Field Manual (FM) 4-25.11: First Aid Army Board Practice Exam

The battlefield triage priority system groups casualties by how urgently they need life-saving care and by whether they are likely to survive given limited resources. The four categories are Immediate (red) for life-threatening injuries that can be saved with quick intervention, Delayed (yellow) for serious injuries that aren’t immediately life-threatening, Minimal (green) for minor injuries that can wait or require little care, and Expectant (black) for injuries so severe that survival is unlikely even with treatment, so they receive the lowest priority to preserve resources for those with a reasonable chance of recovery. This is why the correct description lists Immediate (red), Delayed (yellow), Minimal (green), and Expectant (black). Other options misuse colors or terms (for example, using blue instead of black for the expectant category), which doesn’t match how battlefield triage is actually applied.