Wounded Warriors Midterm UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
George Washington ordered the first ever inoculation against what disease in 1777?
Smallpox, influenza, chicken pox, or yellow fever? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Smallpox
Who was the first official Surgeon General?
Benjamin Church, Benjamin Rush, Joseph Lovell, or C. Everett Koop? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Joseph Lovell
In 1887, Lt. Col. John S. Billings led the Army Medical Museum and Medical Library, and
created the first subject index to World Medical Literature. He published information on
hospital hygiene and his recommendation led to the creation of:
The Hospital Corps, US Public Health Service, IBM, or the Internet? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- US Public Health Service
The first time U.S. troops crossed the ocean to fight a war was:
French & Indian War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War, or World War I - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Spanish-American War
During what war, which was depicted on screen with the movie/TV show MASH, did the
first helicopter unit begin transporting more than 17,000 wounded soldiers to sterile, fully
equipped Army hospitals within minutes?
Vietnam, Korean War, World War I, World War II - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Korean War
In 1970, Anna Mae V. Hays, Army Nurse Corps. Chief, was the first woman promoted to:
Brigadier General, Captain, Supreme Commander, or Major General? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Brigadier General
Congress created the permanent Army Medical Service in a Military Reorganization Act in
1818 following what war?
, Spanish-American War, War of 1812, Revolutionary War, or War of Independence? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- War of 1812
In 1847, Congress authorized male medical officers to receive military ranks. In 1922, nurses
were given "relative rank" which allowed them to wear officer insignia but legally they were
not commissioned. Female doctors were finally allowed commissioned rank but "during
wartime only" in what year?
1939, 1943, 1990, 2001 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1943
In the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, AMEDD personnel treated more than 61,000
wounded soldiers. What percentage completed the transition back to active duty?
65%, 75%, 85%, or 95%? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 85%
Which of the following military action was NOT the title of a real US operation?
Operation Restore Hope, Urgent Fury, Just Cause, Rough Riders - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Rough Riders
The US System of services can trace its roots to what war:
The Revolutionary War, Plymouth Colony War against Pequot Indians, War of 1812, Civil
War - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Plymouth Colony War against Pequot Indians
In 1812, Dr. Benjamin Rush was far ahead of his time in the treatment of
Poliomyelitis epidemic, Invention of antiseptics, mental illness, physical medicine and rehab
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mental illness
Industrial accidents became the subject of legislation, and in 1911 what state was first to
adopt a workman's compensation law?
Michigan, Massachusetts, California, Wisconsin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Wisconsin
Which was the first war where battle-related deaths occurred more than deaths from injury,
disease, or infection?
Revolutionary War, World War II, World War I, Vietnam War - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
World War II
