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This page holds 200 free practice questions for Chapter 51, Terrorism Response, covering terrorism definitions and types of terrorists, recognizing an attack and secondary devices, the NTAS advisory system, nerve agents and autoinjector dosing, vesicants, choking and blood agents, riot-control and incapacitating agents, anthrax, smallpox, plague, botulinum, and ricin, dirty bombs and acute radiation syndrome, blast and incendiary injury, active shooter and vehicle-ramming attacks, TECC, and incident command, evidence preservation, hospital surge, and responder mental health. They are written for paramedic and EMT students working through Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th edition. Every question shows the correct answer with a short explanation as soon as you tap, so you learn while you test rather than waiting until the end.
Study it two ways: the 10 Question Blitz, a quick round where every right answer lights a siren and any misses lead into Lights & Sirens, a 5-in-a-row drill on that section, or the full 100-question test drawn at random from the whole chapter. After each test you get a score and a section-by-section breakdown. Progress on the full test is saved on your device, so you can stop and pick up later.
Under the federal definition used by the FBI, an act of terrorism is set apart from other violent crime mainly by its:
Answer: D. Goal of coercing a government or public
Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence to intimidate or coerce a government or civilian population in pursuit of political or social goals. The body count is tempting, but a deadly attack with no such motive is a crime, not terrorism, while a small attack with that motive still qualifies.
You are dispatched to a subway station for 'several people down, trouble breathing.' The first unit reports that riders near one platform are vomiting, drooling, and twitching. This combination should make you suspect:
Answer: B. A deliberate chemical release
Several people with the same sudden signs in one location is a classic indicator of a chemical attack, and drooling with twitching points to a nerve agent. Carbon monoxide causes headache and confusion, not secretions and muscle twitching.
Military nerve agents such as sarin are chemically related to:
Answer: C. Organophosphate insecticides
Nerve agents are organophosphate compounds far more potent than farm insecticides, and both inhibit acetylcholinesterase. Cyanide is a metabolic poison that blocks cell oxygen use, not acetylcholine breakdown.
Most students use the 10 Question Blitz for daily practice and take the full 100-question test in the days before a class exam or NREMT practice. Lights & Sirens after a blitz is the fastest way to close gaps the night before a test.
Every question in this chapter is also listed by section, with answers, on the topic pages above. See all paramedic topics or take the NREMT paramedic practice test.
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