NBCOT AOTA Exam Prep (Occupational Rehab)
injury prevention programs Correct Answer: dec employer costs; collaborative plan to improve
workplace safety; characteristics include: ongoing mgmt support, supervisory support, employee
participation, reinforcement of program, corporate plan, injury prevention team, training for risk factors,
ergonomic eval, med mgmt strategies
OSHA Correct Answer: ensures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards
and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance; info about workplace safety and health
topics including lifting and ergonomics
NIOSH- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Correct Answer: federal agency (part of
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) responsible for conducting research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness
O*Net- Occupational Information Info Network Correct Answer: database of requirements, worker
attribute, and other helpful info
DOT- Dictionary of Occupational Titles Correct Answer: replaced by O*Net, similar purpose; defines
physical demands of work and strength/freq needed for physical tasks
Back and Neck Rehab Training Correct Answer: provides strategies focused on improving fitness, job
comfort, and workplace safety for individuals or groups of workers to either prevent injury or retrain
after
Ergonomic risk factors Correct Answer: forceful exertions, repetition, awkward or static posturing,
contact stress, excessive vibration, cold temp, prolonged contact stress, faulty body mechanics
environmental fit Correct Answer: environment redesign through work station mod, tool access and fit
mod, proper material handling, lighting, temp change
cognitive-behavioral strategies Correct Answer: effective with worker rehab; uses positive
reinforcement, progressive relaxation, biofeedback, etc)
symptom magnification Correct Answer: manipulating society with display of symptoms; other terms
consistency of effort, sincerity of effort, maximum voluntary effort
malingering Correct Answer: deliberate faking of symptoms and disability to avoid work or
responsibility
refugee Correct Answer: unconscious; use symptoms to escape an unresolvable conflict
symptom misinterpreter Correct Answer: unconscious; responds to physical changes in an extreme
manner, may have unrealistic beliefs about the body
injury prevention programs Correct Answer: dec employer costs; collaborative plan to improve
workplace safety; characteristics include: ongoing mgmt support, supervisory support, employee
participation, reinforcement of program, corporate plan, injury prevention team, training for risk factors,
ergonomic eval, med mgmt strategies
OSHA Correct Answer: ensures safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards
and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance; info about workplace safety and health
topics including lifting and ergonomics
NIOSH- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Correct Answer: federal agency (part of
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) responsible for conducting research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness
O*Net- Occupational Information Info Network Correct Answer: database of requirements, worker
attribute, and other helpful info
DOT- Dictionary of Occupational Titles Correct Answer: replaced by O*Net, similar purpose; defines
physical demands of work and strength/freq needed for physical tasks
Back and Neck Rehab Training Correct Answer: provides strategies focused on improving fitness, job
comfort, and workplace safety for individuals or groups of workers to either prevent injury or retrain
after
Ergonomic risk factors Correct Answer: forceful exertions, repetition, awkward or static posturing,
contact stress, excessive vibration, cold temp, prolonged contact stress, faulty body mechanics
environmental fit Correct Answer: environment redesign through work station mod, tool access and fit
mod, proper material handling, lighting, temp change
cognitive-behavioral strategies Correct Answer: effective with worker rehab; uses positive
reinforcement, progressive relaxation, biofeedback, etc)
symptom magnification Correct Answer: manipulating society with display of symptoms; other terms
consistency of effort, sincerity of effort, maximum voluntary effort
malingering Correct Answer: deliberate faking of symptoms and disability to avoid work or
responsibility
refugee Correct Answer: unconscious; use symptoms to escape an unresolvable conflict
symptom misinterpreter Correct Answer: unconscious; responds to physical changes in an extreme
manner, may have unrealistic beliefs about the body
