OCS Practice Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
5 tests for SIJ are: 3/5 are positive, then it indicates SIJ pathology - CORRECT
ANSWER distraction, thigh thrust, Gaenslen, sacral thrust, compression
which two SIJ tests should you perform first - CORRECT ANSWER distraction, thigh
thrust then compression (if first two are negative
mnemonic and most commons sites of metastasis to bone (mostly to spine) - CORRECT
ANSWER P.T. Barnum Loves Kids.
Prostate
Testes
Breasts
Lungs
Kidney
normal sidebending ROM for lumbar and thoracic spine - CORRECT ANSWER 35
deg (45 deg rotation)
ligament that holds dens of axis to atlas - CORRECT ANSWER transverse ligament
ligament that runs from the dens to the occipital condyles and lateral masses on the atlas -
CORRECT ANSWER alar ligament
diagnostic cluster for cervical myelopathy - CORRECT ANSWER 1. age >45 years
2. positive hoffman's
3. positive babinski
4. gait deviation
5. positive inverted supinator
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
5 tests for SIJ are: 3/5 are positive, then it indicates SIJ pathology - CORRECT
ANSWER distraction, thigh thrust, Gaenslen, sacral thrust, compression
which two SIJ tests should you perform first - CORRECT ANSWER distraction, thigh
thrust then compression (if first two are negative
mnemonic and most commons sites of metastasis to bone (mostly to spine) - CORRECT
ANSWER P.T. Barnum Loves Kids.
Prostate
Testes
Breasts
Lungs
Kidney
normal sidebending ROM for lumbar and thoracic spine - CORRECT ANSWER 35
deg (45 deg rotation)
ligament that holds dens of axis to atlas - CORRECT ANSWER transverse ligament
ligament that runs from the dens to the occipital condyles and lateral masses on the atlas -
CORRECT ANSWER alar ligament
diagnostic cluster for cervical myelopathy - CORRECT ANSWER 1. age >45 years
2. positive hoffman's
3. positive babinski
4. gait deviation
5. positive inverted supinator
