NPTE-PTA Pocket Questions and
Answers.
1. compensatory strategy -
\Teaching a patient with balance instability to ambulate with a rolling walker is an
example of which type of strategy?
1. compensatory strategies
2. disability stategy
3. Motor learning strategy
4. remedial strategy
4. MCL, ACL, and the medial meniscus -
\A patient sustained an "unhappy triad" knee injury playing football. What anatomical
structures are involved in an injury affecting the "unhappy triad"?
1. MCL, PCLand the lateral meniscus
2. MCL, PCL and the medial meniscus
3. LCL, PCL and the medial meniscus
4. MCL, ACL and the medial meniscus
4. Glide -
\In regards to arthrokinematics (joint accessory motion), what is the movement between
the MCP of the hand and the proximal phalanx
1. Roll
2. Extension
3. Spin
4. Glide
2. muscle spasm and guarding -
\Which of the following is not a contraindication or precaution for joint mobilization?
1. Bone disease
2. muscle spasm and guarding
3. joint effusion
4. joint hypermobility
3. Well-dermarcated lesion -
\Which is not a typical characteristic of venous ulcer?
1. yellow fibrous covering with granulation
2. located over medial meniscus
3. Well-dermarcated lesion
4. little to no pain
4. stacks six blocks -
, \Which of the following is not a fine motor task typically present in a 12-month-old
infant?
1. takes objects out of containers
2. displays emerging pincer grasp
3. puts objects into containers
4. stacks six blocks
4. Swedish knee cage -
\Which specialized orthotic device is indicated to provide mild control for excessive
hyperextension of the knee?
1. Neoprene
2. Craig-scott KAFO
3. Patellar stabilizing knee cage
4. Swedish knee cage
1. Pt is flat on back with pillow under knees -
\In what position should a patient be placed to promote draining of the anterior
segments of the upper lobes?
1. Pt is flat on back with pillow under knees
2. Pt sits, leaning over a folded pillow at 30 degrees
3. Pt is on abdomen in a head-down position with a pillow under the hips
4. Pt is prone on abdomen with two pillows under hips
4. raynaud's disease -
\Which arterial disease is marked by an episodic spasm of small arteries and arterioles
with an abnormal vasoconstrictor reflex, exacerbated by exposure to cold or stress?
1. diabetic angiopathy
2. thromboangitis obliterans
3. arteriosclerosis obliterans
4. raynaud's disease
1. anterior-inferior -
\In which direction do most dislocations of the glenohumeral joint occur
1. anterior-inferior
2. posterior-inferior
3. posterior
4. superior
3. clunk test -
\Which special shoulder test evaluates the integrity of the glenoid labrum?
1. drop arm test
2. speed'd test
3. clunk test
4. neer's impingement test
1. pregnancy -
Answers.
1. compensatory strategy -
\Teaching a patient with balance instability to ambulate with a rolling walker is an
example of which type of strategy?
1. compensatory strategies
2. disability stategy
3. Motor learning strategy
4. remedial strategy
4. MCL, ACL, and the medial meniscus -
\A patient sustained an "unhappy triad" knee injury playing football. What anatomical
structures are involved in an injury affecting the "unhappy triad"?
1. MCL, PCLand the lateral meniscus
2. MCL, PCL and the medial meniscus
3. LCL, PCL and the medial meniscus
4. MCL, ACL and the medial meniscus
4. Glide -
\In regards to arthrokinematics (joint accessory motion), what is the movement between
the MCP of the hand and the proximal phalanx
1. Roll
2. Extension
3. Spin
4. Glide
2. muscle spasm and guarding -
\Which of the following is not a contraindication or precaution for joint mobilization?
1. Bone disease
2. muscle spasm and guarding
3. joint effusion
4. joint hypermobility
3. Well-dermarcated lesion -
\Which is not a typical characteristic of venous ulcer?
1. yellow fibrous covering with granulation
2. located over medial meniscus
3. Well-dermarcated lesion
4. little to no pain
4. stacks six blocks -
, \Which of the following is not a fine motor task typically present in a 12-month-old
infant?
1. takes objects out of containers
2. displays emerging pincer grasp
3. puts objects into containers
4. stacks six blocks
4. Swedish knee cage -
\Which specialized orthotic device is indicated to provide mild control for excessive
hyperextension of the knee?
1. Neoprene
2. Craig-scott KAFO
3. Patellar stabilizing knee cage
4. Swedish knee cage
1. Pt is flat on back with pillow under knees -
\In what position should a patient be placed to promote draining of the anterior
segments of the upper lobes?
1. Pt is flat on back with pillow under knees
2. Pt sits, leaning over a folded pillow at 30 degrees
3. Pt is on abdomen in a head-down position with a pillow under the hips
4. Pt is prone on abdomen with two pillows under hips
4. raynaud's disease -
\Which arterial disease is marked by an episodic spasm of small arteries and arterioles
with an abnormal vasoconstrictor reflex, exacerbated by exposure to cold or stress?
1. diabetic angiopathy
2. thromboangitis obliterans
3. arteriosclerosis obliterans
4. raynaud's disease
1. anterior-inferior -
\In which direction do most dislocations of the glenohumeral joint occur
1. anterior-inferior
2. posterior-inferior
3. posterior
4. superior
3. clunk test -
\Which special shoulder test evaluates the integrity of the glenoid labrum?
1. drop arm test
2. speed'd test
3. clunk test
4. neer's impingement test
1. pregnancy -
