c) Neutralizing the chemical
d) Flushing the chemicals off the affected area, with cool, gently running water for 10 to 20
min.
5. At what temperature of water should you bathe frostbitten skin?
a) At 32*F (Zero *C)
b) 104~107.6*F (40~42*C)
c) 120~150*F (50~70*C)
d) You should never submerge frostbite affected areas in water
6. How long would you check to see if an unconscious casualty is breathing normally?
a) No more than 10 sec
b) Approx. 10 Sec
c) Exactly 10 secs
d) At least 10 secs
7. Your Co-worker needs CPR but you are not trained for it. Which of the following should
you do?
a) Give rescue breaths only
b) Wait for emergency personnel to arrive
c) Perform chest compressions only
d) Lift the patient’s head
8. During the Primary Assessment of a responsive adult patient, you detect a breathing rate
of 28 breaths/ minute. You would categories this as:
a) Above normal
b) Below Normal
c) Normal
d) Indeterminate
9. You come upon a person who has lost a significant amount of blood, has a very pale skin
colour, and is confused. What do you suspect the cause to be?
a) Seizures
b) Low Blood Sugar
c) Stroke
d) Shock
10.Unresponsive patient has a pulse, but does not appear to be breathing. You find you are
unable to give them CPR. What is your next course of action?
a) Begin CPR
b) Repeat the Head-tilt/Chin lift method and attempt the breath again
c) Abdominal thrusts
d) Heimlich Maneuver
11.Which test should you use if you suspect that a patient has had a stroke?
a) Face, Arms, Speech test
b) Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
c) Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation
d) Pulse, Respiratory rate, temperature
12. Which one of the following Hypothermia statements is correct?
a) Victim must be heated up as fast as possible
b) Caused by temperatures below freezing
c) Can be caused by exposure to swimming in waters below 70 *F (21*C)
d) Is not life threatening
13. Two-person CPR for the adult victim will be compressions to breaths.
a) 15:02
b) 30:02
c) 30:15
d) 15:30
14. Two-person CPR ratio for the child and infant will be compressions to breaths.
a) 15:02
b) 30:02
c) 30:15
d) 15:3
15. You find someone at the bottom of the stairs, who appear to have fallen and seem
badly hurt. After calling for help you would:
a) Roll the patient onto his stomach keeping the head and back in a straight line
b) Roll the patient onto one side
c) Position the patient onto one side
d) Attempt to keep the victim from moving
16. How would you manage a deep, bleeding cut on the hand?
a) Rest, Ice, Compression & Elevation (R.I.C.E)
b) Apply an ice pack every 20 minutes
c) Heat pack for 15 min, every 02 hrs for first 24 hrs
d) Massage and exercise
17. Asthma patient has lost her inhaler. When the attack is serious, we should:
a) Leave them alone
b) Buy new inhaler
c) Use any available inhaler
d) Go to sleep
18. What do you do for a chemical burn?
a) Flush with large amount of water & cover
b) with large amounts of warm water till help arrives
c) Flush with water, dry and cover
d) Flush with large amounts of cool water till help arrives
19. Hypoxia is caused due to the lack of in the body/blood:
a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Oxygen
c) Sodium
d) Potassium
20. You have tried to control the patients bleeding with direct pressure and elevation, by
the bleeding does not stop. Where would you apply pressure to slow the slow the flow of
blood to a wound on the forearm?
a) Outside the arm, midway between the shoulder and elbow
b) On the inside of the elbow
c) Inside the arm, between the shoulder and the elbow
d) Any of the above will slow the flow of blood.
21. Heat stroke affects the body’s vital organs except:
a) Heart
b) Bones
c) Brain
d) None of the above
22. What is the proper first aid for LPG in the eye?
a) Wait for it to evaporate
b) Apply Ice
c) Apply heat-pack
d) Flush the eye with plenty of water
23. The sorting of accident victims according to the severity of their injury is called:
a) Arbitrage
b) Triage
c) General Average
d) Particular Average
24. A comminuted fracture is one in which the bones are:
a) Broken in one place
b) Broken into pieces which are floating
c) Cracked
d) Broken in many places
25. Signs of Anaphylactic shock, such as from a bee-sting or consumption of peanuts) are:
a) Feeling of tightness in the chest and throat
b) swelling of the dace, neck and tongue
c) Rashes, dizziness and confusion
d) All of the above
26. Person suffering from heat cramps should be given:
a) Energy drinks (Red Bull, Monster)
b) Sports drinks (Gatorade)
c) Tea/Coffee
d) Alcohol
27. Adult CPR we should deliver Chest Compressions at a rate of , with a depth of :
a) 100/min, 2 inches
b) 80/min, 1.5 inches
c) 60-100/min, 2 inches
d) 100/min, 1.5 inches
28. During 2 rescuers CPR on adults, how many cycles of CPR to be performed before
switching roles?
a) 30:2 cycles
b) 2 Cycles
c) 5 cycles
d) 4 Cycles
29. You suspect a head and neck injury in a victim who is unresponsive and not breathing.
How would you open the airway to give breaths?
a) Jaw-thrust technique
b) Head Tilt/Chin lift
c) E-C clamp technique
d) Thumb & index lift
30. If a crew member receives third degree burns:
a) Do not cool with water unless it is a chemical burn
b) Both A & B
c) Do not bandage the burn tightly
d) None of the above
