NCBTMB (Assessment) Board Prep Questions – Massage Therapy Certification
Practice Exam and Study Guide
What is true about Active Range of Motion? - ANS ✔✔It measures the clients movements
around a joint using his or her voluntary muscles
A warm area palpated during assessment most likely indicates what? - ANS ✔✔Inflammation
In auric perception, what would denote a health problem? - ANS ✔✔A dull or dark aura
What is false about the axis? - ANS ✔✔The skull sits on top of the axis
What structure forms the medial wall of the orbit? - ANS ✔✔Lacrimal bones
What is true about the ethmoid bone? - ANS ✔✔It lies between the nasal cavity and the orbits.
When treating an endangerment site, what is not indicated? - ANS ✔✔continous pressure
What condition is least likely to demonstrate somatic pain? - ANS ✔✔Appendicitis
What endangerment site is bordered by the SCM, Trapezius, and the Clavicle? - ANS
✔✔Posterior triangle of the neck
Whats the name for the cheek bone? - ANS ✔✔Zygomatic bone
The thoracic curve is normally? - ANS ✔✔Kyphotic
, Posture patterns is not performed during the __? - ANS ✔✔Acute Stage
The notch posterior to the ramus of the mandible is which endangerment site? - ANS
✔✔Interior to the ear
How many tarsal bones are there? - ANS ✔✔7
Brachial pulse can be palpated just ____ to the coracobrachialis muscle? - ANS ✔✔Medial
What curvature are babies born with? - ANS ✔✔Kyphotic only
In the pelvic region, a LMT wouldnt apply pressure where? - ANS ✔✔Above posterior iliac crest
and below the 12th rib
When a LMT asks a client about stress level, what is being assessed? - ANS ✔✔Lifestyle and
vocation
A neuropathic pain described as eletrical or pin and needle sensations is classified as? - ANS
✔✔Nerve Pain
Inverison causes wear on what? - ANS ✔✔outer border of the sole
Largest component of the coxal bone? - ANS ✔✔ilium
Assessing AROM, what technique is correct? - ANS ✔✔Movement of the joint is isolated; rest of
body is kept still
Vomer forms the what? - ANS ✔✔inferior part of the nasal septum
Practice Exam and Study Guide
What is true about Active Range of Motion? - ANS ✔✔It measures the clients movements
around a joint using his or her voluntary muscles
A warm area palpated during assessment most likely indicates what? - ANS ✔✔Inflammation
In auric perception, what would denote a health problem? - ANS ✔✔A dull or dark aura
What is false about the axis? - ANS ✔✔The skull sits on top of the axis
What structure forms the medial wall of the orbit? - ANS ✔✔Lacrimal bones
What is true about the ethmoid bone? - ANS ✔✔It lies between the nasal cavity and the orbits.
When treating an endangerment site, what is not indicated? - ANS ✔✔continous pressure
What condition is least likely to demonstrate somatic pain? - ANS ✔✔Appendicitis
What endangerment site is bordered by the SCM, Trapezius, and the Clavicle? - ANS
✔✔Posterior triangle of the neck
Whats the name for the cheek bone? - ANS ✔✔Zygomatic bone
The thoracic curve is normally? - ANS ✔✔Kyphotic
, Posture patterns is not performed during the __? - ANS ✔✔Acute Stage
The notch posterior to the ramus of the mandible is which endangerment site? - ANS
✔✔Interior to the ear
How many tarsal bones are there? - ANS ✔✔7
Brachial pulse can be palpated just ____ to the coracobrachialis muscle? - ANS ✔✔Medial
What curvature are babies born with? - ANS ✔✔Kyphotic only
In the pelvic region, a LMT wouldnt apply pressure where? - ANS ✔✔Above posterior iliac crest
and below the 12th rib
When a LMT asks a client about stress level, what is being assessed? - ANS ✔✔Lifestyle and
vocation
A neuropathic pain described as eletrical or pin and needle sensations is classified as? - ANS
✔✔Nerve Pain
Inverison causes wear on what? - ANS ✔✔outer border of the sole
Largest component of the coxal bone? - ANS ✔✔ilium
Assessing AROM, what technique is correct? - ANS ✔✔Movement of the joint is isolated; rest of
body is kept still
Vomer forms the what? - ANS ✔✔inferior part of the nasal septum
