EMS Instructor/Coordinator Exam
Questions and Answers
This indicates that a person has been exposed to material, understands the
material, and can or could recall the information.
A. Knowledge
B. Learning
C. Clinical Reasoning
D. Critical thinking - -B. Learning
-This term goes beyond recall and includes information processing,
application to other situations, consideration of the meaning, and contrasting
with other concepts. It creates images, ideas and solutions to problems even
before the student has encountered the situation in reality.
A. Knowledge
B. Learning
C. Clinical Reasoning
D. Critical Thinking - -A. Knowledge
-Simulation is best described as:
A.A high-fidelity manikin
B. An instructional method
C. Using sounds and smells during a scenario
D. Fake blood - -B. An instructional Method
-Which of the following is least likely to foster higher level thinking skills in
students?
A. Reading assignments
B. Scenario-based simulation
C. Case Studies
D. Research presentations - -A. Reading Assignments
-Which of the following best utilizes all three domains of learning?
A. Reading assignments
B. Simulations
C. Lecture
D. Workbooks - -B. Simulations
, -You are the primary instructor of an EMT lab course. A student comes to
you and claims that a secondary instructor in the course, who commonly
evaluates her, fails her because she is a woman.
Which of the following is the student claiming the instructor is guilty of?
A.Discrimination
B. Harassment
C. Sexual Harassment
D. Libel - -A. Discrimination
-A student claims that you did not teach him sterile technique when starting
an IV. During clinical time the student caused an infection as a result. Which
of the following elements of negligence is the student claiming you violated?
A.Duty to Act
B. Causation
C. Breach of duty
D. Injury - -C. Breach of Duty
-Which of the following is the best way to avoid litigation in EMS education.
A. Always abide by the syllabus.
B. Never speak to students outside of class.
C. Write your own policy and procedures.
D. Follow all organizational and course policy and procedures. - -D. Follow all
organizational and course policy/procedures.
-You are the primary instructor for an EMT class of 40 students. Due to a
computer issues, you are required to post grades on the door for the next
two weeks. Which of the following would help you maintain student's
academic privacy?
A. Use only the student's last name on the posted paper.
B. Break your organization's policy and do not post the grades
C. You can use a random number that each student is assigned and place
that number next to the grades.
,D. Privacy is not required unless it is a final grade - -C. You can use a
random number...
-The Family Education Rights Act of 1974 is also known as the:
A.Ryan White Act
B. Buckley Amendment
C. Affordable Care Act
D. Americans with Disabilities Act - -B. Buckley Amendment
-You are primary instructor for a paramedic course at a college. About half
way through the course a student advises you that he has a learning
disability and is failing because he has trouble reading the test. Which of the
following is the best course of action at this point?
A. Tell the student there is nothing you can do at this point because he didn't
tell you this at the beginning of the course.
B. Immediately give the student a reader for all subsequent exams.
C. Tell the student to have his doctor call you for proof.
D. Follow your organization's policy regarding learning disabilities. - -D.
Follow your organizations policies/procedures....
-You are mentoring a fellow instructor in a paramedic program. He has just
begun teaching a cardiology class. The instructor states he found a lecture
series from an instructor at a nearby college. He states he just plays the
lectures during class. When you question the legality of this he states, "it
was on the internet and didn't have the copyright symbol on it so it's free to
use."
Which of the following is most accurate?
A. The Buckley Amendment protects prerecorded lectures from being used
by others without written permission.
, B. Just because it is on the internet and doesn't have the copyright symbol
does not mean it is free to use and not copyrighted.
C. Although he is lazy, his statement about the use of the recorded lectures
is accurate.
D. It violates Michigan Department of Health and Human Services policy to
use videos during lecture. - -B. Just because it is on the internet does not
mean that it is free to use and not copyrighted.
-In regards to EMS education, what term represents the actions of a
"reasonable and prudent" individual who possesses similar training and
experience.
Core Values of Instruction
Standard of Instruction
Negligence
Jurisdictional Prudence - -B. Standard of Instruction
-A student tells you he is dyslexic and requires extended time taking test.
Which of the following laws supports this student getting reasonable
accommodations.
Buckley Amendment
Ryan White Act
Americans with Disability Act
Family Educational Rights Act of 1974 - -C. Americans with Disability Act
-Which influential report is credited with causing the development of
modern day EMS?
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