NBCE PART 2 – PRACTICES EXAM LATEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
What is the reference structure of the vertebrae unless otherwise noted? - ANSWER:
vertebral body
What side of the segment do you contact assuming no scoliosis is present? -
ANSWER: open wedge
If scoliosis is present what side of segment do you contact? - ANSWER: convexity
If there is a scoliosis the doctor stands on which side? - ANSWER: convexity
Doctor contacts the side they are standing on when a patient is supine or prone. T or
F? - ANSWER: True
What is a fixed segment? - ANSWER: stuck
What is a restricted or decrease segment? - ANSWER: segment can't move there
What is malposition? - ANSWER: fixated
In the cervical spine, with patient supine. How should position the neck? - ANSWER:
Laterally flex over your contact and rotate head away.
Define: Flexion Malposition - ANSWER: Increased interspinous space between the
involved segment and the segment below with a decreased interspinous space
between the involved segment and the segment above.
Define: Extension Malposition - ANSWER: Decreased interspinous space between the
involved segment and the segment below with an increased interspinous space
between the involved segment and the segment above.
Hypomobility - ANSWER: Decreased motion or segmental fixation.
Hypermobility - ANSWER: Loosened motor unit
What is a segment or group of segments that move in an inconsistent manner in the
corresponding area? - ANSWER: aberrant motion
What is a scoliosis and/or alteration of curve secondary to muscular imbalance? -
ANSWER: sectional intersegmental
What is costovertebral or costotransverse disrelationship/sacroiliac subluxation
characterized as? - ANSWER: paraspinal
In Gonstead the first letter of the listing always begins with what letter? - ANSWER: P
, The first letter in the Gonstead listing refers to what? - ANSWER: Posterior
The Gonstead listing is based on what anatomical structure? - ANSWER: spinous
process
The second letter of the Gonstead listing refers to what movement? - ANSWER:
spinous rotation
What are the two options for the second letter in the Gonstead listing? - ANSWER: R
or L
What does the third letter in the Gonstead listing refer to? - ANSWER: lateral flexion
or wedging on the side of spinous rotation
What are the two options for the third letter of the Gonstead system? - ANSWER: S
or I
What type of torque is used to correct the open wedge? - ANSWER: Clockwise or
Counterclockwise torque
Generally Gonstead will contact which side of the wedge? - ANSWER: open wedge
What does Gonstead classify as "special listings"? - ANSWER: -Sp(spinous), -
La(lamina), -Tp(transverse process), -M(mammillary)
What anatomical structure does the National Listing System use as a reference? -
ANSWER: body
What is the first letter in the national listing system referring? - ANSWER: body
rotation
What are the two options for the first letter in the national listing system? -
ANSWER: R or L
What does the second letter refer to in the National Listing System? - ANSWER:
Posteriority
What is the second letter in the National Listing System? - ANSWER: P
The third letter in the National Listing System refers to what type of movement? -
ANSWER: lateral flexion or wedging on the side of body rotation
What are the two option for the third letter in the National Listing System? -
ANSWER: S or I
What is the reference structure of the vertebrae unless otherwise noted? - ANSWER:
vertebral body
What side of the segment do you contact assuming no scoliosis is present? -
ANSWER: open wedge
If scoliosis is present what side of segment do you contact? - ANSWER: convexity
If there is a scoliosis the doctor stands on which side? - ANSWER: convexity
Doctor contacts the side they are standing on when a patient is supine or prone. T or
F? - ANSWER: True
What is a fixed segment? - ANSWER: stuck
What is a restricted or decrease segment? - ANSWER: segment can't move there
What is malposition? - ANSWER: fixated
In the cervical spine, with patient supine. How should position the neck? - ANSWER:
Laterally flex over your contact and rotate head away.
Define: Flexion Malposition - ANSWER: Increased interspinous space between the
involved segment and the segment below with a decreased interspinous space
between the involved segment and the segment above.
Define: Extension Malposition - ANSWER: Decreased interspinous space between the
involved segment and the segment below with an increased interspinous space
between the involved segment and the segment above.
Hypomobility - ANSWER: Decreased motion or segmental fixation.
Hypermobility - ANSWER: Loosened motor unit
What is a segment or group of segments that move in an inconsistent manner in the
corresponding area? - ANSWER: aberrant motion
What is a scoliosis and/or alteration of curve secondary to muscular imbalance? -
ANSWER: sectional intersegmental
What is costovertebral or costotransverse disrelationship/sacroiliac subluxation
characterized as? - ANSWER: paraspinal
In Gonstead the first letter of the listing always begins with what letter? - ANSWER: P
, The first letter in the Gonstead listing refers to what? - ANSWER: Posterior
The Gonstead listing is based on what anatomical structure? - ANSWER: spinous
process
The second letter of the Gonstead listing refers to what movement? - ANSWER:
spinous rotation
What are the two options for the second letter in the Gonstead listing? - ANSWER: R
or L
What does the third letter in the Gonstead listing refer to? - ANSWER: lateral flexion
or wedging on the side of spinous rotation
What are the two options for the third letter of the Gonstead system? - ANSWER: S
or I
What type of torque is used to correct the open wedge? - ANSWER: Clockwise or
Counterclockwise torque
Generally Gonstead will contact which side of the wedge? - ANSWER: open wedge
What does Gonstead classify as "special listings"? - ANSWER: -Sp(spinous), -
La(lamina), -Tp(transverse process), -M(mammillary)
What anatomical structure does the National Listing System use as a reference? -
ANSWER: body
What is the first letter in the national listing system referring? - ANSWER: body
rotation
What are the two options for the first letter in the national listing system? -
ANSWER: R or L
What does the second letter refer to in the National Listing System? - ANSWER:
Posteriority
What is the second letter in the National Listing System? - ANSWER: P
The third letter in the National Listing System refers to what type of movement? -
ANSWER: lateral flexion or wedging on the side of body rotation
What are the two option for the third letter in the National Listing System? -
ANSWER: S or I
