CTRS Practice Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers
If a person believes that he/she does not have the right skills to complete a leisure experience, and
then generalized this inadequacy to all other leisure behaviors, what is this person exhibiting?
Learned helplessness
NPO
nothing by mouth
According to the Leisure Ability Model of service provision, the role of the therapeutic recreation
specialist in leisure education can be as a(n):
Instructor, advisor, and counselor
What is likely to be the nature/role of a TRS in an acute care setting where the medical model is the
mode of operation?
Prepare individualized treatment programs based on physicians orders
One of the major long term effects of repeated use of inhalants is:
Extreme thirst
Purpose of evidence-based practice
Method to enhance client care through research application
Activity often used in stress management programs:
Progressive muscle relaxation
"Accessible" facilities become "usable" when the person with a disability can:
Function as independently as possible
The three major characteristics of mental retardation
Subaverage intellectual functioning, impairment in at least 2 adaptive skill areas, and evident before
age 18
ad. lib
as desired, freely
A halfway house is used primarily for individuals who:
Need a balance of supervision and independence
Prospective payment
An insurance carrier's cost control method of paying a prearranged amount for specific service, no
matter what the actual cost of those services might be
Goal condition
The circumstance or situation under which the desired behavior will occur
,Goal behavior
Identifies what action the client will demonstrate to prove achievement or desired KSAs
Goal criteria
Defines how the goal will be measured
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 allows full and equal access by persons with disabilities to:
Any place of public accommodation, government, or private
In a treatment protocol, the outcome refers to:
Measurable changes brought about in a patient as a direct result of the intervention
The primary reason the American Therapeutic Recreation Association was created in 1984 was to:
Respond to concerns and issues of therapeutic recreation specialists working in clinical facilities
In 2001, the WHO defines quality of life as:
A person's perception of their overall health and well-being
Which type of facility has the highest bed occupancy rate of all long-term facilities?
Psychiatric hospitals
Individuals with mental retardation may have an unrealistic view of "self" because:
they lack exposure to peer groups, their parents are often overprotective, they have difficulty
exploring and testing their own limits
Productivity measurement
The process of comparing the quantity of services provided with the amount of resources such as staff
and time used
Title II in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 concerns discrimination in:
Transportation and communication services
What is the primary feature that distinguishes "therapeutic recreation" from "recreation"?
Purposeful nature of intervention to bring about behavioral change
In 2001, the WHO revamped its classification of human functioning and disablement. Called the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), it promotes:
Viewing human functioning and disablement from a biopsychosocial model of health
Mission statement
a statement that identifies the agency's basic values and beliefs, and thus defines how it wants to be
perceived by the public
,Teenscope is a useful assessment to place adolescent clients into which types of therapeutic
recreation programs?
Leisure skills
The punishment model for corrections may adhere to which motto?
"An eye for an eye"
Unlike a municipal hospital, a private, for-profit hospital usually:
Specializes in one or a limited number of disorders
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the governmental agency responsible for:
Regulatory review of hospitals that bill for Medicare and Medicaid
The Americans with Disabilities Act includes provisions specifically regarding:
Employment, government services, and public accommodations
Mental Health Parity Act of 1998
attempts to equalize mental health services with other health care services
The Fox Activity Therapy Social Skills Baseline assessment
Developed for adults with developmental disabilities
Of the 5 major life areas, leisure often is impacted by the use of substances:
First
The dividing vertebrae between being classified as a paraplegic and a quadriplegic is:
T1, T2
Congential
A disability that is present at birth
One mistake in assessment many RTs make is to:
Use an assessment that was intended for a different purpose
In an assessment the most significant source of information is usually the:
client
Standards of Practice
Established by the field of therapeutic recreation to address the quality of service delivery. Aft
Recreation participation programs are most appropriate for clients who need to:
Practice social skills in an unstructured environment
, Social interaction
To demonstrate the ability to actively participate in a conversation for five minutes
Leisure activity skills
To demonstrate the ability to participate in a fitness activity of his/her choice
Leisure awareness
to demonstrate the ability to use appropriate decision-making skills for leisure involvement
Critical pathway
A facility's master plan for treatment of each type of patient diagnosis
Primary outcome of completing a task analysis
Behaviors needed to complete a skill are listed in a teaching sequence
After the patient/client assessment has been completed, the next step in the programming process is
to:
Identify problem(s)
Values clarification
process by which people come to understand their own values and value system
Democratic leadership style
a leadership style that is characterized by considerable input from group members
Chaining
using operant conditioning to teach a complex response by linking together less complex skills
Reality orientation is a technique used to combat what symptom(s)?
Confusion
Diagnostic or treatment protocols, when properly researched and supported, have the potential to:
Standardize therapeutic recreation practice
Treatment plan
A document within a client's medical record that specifies the actions to be taken on the behalf of and
by the client in order to reach his/her goals
What is the relationship between quality of life, functional domains, and client health status?
The quality of life is enhanced when clients experience improved abilities that promote healthy
behaviors
If a person believes that he/she does not have the right skills to complete a leisure experience, and
then generalized this inadequacy to all other leisure behaviors, what is this person exhibiting?
Learned helplessness
NPO
nothing by mouth
According to the Leisure Ability Model of service provision, the role of the therapeutic recreation
specialist in leisure education can be as a(n):
Instructor, advisor, and counselor
What is likely to be the nature/role of a TRS in an acute care setting where the medical model is the
mode of operation?
Prepare individualized treatment programs based on physicians orders
One of the major long term effects of repeated use of inhalants is:
Extreme thirst
Purpose of evidence-based practice
Method to enhance client care through research application
Activity often used in stress management programs:
Progressive muscle relaxation
"Accessible" facilities become "usable" when the person with a disability can:
Function as independently as possible
The three major characteristics of mental retardation
Subaverage intellectual functioning, impairment in at least 2 adaptive skill areas, and evident before
age 18
ad. lib
as desired, freely
A halfway house is used primarily for individuals who:
Need a balance of supervision and independence
Prospective payment
An insurance carrier's cost control method of paying a prearranged amount for specific service, no
matter what the actual cost of those services might be
Goal condition
The circumstance or situation under which the desired behavior will occur
,Goal behavior
Identifies what action the client will demonstrate to prove achievement or desired KSAs
Goal criteria
Defines how the goal will be measured
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 allows full and equal access by persons with disabilities to:
Any place of public accommodation, government, or private
In a treatment protocol, the outcome refers to:
Measurable changes brought about in a patient as a direct result of the intervention
The primary reason the American Therapeutic Recreation Association was created in 1984 was to:
Respond to concerns and issues of therapeutic recreation specialists working in clinical facilities
In 2001, the WHO defines quality of life as:
A person's perception of their overall health and well-being
Which type of facility has the highest bed occupancy rate of all long-term facilities?
Psychiatric hospitals
Individuals with mental retardation may have an unrealistic view of "self" because:
they lack exposure to peer groups, their parents are often overprotective, they have difficulty
exploring and testing their own limits
Productivity measurement
The process of comparing the quantity of services provided with the amount of resources such as staff
and time used
Title II in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 concerns discrimination in:
Transportation and communication services
What is the primary feature that distinguishes "therapeutic recreation" from "recreation"?
Purposeful nature of intervention to bring about behavioral change
In 2001, the WHO revamped its classification of human functioning and disablement. Called the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), it promotes:
Viewing human functioning and disablement from a biopsychosocial model of health
Mission statement
a statement that identifies the agency's basic values and beliefs, and thus defines how it wants to be
perceived by the public
,Teenscope is a useful assessment to place adolescent clients into which types of therapeutic
recreation programs?
Leisure skills
The punishment model for corrections may adhere to which motto?
"An eye for an eye"
Unlike a municipal hospital, a private, for-profit hospital usually:
Specializes in one or a limited number of disorders
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is the governmental agency responsible for:
Regulatory review of hospitals that bill for Medicare and Medicaid
The Americans with Disabilities Act includes provisions specifically regarding:
Employment, government services, and public accommodations
Mental Health Parity Act of 1998
attempts to equalize mental health services with other health care services
The Fox Activity Therapy Social Skills Baseline assessment
Developed for adults with developmental disabilities
Of the 5 major life areas, leisure often is impacted by the use of substances:
First
The dividing vertebrae between being classified as a paraplegic and a quadriplegic is:
T1, T2
Congential
A disability that is present at birth
One mistake in assessment many RTs make is to:
Use an assessment that was intended for a different purpose
In an assessment the most significant source of information is usually the:
client
Standards of Practice
Established by the field of therapeutic recreation to address the quality of service delivery. Aft
Recreation participation programs are most appropriate for clients who need to:
Practice social skills in an unstructured environment
, Social interaction
To demonstrate the ability to actively participate in a conversation for five minutes
Leisure activity skills
To demonstrate the ability to participate in a fitness activity of his/her choice
Leisure awareness
to demonstrate the ability to use appropriate decision-making skills for leisure involvement
Critical pathway
A facility's master plan for treatment of each type of patient diagnosis
Primary outcome of completing a task analysis
Behaviors needed to complete a skill are listed in a teaching sequence
After the patient/client assessment has been completed, the next step in the programming process is
to:
Identify problem(s)
Values clarification
process by which people come to understand their own values and value system
Democratic leadership style
a leadership style that is characterized by considerable input from group members
Chaining
using operant conditioning to teach a complex response by linking together less complex skills
Reality orientation is a technique used to combat what symptom(s)?
Confusion
Diagnostic or treatment protocols, when properly researched and supported, have the potential to:
Standardize therapeutic recreation practice
Treatment plan
A document within a client's medical record that specifies the actions to be taken on the behalf of and
by the client in order to reach his/her goals
What is the relationship between quality of life, functional domains, and client health status?
The quality of life is enhanced when clients experience improved abilities that promote healthy
behaviors
