American Red Cross First Aid / CPR / AED Instructor Exam (QUESTION & ANSWERS) Why does the American Red Cross teach this course?
a) To help people recognize and respond appropriately in an emergency
b) To help people make appropriate decisions when they see an emergency
c) To enable people to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person
until more advanced medical care takes over
d) All of the above Correct Ans - d) All of the above
1. To have a successful skill sessions, instructors:
a) Must provide direction and instruction, ample practice time,
encouragement and positive reinfoorcement, and corrective feedback.
b) Immediately interrupt participants and make corrections if an error is
noticed.
c) Evaluate participants for exact and precise perfomance of each skill.
d) All of the above Correct Ans - a) Must provide direction and
instruction, ample practice time, encouragement and positive reinfoorcement, and corrective feedback.
2. Participants have a better chance of performing skills properly if they:
a) Know the sequence in which skills are performed.
b) Receive feedback from a partner or instructor during skill practice.
c) Have a basic understanding of the skill prior of the performance
d) All of the above Correct Ans - d) All of the above 1 / 2
- For a CPR-Adult and Child course, which of the following scenarios must be
conducted?
a) Adult CPR Scenario 1
b) Child CPR Scenario 1
c) Adult CPR Scenario 1 or Child Scenario 1
d) None of the above Correct Ans - c) Adult CPR Scenario 1 or Child
Scenario 1
4. During skills sessions, instructors are responsible for:
a) Interrupting participants and stoping the entire class when one participant
is not performing the skill correctly.
b) Identifying participants who can model skills for class
c) Observing and evaluating the skill performance of each participant by using
the assessment tools.
d) Demonstrating along with the video Correct Ans - c) Observing and
evaluating the skill performance of each participant by using the assessment tools.
- A critical eye is the ability to observe a skill performance and notice which
steps of the skill are being done correctly and which are not.
a) True
b) False Correct Ans - a) True
6. Effective facilitation is based on the concepts of:
a) Identifying topics of most concern to participants and relating those topics
to first aid situations.
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