DPT 6120 Final Exam: Practice Questions
b. general exercise - ✔✔Which situation would warrant the coolest water temperature?
a. pain management
b. general exercise
c. treatment of burns
d. chronic osteoarthritis
b. ice massage - ✔✔A therapist plans to administer cryotherapy to a patient for a period of seven
minutes. What type of cryotherapeutic agent would be most likely based on the planned duration
of the treatment?
a. cold bath
b. ice massage
c. cold pack
d. vapocoolant spray
b. 3:1 - ✔✔What ratio of on:off time is most common when using mechanical compression?
a. 1:3
b. 3:1
c. 1:6
,d. 6:1
d. friction - ✔✔Which massage technique would not require the use of a lubricant?
a. effleurage
b. petrissage
c. vibration
d. friction
c. stress incontinence - ✔✔Which of the following would be considered a potential indication for
electrotherapy?
a. cardiac arrhythmia
b. osteomyelitis
c. stress incontinence
d. seizure disorders
a. 8 seconds on and 40 seconds off - ✔✔A therapist uses neuromuscular electrical stimulation
with a patient rehabilitating from a knee injury. During the treatment session the therapist adjusts
the on:off time ratio to 1:5. Which of the following is consistent with the described ratio?
a. 8 seconds on and 40 seconds off
b. 10 seconds on and 30 seconds off
,c. 30 seconds on and 10 seconds off
d. 40 seconds on and 8 seconds off
d. quadripolar - ✔✔What electrode configuration includes two electrodes from two different
stimulating circuits that are positioned so that the individual currents intersect?
a. unipolar
b. monopolar
c. bipolar
d. quadripolar
c. 60 degrees Fahrenheit - ✔✔A therapist treats a patient rehabilitating from an ankle sprain
using a cold bath. Which value would be most appropriate for the temperature of the cold bath?
a. 35 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 48 degrees Fahrenheit
c. 60 degrees Fahrenheit
d. 74 degrees Fahrenheit
d. evaporation - ✔✔Which term describes the transfer of heat that occurs as a liquid absorbs
energy and changes form to a vapor?
a. conduction
, b. convection
c. conversion
d. evaporation
c. 161 degrees Fahrenheit - ✔✔The temperature of the water in a hot pack machine should be:
a. 137 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 148 degrees Fahrenheit
c. 161 degrees Fahrenheit
d. 174 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 5 minutes - ✔✔A therapist attempts to determine the amount of time necessary to treat an area
approximately two times the size of the ultrasound transducer. The most appropriate treatment
time is:
a. 3 minutes
b. 5 minutes
c. 7 minutes
d. 12 minutes
a. chronic pain - ✔✔Which condition would be considered an indication for cryotherapy?
a. chronic pain
b. general exercise - ✔✔Which situation would warrant the coolest water temperature?
a. pain management
b. general exercise
c. treatment of burns
d. chronic osteoarthritis
b. ice massage - ✔✔A therapist plans to administer cryotherapy to a patient for a period of seven
minutes. What type of cryotherapeutic agent would be most likely based on the planned duration
of the treatment?
a. cold bath
b. ice massage
c. cold pack
d. vapocoolant spray
b. 3:1 - ✔✔What ratio of on:off time is most common when using mechanical compression?
a. 1:3
b. 3:1
c. 1:6
,d. 6:1
d. friction - ✔✔Which massage technique would not require the use of a lubricant?
a. effleurage
b. petrissage
c. vibration
d. friction
c. stress incontinence - ✔✔Which of the following would be considered a potential indication for
electrotherapy?
a. cardiac arrhythmia
b. osteomyelitis
c. stress incontinence
d. seizure disorders
a. 8 seconds on and 40 seconds off - ✔✔A therapist uses neuromuscular electrical stimulation
with a patient rehabilitating from a knee injury. During the treatment session the therapist adjusts
the on:off time ratio to 1:5. Which of the following is consistent with the described ratio?
a. 8 seconds on and 40 seconds off
b. 10 seconds on and 30 seconds off
,c. 30 seconds on and 10 seconds off
d. 40 seconds on and 8 seconds off
d. quadripolar - ✔✔What electrode configuration includes two electrodes from two different
stimulating circuits that are positioned so that the individual currents intersect?
a. unipolar
b. monopolar
c. bipolar
d. quadripolar
c. 60 degrees Fahrenheit - ✔✔A therapist treats a patient rehabilitating from an ankle sprain
using a cold bath. Which value would be most appropriate for the temperature of the cold bath?
a. 35 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 48 degrees Fahrenheit
c. 60 degrees Fahrenheit
d. 74 degrees Fahrenheit
d. evaporation - ✔✔Which term describes the transfer of heat that occurs as a liquid absorbs
energy and changes form to a vapor?
a. conduction
, b. convection
c. conversion
d. evaporation
c. 161 degrees Fahrenheit - ✔✔The temperature of the water in a hot pack machine should be:
a. 137 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 148 degrees Fahrenheit
c. 161 degrees Fahrenheit
d. 174 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 5 minutes - ✔✔A therapist attempts to determine the amount of time necessary to treat an area
approximately two times the size of the ultrasound transducer. The most appropriate treatment
time is:
a. 3 minutes
b. 5 minutes
c. 7 minutes
d. 12 minutes
a. chronic pain - ✔✔Which condition would be considered an indication for cryotherapy?
a. chronic pain
