BIO-MEDICINE NCCAOM BOARD EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (LATEST 2026) NEWEST GRADED A+
Patient has right hemisphere cerebral vascular accident
(CVA), which area is affected?
Left Face/Left Body
Discriminative nerve findings: Left arm 1+ right 2+, left arm
muscle weakness, (during discrimination point find 2 better
discrimination points on R arm), which side is lesion on:
Right cerebral cortex
Spinal cord lesion between L4 and L5 affects which spinal
nerve?
L4 (L4 symptoms are seen)
Which nerve root corresponds to the top of the foot? (only
single answer options, not pairs)
L5
,Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may be obtained from?
Subarachnoid Space (via Lumbar Puncture [Spinal Tap])
Lesion in which part of brain causes Alzheimers?
Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cortex
Which mineral is antioxidant?
Selenium
What causes elevated ketone bodies?
High fat/low carb diet (Atkin diet)
Motor part enters muscle fiber,most electrically excitabel part
of muscle?
Motor point
,Ankylosing spondylitis is linked to which specific HLA Antigen:
HLA-B27 (human leukocyte antigen)
Patient with pain in his back but all the tests for nerve damage
are negative (they tell you the tests by explaining how they do
them, not by the name, i.e. Leg raising). What do you do?
Refer for MRI
Positive Trendelenburg's sign (seen in patients with weak or
paralyzed hip abductor muscles) indicates what muscles are
affected?
Hip abductors - gluteus medius and gluteus minimus
20 years old boy played some game, stand a lot and rotated his
foot a lot yesterday, he showed up symptoms like cant bear his
weight, fatigue, fever, pain on legs. What problem does he
have?
Collateral ligament injury
, An acute supraspinatus tendinitis (rotator cuff syndrome),
movement are usually not limited but there is a painful are
between?
60 to 120 of flexion of the arm
Shoulder joint pain palpated on Deltoid, Teres minor area and
Subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus area, and patient
did repetitive motion of a sports activity what is the diagnosis?
Rotator cuff syndrome
Winged scapula - which muscle has injury:
Serratus anterior (boxers muscle)
A woman who is 7 months pregnant comes into clinic with a
left side headache and right arm paresthesia and neck pain,
what is the condition?
Cervical Radiculopathy ('pinched nerve")
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (LATEST 2026) NEWEST GRADED A+
Patient has right hemisphere cerebral vascular accident
(CVA), which area is affected?
Left Face/Left Body
Discriminative nerve findings: Left arm 1+ right 2+, left arm
muscle weakness, (during discrimination point find 2 better
discrimination points on R arm), which side is lesion on:
Right cerebral cortex
Spinal cord lesion between L4 and L5 affects which spinal
nerve?
L4 (L4 symptoms are seen)
Which nerve root corresponds to the top of the foot? (only
single answer options, not pairs)
L5
,Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may be obtained from?
Subarachnoid Space (via Lumbar Puncture [Spinal Tap])
Lesion in which part of brain causes Alzheimers?
Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cortex
Which mineral is antioxidant?
Selenium
What causes elevated ketone bodies?
High fat/low carb diet (Atkin diet)
Motor part enters muscle fiber,most electrically excitabel part
of muscle?
Motor point
,Ankylosing spondylitis is linked to which specific HLA Antigen:
HLA-B27 (human leukocyte antigen)
Patient with pain in his back but all the tests for nerve damage
are negative (they tell you the tests by explaining how they do
them, not by the name, i.e. Leg raising). What do you do?
Refer for MRI
Positive Trendelenburg's sign (seen in patients with weak or
paralyzed hip abductor muscles) indicates what muscles are
affected?
Hip abductors - gluteus medius and gluteus minimus
20 years old boy played some game, stand a lot and rotated his
foot a lot yesterday, he showed up symptoms like cant bear his
weight, fatigue, fever, pain on legs. What problem does he
have?
Collateral ligament injury
, An acute supraspinatus tendinitis (rotator cuff syndrome),
movement are usually not limited but there is a painful are
between?
60 to 120 of flexion of the arm
Shoulder joint pain palpated on Deltoid, Teres minor area and
Subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus area, and patient
did repetitive motion of a sports activity what is the diagnosis?
Rotator cuff syndrome
Winged scapula - which muscle has injury:
Serratus anterior (boxers muscle)
A woman who is 7 months pregnant comes into clinic with a
left side headache and right arm paresthesia and neck pain,
what is the condition?
Cervical Radiculopathy ('pinched nerve")
