Sports Medicine CTE Exam/ Answers to the study guides
for the CTS Sports Medicine Exam NEW!! 2025/2026
What's the top number in blood pressure? - Answers Systolic: when the heart contracts
What's the bottom number in blood pressure? - Answers Diastolic: when the heart relaxes
What are the parts of the Axial skeleton? - Answers Skull, ossicles, hyoid bone, mandible,
maxilla, ribcage, vertebral column, sternum.
What are the parts of the Appendicular skeleton? - Answers Shoulder girdle, arms, hands,
pelvic girdle, legs, feet.
How do you take axillary temperature? - Answers Dry the armpit, put the bulb of the
thermometer in the middle of the armpit, hold for 4-5 mins, a fever is anything above a 99F.
When do you empty a sharps container? - Answers When it's 3/4 of the way full.
How long should frictional handwashing last? - Answers 20 seconds.
Why do you use a paper towel to open doors and turn off skinks after washing your hands? -
Answers To prevent further contamination/
How should you tape the wrist for hyperextension? - Answers With the wrist slightly flexed.
When taping for elbow hyperextension how many degrees of flexion should the elbow be at? -
Answers 10 degrees of flexion.
, What is the first thing that you do when you encounter a blood spill? - Answers Put on
gloves.
How do you release medical information? - Answers Have written consent, for those who are
under 18 have a parent sign a release form, for those over 18 they can sign their own release
forms.
What exercises should be done when recovering from an ankle injury? - Answers Calf raises,
jogging, sprinting, cutting.
How do you return an athlete to sport after a concussion? - Answers Cleared by a physician,
symptom free, pass Glasgow coma scale. With progressive return to sport: complete rest, light
aerobic activity, sport specific training, non-contact drills, full contact training, game play.
What do you do when a male ATC is asked to treat a female patient? - Answers Have a
woman in the room with them or be in an open area with other people.
What is the name of the cartilage on the end (epiphysis) of a long bone? - Answers Articular
cartilage.
What are the tests for ankle fractures? - Answers Bump test and compression test.
What is the name of the test for balance following a concussion? - Answers BESS test
(Balance Error Scoring System)
What are the grades of ligament damage? - Answers 1: Mild: some tearing, mild/moderate
pain.
2: Moderate: more tearing, moderate/extreme pain.
for the CTS Sports Medicine Exam NEW!! 2025/2026
What's the top number in blood pressure? - Answers Systolic: when the heart contracts
What's the bottom number in blood pressure? - Answers Diastolic: when the heart relaxes
What are the parts of the Axial skeleton? - Answers Skull, ossicles, hyoid bone, mandible,
maxilla, ribcage, vertebral column, sternum.
What are the parts of the Appendicular skeleton? - Answers Shoulder girdle, arms, hands,
pelvic girdle, legs, feet.
How do you take axillary temperature? - Answers Dry the armpit, put the bulb of the
thermometer in the middle of the armpit, hold for 4-5 mins, a fever is anything above a 99F.
When do you empty a sharps container? - Answers When it's 3/4 of the way full.
How long should frictional handwashing last? - Answers 20 seconds.
Why do you use a paper towel to open doors and turn off skinks after washing your hands? -
Answers To prevent further contamination/
How should you tape the wrist for hyperextension? - Answers With the wrist slightly flexed.
When taping for elbow hyperextension how many degrees of flexion should the elbow be at? -
Answers 10 degrees of flexion.
, What is the first thing that you do when you encounter a blood spill? - Answers Put on
gloves.
How do you release medical information? - Answers Have written consent, for those who are
under 18 have a parent sign a release form, for those over 18 they can sign their own release
forms.
What exercises should be done when recovering from an ankle injury? - Answers Calf raises,
jogging, sprinting, cutting.
How do you return an athlete to sport after a concussion? - Answers Cleared by a physician,
symptom free, pass Glasgow coma scale. With progressive return to sport: complete rest, light
aerobic activity, sport specific training, non-contact drills, full contact training, game play.
What do you do when a male ATC is asked to treat a female patient? - Answers Have a
woman in the room with them or be in an open area with other people.
What is the name of the cartilage on the end (epiphysis) of a long bone? - Answers Articular
cartilage.
What are the tests for ankle fractures? - Answers Bump test and compression test.
What is the name of the test for balance following a concussion? - Answers BESS test
(Balance Error Scoring System)
What are the grades of ligament damage? - Answers 1: Mild: some tearing, mild/moderate
pain.
2: Moderate: more tearing, moderate/extreme pain.
