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1. How far down should the sternum be depressed while performing a chest compression on a child?

a. 1/2 to 1 inch

b. 2 to 2 1/2 inches

c. 1 to 1 1/2 inches

d. 1 1/2 to 2 inches

2. How far down should the sternum be depressed while performing a chest compression on an adult?

a. 1/2 to 1 inch

b. 2 to 2 1/2 inches

c. 1 to 1 1/2 inches

d. 1 1/2 to 2 inches

3. How far down should the sternum be depressed while performing a chest compression on an Infant?

a. 1/2 to 1 inch

b. 2 to 2 1/2 inches

c. 1 to 1 1/2 inches

d. 1 1/2 to 2 inches

4. What is the AHA age range for Adult procedures?

a. Over 14 year of age

b. Over 18 years of age

c. Over 12 years of age

d. Over 8 years of age

5. What is the AHA Basic Life Support age range for Infant procedures?

a. Birth to 1 year of age

b. 30 days to 1 year of age

c. 1 year to 3 years of age

d. 1 to 8 years of age

6. What is the AHA age range for child procedures?

a. 1 to 12 years of age

b. Birth to 8 year of age

c. 1 to 8 years of age

d. 1 to 18 years of age

7.  When rescue breathing for an Infant with a pulse, give one ventilation every?

a. 3 seconds

b. 5 seconds

c. 2 seconds

d. 4 seconds

8. When rescue breathing for an Adult with a pulse, give one ventilation every?

a. 3 seconds

b. 5 seconds

c. 2 seconds

d. 4 seconds

9. When rescue breathing for a Child with a pulse, give one ventilation every?

a. 3 seconds

b. 5 seconds

c. 2 seconds

d. 4 seconds

10.  How would you describe hand placement on the chest to perform a compression on an Infant?

a. Two fingers, one finger width below the nipple line

b. Heal of one hand placed on the lower third of the sternum with the other hand placed on top of the first hand

c. Two fingers, one finger width above the nipple line

d. Heal of one hand placed on the lower third of the sternum

11. How would you describe hand placement on the chest to perform a compression on an Adult?

a. Two fingers, one finger width below the nipple line

b. Heal of one hand placed on the lower third of the sternum with the other hand placed on top of the first hand

c. Heal of one hand placed on the lower half of the sternum with the other hand placed on top of the first hand

d. Heal of one hand placed on the lower third of the sternum

12. How would you describe hand placement on the chest to perform a compression on a Child?

a. Two fingers, one finger width below the nipple line

b. Heal of one hand placed on the lower third of the sternum with the other hand placed on top of the first hand

c. Heal of one hand placed on the lower half of the sternum

d. Heal of one hand placed on the lower third of the sternum

13. What is the rate of chest compressions for an Adult in one minute?

a. 80-100 compressions per minute

b. 100 compressions per minute

c. 100 plus compression per minute

d. 120 compressions per minute

14. What is the rate of chest compressions for a Child in one minute?

a. 80-100 compressions per minute

b. 100 compressions per minute

c. 100 plus compression per minute

d. 120 compressions per minute

15. What is the rate of chest compressions for an Infant in one minute?

a. 80-100 compressions per minute

b. 100 compressions per minute

c. 100 plus compression per minute

d. 120 compressions per minute

16.  When do you get help for an unresponsive Adult victim?

a. After one minute of resuscitative efforts

b. After opening the airway and checking for a pulse

c. Immediately after checking for responsiveness

d. Once the ABC's have been assessed

17. When do you get help for an unresponsive Child or Infant victim, when you are alone?

a. After one minute of resuscitative efforts

b. After opening the airway and checking for a pulse

c. Immediately after checking for responsiveness

d. Once the ABC's have been established

18.  What is the step just before you look, listen and feel for respirations in the ABC's?

a. Check for responsiveness

b. Open the airway

c. Ventilate two times

d. Check for a pulse

19.  Which of the following choices are the most modifiable risk factors for stroke and heart attack?

a. Heredity, gender, diabetes

b. Age, smoking, weight

c. Smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure

d. Smoking, cholesterol, diabetes

20.  What is the most common cardiac rhythm that an adult is most likely to experience in early cardiac arrest?

a. Ventricular tachycardia

b. Asystole

c. Pulseless electrical activity

d. Ventricular fibrillation

21. How old and what weight should a victim be to have an automated external defibrillator (AED) placed on them?

a. 8 years and 95 pounds

b. 12 years and 95 pounds

c. 8 years and 55 pounds

d. 12 years and 55 pounds

22. What is the ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing one rescuer CPR on an Adult?

a. 2 to 15

b. 5 to 1

c. 15 to 2

d. 15 to 1

23. What is the ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing two rescuer CPR on an Adult?

a. 2 to 15

b. 5 to 1

c. 15 to 2

d. 15 to 1

24. What is the ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing one rescuer CPR on an Infant?

a. 2 to 10

b. 15 to 2

c. 1 to 5

d. none of the above

25. What is the ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing one rescuer CPR on an Child?

a. 2 to 15

b. 5 to 1

c. 15 to 2

d. 5 to 2

26. What is the ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing two rescuer CPR on a 3 week old according to the AHA Basic Life Support course?

a. 3 to 1

b. 5 to 1

c. 15 to 2

d. 15 to 1

27. Pulse check location for a Child?

a. Carotid

b. Brachial

c. Femoral

d. Radial

28.  When do you reassess a victim once CPR is started?

a. After every minute of CPR

b. After one minute and then every few minutes after that

c. After 4 cycles

d. After three minutes of chest compressions

29. A bag-valve-mask device is preferred to ventilate a non-breathing victim over a mouth-to mask device.

a. True

b. False

30. A mouth-to-mask device delivers greater tidal volume of air compared to a bag-valve-mask.

a. True

b. False

31. Why is it not advisable to do a blind finger sweep on unconscious choking infants and children?

a. You usually can view the object due to the small size of the child's head

b. You can push the object deeper

c. Fingers can damage the soft tissues of the mouth causing swelling

d. The child could bite the rescuers finger

32. When do you get help for a conscious choking adult, if you are alone?

a.  Immediately

b. After one minute of choking procedures

c. When the victim becomes unresponsive

d. Once they become unresponsive and a minute of CPR is completed

33. When delivering ventilations to a non-breathing victim using room air only, each ventilation should be delivered over?

a. 3 seconds

b. 5 seconds

c. 2 seconds

d. 1 second

34. When using supplemental oxygen the volume of ventilations and time of ventilations should...

a. Be delivered the same as with room air

b. Be cut in approximately half when compared to room air

c. Be increased by 1/3 volume and time compared to room air

d. Delivered over 3 seconds and cut the volume in half

35. When evaluating a conscious choking persons airway for blockage, which of the following questions would  be the least preferred  for the rescuer to ask?

a. Are you OK

b. Are you choking

c. Can you breathe

d. Can you speak

36. List three reasons when chest thrusts would be performed on a conscious choking victim instead of abdominal thrusts.

37. What are the three most common reasons that lead to gastric distention (air in the stomach)?

38. Approximately 75% of heart attack victims experience chest pain.

a. True

b. False

39. When using a bag-valve-mask as a single rescuer how is the mask held to the face?

a. Use a "u" clamp

b. Use a "c" clamp

c. Use a "n" clamp

d. Use a jaw thrust clamp

40.  What is the preferred method to open the airway of a non-trauma victim?

a. Head tilt, jaw thrust

b. Jaw thrust

c. Head tilt, chin lift

d. Head tilt, neck lift

41. What is the AHA Chain of Survival when treating an Adult cardiac arrest?

a. Early CPR, Early Help, Early Defibrillation, Early Advance Care

b. Early Help, Early CPR, Early Defibrillation, Early Advance Care

c. Early Help, Early CPR, Early Advance Care, Early Defibrillation

d. Early Advance Care, Early Defibrillation, Early Help, Early CPR

42.  The goal to save an Adult cardiac arrest is?

a. Defibrillation within 10 minutes of arrest

b. Defibrillation within 5 minutes with no CPR

c. CPR and defibrillation within 5 minutes of arrest

d. CPR and defibrillation within 10 minutes of arrest

43. When is compression only CPR recommended with no ventilations in this country?

a. When the victim was breathing just before going into cardiac arrest

b. When the victim has a communicable disease, even if a barrier device is available

c. When a lay person with no CPR training is on the phone with 911 and the dispatcher is giving instructions to the lay rescuer

d. The first 10 minutes of cardiac arrest because the body is oxygenated

44. How long should the initial pulse check last?

a. 5 to 10 seconds

b. 8 seconds

c. 10 to 15 seconds

d. 3 to 5 seconds

45. What is the name given to the position of placing the victim on their side?

a. Prone

b. Recovery position

c. Shock position

d. Lateral adduction position

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