NPTE PRACTICE FINAL EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
respiratory distress - Answers - Dyspnea, SOB, or cramping in the calf muscles are
common signs of
decreased blood pH - Answers - Someone with COPD will most likely result in a ___
blood pH
shoulder forward, slight abduction and ER - Answers - When lying on hemiplegic side
following a cerebrovascular accident how do you place the patient's shoulder?
Rhythmic stabilization - Answers - Which PNF technique is used to improve trunk
control by facilitating co-contraction of the antagonists?
Hold relax
contract relax - Answers - Which PNF techniques are stretching procedures to increase
ROM of tight muscles?
Agonist reversals - Answers - Which PNF technique is mainly used for weak anti-gravity
muscles for postural control?
Opposing the thumb to the little finger and ulnarly deviating the wrist - Answers - To
make the trapezium more prominent, the PT should ask the patient to ___
more than 0.30 - Answers - An arch index of more than ___ indicates low arch or pes
planus
low arch or pes planus - Answers - An arch index of more than 0.30 indicates ___
Abductor pollicis brevis - Answers - Nerve conduction velocity test for the median nerve,
which muscle do you assess?
No, unless more than 7 PVCs per minute - Answers - Do PVCs compromise cardiac
output?
4 to 15 PSI
Pressure close to 4 to prevent damage and protect granulation tissue. - Answers -
Optimal pressure to clean a wound
Pressure close to __: prevent damage and protect the granulation tissue
Sural nerve - Answers - SLR: Ankle DF and inversion places tension on the ____ nerve
,Common peroneal nerve - Answers - SLR: Ankle PF and inversion places tension on
the ____ nerve
tibial nerve - Answers - SLR: Ankle DF, eversion and great toe extension places tension
on the ___ nerve
Ankle DF and inversion - Answers - How do you bias the sural nerve during a SLR?
Ankle PF and inversion - Answers - How do you bias the common peroneal nerve
during a SLR?
Ankle DF, eversion, and big toe extension - Answers - How do you bias the tibial nerve
during a SLR?
Canalith repositioning - Answers - A maneuver used in the treatment of BPPV
Romberg test - Answers - The sensory test for postural control
Dix-Hallpike test - Answers - Most common positional test used to examine for BPPV
R hip abduction contracture or
L hip abductor weakness
causes R pelvis drop - Answers - A ___ hip abductor contracture on or a weak ___ hip
abductor causes a right pelvis drop during gait.
Left internal obliques
Right external obliques - Answers - Left rotation: ___ internal obliques work and ____
external obliques work
Right internal obliques
Left external obliques - Answers - Right rotation: ___ internal obliques work and ____
external obliques work
Patient is prone with head turned to one side, arms at sides; test are is internally rotated
and the patient is instructed to raise arm off table - Answers - MMT for the latissimus
dorsi
Radial - Answers - A ___ glide is used to improve thumb extension
Respiratory alkalosis - Answers - Breathing into a bag can help treat
Respiratory alkalosis - Answers - Respiratory ___losis: hyperventilation, syncope, and
cramping
, short stretch bandages - Answers - Lymphedema: affected limbs are bandaged with
___ bandages
Rear wheels are positioned two inches posterior to the normal position - Answers -
Wheelchair modification for bilateral amputees
Digitalis - Answers - ___ is used to chronic heart failure. It decreases HR and increases
the strength of contraction.
Posteroinferior translatory glides - Answers - The most effective direction for
glenohumeral mobilization for adhesive capsulitis?
S3 sound - Answers - S_ sound = CHF
S4 - Answers - S_ sound = MI or HTN
CHF (congestive heart failure) - Answers - A S3 sound is associated with
MI or hypertension - Answers - A S4 sound is associated with
Unilateral vestibular hypofunction - Answers - Symptoms of __: resting (spontaneous)
nystagmus, oscillopsia, postural instability, dysequillibrium.
less than one minute - Answers - BPPV: vertigo lasting ___
Meinere's disease - Answers - A recurrent and usually progressive vestibular disease
associated with tinnitus, deafness, and sensation of fullness in the ear and vertigo
Oscillopsia - Answers - the illusion that the environment is moving ("room is spinning"
vertical and pendular nystagmus - Answers - CNS pathology: ____ nystagmus
horizontal nystagmus - Answers - Peripheral vestibular system pathology: ___
nystagmus
Peripheral vestibular system - Answers - Horizontal nystagmus: ___ pathology
CNS pathology - Answers - Vertical and pendular nystagmus: ____ pathology
Subscapularis - Answers - An important muscle of the rotator cuff, stabilizes the
humeral head in the glenoid cavity, very important muscle in overhead sports.
common peroneal nerve - Answers - ___ nerve innervates the DF muscles and
sensation on anterior aspect of leg
ANSWERS
respiratory distress - Answers - Dyspnea, SOB, or cramping in the calf muscles are
common signs of
decreased blood pH - Answers - Someone with COPD will most likely result in a ___
blood pH
shoulder forward, slight abduction and ER - Answers - When lying on hemiplegic side
following a cerebrovascular accident how do you place the patient's shoulder?
Rhythmic stabilization - Answers - Which PNF technique is used to improve trunk
control by facilitating co-contraction of the antagonists?
Hold relax
contract relax - Answers - Which PNF techniques are stretching procedures to increase
ROM of tight muscles?
Agonist reversals - Answers - Which PNF technique is mainly used for weak anti-gravity
muscles for postural control?
Opposing the thumb to the little finger and ulnarly deviating the wrist - Answers - To
make the trapezium more prominent, the PT should ask the patient to ___
more than 0.30 - Answers - An arch index of more than ___ indicates low arch or pes
planus
low arch or pes planus - Answers - An arch index of more than 0.30 indicates ___
Abductor pollicis brevis - Answers - Nerve conduction velocity test for the median nerve,
which muscle do you assess?
No, unless more than 7 PVCs per minute - Answers - Do PVCs compromise cardiac
output?
4 to 15 PSI
Pressure close to 4 to prevent damage and protect granulation tissue. - Answers -
Optimal pressure to clean a wound
Pressure close to __: prevent damage and protect the granulation tissue
Sural nerve - Answers - SLR: Ankle DF and inversion places tension on the ____ nerve
,Common peroneal nerve - Answers - SLR: Ankle PF and inversion places tension on
the ____ nerve
tibial nerve - Answers - SLR: Ankle DF, eversion and great toe extension places tension
on the ___ nerve
Ankle DF and inversion - Answers - How do you bias the sural nerve during a SLR?
Ankle PF and inversion - Answers - How do you bias the common peroneal nerve
during a SLR?
Ankle DF, eversion, and big toe extension - Answers - How do you bias the tibial nerve
during a SLR?
Canalith repositioning - Answers - A maneuver used in the treatment of BPPV
Romberg test - Answers - The sensory test for postural control
Dix-Hallpike test - Answers - Most common positional test used to examine for BPPV
R hip abduction contracture or
L hip abductor weakness
causes R pelvis drop - Answers - A ___ hip abductor contracture on or a weak ___ hip
abductor causes a right pelvis drop during gait.
Left internal obliques
Right external obliques - Answers - Left rotation: ___ internal obliques work and ____
external obliques work
Right internal obliques
Left external obliques - Answers - Right rotation: ___ internal obliques work and ____
external obliques work
Patient is prone with head turned to one side, arms at sides; test are is internally rotated
and the patient is instructed to raise arm off table - Answers - MMT for the latissimus
dorsi
Radial - Answers - A ___ glide is used to improve thumb extension
Respiratory alkalosis - Answers - Breathing into a bag can help treat
Respiratory alkalosis - Answers - Respiratory ___losis: hyperventilation, syncope, and
cramping
, short stretch bandages - Answers - Lymphedema: affected limbs are bandaged with
___ bandages
Rear wheels are positioned two inches posterior to the normal position - Answers -
Wheelchair modification for bilateral amputees
Digitalis - Answers - ___ is used to chronic heart failure. It decreases HR and increases
the strength of contraction.
Posteroinferior translatory glides - Answers - The most effective direction for
glenohumeral mobilization for adhesive capsulitis?
S3 sound - Answers - S_ sound = CHF
S4 - Answers - S_ sound = MI or HTN
CHF (congestive heart failure) - Answers - A S3 sound is associated with
MI or hypertension - Answers - A S4 sound is associated with
Unilateral vestibular hypofunction - Answers - Symptoms of __: resting (spontaneous)
nystagmus, oscillopsia, postural instability, dysequillibrium.
less than one minute - Answers - BPPV: vertigo lasting ___
Meinere's disease - Answers - A recurrent and usually progressive vestibular disease
associated with tinnitus, deafness, and sensation of fullness in the ear and vertigo
Oscillopsia - Answers - the illusion that the environment is moving ("room is spinning"
vertical and pendular nystagmus - Answers - CNS pathology: ____ nystagmus
horizontal nystagmus - Answers - Peripheral vestibular system pathology: ___
nystagmus
Peripheral vestibular system - Answers - Horizontal nystagmus: ___ pathology
CNS pathology - Answers - Vertical and pendular nystagmus: ____ pathology
Subscapularis - Answers - An important muscle of the rotator cuff, stabilizes the
humeral head in the glenoid cavity, very important muscle in overhead sports.
common peroneal nerve - Answers - ___ nerve innervates the DF muscles and
sensation on anterior aspect of leg
