EFA exit exam questions and answers — Set 26 — Elementary First Aid
Set 26 of the Elementary First Aid (EFA) exit exam bank — 30 of 1185 questions, with the correct option marked and a one-line explanation for every one. Read it end to end, jump to a single set, or search it — then sit the same bank as a timed paper. The real DG Shipping exit exam is 30 marks with 15 to pass.
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Set 26 — 30 EFA exit exam questions with answers
1. What is the position of a patient during treatment for shock?
- A. Lying flat (horizontal), with the legs raised if injuries permit
- B. Sitting upright
- C. Standing and walking about
- D. Lying face down with the head raised
2. What names are given to the three different depths of burns?
- A. Superficial, partial thickness and full thickness
- B. Small, medium and large
- C. Minor, major and critical
- D. Red, white and black
3. Cardiac arrest refers to:
- A. Sudden stoppage of the heart's pumping action
- B. Pain in the chest during exercise
- C. A rapid but regular heartbeat
- D. High blood pressure
4. A first aid responder should move a victim when:
- A. There is immediate danger to the victim or rescuer at the scene
- B. It would make it easier to administer first aid
- C. The victim asks for a drink
- D. Bystanders are watching
5. If a victim is unresponsive and not breathing normally, what is the first thing you should do?
- A. Call for emergency help and a defibrillator, then start CPR
- B. Give the victim a drink of water
- C. Place the victim in the recovery position and leave
- D. Wait to see if breathing returns
6. A first aid box should NOT contain:
- A. Aspirin or painkillers
- B. Sterile dressings
- C. Triangular bandages
- D. Disposable gloves
7. Which medicine is commonly used to treat fever?
- A. Paracetamol
- B. Antacid
- C. Antihistamine eye drops
- D. Laxative
8. Compound fractures with severe bleeding in large bones may lead to ____.
- A. Shock
- B. Diabetes
- C. Asthma
- D. Epilepsy
9. Which one of the following is the best way to assess dehydration in the elderly?
- A. Check the mucous membranes of the eyes and mouth
- B. Check skin turgor on the back of the hand
- C. Check the hair for dryness
- D. Count the pulse at the wrist only
10. When prioritising the treatment of casualties, which order must you follow?
- A. Breathing - Bleeding - Bones/Burns - Other conditions
- B. Bones - Burns - Bleeding - Breathing
- C. Bleeding - Bones - Breathing - Burns
- D. Burns - Breathing - Bones - Bleeding
11. What is the best position for a conscious casualty suffering from internal bleeding?
- A. Lying down with the legs raised
- B. Sitting upright
- C. Standing up
- D. Lying face down
12. The patient should be treated for shock if:
- A. The pulse is weak and rapid
- B. The pulse is strong and slow
- C. The skin is warm and pink
- D. Breathing is slow and deep
13. A person has been coughing forcefully for over a minute after something went down the wrong way. What should you do?
- A. Encourage them to keep coughing and get medical attention if it does not clear
- B. Give abdominal thrusts immediately
- C. Slap them hard on the back while they are coughing
- D. Give them food to swallow
14. A conscious person refuses your help and then lapses into unconsciousness. What should you do?
- A. Give first aid, as consent is implied when the victim is unconscious
- B. Leave them, since they refused help
- C. Wait until they regain consciousness to ask again
- D. Get written permission from a bystander first
15. A person has a tooth knocked out and has found the tooth. What is the best action to take?
- A. Place the tooth in a closed container of cold milk until reaching the dentist
- B. Scrub the tooth clean and wrap it in tissue
- C. Throw the tooth away as it cannot be saved
- D. Let the tooth dry out in the sun
16. A casualty is not breathing but has a pulse. What would be the best course of action?
- A. Call for help and begin rescue breathing
- B. Begin chest compressions only
- C. Place the casualty in the recovery position and leave
- D. Give the casualty water
17. Where would you check the pulse on a 12-year-old boy?
- A. At the side of the neck (carotid pulse)
- B. On the inside of the upper arm (brachial pulse)
- C. At the ankle
- D. On the forehead
18. A person has been impaled by an object such as an arrow through the chest. What would be the best course of action?
- A. Do not remove the object; pad dressings around it to stop it moving and bandage them in place
- B. Pull the object out quickly and apply pressure
- C. Push the object right through the body
- D. Cut the object flush with the skin before bandaging
19. A casualty has a splinter (sliver) embedded in the eye. You should:
- A. Leave it in place, cover the eye and get medical help
- B. Pull it out with tweezers
- C. Rub the eye to remove it
- D. Press firmly on the eye to stop bleeding
20. An industrial worker sustains a severe laceration to the forearm. If direct pressure fails, the correct arterial pressure point to control the bleeding is the:
- A. Brachial artery
- B. Carotid artery
- C. Femoral artery
- D. Temporal artery
21. Your primary survey of a casualty in a serious car collision shows only that he is confused. Later his pulse is 140 and weak, his skin cold and clammy and his breathing irregular and gasping. These signs, with the mechanism of injury, indicate:
- A. Internal bleeding
- B. Hypoglycaemia
- C. Heat exhaustion
- D. A simple faint
22. For which one of the following infectious diseases is a vaccine presently available?
- A. Hepatitis B
- B. HIV/AIDS
- C. Herpes simplex
- D. Hepatitis C
23. Based on current research, which of the following statements about the AIDS virus (HIV) is correct?
- A. It can be found in blood and semen
- B. It is spread by casual contact such as shaking hands
- C. It is spread through sharing drinking cups
- D. It can live indefinitely outside the body
24. In a hazardous materials (hazmat) situation, airway management and spinal immobilisation are carried out in the:
- A. Warm zone
- B. Hot zone
- C. Cold zone
- D. Outside the incident area only
25. During the primary assessment of a responsive adult patient, you detect a breathing rate of 28 breaths per minute. You would categorise this as:
- A. Above normal
- B. Normal
- C. Below normal
- D. Respiratory arrest
26. Immediately before a seizure, the patient experiences an unpleasant odour. This phase is referred to as the:
- A. Aura
- B. Tonic phase
- C. Clonic phase
- D. Postictal phase
27. You are called to a casualty having an asthma attack. Treatment may include all of the following EXCEPT:
- A. Helping the casualty use their prescribed reliever inhaler
- B. Sitting the casualty upright, leaning slightly forward
- C. Calm reassurance and encouraging slow breathing
- D. Giving nitroglycerin
28. Responders involved in wound management should consider that:
- A. All open wounds are contaminated to some degree
- B. Only deep wounds can become infected
- C. Gloves are not needed when treating small wounds
- D. Clean-looking wounds never need a dressing
29. Which action is part of first aid for a nosebleed?
- A. Lean forward and firmly pinch the soft part of the nose
- B. Tilt the head well back and pinch the bridge of the nose
- C. Lie the casualty flat on their back
- D. Pack the nostrils tightly with cotton wool
30. If it becomes necessary to thaw a hand with deep frostbite, you should ensure that:
- A. There is no danger of refreezing
- B. The hand is rubbed vigorously with snow
- C. The hand is held close to an open fire
- D. The casualty first walks to warm up
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