Final Frontier – NPTE Practice Exam 1 (Physical Therapy Exam Prep, Clinical Reasoning &
Answer Explanations)
respiratory distress - ANS ✔✔Dyspnea, SOB, or cramping in the calf muscles are common signs
of
decreased blood pH - ANS ✔✔Someone with COPD will most likely result in a ___ blood pH
shoulder forward, slight abduction and ER - ANS ✔✔When lying on hemiplegic side following a
cerebrovascular accident how do you place the patient's shoulder?
Rhythmic stabilization - ANS ✔✔Which PNF technique is used to improve trunk control by
facilitating co-contraction of the antagonists?
Hold relax
contract relax - ANS ✔✔Which PNF techniques are stretching procedures to increase ROM of
tight muscles?
Agonist reversals - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔To make the
trapezium more prominent, the PT should ask the patient to ___
more than 0.30 - ANS ✔✔An arch index of more than ___ indicates low arch or pes planus
low arch or pes planus - ANS ✔✔An arch index of more than 0.30 indicates ___
,Abductor pollicis brevis - ANS ✔✔Nerve conduction velocity test for the median nerve, which
muscle do you assess?
No, unless more than 7 PVCs per minute - ANS ✔✔Do PVCs compromise cardiac output?
4 to 15 PSI
Pressure close to 4 to prevent damage and protect granulation tissue. - ANS ✔✔Optimal
pressure to clean a wound
Pressure close to __: prevent damage and protect the granulation tissue
Sural nerve - ANS ✔✔SLR: Ankle DF and inversion places tension on the ____ nerve
Common peroneal nerve - ANS ✔✔SLR: Ankle PF and inversion places tension on the ____
nerve
tibial nerve - ANS ✔✔SLR: Ankle DF, eversion and great toe extension places tension on the ___
nerve
Ankle DF and inversion - ANS ✔✔How do you bias the sural nerve during a SLR?
Ankle PF and inversion - ANS ✔✔How do you bias the common peroneal nerve during a SLR?
Ankle DF, eversion, and big toe extension - ANS ✔✔How do you bias the tibial nerve during a
SLR?
Canalith repositioning - ANS ✔✔A maneuver used in the treatment of BPPV
Romberg test - ANS ✔✔The sensory test for postural control
, Dix-Hallpike test - ANS ✔✔Most common positional test used to examine for BPPV
R hip abduction contracture or
L hip abductor weakness
causes R pelvis drop - ANS ✔✔A ___ hip abductor contracture on or a weak ___ hip abductor
causes a right pelvis drop during gait.
Left internal obliques
Right external obliques - ANS ✔✔Left rotation: ___ internal obliques work and ____ external
obliques work
Right internal obliques
Left external obliques - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔MMT for the latissimus dorsi
Radial - ANS ✔✔A ___ glide is used to improve thumb extension
Respiratory alkalosis - ANS ✔✔Breathing into a bag can help treat
Respiratory alkalosis - ANS ✔✔Respiratory ___losis: hyperventilation, syncope, and cramping
short stretch bandages - ANS ✔✔Lymphedema: affected limbs are bandaged with ___ bandages
Answer Explanations)
respiratory distress - ANS ✔✔Dyspnea, SOB, or cramping in the calf muscles are common signs
of
decreased blood pH - ANS ✔✔Someone with COPD will most likely result in a ___ blood pH
shoulder forward, slight abduction and ER - ANS ✔✔When lying on hemiplegic side following a
cerebrovascular accident how do you place the patient's shoulder?
Rhythmic stabilization - ANS ✔✔Which PNF technique is used to improve trunk control by
facilitating co-contraction of the antagonists?
Hold relax
contract relax - ANS ✔✔Which PNF techniques are stretching procedures to increase ROM of
tight muscles?
Agonist reversals - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔To make the
trapezium more prominent, the PT should ask the patient to ___
more than 0.30 - ANS ✔✔An arch index of more than ___ indicates low arch or pes planus
low arch or pes planus - ANS ✔✔An arch index of more than 0.30 indicates ___
,Abductor pollicis brevis - ANS ✔✔Nerve conduction velocity test for the median nerve, which
muscle do you assess?
No, unless more than 7 PVCs per minute - ANS ✔✔Do PVCs compromise cardiac output?
4 to 15 PSI
Pressure close to 4 to prevent damage and protect granulation tissue. - ANS ✔✔Optimal
pressure to clean a wound
Pressure close to __: prevent damage and protect the granulation tissue
Sural nerve - ANS ✔✔SLR: Ankle DF and inversion places tension on the ____ nerve
Common peroneal nerve - ANS ✔✔SLR: Ankle PF and inversion places tension on the ____
nerve
tibial nerve - ANS ✔✔SLR: Ankle DF, eversion and great toe extension places tension on the ___
nerve
Ankle DF and inversion - ANS ✔✔How do you bias the sural nerve during a SLR?
Ankle PF and inversion - ANS ✔✔How do you bias the common peroneal nerve during a SLR?
Ankle DF, eversion, and big toe extension - ANS ✔✔How do you bias the tibial nerve during a
SLR?
Canalith repositioning - ANS ✔✔A maneuver used in the treatment of BPPV
Romberg test - ANS ✔✔The sensory test for postural control
, Dix-Hallpike test - ANS ✔✔Most common positional test used to examine for BPPV
R hip abduction contracture or
L hip abductor weakness
causes R pelvis drop - ANS ✔✔A ___ hip abductor contracture on or a weak ___ hip abductor
causes a right pelvis drop during gait.
Left internal obliques
Right external obliques - ANS ✔✔Left rotation: ___ internal obliques work and ____ external
obliques work
Right internal obliques
Left external obliques - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔MMT for the latissimus dorsi
Radial - ANS ✔✔A ___ glide is used to improve thumb extension
Respiratory alkalosis - ANS ✔✔Breathing into a bag can help treat
Respiratory alkalosis - ANS ✔✔Respiratory ___losis: hyperventilation, syncope, and cramping
short stretch bandages - ANS ✔✔Lymphedema: affected limbs are bandaged with ___ bandages
