TCM TEST QUESTIONS & ACCURATE
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
B. Irregular fast pulse at more than 200 beats per minute - Correct Answer ✔✔ A
hypertensive patient has shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. Which type of
pulse would require an immediate emergency referral?
A. Regular, fast pulse at 100 beats per minute lasting 20-30 minutes
B. Irregular, pulse at 90 beats per minute
C. Irregular fast pulse at more than 200 beats per minute
D. Regular, slow pulse at 50 beats per minute lasting 30-60 minutes
B. Back pain with bladder incontinence and saddle anaesthesia - Correct Answer ✔✔ In
a back pain patient, which would prompt you to make an immediate emergency
referral?
A. Back pain with leg weakness
B. Back pain with bladder incontinence and saddle anaesthesia
C. Sharp back pain with coughing or sneezing
D. Back pain with numbness and tingling in the feet
A. stirrup - Correct Answer ✔✔ The smallest bone in the body is?
A. stirrup
B. trapezoid
C. triquetral
D. metacarpal
C. femur - Correct Answer ✔✔ The longest bone in the body is?
A. humerus
B. tibia
,C. femur
D. the spine
A. Lung and Stomach - Correct Answer ✔✔ The Liver channel connects with the Liver
and Gall Bladder zangfu as well as the
A. Lung and Stomach
B. Lung and Spleen
C. Kidneys and Heart
D. Spleen and Kidneys
B. a clean procedure - Correct Answer ✔✔ What type of procedure is acupuncture?
A. an aseptic procedure
B. a clean procedure
C. a sterile procedure
D. an antiseptic procedure
A. L5 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Which dermatome innervates the anterior ankle and foot?
A. L5
B. S1
C. L3
D. S2
C. LR-3 (tai chong), GB-34 (yang ling quan) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Which point
combination best treats yang jaundice?'
A. BL-19 (dan shu), BL-20 (pi shu)
B. GB-41 (zu lin qi), ST-36 (zu san li)
C. LR-3 (tai chong), GB-34 (yang ling quan)
D. BL-20 (pi shu) with moxibustion, BL-48 (yang gang)
, C. headache - Correct Answer ✔✔ Clinical symptoms of traumatic pneumothorax
include all of the following EXCEPT
A. chest pain
B. cough, dyspnea
C. headache
D. pallor, cyanosis
D. liquid soap and water - Correct Answer ✔✔ If the hands of the acupuncturist are
visibly soiled it is recommended that they be washed with
A. an alcohol-based disinfectant
B. anti-microbial products
C. germicidal bar soap
D. liquid soap and water
B. Use a different alcohol swab for each body area - Correct Answer ✔✔ Which of the
following is the correct procedure for swabbing the skin before an acupuncture
treatment?
A. Use the same alcohol swab for all point locations
B. Use a different alcohol swab for each body area
C. Change alcohol swabs for every three point locations
D. Change alcohol swabs for every five point locations
A. this point is located on the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna - Correct Answer
✔✔ Which extra point transforms phlegm and dissipates swelling?
A. this point is located on the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna
B. this point is located on the anterior aspect of the shoulder joint, between the anterior
axillary crease and the depression that lies anterior and inferior to the acromion, at the
origin of the deltoid muscle
C. this point is located 0.5 to 1.0 cun lateral to the depression below the spinous
process of C7
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
B. Irregular fast pulse at more than 200 beats per minute - Correct Answer ✔✔ A
hypertensive patient has shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. Which type of
pulse would require an immediate emergency referral?
A. Regular, fast pulse at 100 beats per minute lasting 20-30 minutes
B. Irregular, pulse at 90 beats per minute
C. Irregular fast pulse at more than 200 beats per minute
D. Regular, slow pulse at 50 beats per minute lasting 30-60 minutes
B. Back pain with bladder incontinence and saddle anaesthesia - Correct Answer ✔✔ In
a back pain patient, which would prompt you to make an immediate emergency
referral?
A. Back pain with leg weakness
B. Back pain with bladder incontinence and saddle anaesthesia
C. Sharp back pain with coughing or sneezing
D. Back pain with numbness and tingling in the feet
A. stirrup - Correct Answer ✔✔ The smallest bone in the body is?
A. stirrup
B. trapezoid
C. triquetral
D. metacarpal
C. femur - Correct Answer ✔✔ The longest bone in the body is?
A. humerus
B. tibia
,C. femur
D. the spine
A. Lung and Stomach - Correct Answer ✔✔ The Liver channel connects with the Liver
and Gall Bladder zangfu as well as the
A. Lung and Stomach
B. Lung and Spleen
C. Kidneys and Heart
D. Spleen and Kidneys
B. a clean procedure - Correct Answer ✔✔ What type of procedure is acupuncture?
A. an aseptic procedure
B. a clean procedure
C. a sterile procedure
D. an antiseptic procedure
A. L5 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Which dermatome innervates the anterior ankle and foot?
A. L5
B. S1
C. L3
D. S2
C. LR-3 (tai chong), GB-34 (yang ling quan) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Which point
combination best treats yang jaundice?'
A. BL-19 (dan shu), BL-20 (pi shu)
B. GB-41 (zu lin qi), ST-36 (zu san li)
C. LR-3 (tai chong), GB-34 (yang ling quan)
D. BL-20 (pi shu) with moxibustion, BL-48 (yang gang)
, C. headache - Correct Answer ✔✔ Clinical symptoms of traumatic pneumothorax
include all of the following EXCEPT
A. chest pain
B. cough, dyspnea
C. headache
D. pallor, cyanosis
D. liquid soap and water - Correct Answer ✔✔ If the hands of the acupuncturist are
visibly soiled it is recommended that they be washed with
A. an alcohol-based disinfectant
B. anti-microbial products
C. germicidal bar soap
D. liquid soap and water
B. Use a different alcohol swab for each body area - Correct Answer ✔✔ Which of the
following is the correct procedure for swabbing the skin before an acupuncture
treatment?
A. Use the same alcohol swab for all point locations
B. Use a different alcohol swab for each body area
C. Change alcohol swabs for every three point locations
D. Change alcohol swabs for every five point locations
A. this point is located on the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna - Correct Answer
✔✔ Which extra point transforms phlegm and dissipates swelling?
A. this point is located on the tip of the olecranon process of the ulna
B. this point is located on the anterior aspect of the shoulder joint, between the anterior
axillary crease and the depression that lies anterior and inferior to the acromion, at the
origin of the deltoid muscle
C. this point is located 0.5 to 1.0 cun lateral to the depression below the spinous
process of C7
