Cameron CERT Pre-Test
A pre-test offered for CERT Training.
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When a disaster occurs, a CERT member’s first responsibility is to:
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CERT members volunteer to fill non-disaster roles. An example of a non-disaster function of CERTs is:
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There are three types of disasters. They are natural, intentional, and___________________
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One of the steps in preparing for a disaster is to develop a disaster supply kit.Where should you keep separate disaster supply kits?
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Which of the following is NOT a hazard from home fixtures?
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While searching a lightly damaged structure following a destructive storm, youand fellow CERT members locate a fire. As you conduct your fire sizeup, which of the following is the least important question to consider
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From your size up, you determine that the fire can be put out with a portable fire extinguisher. You and your buddy quickly retrieve a portable fire extinguisher,which you have determined is the right type of extinguisher to fight this fire. What should you do before approaching the fire?
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Following the correct CERT procedure (P.A.S.S.), you discharge the extinguisher. What should you do if the fire continues to burn 5 seconds after you start to extinguish it?
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The fire has spread to other areas by the time the fire department arrives.What’s your next course of action?
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 If the chief officer asks you and your fellow CERT members to remain outside at a safe distance, how should you respond?
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While the fire department manages to suppress most of the fire inside the building, a small fire has started to spread through the yard. You notice a nearby shed is posted with an NFPA 704 Diamond featuring the numbers 1, 1, and 2.6. What should you do?
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In the aftermath of a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, you have ensured your safety and your family’s safety and you grab your CERT kit and PPE. As you are making your way to your CERT’s established meeting point, you come across a woman lying by the side of the road. You call out your name and affiliation and ask, “Are you okay?” There is no response. Based on what you know thus far, how should you proceed?
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You move closer to the survivor. Once again, you ask, “Can you hear me? Are you okay?” As you approach, you hear a very faint “help me,” and now that you are closer, you notice that that the survivor is bleeding heavily from a laceration on her thigh. You immediately attempt to call 9-1-1 on you cell phone but the system is down. You know this woman is seriously injured. How would you help her?
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You notice that the blood is spurting from the laceration on the survivor’s inner thigh. What type of bleeding is this?
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What will you do to stop the bleeding?
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After a few moments, the bleeding slows considerably. You ask the woman, “Are you okay? Squeeze my hand if you can hear me.” She is only able to groan unintelligibly in response. You notice that her fingers are cold — despite soaring temperatures — when she tries to squeeze your hand. The signs and symptoms that you witness tell you that this woman is suffering from what?
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 How would you treat the woman based on your findings?
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If asked to triage the woman, how would you tag her?
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A Category 4 hurricane has just struck your town. You are assigned by yourIncident Commander/Team Leader to help conduct triage operations in an areaof the neighborhood that has sustained damage. Arriving at the treatment area,you notice sections marked “I,” “D,” and “M” where survivors are already beingplaced for treatment.
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You are directed to help with the “Immediate” survivors. A fellow team memberasks you to get some clean water to wash soiled gloves. You know the supplyteam is on its way, but could be several hours away. Grabbing a bucket, you runto a nearby stream for water. What should you do to sterilize the water for medical use?
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Once you arrive back at the “Immediate” treatment area with the water, the team leader explains that a victim has died. The team leader puts you in charge of establishing the morgue. How and where will you set up the morgue?
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A few hours later, you return to the “Immediate” area and ask your Incident Commander/Team Leader for a new assignment. She quickly explains that the area is overflowing with survivors and asks you to help perform rapid head-to-toe assessments. While performing your first assessment on a young adult male, you notice swelling and deformity in the survivor’s upper left arm. After you have finished your head-to-toe assessment, you try to feel for signs of a fracture, but the survivor cries out in pain before you get too far. Though it is impossible to be sure out in the field, you should assume that:
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You know that you need to splint the injury to prevent further damage. How would you proceed with the splint?
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Just as you are finishing up the splint on your young adult male survivor, a woman runs into the “Immediate” treatment area holding a little boy and frantically calling out, “Someone please help my son, he’s turning blue! I don’t think he can breathe!” You turn and run to help the woman. You ask her to put her son down so you can help. What is the first thing that you should do?
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While listening for lung sounds, you notice that the boy is wheezing and his lips are blue. You cannot find anything obvious obstructing his airway. As you glance down quickly at the rest of the boy’s body, you notice an angry red welt on his inner arm. You have reason to suspect that this boy is suffering from:
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After a tornado ravages a nearby community, you and your fellow CERT members volunteer to help with the search and rescue operations. You arrive on the scene to discover collapsed houses, cars swept up into trees, and various debris strewn everywhere. As you begin the CERT size up process, what is the first thing you should do?
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You and three other CERT members begin searching the local library, a large brick building where many people in the community were instructed to take cover before the storm. A size up of the building reveals superficial damage, including broken windows and cracked plaster. How would you classify the damage to the building?
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As you continue your search of the library, you make a single slash next to the doorway of the first room you enter. What information do you write in what will become the left quadrant of this search marking?
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While stopping frequently to listen, you hear a faint cry for help from the corner of the room. You walk over to find a young boy who has glass shards in his leg and is unable to walk. Keeping in mind that you are searching the room with only two other CERT members, which of the following is not a recommended way of moving the boy?
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Upon completing your search and rescue in the library, you enter a house where the second floor has collapsed, creating a lean-to void. How should you proceed?
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You and your fellow CERT members arrive at a neighboring community following a devastating tornado. Survivors have been sifting through debris and have found six bodies. They tell you about what it was like to find the bodies. One of your fellow CERT members starts feeling nauseated. He is obviously overwhelmed. Which of the following is not an example of a physiological symptom of trauma?
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Some of the survivors you rescue exhibit signs of trauma, and you’ve warned your team ahead of time that they should expect some of the psychological effects will be directed toward them. In order to help your team better understand what the survivors are going through, you’ve also explained the four phases of a crisis following a disaster. During which phase do survivors attempt to assess the damage and locate other survivors?
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The goal of on scene psychological intervention by CERT members is to stabilize the incident scene by stabilizing individuals. You come across a man who is in shock and bleeding from his chest. What should you do first?
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In order to help your team cope with the trauma experienced during the search and rescue, you invite a mental health professional trained in critical incident stress management to conduct a voluntary critical incident stress debriefing 2 days later. What is the first step of the critical incident stress debriefing?
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Which of the following is not a step that your team’s members should take in the future to personally reduce stress?
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You are having a business lunch downtown when you hear a loud explosion. You follow others outside to find what caused the noise. In the distance you can see heavy smoke rising from the electrical plant, the very same electrical plant used to power your town and several major cities in the area and that you saw on the news last night cited as a potential target for a recently uncovered terrorist plot.All around you, people are speculating that the plot was successful. What should you do?
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You remember from the news report that the potential plot was uncovered when an electrical plant security guard noticed the same black van parked outside for over a week. Worried that someone was watching the building, he alerted local authorities. Which of the eight signs of a terrorist attack did the security guard notice?
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A friend runs over to you, a little frantic, and asks why you are not headed to the disaster site to help. After all, he says, you are a trained CERT member. How do you respond to your friend?
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