SAFETY AND FIRST AID

First Quarter Examination

Name: _____________________________Section: _______ Score: ______________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Write the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet.

1. The immediate help provided to a sick or injured person until professional medical help arrives.
a. First Aid b. Safety Services c. Basic Life Support d. Rescue
2. Emergency procedure that consists of recognizing respiratory and the proper application of CPR
to maintain life until a victim recovers or advanced life support is available.
a. First Aid b. Safety Services c. Basic Life Support d. Rescue
3. ______ connect bone to bone and tendons connect muscles to bone.
a. Muscles b. tendons c. ligaments d. Bones
4. The only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract and therefore move the other parts of the
body.
a. Muscles b. tendons c. ligaments d. Bones
5. Capable of resisting high tensile forces while transmitting forces from muscle to bone.
a. Muscles b. tendons c. ligaments d. Bones
6. Serve some vital functions: as a structural framework for tendons to attach to and provide support for
soft tissue.
a. Muscles b. tendons c. ligaments d. Bones
7. Happens when one or more of the ligaments are stretched, twisted or torn.
a. Traumatic Injuries b. Fracture c. Sprain d. Overuse Injury
8. Athletes will usually experience rapid onset of pain and swelling will begin to develop but typically
requires hours to reach its maximum.
a. Traumatic Injuries b. Fracture c. Sprain d. Overuse Injury
9. Medical condition in which there is a break in continuity of the bone.
a. Traumatic Injuries b. Fracture c. Sprain d. Overuse Injury
10. Difficult to diagnose and treat.
a. Traumatic Injuries b. Fracture c. Sprain d. Overuse Injury
11. Which sport causes the most head injuries?
a. football b. cycling c. baseball d. arnis
12. What's the exact cause of muscle cramps?
a. Muscle fatigue b. dehydration c. poor conditioning
d. all of the above
13. What is R.I.C.E. treatment?
a. rest, ice, crutches, elevation b. rest, ice, compression, elevation
c. rest, ibuprofen, comfort, elevation d. reinforcement, ice, care, elevation
14. A good warmup will:
a. increases your blood flow b. warm your muscles
c. boosts your breathing d. all of the above
15. What's the best time to stretch your muscles?
a. after warming up b. during exercise c. after exercise d. cool down
16. How should you open the airway of an unconscious casualty?
17. How long would you check to see if an unconscious casualty is breathing normally?
a. No more than 10 seconds b. Approximately 10 seconds c. Exactly 10 seconds d. 10 seconds
18. You are a lone first aider and have an unconscious non-breathing adult, what should you do first?
a. Start CPR with 30 chest compressions.
b. Give five initial rescue breaths
c. Call 911/112 requesting AED (defibrillator) and ambulance.
d. Give two initial rescue breaths.
19. What is an open fracture?
a. A fracture in which the bone ends can move around.
b. A fracture in which the bone is exposed as the skin is broken.

c. A fracture which causes complications such as a punctured lung.

d. A fracture in which the bone has bent and split.
20. What names are given to the three different depths of burns?
a. Small, medium and large.
 b. First, second and third degree.
c. Minor, medium and severe.
d. Superficial, partial thickness, full thickness.
21. The best treatment for all heart attack victims is immediate CPR.
a. FALSE b. TRUE
22. Sharp, stabbing twinges of pain in the chest is a sure sign of a heart attack.
a. FALSE b. TRUE
23. The accepted treatment for a sprained ankle is:
a. Remove the shoe and check for swelling using the capillary reflex method
b. Keep the shoe on, apply an ankle bandage for support, elevate and apply cold towels
c. Keep the shoe on, apply an ankle splint and apply heat if possible
d. Have the victim walk or move as soon as possible to prevent stiffness
24. The accepted treatment for a nose bleed is:
a. Use direct pressure, elevation and pressure points to control the bleeding
b. Tilt the head back and tightly squeeze the nostrils
c. Have the victim lean forward. Apply gentle pressure on the nostril. Apply cold towels.
d. Lay the victim on his back and treat for shock. Apply heat if available
25. It is not necessary to determine if a person with an obstructed airway has a pulse.
a. FALSE b. TRUE
26. Women are at greater risk for sports injuries than men.
a. FALSE b. TRUE
27. A strain or tear to the tendons or large muscles at the back of the thigh.
a. hamstring injury b. calf muscle pain c. inflammation d. strain
28. Pain in the legs can occur as a result of conditions that affect bones, joints and muscles.
a. hamstring injury b. calf muscle pain c. inflammation d. strain
29. Caused by pressure, friction repeated load when body response to tissue injury.
a. hamstring injury b. calf muscle pain c. inflammation d. strain
30. What is FITT means?
a. Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type b. Frequency, Intention, Time, Type
c. Frequency, Intensity, Task, Type d. Frequency, Intensity, Time, Test
31. The act of moving a joint so that your limb or trunk is bending.
a. Flexion b. Extension
32. The act of moving a joint so that your limb or trunk is straightening out.
a. Flexion b. Extension
33. The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.
a. Abduction b. Adduction
34. The movement of a body part toward the body's midline.
a. Abduction b. Adduction
35. What is the step by step Emergency Action Principles in Primary Assessment.
a. Assessing Responsiveness, Activate Medical Help, Airway, Breathing, Circulation
b. Activate Medical Help, Assessing Responsiveness, Airway, Circulation, Breathing
c. Activate Medical Help, Assessing Responsiveness, Circulation, Breathing, Airway
d. Assessing Responsiveness, Activate Medical Help, Breathing, Airway, Circulation
36. In Cardiac Emergencies the chain of survival: Adult Chain of Survival
o Early Access
o Early Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
o Early Defibrillation
o Early Advance Cardiac Life Support
o Post Cardiac Arrest Care
a. TRUE b. FALSE
37. In Cardiac Emergencies the chain of survival: Pediatric Chain of Survival
o Early Prevention
o Early Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
o Early Access
o Early Pediatric Life Support
o Post Cardiac Arrest Care
a. TRUE c. FALSE
38. Myocardial infarction occurs when the blood and oxygen supply to the heart.
a. Heart attack b. Cardiac Arrest
39. Is a condition occurs when the heart stops contracting and no blood circulates?
a. Heart attack b. Cardiac Arrest
40. Is a combination of chest compression and rescue breathing?
a. Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation b. Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
41. Computerized devices that are attached to a pulseless victim with adhesive pads.
a. Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation b. Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
42. When tongue drops back and obstructs the throat.
a. Anatomical Obstruction b. Mechanical Obstruction
43. When foreign objects lodged in the pharynx or airways; solid or liquid.
a. Anatomical Obstruction b. Mechanical Obstruction
44. First aid procedure that is performed on a person who is chocking.
a. Abdominal/Chest thrust b. Respiratory Arrest
45. An illness causes inflammation and constriction of the airways, making breathing difficult.
a. Asthma attack b. Bleeding c. Closed Wound d. Open Wound
46. The loss of blood escaping from the circulatory system.
a. Asthma attack b. Bleeding c. Closed Wound d. Open Wound
47. Wound where the outer layer of the skin is intact and the damage lies below the surface.
a. Asthma attack b. Bleeding c. Closed Wound d. Open Wound
48. The outer layer of skin is broken.
a. Asthma attack b. Bleeding c. Closed Wound d. Open Wound
49. Injuries to the skin and to other body tissues that is caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, or
radiation.
a. Stroke b. Burns c. Shock d. Poisoning
50. Considered any substance that's harmful to the body when ingested, whether intentionally or
unintentionally.
a. Stroke b. Burns c. Shock d. Poisoning