PTAP 1350 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
What is prevalence? - Answers the number of cases of an illness overall, whether new or chronic
What is incidence? - Answers the number of new cases of an illness per population at risk in a given
amount of time
How long until an illness is considered chronic? - Answers 6 months
How long can inflammation last? - Answers 3-5 days
What is the timeframe for acute inflammation? - Answers from a few hours to several days
What is the timeframe for sub-acute inflammation ? - Answers • Begins in first 24 hours
• From a few hours to several weeks
What is the timeframe for chronic inflammation? - Answers if inflammation persists after a few days
What is the timeframe for acute on chronic inflammation? - Answers Injury not fully healed when it is
reinjured
What are the four stages of pharmacokinetics? - Answers Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
What happens during the inflammation stage of healing? - Answers • A protective reaction of tissue
to irritation, injury or infection
• Characteristics: Pain, swelling, redness, and sometimes loss of function
What happens during the proliferation phase of healing? - Answers To grow or multiply by rapidly
producing new tissue, parts, cells or offspring
What happens during the remodeling phase of healing? - Answers Healing, modeling and remodeling
of the tissue.
What is the foundation of heathy people 2020 and what do they do? - Answers They provide a
framework for preventable health threats and establish national goals to reduce these threats.
What are the goals of healthy people 2020? - Answers 1) increase quality and years of healthy life
2) eliminate health disparities
How are diseases recognized and characterized? - Answers They are characterized by recognizable
set of signs and symptoms
What is a functional limitation? - Answers Inability to perform activities such as work, community,
ADLs, and IADLs (shopping, driving, housework)
What are characteristics of impairments? - Answers Include items such muscle performance, ROM,
balance, nerve integrity
What are the differences between signs and symptoms? - Answers • Signs are objective indicators of
disease obvious to someone other than the affected individual, this can be measured and observed.
• Symptoms are subjective feelings of which only the affected person is aware.
What defines a syndrome? - Answers A group of signs and symptoms occuring together to present a
disease or abnormality
What is etiology? - Answers Causes of origins of disease
What are characteristics of a chronic disease? - Answers • Develops gradually
• Vague or mild symptoms
• Lasts longer than 6 months
What is a period of remission? - Answers A period of partial or complete disappearance of signs and
symptoms
What is a period of exacerbations? - Answers period of increased signs and symptoms
What are complications? - Answers Conditions arising after onset of original disease.
What defines a disease? (Hint: 4 bullet points) - Answers • Abnormality of structure or function of
part, organ, or system.
• Known or unknown cause
• Variable severity of effects
• felt or observed by others
How is fibromyalgia diagnosed? - Answers • Diagnosis is made after 3 months of wide-spread pain
and 11-18 pain bilateral tender points of palpation
• Chronic, generalized syndrome
What are the PT treatments for osteoporosis? - Answers • prevention is best
• estrogen replacement therapy
What is prevalence? - Answers the number of cases of an illness overall, whether new or chronic
What is incidence? - Answers the number of new cases of an illness per population at risk in a given
amount of time
How long until an illness is considered chronic? - Answers 6 months
How long can inflammation last? - Answers 3-5 days
What is the timeframe for acute inflammation? - Answers from a few hours to several days
What is the timeframe for sub-acute inflammation ? - Answers • Begins in first 24 hours
• From a few hours to several weeks
What is the timeframe for chronic inflammation? - Answers if inflammation persists after a few days
What is the timeframe for acute on chronic inflammation? - Answers Injury not fully healed when it is
reinjured
What are the four stages of pharmacokinetics? - Answers Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
What happens during the inflammation stage of healing? - Answers • A protective reaction of tissue
to irritation, injury or infection
• Characteristics: Pain, swelling, redness, and sometimes loss of function
What happens during the proliferation phase of healing? - Answers To grow or multiply by rapidly
producing new tissue, parts, cells or offspring
What happens during the remodeling phase of healing? - Answers Healing, modeling and remodeling
of the tissue.
What is the foundation of heathy people 2020 and what do they do? - Answers They provide a
framework for preventable health threats and establish national goals to reduce these threats.
What are the goals of healthy people 2020? - Answers 1) increase quality and years of healthy life
2) eliminate health disparities
How are diseases recognized and characterized? - Answers They are characterized by recognizable
set of signs and symptoms
What is a functional limitation? - Answers Inability to perform activities such as work, community,
ADLs, and IADLs (shopping, driving, housework)
What are characteristics of impairments? - Answers Include items such muscle performance, ROM,
balance, nerve integrity
What are the differences between signs and symptoms? - Answers • Signs are objective indicators of
disease obvious to someone other than the affected individual, this can be measured and observed.
• Symptoms are subjective feelings of which only the affected person is aware.
What defines a syndrome? - Answers A group of signs and symptoms occuring together to present a
disease or abnormality
What is etiology? - Answers Causes of origins of disease
What are characteristics of a chronic disease? - Answers • Develops gradually
• Vague or mild symptoms
• Lasts longer than 6 months
What is a period of remission? - Answers A period of partial or complete disappearance of signs and
symptoms
What is a period of exacerbations? - Answers period of increased signs and symptoms
What are complications? - Answers Conditions arising after onset of original disease.
What defines a disease? (Hint: 4 bullet points) - Answers • Abnormality of structure or function of
part, organ, or system.
• Known or unknown cause
• Variable severity of effects
• felt or observed by others
How is fibromyalgia diagnosed? - Answers • Diagnosis is made after 3 months of wide-spread pain
and 11-18 pain bilateral tender points of palpation
• Chronic, generalized syndrome
What are the PT treatments for osteoporosis? - Answers • prevention is best
• estrogen replacement therapy
