- One of the best ways to move vehicle doors in a controlled manner is to use a:
Your answer:
cable come-along with rigging chains and cribbing
power hydraulic spreader
apparatus winch
tow truck winch
- Which of the following should be your main concern when performing extrication in newer cars with catalytic converters?
Your answer:
The exterior shell of the converter reaches high temperatures and can burn you
Catalytic converters are known to spill hot acid from the core if the converter is damaged
The converter puts out chemical that can be harmful if inhaled
The high temperatures of the converter can vaporize spilled fuels under the car
- A car has gone off the road and the front end is facing downhill on a slope. Which area should the car would be considered the danger zone until the car is stabilized?
Your answer:
To the left of the car
In back of the car
In front of the car
To the right of the car
- You are at the scene of an automobile accident. The driver of the car has the brake pedal impaled in his groin. Which of the following pieces of extrication equipment might work best to cut the pedal arm?
Your answer:
Hydraulic spreader
Hand type shears
Reciprocating saw
Pneumatic hammer
- After a vehicle is lifted off the ground, which of the following supporting devices should be used to prevent it from dropping down?
Your answer:
Wire ropes
Cribbing blocks
Hydraulic rams
Pike poles
- When accessing a patient inside a car, you should first try to enter by
Your answer:
breaking the passenger's side window
checking all the doors
asking the patient to open the door
breaking the driver's side window
- Which of the following grades of chain is used for rescue and extrication work?
Your answer:
30
70
80
40
- Which of the following precautions should always be taken to protect you and your patient during any extrication procedures?
Your answer:
A charged and manned fire hose should be present
The gas tank cap should be opened to depressurize the vehicle's fuel tank
The battery should be disconnected
You and your patient should be wearing SCBAs
- Letting the air out of the tires can help stabilize a car involved in an accident. Which of the following methods can best be used to flatten the tires?
Your answer:
Punch the tire in the tread
Push the edge of the valve stem off the rim
Remove the valve stem
Puncture the tire wall near the rim
- You arrive on the scene of a single car accident. The driver of the car has been thrown into the windshield and his head has penetrated through the glass. To remove the patient you should.
Your answer:
use an axe to chop a larger hole in the glass on both sides of the patient's head until the patient can be freed.
use hydraulic spreaders to spread the glass away from the patient
use manual cutters to cut away the glass until the patient can be freed
cut the posts on each side of the windshield and pull the windshield apart.
- Which of the following devices or methods is the easiest to use to remove a door from the main body of a car?
Your answer:
hydraulic spreader
an axe
come-along
cut the hinges with a saw
- In newer vehicles, which of the following engine parts would NOT be functional even if the ignition switch is on but the engine is not running?
Your answer:
air bag
fuel pump
water pump
radiator fan
- You and your partner are attempting to gain access to an injured patient in a wrecked car that is on its side. You must first:
Your answer:
be sure the car has been stabilized
remove the windshield
stay away from the car until further help arrives
use a door to gain access
- In newer cars, why can it be a disadvantage to disconnect the battery early in an extrication situation?
Your answer:
You lose the ability to use power-operated windows, door locks, and seats
The parking brake is disabled
You are unable to remove the ignition key
You may not be able to put the transmission into park
- The front pillars of a vehicle form part of the frame for the windshield and support the roof. What type of pillars are they known as?
Your answer:
C
D
A
B
- To prevent breakage when you are pulling a chain or wire rope across a sharp or collapsible surface, you should also use:
Your answer:
pulleys
slings
cribbing
grease
- The most important safety feature required as standard equipment in automobiles over the last quarter century is the:
Your answer:
bumper guard
collapsible steering column
antilock brake
seat belt
- Which of the following types of safety glass is used in the windwhield of a passanger vehicle?
Your answer:
Durapane
Laminated
Tempered
Marbleized
- Which of the following cables should be disconnected frist when you disconnect the battery of an automobile involved in an accident?
Your answer:
Positive
Negative
Neutral
Either the positive or neutral
- Which of the following is the safest method of removing a windshield?
Your answer:
Chop the entire windshield with axes until the glass can be pulled away in small pieces
Push it out onto the hood of the car using hydraulic rams
Cut through the top, bottom, and sides of the glass and lower it onto the hood of the car
Cut the bottom and sides of the glass and take the windshield back with the roof when the roof is flapped
- The 25' to 50' area around a vehicle marked with barrier tape in which the actual extrication work is being performed is known as what zone?
Your answer:
safety
danger
action
work
- Which of the following steps is NOT part of raising and rolling the dash?
Your answer:
Pull or push the steering column up
Remove or lay the roof back
Shield the patient with a protective barrier
Make sure fire protection is in place
- You can safely determine that electricity is off in downed power lines when:
Your answer:
you no longer see sparks coming from any wires
the electric company notifies you of that fact
you verify the direction of electrical flow and wait for the wires to stop humming
you slowly walk toward the wires and do not feel any tingling in your feet
- Following an automobile accident, one of the cars is facing downhill on a slope. The driver is in the car and has an obvious lacerations of the forehead. He is bleeding profusely. When you reach the car, your first action should be to:
Your answer:
chock all four wheels
yell to the driver to jump out of the car
reach through the driver's window and attempt to control the bleeding
try to open the driver's door
- Which of the following terms best describes the use of chains, hooks, and webbing to stablize a vehicle, preventing unwanted movement during the extrication process?
Your answer:
Rigging
Splitting the seam
Opening the canyon
Enveloping