CATA Practice Exam (Ch 1-5) Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions
2025
Which one of the following is not a goal of a professional organization?
A. Bring together professionally competent individuals
B. Provide an opportunity to work as a group with a single purpose
C. Upgrade the profession through the establishment of standards
D. Help athletic trainers make the majority of their decisions - ✅✅D. Help athletic trainers make the
majority of their decisions
After World War I, the development of the athletic trainer as a specialist in preventing and managing
athletic injuries resulted from the work of this physician.
A. Cramer
B. Torg
C. Bilik
D. Davis - ✅✅C. Bilik
In 1932, which family published the "First Aider"?
A. Bilik
B. Cramer
C. Torg
D. Davis - ✅✅B. Cramer
The athletic trainer is most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletic environment
EXCEPT:
A. Prevention of athletic injuries
B. Diagnosis of athletic injuries
C. First aid and injury management
D. Implementation of prescribed rehabilitation - ✅✅B. Diagnosis of athletic injuries
,Which would not be considered an appropriate injury-prevention strategy adopted by an athletic
trainer?
A. Coordinating the administration of comprehensive physical examinations and pre-participation
screenings of all athletes
B. Implementing appropriate training and conditioning programs for all athletes
C. Prescribing daily vitamin supplementation for all athletes
D. Selecting and fitting any necessary protective equipment for all athletes - ✅✅C. Prescribing daily
vitamin supplementation for all athletes
Which of the following performance domains includes the athletic trainer's responsibility to educate
others?
A. Professional Responsibilities
B. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
C. Immediate Care of Athletic Injuries
D. Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis - ✅✅B. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Seeing that the protective equipment is of the highest quality, properly fitted, and maintained is the
responsibility of the:
A. Athletic trainer
B. Equipment personnel
C. Coach
D. All of the above - ✅✅D. All of the above
Which of the following performance domains includes explaining proper nutrition?
A. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
B. Professional Responsibilities
C. Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning
D. Organization and Administration - ✅✅A. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Which of the following organizations is responsible for drug education and testing?
,A. National Athletic Trainer's Association
B. American College of Sports Medicine
C. NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards
D. National Strength and Conditioning Association - ✅✅C. NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards
The team physician:
A. Need not be cognizant of the physical demands of the various sports because that is the athletic
trainer's role
B. Needs to work completely independent of the athletic trainer
C. Needs to focus the physical exam on the heart, lungs, and blood pressure
D. Is the final authority in determining when an athlete may return to play - ✅✅D. Is the final authority
in determining when an athlete may return to play
When did athletic training become recognized as an allied health profession?
A. 1994
B. 1990
C. 1950
D. 2001 - ✅✅C. 1950
Which of the following governs the practice of athletic training?
A. The NATA Code of Ethics
B. Federal law
C. Individual state licensing agencies
D. The Hippocratic Oath - ✅✅A. The NATA Code of Ethics
Which of the following types of regulation is the most restrictive in determining the practice of athletic
trainers?
A. Licensure
B. Exemption
C. Certification
, D. Registration - ✅✅C. Certification
Which organization is currently responsible for the accreditation of athletic training academic programs?
A. NATA
B. CAAHEP
C. CAATE
D. BOC - ✅✅C. CAATE
A term people commonly use to describe the feelings of exhaustion and disinterest toward their work is:
A. Burnout
B. Empathy
C. Fatigue Syndrome
D. Stress - ✅✅A. Burnout
The individual who is responsible for seeing that a complete medical history of each athlete is compiled
should be the:
A. Athletic trainer
B. Coach
C. School nurse
D. Team physician - ✅✅D. Team physician
In order to maintain certification, athletic trainers must accumulate continuing education units (CEUs),
how many are necessary over what period of time?
A. 70 over 2 years
B. 70 over 3 years
C. 80 over 4 years
D. 75 over 3 years - ✅✅D. 75 over 3 years
As of 2003-2004, which is the only way that a candidate can become certified as an athletic trainer?
2025
Which one of the following is not a goal of a professional organization?
A. Bring together professionally competent individuals
B. Provide an opportunity to work as a group with a single purpose
C. Upgrade the profession through the establishment of standards
D. Help athletic trainers make the majority of their decisions - ✅✅D. Help athletic trainers make the
majority of their decisions
After World War I, the development of the athletic trainer as a specialist in preventing and managing
athletic injuries resulted from the work of this physician.
A. Cramer
B. Torg
C. Bilik
D. Davis - ✅✅C. Bilik
In 1932, which family published the "First Aider"?
A. Bilik
B. Cramer
C. Torg
D. Davis - ✅✅B. Cramer
The athletic trainer is most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletic environment
EXCEPT:
A. Prevention of athletic injuries
B. Diagnosis of athletic injuries
C. First aid and injury management
D. Implementation of prescribed rehabilitation - ✅✅B. Diagnosis of athletic injuries
,Which would not be considered an appropriate injury-prevention strategy adopted by an athletic
trainer?
A. Coordinating the administration of comprehensive physical examinations and pre-participation
screenings of all athletes
B. Implementing appropriate training and conditioning programs for all athletes
C. Prescribing daily vitamin supplementation for all athletes
D. Selecting and fitting any necessary protective equipment for all athletes - ✅✅C. Prescribing daily
vitamin supplementation for all athletes
Which of the following performance domains includes the athletic trainer's responsibility to educate
others?
A. Professional Responsibilities
B. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
C. Immediate Care of Athletic Injuries
D. Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis - ✅✅B. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Seeing that the protective equipment is of the highest quality, properly fitted, and maintained is the
responsibility of the:
A. Athletic trainer
B. Equipment personnel
C. Coach
D. All of the above - ✅✅D. All of the above
Which of the following performance domains includes explaining proper nutrition?
A. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
B. Professional Responsibilities
C. Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning
D. Organization and Administration - ✅✅A. Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Which of the following organizations is responsible for drug education and testing?
,A. National Athletic Trainer's Association
B. American College of Sports Medicine
C. NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards
D. National Strength and Conditioning Association - ✅✅C. NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards
The team physician:
A. Need not be cognizant of the physical demands of the various sports because that is the athletic
trainer's role
B. Needs to work completely independent of the athletic trainer
C. Needs to focus the physical exam on the heart, lungs, and blood pressure
D. Is the final authority in determining when an athlete may return to play - ✅✅D. Is the final authority
in determining when an athlete may return to play
When did athletic training become recognized as an allied health profession?
A. 1994
B. 1990
C. 1950
D. 2001 - ✅✅C. 1950
Which of the following governs the practice of athletic training?
A. The NATA Code of Ethics
B. Federal law
C. Individual state licensing agencies
D. The Hippocratic Oath - ✅✅A. The NATA Code of Ethics
Which of the following types of regulation is the most restrictive in determining the practice of athletic
trainers?
A. Licensure
B. Exemption
C. Certification
, D. Registration - ✅✅C. Certification
Which organization is currently responsible for the accreditation of athletic training academic programs?
A. NATA
B. CAAHEP
C. CAATE
D. BOC - ✅✅C. CAATE
A term people commonly use to describe the feelings of exhaustion and disinterest toward their work is:
A. Burnout
B. Empathy
C. Fatigue Syndrome
D. Stress - ✅✅A. Burnout
The individual who is responsible for seeing that a complete medical history of each athlete is compiled
should be the:
A. Athletic trainer
B. Coach
C. School nurse
D. Team physician - ✅✅D. Team physician
In order to maintain certification, athletic trainers must accumulate continuing education units (CEUs),
how many are necessary over what period of time?
A. 70 over 2 years
B. 70 over 3 years
C. 80 over 4 years
D. 75 over 3 years - ✅✅D. 75 over 3 years
As of 2003-2004, which is the only way that a candidate can become certified as an athletic trainer?
