PEAT Exam 4 - Questions With Insightful Solutions
Which of the following is an ABNORMAL response to aerobic exercise?
1. Increase in respiratory rate
2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure
3. Increase in pulse rate
4. Minimal change in diastolic pressure Right Ans - 2. Decrease in systolic
blood pressure
If a patient is able to resist moderate pressure against elbow flexion during
seated muscle testing, the elbow flexor strength should be documented as:
1. Good (4/5).
2. Normal (5/5).
3. Poor (2/5).
4. Fair (3/5). Right Ans - 1. Good (4/5).
A postsurgical patient is referred for strengthening exercises for hip extension
combined with passive range of motion exercises for hip flexion for the same
limb in the pool. How should the physical therapist assistant instruct the
patient to exercise in the water?
1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up
toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
2. Stand on the involved leg. Bend the uninvolved hip and knee to perform a
mini-squat. Relax and float back up into standing.
3. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved leg to float to the side
toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
,4. Stand on the involved leg. Allow the uninvolved knee to float up toward the
surface. Push the foot down to the bottom of the pool. Right Ans - 1. Stand
on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up toward the
surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
In order to accelerate a power-driven wheelchair, a patient with spastic
quadriplegia secondary to cerebral palsy extends his head and thereby
extends his upper extremity. Which reflex is the patient using to accelerate his
wheelchair?
1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
2. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
3. Protective extension reflex
4. Tonic labyrinthine reflex Right Ans - 1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
While walking, a patient with muscular dystrophy is beginning to show signs
of toe walking. Which of the following should be a component of the current
treatment?
1. Assist the patient's family with wheelchair selection and use.
2. Modify the home environment to facilitate care.
3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
4. Modify orthotics and provide an assistive device to facilitate walking.
Right Ans - 3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
A physical therapist assistant is measuring the active range of motion of a
patient's knee following total knee arthroplasty. The patient lacks 20° of full
knee extension and has 87° of knee flexion. How should this be documented as
a range?
1. -20° to 87°
2. 20° to 0° to 87°
, 3. -20° to 0° to 87°
4. 20° to 87° Right Ans - 4. 20° to 87°
A patient who has degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine reports
pain in the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle. This pain may result from
compression of the nerve root at which of the following spinal levels?
1. L4
2. L5
3. S2
4. S3 Right Ans - 3. S2
Which of the following exercises would be MOST appropriate for a patient
who excessively flexes the right knee from heel strike (initial contact) to foot
flat (loading response) during the gait cycle?
1. Open-chain resisted hamstring curls with weights
2. Closed-chain calf stretches
3. Closed-chain resisted terminal knee extension
4. Open-chain quadriceps setting Right Ans - 3. Closed-chain resisted
terminal knee extension
Which of the following is true about tilt-in-space wheelchairs?
1. The back-to-seat angle remains unchanged.
2. The seat-to-back angle changes.
3. The back of the wheelchair tilts.
Which of the following is an ABNORMAL response to aerobic exercise?
1. Increase in respiratory rate
2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure
3. Increase in pulse rate
4. Minimal change in diastolic pressure Right Ans - 2. Decrease in systolic
blood pressure
If a patient is able to resist moderate pressure against elbow flexion during
seated muscle testing, the elbow flexor strength should be documented as:
1. Good (4/5).
2. Normal (5/5).
3. Poor (2/5).
4. Fair (3/5). Right Ans - 1. Good (4/5).
A postsurgical patient is referred for strengthening exercises for hip extension
combined with passive range of motion exercises for hip flexion for the same
limb in the pool. How should the physical therapist assistant instruct the
patient to exercise in the water?
1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up
toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
2. Stand on the involved leg. Bend the uninvolved hip and knee to perform a
mini-squat. Relax and float back up into standing.
3. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved leg to float to the side
toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
,4. Stand on the involved leg. Allow the uninvolved knee to float up toward the
surface. Push the foot down to the bottom of the pool. Right Ans - 1. Stand
on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up toward the
surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
In order to accelerate a power-driven wheelchair, a patient with spastic
quadriplegia secondary to cerebral palsy extends his head and thereby
extends his upper extremity. Which reflex is the patient using to accelerate his
wheelchair?
1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
2. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
3. Protective extension reflex
4. Tonic labyrinthine reflex Right Ans - 1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
While walking, a patient with muscular dystrophy is beginning to show signs
of toe walking. Which of the following should be a component of the current
treatment?
1. Assist the patient's family with wheelchair selection and use.
2. Modify the home environment to facilitate care.
3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
4. Modify orthotics and provide an assistive device to facilitate walking.
Right Ans - 3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
A physical therapist assistant is measuring the active range of motion of a
patient's knee following total knee arthroplasty. The patient lacks 20° of full
knee extension and has 87° of knee flexion. How should this be documented as
a range?
1. -20° to 87°
2. 20° to 0° to 87°
, 3. -20° to 0° to 87°
4. 20° to 87° Right Ans - 4. 20° to 87°
A patient who has degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine reports
pain in the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle. This pain may result from
compression of the nerve root at which of the following spinal levels?
1. L4
2. L5
3. S2
4. S3 Right Ans - 3. S2
Which of the following exercises would be MOST appropriate for a patient
who excessively flexes the right knee from heel strike (initial contact) to foot
flat (loading response) during the gait cycle?
1. Open-chain resisted hamstring curls with weights
2. Closed-chain calf stretches
3. Closed-chain resisted terminal knee extension
4. Open-chain quadriceps setting Right Ans - 3. Closed-chain resisted
terminal knee extension
Which of the following is true about tilt-in-space wheelchairs?
1. The back-to-seat angle remains unchanged.
2. The seat-to-back angle changes.
3. The back of the wheelchair tilts.
