CMTBC Registration Exam Questions Complete with A+
Graded Answers 2025\2026
When would a therapist use the Apprehension Crank Test?
Suspected anterior GH dislocation
A patient presents with a positive Circumduction Test. Would the therapist note
an anterior or posterior GH subluxation in their charts?
Posterior GH Subluxation
What test involves the therapist suddenly letting go of the patients UE?
hint: a.k.a Codman's Test
Drop-Arm Test
What does a positive Drop-Arm Test indicate?
rotator cuff tear
A patient presents with inferior GH instability, what are 2 tests that the therapist should
consider performing?
1. Feagin Test
2. Sulcus Sign
What muscle is affected, under what structure with a positive Hawkin's-Kennedy Impingement
Test
Supraspinatus under the coracoacromial arch
Does the Impingement Test, test for capsular impingement or rotator cuff impingement?
Rotator Cuff Impingement
What test should a Therapist use if they suspect a dysfunctional subscapularis mm?
Lift-Off Sign
- tests for subscap-dysfxn
A college baseball pitcher complains of anterior SH pain that gets worse the more he uses it.
- His ROM is WNL with early range elevation being most painful,
- RMMT of supraspinatus & BB were strong but painful
,- What special test should the therapist perform?
Neer Impingement Test
- Tests for: overuse injury to supraspinatus mm & occasionally BB tendon
- bringing Pt. into full GH medial rotation & elevation
If a Pt. presents with a positive Neer's Test, what kind of impingement do they
have? (anatomical name)
Subacromial Impingement
When performing the Neer Impingement Sign Test, what structure "jams" into
the anteroinferior surface of the acromion & impinges the SS tendon?
Greater Tuberosity
At what point in a Painful Arc ROM, would a Pt. experience subacromial pain?
60-120 degrees
T - F: The Rockwood Test is for anterior GH instability not posterior
TRUE
What special test indicates a BB long HD Pathology?
Speed's - Biceps or Straight Arm Test
T - F: the Speed's / Biceps Straight Arm Test can be performed eccentrically moving
into extension 1st with supination
2nd with pronation
TRUE
What neuropathy would you suspect if a therapist elicited a positive response with the Empty
Can/Jobe Test?
What mm would be affected?
suspected: Suprascapular Nerve lesion
affecting: Supraspinatus mm
After the therapist has tested ABD in neutral, what position would they bring the Pt. into
for Empty-Can/Jobe Test, what position is the SH brought into? Do you apply the test in the
opposite manner as well?
,Medially Rotated (thumbs-down)
& brought 30 degrees forward into the Scapular Plane (slightly-anterior)
Yes, a.k.a Full-Can Test
Laterally Rotated (thumbs-up)
A Pt. presents complaining of chronic snapping over the front of her SH that has recently
become painful
RMMT of BB recreates the pain but the snapping SX that the Pt. described was not elicited
What 2 Special Test could the therapist perform to potentially provoke the snapping over the
anterior GH jt?
Yergason's Test
Speed's Test (Magee says that this 1 is more effective d/t bone moves over tendon more)
What ligament is being stressed during the Yergason's & Speeds Test?
Transverse Humeral Ligament (holding BB tendon w-in bicipital groove)
A farmer presents with numbness & tingling within his distal UE (FA-hands) that increases
sharply when he is SH-checking or reversing in his work truck.
He recreates the provocative position & the Therapist notes how his R arm is in extension over
the back of the seat, while his L thorax is CL rotated to steer the vehicle, followed by R IL C-spine
rotation & extension
What special test does similarly replicate?
What muscle is suspected to be involved?
Adson's Maneuver
- tests for Anterior Scalene compression of the brachial plexus
T - F: during ROOS Test (EAST, AER), a positive test for Arterial compression is swelling
& cyanosis
FALSE
- Arterial compression
- arm pallor when elevated
- arm hyperemia when lowered
, What is a sign of venous compression when performing the ROOS Test (EAST, AER),?
Swelling & Cyanosis
What special test is positive when a dimple appears inferior to the acromion
Sulcus Sign
What directional GH instability would a Therapist suspect with a positive Sulcus Sign?
Inferior GH Instability
Common overuse injury in swimmers; where tendon overload causes micro-tears in the tendon
fascicle
Bicipital Tendonitis
What 2 special tests should be performed on a Pt. suspected of bicipital Tendonitis?
1. Speed's: BB-LH pathology
2. Yergason's: transverse humeral lig. integrity
A female Pt. in her 50's complains of R SH pain & progressive stiffness that has limited her
ability to reach overhead or zip up her work dresses.
The Pt. states no trauma or previous injury to the SH, but does admit to chronically sleeping on
her R-side & seems fairly anxious/agitated while being interviewed, eventually the Pt. tells the
Therapist that she has unexpectedly become a widow recently & has been dealing with a lot of
emotional stress.
What might the Therapist suspect is occurring with this Pt.'s SH?
What special test should the Therapist perform?
Frozen Shoulder/Adhesive Capsulitis
- AF-ROM: limited w/pain
- PR ROM: limited in CP
- Apley's Scratch
What pattern is the SH restricted in with Frozen SH/adhesive capsulitis?
Capsular Pattern
GH: ER, ABD, IR
What is it called when the Supraspinatus mm frictions against the acromion?
Graded Answers 2025\2026
When would a therapist use the Apprehension Crank Test?
Suspected anterior GH dislocation
A patient presents with a positive Circumduction Test. Would the therapist note
an anterior or posterior GH subluxation in their charts?
Posterior GH Subluxation
What test involves the therapist suddenly letting go of the patients UE?
hint: a.k.a Codman's Test
Drop-Arm Test
What does a positive Drop-Arm Test indicate?
rotator cuff tear
A patient presents with inferior GH instability, what are 2 tests that the therapist should
consider performing?
1. Feagin Test
2. Sulcus Sign
What muscle is affected, under what structure with a positive Hawkin's-Kennedy Impingement
Test
Supraspinatus under the coracoacromial arch
Does the Impingement Test, test for capsular impingement or rotator cuff impingement?
Rotator Cuff Impingement
What test should a Therapist use if they suspect a dysfunctional subscapularis mm?
Lift-Off Sign
- tests for subscap-dysfxn
A college baseball pitcher complains of anterior SH pain that gets worse the more he uses it.
- His ROM is WNL with early range elevation being most painful,
- RMMT of supraspinatus & BB were strong but painful
,- What special test should the therapist perform?
Neer Impingement Test
- Tests for: overuse injury to supraspinatus mm & occasionally BB tendon
- bringing Pt. into full GH medial rotation & elevation
If a Pt. presents with a positive Neer's Test, what kind of impingement do they
have? (anatomical name)
Subacromial Impingement
When performing the Neer Impingement Sign Test, what structure "jams" into
the anteroinferior surface of the acromion & impinges the SS tendon?
Greater Tuberosity
At what point in a Painful Arc ROM, would a Pt. experience subacromial pain?
60-120 degrees
T - F: The Rockwood Test is for anterior GH instability not posterior
TRUE
What special test indicates a BB long HD Pathology?
Speed's - Biceps or Straight Arm Test
T - F: the Speed's / Biceps Straight Arm Test can be performed eccentrically moving
into extension 1st with supination
2nd with pronation
TRUE
What neuropathy would you suspect if a therapist elicited a positive response with the Empty
Can/Jobe Test?
What mm would be affected?
suspected: Suprascapular Nerve lesion
affecting: Supraspinatus mm
After the therapist has tested ABD in neutral, what position would they bring the Pt. into
for Empty-Can/Jobe Test, what position is the SH brought into? Do you apply the test in the
opposite manner as well?
,Medially Rotated (thumbs-down)
& brought 30 degrees forward into the Scapular Plane (slightly-anterior)
Yes, a.k.a Full-Can Test
Laterally Rotated (thumbs-up)
A Pt. presents complaining of chronic snapping over the front of her SH that has recently
become painful
RMMT of BB recreates the pain but the snapping SX that the Pt. described was not elicited
What 2 Special Test could the therapist perform to potentially provoke the snapping over the
anterior GH jt?
Yergason's Test
Speed's Test (Magee says that this 1 is more effective d/t bone moves over tendon more)
What ligament is being stressed during the Yergason's & Speeds Test?
Transverse Humeral Ligament (holding BB tendon w-in bicipital groove)
A farmer presents with numbness & tingling within his distal UE (FA-hands) that increases
sharply when he is SH-checking or reversing in his work truck.
He recreates the provocative position & the Therapist notes how his R arm is in extension over
the back of the seat, while his L thorax is CL rotated to steer the vehicle, followed by R IL C-spine
rotation & extension
What special test does similarly replicate?
What muscle is suspected to be involved?
Adson's Maneuver
- tests for Anterior Scalene compression of the brachial plexus
T - F: during ROOS Test (EAST, AER), a positive test for Arterial compression is swelling
& cyanosis
FALSE
- Arterial compression
- arm pallor when elevated
- arm hyperemia when lowered
, What is a sign of venous compression when performing the ROOS Test (EAST, AER),?
Swelling & Cyanosis
What special test is positive when a dimple appears inferior to the acromion
Sulcus Sign
What directional GH instability would a Therapist suspect with a positive Sulcus Sign?
Inferior GH Instability
Common overuse injury in swimmers; where tendon overload causes micro-tears in the tendon
fascicle
Bicipital Tendonitis
What 2 special tests should be performed on a Pt. suspected of bicipital Tendonitis?
1. Speed's: BB-LH pathology
2. Yergason's: transverse humeral lig. integrity
A female Pt. in her 50's complains of R SH pain & progressive stiffness that has limited her
ability to reach overhead or zip up her work dresses.
The Pt. states no trauma or previous injury to the SH, but does admit to chronically sleeping on
her R-side & seems fairly anxious/agitated while being interviewed, eventually the Pt. tells the
Therapist that she has unexpectedly become a widow recently & has been dealing with a lot of
emotional stress.
What might the Therapist suspect is occurring with this Pt.'s SH?
What special test should the Therapist perform?
Frozen Shoulder/Adhesive Capsulitis
- AF-ROM: limited w/pain
- PR ROM: limited in CP
- Apley's Scratch
What pattern is the SH restricted in with Frozen SH/adhesive capsulitis?
Capsular Pattern
GH: ER, ABD, IR
What is it called when the Supraspinatus mm frictions against the acromion?
