MCQ on CPR
Choose the best answer, multiple selections may be possible, time 25 minutes, Full marks 20
1. Victim responsiveness is checked by 7. During administering compressions
a) Shaking and shouting the victim a) Victim lies on his back
b) Patting the feet and chest b) Victim lies on his sides
c) Patting the shoulder and shouting c) Victim lies on his back on a firm surface
d) Slapping on back d) All of the above
2. If the victim is unresponsive, one should 8. The technique used to clear the victims’
a) Start CPR immediately airway is
b) Activate emergency response system a) Head tilt and chin lift
then start CPR b) Chin tilt and head lift
c) Do nothing and wait for help c) Turning the head to one side
d) Perform CPR for one minute then d) Jaw thrust if cervical spine injury is
telephone for help suspected
3. To check the victim is breathing, rescuer 9. To check the circulation
should: a) Feel pulse in arms
a) Look for his chest to rise and fall b) Feel pulse in legs
b) Listen for exhaled air c) Feel carotid pulse
c) Feel for exhaled air d) Listen for heart beat
d) All of the above
10. The most reliable indicator of effective
4. Most common airway obstruction is: rescue breathing is
a) Denture a) the victim loses much of his blue color
b) Food b) you can see the victim’s chest rise & fall
c) The tongue c) air enters easily when you blow into the
d) None of the above victim’s mouth
d) all of the above
5. When ventilating an unconscious victim:
a) Pinch the victim’s nose closed 11. Common signs and symptoms of heart
b) Do not over inflate the lungs attack are:
c) Allow the victim exhale on his own a) Pain or pressure in the centre if the
d) All of the above chest sometimes confused with
indigestion and acidity
6. When administering compression, the b) Sweating and nausea
rule is c) Shortness of breath and weakness
a) 100 compressions per minute, push d) All may occur with or without pain
hard and push fast
b) Use 2 hands for adult 12. Before beginning chest compressions
c) To press down 1½ - 2 inches, straight you must check for
down a) Dilated pupils
d) All of the above b) Brain damage
c) Bleeding
d) Absence of pulse
13. Respiratory arrest requiring rescue 17. When there is definite pulse but no
breathing may be caused by breathing in an unresponsive adult, the
a) Drug reaction proper rate for breathing is once
b) Drowning accidents a) Every 3-4 sec
c) Heart attacks and strokes b) Every 4-5 sec
d) Any of the above c) Every 5-6 sec
d) Every 6-10 sec
14. How much time should be taken initially
to make sure the victim does not have a 18. Ratio of compressions and ventilations
pulse for a two person rescuer in adult
a) 0 – 5 seconds a) 15 to 1
b) 5 – 10 seconds b) 5 to 2
c) 10 – 15 seconds c) 5 to 1
d) 15 – 20 seconds d) 30 to 2
15. For chest compression to be most 19. Automated external defibrillator are
effective, the rescuer must used only when
a) Allow the chest on release to return to a) No response
its normal position b) No breathing
b) Use a compression / release series of ½ c) No pulse
downstroke and ½ upstroke d) All of the above are present together
c) Maintain proper hand position
d) All of the above 20. Regarding automated external
defibrillator
16. To perform chest compression on an a) The universal steps for using is: power
adult, one hand is placed on top of the other on, attach to victim’s chest, analyze the
hand with the heel of the lower hand rhythm and deliver the shock
pressing on the b) It is necessary to clear the victim
a) Lower half of the sternum before pressing the shock button
b) Middle of the sternum c) As soon as the shock is given CPR is to
c) Upper third of the sternum be started and continued for 2 minutes
d) Left side of chest then steps 3 and 4 are to be repeated if
required.
d) All of the above.
