HAWAII MASSAGE EXAM PREP STUDY
GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● Your client is a twenty-one year old female. She is thin and has dry
brittle hair. You think she might have anorexia. What do you do?.
Answer: Perform the massage and do not discuss your thoughts of
anorexia.
●● Which aroma therapy essential oil would you use to calm and help
relax your client?.
Answer: Lavender
●● A women with low estrogen count may have.
Answer: Osteoporosis
●● When referring to carpal tunnel syndrome, which nerve is
compromised?.
Answer: Median
●● A woman has increased FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and low
estrogen. What is she more likely experiencing?.
Answer: menopause
, ●● Which of these is superior to the atlas?.
Answer: Mastoid process (picture of atlas)
●● What is calcium mostly needed for?.
Answer: Blood clotting
●● You as a massage therapist mainly perform relaxation massage. Your
next client arrives and has structural needs. Who would you refer the
client to?.
Answer: A rolfer
●● Your client demonstrates winging scapula. What exercise would you
instruct in order to help your client reduce the winging and regain
muscular control?.
Answer: retract the scapula and contract the rhomboids against gravity
●● Your client complains of lower back pain (LBP). How do you
instruct your client in proper body mechanics for lifting an object?.
Answer: Bend completely at the knees, firmly grasp the object, lift the
object by bending the elbows and come to standing.
●● Which vitamin is necessary for healthy eyes and eyesight?.
Answer: Vitamin A
GUIDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
●● Your client is a twenty-one year old female. She is thin and has dry
brittle hair. You think she might have anorexia. What do you do?.
Answer: Perform the massage and do not discuss your thoughts of
anorexia.
●● Which aroma therapy essential oil would you use to calm and help
relax your client?.
Answer: Lavender
●● A women with low estrogen count may have.
Answer: Osteoporosis
●● When referring to carpal tunnel syndrome, which nerve is
compromised?.
Answer: Median
●● A woman has increased FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and low
estrogen. What is she more likely experiencing?.
Answer: menopause
, ●● Which of these is superior to the atlas?.
Answer: Mastoid process (picture of atlas)
●● What is calcium mostly needed for?.
Answer: Blood clotting
●● You as a massage therapist mainly perform relaxation massage. Your
next client arrives and has structural needs. Who would you refer the
client to?.
Answer: A rolfer
●● Your client demonstrates winging scapula. What exercise would you
instruct in order to help your client reduce the winging and regain
muscular control?.
Answer: retract the scapula and contract the rhomboids against gravity
●● Your client complains of lower back pain (LBP). How do you
instruct your client in proper body mechanics for lifting an object?.
Answer: Bend completely at the knees, firmly grasp the object, lift the
object by bending the elbows and come to standing.
●● Which vitamin is necessary for healthy eyes and eyesight?.
Answer: Vitamin A
