NBCOT Exam Success: Expert Prep And
Strategies Revealed.
An OTR® completes a work tolerance screening with a worker at a manufacturing plant.
What should be included in the documentation?
A. Weight limits for various job tasks
B. Worker's reported desire to remain in the job
C. Worker's ability to perform ADLs
D. Financial issues the worker experiences -
\A. Weight limits for various job tasks
Work tolerance screenings identify limitations in the worker's ability to meet the activity
demands of essential job functions, such as weights, distances, forces, angles,
repetitions, and tools.
A patient in the early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) presents with
weakness in the thenar eminence. During which ADL task would the evaluating OTR®
MOST LIKELY observe the effect on function?
A. Transferring from the bed to the bedside commode
B. Taking a sip from a glass of water
C. Reaching overhead to don a T-shirt
D. Squeezing toothpaste onto a toothbrush -
\D. Squeezing toothpaste onto a toothbrush
Typical early signs of ALS are distal, with weakness of the small muscles of the hand
being the most typical initial symptom. The muscles that make up the thenar eminence
are responsible for opposition of the thumb. Squeezing toothpaste and holding a
toothbrush require grasp-and-pinch patterns that involve thumb opposition.
A COTA® is working toward service competency for adaptive feeding equipment
instruction. How would the OTR® BEST establish service competency?
A. Review the COTA®'s documentation of multiple patients whose feeding impairments
warranted adaptive equipment, then discuss the outcomes with the COTA®.
B. Observe the COTA® educate clients on how to use adaptive feeding equipment to
ensure the COTA® instructs clients in the same manner as would the OTR®.
C. Compare outcomes by rating the same client's performance with the adaptive
feeding equipment at the same level of independence.
D. Collect information from various sources, including other therapists, the COTA®'s
documentation, and feedback from clients, to determine competency. -
Strategies Revealed.
An OTR® completes a work tolerance screening with a worker at a manufacturing plant.
What should be included in the documentation?
A. Weight limits for various job tasks
B. Worker's reported desire to remain in the job
C. Worker's ability to perform ADLs
D. Financial issues the worker experiences -
\A. Weight limits for various job tasks
Work tolerance screenings identify limitations in the worker's ability to meet the activity
demands of essential job functions, such as weights, distances, forces, angles,
repetitions, and tools.
A patient in the early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) presents with
weakness in the thenar eminence. During which ADL task would the evaluating OTR®
MOST LIKELY observe the effect on function?
A. Transferring from the bed to the bedside commode
B. Taking a sip from a glass of water
C. Reaching overhead to don a T-shirt
D. Squeezing toothpaste onto a toothbrush -
\D. Squeezing toothpaste onto a toothbrush
Typical early signs of ALS are distal, with weakness of the small muscles of the hand
being the most typical initial symptom. The muscles that make up the thenar eminence
are responsible for opposition of the thumb. Squeezing toothpaste and holding a
toothbrush require grasp-and-pinch patterns that involve thumb opposition.
A COTA® is working toward service competency for adaptive feeding equipment
instruction. How would the OTR® BEST establish service competency?
A. Review the COTA®'s documentation of multiple patients whose feeding impairments
warranted adaptive equipment, then discuss the outcomes with the COTA®.
B. Observe the COTA® educate clients on how to use adaptive feeding equipment to
ensure the COTA® instructs clients in the same manner as would the OTR®.
C. Compare outcomes by rating the same client's performance with the adaptive
feeding equipment at the same level of independence.
D. Collect information from various sources, including other therapists, the COTA®'s
documentation, and feedback from clients, to determine competency. -
