[dr_lew]

Firefighter Jacobs has just come upon a young woman who has just started bleeding profusely from the lower part of her right arm. Which one of the following actions should Firefighter Jacobs take first to control the woman's bleeding?

A) Hold the woman's right arm above her head. B) Apply a tourniquet just below the woman's right elbow. C) Press the artery that is closest to the wound against a bone. D) Use a sterile dressing to apply direct pressure to the wound.

I nominate this for "least painfully obvious". The "direct pressure" answer is well known to many because of first aid instruction from various sources, but I don't think it's obvious on the face of it.

[LukeL]

Except that it tells you the answer in the question.

[FoxInSocks]

But the second part of the question provided this information: (i) Apply direct pressure to the wound by placing a sterile dressing against the wound and applying firm pressure.

They ask questions on the assumption that test-takers have zero experience, so they must provide such information. That question couldn't be easier, if the reader possesses even a basic ability to comprehend written English.

[Boogieman]

Well, it’s painfully obvious when they repeat the actions to be taken, in the correct order, in the question itself!

[Roccus]

This question as well as most, if not all, of the others in this article test reading comprehension....jmho

[capt B]

at the time a test is announced, a bibliography of books is listed from which the questions will be created. B&N also has many “study” books. just read the material. The “average” white candidate scores in the 90’s. “average” black fails. WHY?

[Presbyterian Reporter]

You did not copy the entire question. In the question it told the test taker that the first thing to do was apply pressure.

In other words the question was also the answer.