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How to succeed on a FISDAP exam, Exams of Medical Sciences

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How to succeed on a FISDAP exam
Fisdap exams are uniquely designed to assess your knowledge and critical thinking ability.
Questions are constructed by instructors across the country and reviewed by subject matter
experts as well as a board certified Emergency Physician. After you finish the exam, we hope
you will come away with a good sense of what you mastered or areas for improvement. Please
take advantage of the instructions below.
Knowing the information in your textbook will build a great foundation for what the FISDAP
exams will require you to do: apply the knowledge and think critically to solve real life EMS
problems. We want to prepare you for your national or state certification exam.
We recommend completing the workbook that comes with the textbook your class is using.
Additionally, we follow current American Heart Association guidelines. We also encourage you
to utilize Fisdap’s Study Tools . It allows you to practice your test-taking skills on similar
constructed test and quizzes.
There are typically 3 types of questions Fisdap uses when we construct an exam.
Understanding the construction will help increase your success.
• You should… Questions that end in “
You should
” are asking you to apply knowledge
treat a patient as you would in the field. You should select the best treatment option
available from the choices given. If you are having trouble picking the best answer
because more than one option seems “right,” imagine that there is a “next,” “first, or
“most importantly” at the end of this type of question. Our examples: “You should
next,” or “You should most important,” or “You should first.”
• You should suspect… Questions that end in “
You should suspect
” are asking you to
suspect underlying problems or conditions that are described in the question. Think of
the condition that is the most life-threatening. You should suspect the most dangerous
condition.
• The most likely cause is… Questions that end in “
The most likely cause
” are asking
you to think about the most probable cause or condition based on the symptoms. In
this type of question you are NOT being asked about what might be the worst possible
problem, but rather the most likely.
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How to succeed on a FISDAP exam

Fisdap exams are uniquely designed to assess your knowledge and critical thinking ability. Questions are constructed by instructors across the country and reviewed by subject matter experts as well as a board certified Emergency Physician. After you finish the exam, we hope you will come away with a good sense of what you mastered or areas for improvement. Please take advantage of the instructions below.

Knowing the information in your textbook will build a great foundation for what the FISDAP exams will require you to do: apply the knowledge and think critically to solve real life EMS problems. We want to prepare you for your national or state certification exam.

We recommend completing the workbook that comes with the textbook your class is using. Additionally, we follow current American Heart Association guidelines. We also encourage you to utilize Fisdap’s Study Tools. It allows you to practice your test-taking skills on similar constructed test and quizzes.

There are typically 3 types of questions Fisdap uses when we construct an exam. Understanding the construction will help increase your success.

  • You should… Questions that end in “You should” are asking you to apply knowledge treat a patient as you would in the field. You should select the best treatment option available from the choices given. If you are having trouble picking the best answer because more than one option seems “right,” imagine that there is a “next,” “first, or “most importantly” at the end of this type of question. Our examples: “You should next,” or “You should most important,” or “You should first.”
  • You should suspect… Questions that end in “You should suspect” are asking you to suspect underlying problems or conditions that are described in the question. Think of the condition that is the most life-threatening. You should suspect the most dangerous condition.
  • The most likely cause is… Questions that end in “The most likely cause” are asking you to think about the most probable cause or condition based on the symptoms. In this type of question you are NOT being asked about what might be the worst possible problem, but rather the most likely.

You may not be used to seeing these types of critical thinking questions on exams, so here are some key test-taking tips to help you out:

  1. Read the question completely and imagine what you should do to take care of the patient. Please do this, before you look at the possible answers.
  2. Read the possible answers completely and consider the BEST answer (since there maybe more than one plausible choice it is best not to think of the "correct" one.
  3. Once you have read the entire question and all possible answers, pick the one you feel is best. Many times your first guess will be the correct one.
  4. During the test, if your instructor allows, we encourage you to write down (on a blank piece of paper) words you do not know and concepts you did not understand.
  5. The questions are shuffled, so don’t get discouraged if you hit some hard questions right away. We wish you the best on this exam, on your certification exam, and ultimately in your new career as an EMS professional!

Physiology - EMT level questions ranging from basic to very challenging

4. What is the amount of air that normally reaches the alveoli in an

adult?

A. 350 mL B. 500 mL C. 150 L D. 750 L

5. Where does the heart receive its nutrition from blood passing

through?

A. Pulmonary artery B. Coronary artery C. Coronary vein

D. Aorta

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Math - decimals, division, fractions, multiplication

6. What is the place value of the number 7 in 454.07809?

A. Hundredths B. Tenths C. Ones D. Thousandths

7. Convert 3% to a decimal.

A. 3.

B. 300.

C. 0.

D. 0.

8. Divide 12/340.

A. 0.

B. 4080

C. 22

D. 17

9. Solve [(150/20)×2].

A. 7.

B. 37.

C. 15

D. 60

10. Solve x/24 = 6.

A. 4

B. 144

C. 18

D. 0.

11. If y = 13 and x = y/2, solve (5y) + (6x).

A. 104

B. 30.

C. 6.

D. 221

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Answer Key

1. B

2. C

3. D

4. A

5. B

6. A

7. C

8. A

9. C

10. B

11. A

12. A

13. A

14. C

15. D

16. B

17. D

Reading Comprehension

The exam also contains two reading comprehension passages. The first passage

assesses reading comprehension at a 9th grade level and the second evaluates reading

comprehension at the 11th grade level. Similar to other standardized tests, you will read

the passage and then respond to multiple choice questions about the text. The questions

will test your vocabulary as well as your ability to summarize, analyze, and make

inferences.

For reading comprehension practice material, there are many free websites you can

visit, including EReading Worksheets. Although we can recommend using supplemental

materials as a study aid, Fisdap cannot guarantee the validity or veracity of these

resources.

Follow these directions to take a sample practice reading comprehension quiz:

1. Go to http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/reading-

comprehension-worksheets/

2. Scroll to the Nonfiction Short Text with Review Questions section.

3. Select the link for Submarines | Nonfiction Reading Test 1 PDF.

4. Attempt the provided reading comprehension assignment.

5. Click view answers to grade yourself.

Affective Domain

This section of the exam contains an assessment of the affective domain, which refers

to how people react emotionally. The questionnaire is used primarily for research

purposes. Results are combined with other data in order to develop norms, establish

psychometric properties of these scales and questions, and to study various theoretical

and practical issues within the field of personality psychology.

To give you an expectation of how to prepare for this section, here are the directions for

answering the questions, exactly as they appear on the Entrance Exam.

  • Without spending too much time dwelling on any one question, just give the first

reaction that comes to mind.

  • In order to score this exam accurately, it is very important that you answer every

question, without skipping any. You may change an answer if you wish.

  • It is ultimately in your best interest to respond as honestly as possible. Mark the

response that best shows how you really feel or see yourself, not responses that you

think might be desirable or ideal.

Sample Questions

For the questions below, read the statement and think about which response most

correctly describes your personality. These sample questions are not scored—they are

only examples to help familiarize you with the formatting.

1. Tend to speak my mind

A. Very inaccurate B. Moderately inaccurate C. Neither Accurate not inaccurate D. Moderately accurate E. Very accurate

2. Task oriented

A. Very inaccurate B. Moderately inaccurate C. Neither Accurate not inaccurate D. Moderately accurate E. Very accurate

3. Late for appointments

A. Very inaccurate B. Moderately inaccurate C. Neither Accurate not inaccurate D. Moderately accurate

E. Very accurate^5