TCCC Pre test UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
a. Treat the casualty
b. Prevent additional casualties
c. Complete the mission
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d
Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of care in TCCC?
a. Care Under Fire
b. Tactical Field Care
c. Tactical Evacuation Care
d. Combat Life Saving Care - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d
The preferred analgesia regimen for someone who has wounds that are moderately painful
but not life threatening and that do not keep him from functioning effectively as a combatant
is:
a. Morphine IV
b. Morphine IM
c. Mobic and Tylenol ER
d. Aspirin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c
The most common cause of preventable death on the battlefield is the failure to use a
tourniquet to control severe extremity bleeding. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are:
a. Heart rate and face color
b. State of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse
c. Rapid heart rate
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b
,All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔F
A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. He/she should be allowed to take
fluids by mouth if able to. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has bleeding sites inside the chest
or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by diluting clotting factors or by interfering
with clot formation at the bleeding site. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
Which of the following is NOT appropriate to the Care Under Fire phase?
a. Starting an IV
b. Controlling life-threatening extremity bleeding with a tourniquet
c. Returning fire as necessary
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when after
wounding?
a. As soon as possible
b. Whenever
c. Within 4 hours
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the chin-
lift/jaw-thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who is unconscious from
a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase?
a. Nasopharyngeal airway
b. Surgical airway
c. Tracheal intubation
, d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
As a corpsman you are confronted with the following three casualties. Which one should be
cared for first?
a. Casualty A - shot in the head and unconscious
b. Casualty B - shot in the abdomen - awake and alert
c. Casualty C - heavy bleeding from a thigh wound - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c
The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not necessarily the same as for the
identical injury in a civilian setting. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
The Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines presented in this course should not be
modified no matter what the tactical context in which the casualties occur is. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔F
A casualty has suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. As you watch him, he is having more
and more trouble with his breathing. What is the best next step?
a. Tracheal intubation
b. Put in a chest tube
c. Needle decompression for a suspected tension pneumothorax - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔c
A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the face. He is conscious and maintaining his
airway by sitting up and leaning forward. A corpsman arrives on the scene. How should the
casualty's airway be managed?
a. Place him in the supine position and intubate him
b. Allow him to continue to sit up and lean forward as care is rendered
c. Perform a surgical airway
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b
What is the best quick check for an adequate airway?
a. Ask a question that requires a response from the casualty
b. Check for a bluish color of the nail beds
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
a. Treat the casualty
b. Prevent additional casualties
c. Complete the mission
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d
Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of care in TCCC?
a. Care Under Fire
b. Tactical Field Care
c. Tactical Evacuation Care
d. Combat Life Saving Care - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔d
The preferred analgesia regimen for someone who has wounds that are moderately painful
but not life threatening and that do not keep him from functioning effectively as a combatant
is:
a. Morphine IV
b. Morphine IM
c. Mobic and Tylenol ER
d. Aspirin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c
The most common cause of preventable death on the battlefield is the failure to use a
tourniquet to control severe extremity bleeding. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are:
a. Heart rate and face color
b. State of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse
c. Rapid heart rate
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b
,All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔F
A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. He/she should be allowed to take
fluids by mouth if able to. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has bleeding sites inside the chest
or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by diluting clotting factors or by interfering
with clot formation at the bleeding site. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
Which of the following is NOT appropriate to the Care Under Fire phase?
a. Starting an IV
b. Controlling life-threatening extremity bleeding with a tourniquet
c. Returning fire as necessary
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when after
wounding?
a. As soon as possible
b. Whenever
c. Within 4 hours
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the chin-
lift/jaw-thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who is unconscious from
a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase?
a. Nasopharyngeal airway
b. Surgical airway
c. Tracheal intubation
, d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a
As a corpsman you are confronted with the following three casualties. Which one should be
cared for first?
a. Casualty A - shot in the head and unconscious
b. Casualty B - shot in the abdomen - awake and alert
c. Casualty C - heavy bleeding from a thigh wound - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c
The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not necessarily the same as for the
identical injury in a civilian setting. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔T
The Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines presented in this course should not be
modified no matter what the tactical context in which the casualties occur is. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔F
A casualty has suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. As you watch him, he is having more
and more trouble with his breathing. What is the best next step?
a. Tracheal intubation
b. Put in a chest tube
c. Needle decompression for a suspected tension pneumothorax - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔c
A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the face. He is conscious and maintaining his
airway by sitting up and leaning forward. A corpsman arrives on the scene. How should the
casualty's airway be managed?
a. Place him in the supine position and intubate him
b. Allow him to continue to sit up and lean forward as care is rendered
c. Perform a surgical airway
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔b
What is the best quick check for an adequate airway?
a. Ask a question that requires a response from the casualty
b. Check for a bluish color of the nail beds
