Hanger: Mock Orthotics Written Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update.

Hanger: Mock Orthotics Written Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update


Hanger: Mock Orthotics Written Exam
Questions And Answers Latest Update.
Maximum dorsiflexion occurs during which phase of gait?

a. Initial contact

b. Mid-swing

c. Terminal Stance

d. Push Off - ✔✔✔ - c. Terminal Stance



A single gait cycle is defined as the activity that occurs from:

a. Heel strike on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side

b. Double limb support on one side to double limb support on the contralateral side

c. Heel off on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side

d. Heel off on one side to heel strike on the contralateral side - ✔✔✔ - a. Heel strike on one side to
heel strike on the ipsilateral side



During which phase of gait are the hip extensors most active?

a. Loading Response

b. Midstance

c. Preswing

d. Terminal Stance - ✔✔✔ - a. Loading Response



Which muscle most closely duplicates the function of the tibialis anterior?

a. Tibialis Posterior

b. Peroneus Longus

c. Extensor Hallicus Longus



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d. Extensor Digitorum Longus - ✔✔✔ - c. Extensor Hallicus Longus



Which of the following is often the result of an irregular birth?

a. Gower's sign

b. Down Syndrome

c. Erb's Palsy

d. Spina Bifida - ✔✔✔ - c. Erb's Palsy



Which of the following is inflammation of the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord?

a. Cerebral Palsy

b. Meningitis

c. Multiple Sclerosis

d. Pleuritis - ✔✔✔ - b. Meningitis



A patient presents to your office with bossing of the right posterior cranium and flattening on the left
posterior cranium. How would you classify this?

a. Right posterior brachycephalic

b. Right posterior plagiocephaly

c. Left posterior brachycephalic

d. Left posterior plagiocephaly - ✔✔✔ - c. Left posterior brachycephalic



What is the primary target organ in rheumatoid arthritis?

a. Bone

b. Collagen

c. Ligament

d. Cartilage - ✔✔✔ - d. Cartilage

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What is the lubricant filled sac which, if removed, results in increased friction

a. Bursa

b. Synovium

c. Ganglia

d. Nucleus Pulposis - ✔✔✔ - a. Bursa



What is the superior margin of the paraspinal bars on a Taylor TLSO?

a. L1

b. Spine of the scapula

c. Inferior angle of the scapula

d. Superior angle of the scapula - ✔✔✔ - b. Spine of the scapula



Which pathology is most likely to be fit with free knee joints?

a. L2 spinal cord injury

b. Damage to the femoral nerve

c. Moderate knee flexion contracture

d. Genu varum deformity - ✔✔✔ - d. Genu varum deformity



Which type of scoliosis is most likely the result of a leg length discrepancy?

a. Neuromuscular scoliosis

b. Congenital scoliosis

c. Nonstructural scoliosis

d. Idiopathic scoliosis - ✔✔✔ - c. Nonstructural scoliosis




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Which would you most expect to see in a patient with a plantarflexion contracture?

a. Late heel rise at terminal stance

b. Genu recurvatum at midstance

c. Increased knee flexion at loading response

d. Reduced knee flexion at midswing - ✔✔✔ - b. Genu recurvatum at midstance



True dorsiflexion and plantarflexion occur in what plane?

a. Sagittal

b. Coronal

c. Frontal

d. Transverse - ✔✔✔ - a. Sagittal



What orthosis would best restore upper extremity function for a patient with a spinal cord injury above
the C6 nerve root?

a. Cock up splint

b. Mobile arm support

c. Wrist driven WHO

d. HO with thumb post - ✔✔✔ - c. Wrist driven WHO



What is most appropriate for a median nerve injury at the wrist?

a. WHO

b. WHO w/ C bar

c. HO

d. WHO with thumb post - ✔✔✔ - d. WHO with thumb post



The primary function of the brachioradialis is:

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