NBCE PART 2 – PRACTICES EXAM LATEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
The forces imparted into the pelvic ring from the femur heads into the standing
patient tend to cause the pubic symphysis to ____________.
a. open
b. close
c. rotate
d. laterally translate - ANSWER: close
The correction of foot pronation should cause the femur heads to do what on
radiography?
a. elevate
b. fall
c. translate medially
d. translate laterally - ANSWER: elevate
Palpatory pain at the origin and insertion of the sartorius muscle may indicate?
a. posterior rotation of the upper SI area
b. anterior rotation of the upper SI area
c. internal rotation of the femur head
d. lateral meniscus tear at the knee - ANSWER: posterior rotation of the upper SI
area
Which of these muscles is intrinsically voluntary for SI joint motion?
a. piriformis
b. glute max
c. iliopsoas
d. none of the above - ANSWER: none of the above
*SI joints cannot be moved voluntarily, no muscles originate and insert on opposite
sides of the SI joint
A chronic scalene muscle spasm may be found with:
a. decreased cervical lordosis
b. increased cervical lordosis
c. upper cervical subluxation
d. thoracic subluxation - ANSWER: decreased cervical lordosis
A patient with lumbar pain on extension, a (+) McNab's line, and facet arthrosis
would suggest:
a. spinal stenosis
b. vertical SI slippage
c. facet syndrome
d. Otto's pelvis - ANSWER: facet syndrome
,Equalization of prone leg lengths on cervical rotation indicates:
a. rotational fixation of one or more cervical segments
b. lat flex fixation of one or more cervical segments
c. anterior translation of one or more cervical segments
d. posterior translation of one or more cervical segments - ANSWER: rotational
fixation of one or more cervical segments
A patient with a right anterior talus subluxation and a right interosseous SI ligament
sprain will show what posture on plumb line analysis?
a. antalgia
b. high right shoulder
c. left head tilt
d. left pelvic translation - ANSWER: left pelvic translation
A patient with some acetabular degeneration suffers a pelvic trauma by falling on
buttocks during ice-skating. The sacrum is pushed into a frontal plane distortion.
Which of these muscles may test weak?
A. Psoas major
B. Piriformis
C. sartorius
D. QL - ANSWER: Piriformis
An anterior divergence between the atlas plane line and the odontoid perpendicular
line would indicate what listing?
a. AS
b. AI
c. PS
d. PI - ANSWER: AS
If measurement from the base of the spinous process to the lateral margin of the
vertebra is greater on the right, what would it indicate?
a. body rotation to the left
b. body rotation to the right
c. convexity to the left
d. convexity to the right - ANSWER: body rotation to the right
On the lateral cervical view, what do lines that cross closely to the spinous suggest?
a. flexion malposition
b. extension malposition
c. lat felx malposition
d. rotation - ANSWER: extension malposition
What would be the preferred method of quantifying the degrees of scoliosis?
a. Chamberlain's method
b. McGregor's method
c. McRae's method
, d. Cobb's method - ANSWER: Cobb's
If the pedicle shadows of T8 appear wider on one side than on the other, it would
suggest:
a. posterior body rotation
b. spinous rotation
c. laterality
d. extension - ANSWER: posterior body rotation
Interruption in George's line on a lateral plain film would suggest:
a. retrolisthesis
b. laterolisthesis
c. lateral flexion
d. rotation - ANSWER: retrolisthesis
A measurement differing by more than 3 mm from A-P using Van Akkerveeken's lines
suggests:
a. instability
b. scoliosis
c. extension malposition
d. stenosis - ANSWER: instability
Division of the sacral base into four quadrants on the lateral projections to
determine the anterior displacement of a spondylolisthesis is called:
a. Risser-Ferguson method
b. Harrison method
c. Meyerding method
d. Eisenstein method - ANSWER: Meyerding
On the weight-bearing A-P pelvic x-ray projection, a measurement from the top of
the iliac crest to the inferior margin off the ischial tuberosity that is decreased would
suggest:
a. PI ilium
b. AS ilium
c. IN ilium
d. EX ilium - ANSWER: AS ilium
With respect to postural landmarks of a person in the prone position, which of these
statements is TRUE?
a. the inferior borders of the scapula are at the level of T2-3
b. the femoral heads are at the level of L4-5 interspace
c. the inferior border of the ribs are at the level of T10-11
d. the PSISs are at the level of S2 - ANSWER: the PSISs are at the level of S2
The forces imparted into the pelvic ring from the femur heads into the standing
patient tend to cause the pubic symphysis to ____________.
a. open
b. close
c. rotate
d. laterally translate - ANSWER: close
The correction of foot pronation should cause the femur heads to do what on
radiography?
a. elevate
b. fall
c. translate medially
d. translate laterally - ANSWER: elevate
Palpatory pain at the origin and insertion of the sartorius muscle may indicate?
a. posterior rotation of the upper SI area
b. anterior rotation of the upper SI area
c. internal rotation of the femur head
d. lateral meniscus tear at the knee - ANSWER: posterior rotation of the upper SI
area
Which of these muscles is intrinsically voluntary for SI joint motion?
a. piriformis
b. glute max
c. iliopsoas
d. none of the above - ANSWER: none of the above
*SI joints cannot be moved voluntarily, no muscles originate and insert on opposite
sides of the SI joint
A chronic scalene muscle spasm may be found with:
a. decreased cervical lordosis
b. increased cervical lordosis
c. upper cervical subluxation
d. thoracic subluxation - ANSWER: decreased cervical lordosis
A patient with lumbar pain on extension, a (+) McNab's line, and facet arthrosis
would suggest:
a. spinal stenosis
b. vertical SI slippage
c. facet syndrome
d. Otto's pelvis - ANSWER: facet syndrome
,Equalization of prone leg lengths on cervical rotation indicates:
a. rotational fixation of one or more cervical segments
b. lat flex fixation of one or more cervical segments
c. anterior translation of one or more cervical segments
d. posterior translation of one or more cervical segments - ANSWER: rotational
fixation of one or more cervical segments
A patient with a right anterior talus subluxation and a right interosseous SI ligament
sprain will show what posture on plumb line analysis?
a. antalgia
b. high right shoulder
c. left head tilt
d. left pelvic translation - ANSWER: left pelvic translation
A patient with some acetabular degeneration suffers a pelvic trauma by falling on
buttocks during ice-skating. The sacrum is pushed into a frontal plane distortion.
Which of these muscles may test weak?
A. Psoas major
B. Piriformis
C. sartorius
D. QL - ANSWER: Piriformis
An anterior divergence between the atlas plane line and the odontoid perpendicular
line would indicate what listing?
a. AS
b. AI
c. PS
d. PI - ANSWER: AS
If measurement from the base of the spinous process to the lateral margin of the
vertebra is greater on the right, what would it indicate?
a. body rotation to the left
b. body rotation to the right
c. convexity to the left
d. convexity to the right - ANSWER: body rotation to the right
On the lateral cervical view, what do lines that cross closely to the spinous suggest?
a. flexion malposition
b. extension malposition
c. lat felx malposition
d. rotation - ANSWER: extension malposition
What would be the preferred method of quantifying the degrees of scoliosis?
a. Chamberlain's method
b. McGregor's method
c. McRae's method
, d. Cobb's method - ANSWER: Cobb's
If the pedicle shadows of T8 appear wider on one side than on the other, it would
suggest:
a. posterior body rotation
b. spinous rotation
c. laterality
d. extension - ANSWER: posterior body rotation
Interruption in George's line on a lateral plain film would suggest:
a. retrolisthesis
b. laterolisthesis
c. lateral flexion
d. rotation - ANSWER: retrolisthesis
A measurement differing by more than 3 mm from A-P using Van Akkerveeken's lines
suggests:
a. instability
b. scoliosis
c. extension malposition
d. stenosis - ANSWER: instability
Division of the sacral base into four quadrants on the lateral projections to
determine the anterior displacement of a spondylolisthesis is called:
a. Risser-Ferguson method
b. Harrison method
c. Meyerding method
d. Eisenstein method - ANSWER: Meyerding
On the weight-bearing A-P pelvic x-ray projection, a measurement from the top of
the iliac crest to the inferior margin off the ischial tuberosity that is decreased would
suggest:
a. PI ilium
b. AS ilium
c. IN ilium
d. EX ilium - ANSWER: AS ilium
With respect to postural landmarks of a person in the prone position, which of these
statements is TRUE?
a. the inferior borders of the scapula are at the level of T2-3
b. the femoral heads are at the level of L4-5 interspace
c. the inferior border of the ribs are at the level of T10-11
d. the PSISs are at the level of S2 - ANSWER: the PSISs are at the level of S2
