CALE Question Bank-Practice Exam
Graded A latest 2025
Incubation period for Hep C
A. 15-50 days
B. 15-60 days
C. 20-90 days or 14-180 days
D. 50-180 days or 45-160 days - correct answerC
Family goes out for dinner, the next day they are all sick. What is the cause?
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Parasite - correct answerB
Diabetes symptoms include:
A. Sweet odor and ketoacidosis
B. Sweet odor and hypoglycemia
C. Anxiety and ketoacidosis
D. Anxiety and hypoglycemia - correct answerA
What nerve is associated with taste?
A. XII
B. V
C. VII
D. IX - correct answerC
What nerve is involved with Bell's Palsy?
A. III
B. VII
C. V
D. XII - correct answerB
Patient reaches out to her back seat in her car and feels pain, which muscles are
affected and test would you use?
A. Rotator cuff, empty can test
B. Rotator cuff, tinel's sign
C. Carpal Tunnel, Phalen's test
D. Carpal Tunnel, Finkelstein test - correct answerA
Which test is the following description and what are you testing for? While patient is in
supine position, grasp the knee and place one hand over the top of the knee with thumb
over one joint line and index and middle finger over the opposite joint line. Begin with
knee in full flexion and then laterally rotate the tibia and extend the knee beyond 90
degrees. Audible click is a positive test.
A. Straight Leg Test
B. McMurray's Test, lateral meniscal tear
C. McMurray's Test, medial meniscal tear
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Graded A latest 2025
D. Apley' Distraction test - correct answerC
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang can be substituted for which prescription drug?
A. Lasix
B. Digoxin
C. Lipitor
D. Paxil - correct answerD
Which herb has the same action as Lasix?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerC
Which herb has the same action as NSAID?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerA
Which herb has the same action as Coumadin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerD
Which herb has the same action as Digoxin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerB
Shan Zha and Jue Ming Zi has the same action for which prescription drug?
A. Paxil
B. Lasix
C. Lipitor
D. Coumadin - correct answerC
SJ5 has which of the following action?
A. Release exterior and relax the tendons
B. Release wind-heat
C. Subdue Liver yang rising and stop convulsions
D. Benefit the ear and open the intestines - correct answerB
,CALE Question Bank-Practice Exam
Graded A latest 2025
Which Sea of Qi benefits shortness of breath?
A. ST9
B. Du14
C. Du16
D. Ren 17 - correct answerD
Old man comes in with weak voice for a month. He also complains for dry cough. His
tongue is red and pulse is superficial and rapid. What is your diagnosis?
A. Lung Qi deficiency
B. Wind heat
C. Wind cold
D. Yin deficiency - correct answerA
What is the prescription used for mumps?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
B. Li11, Sp 10, UB40, GB34, LV3
C. SJ17, GB14, Taiyang, Si18, ST7, ST4, Li4 - correct answerA
What is the prescription used for Bell's Palsy?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
B. Li11, Sp 10, UB40, GB34, LV3
C. SJ17, GB14, Taiyang, Si18, ST7, ST4, Li4 - correct answerC
What is the prescription used for herpes zoster?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
B. Li11, Sp 10, UB40, GB34, LV3
C. SJ17, GB14, Taiyang, Si18, ST7, ST4, Li4 - correct answerB
What's the mumps prescription using ear acupuncture?
A. Antitragic apex, Cheek, Subcortex, and Brain
B. Eyes, Cheek, LV, Mouth, Adrenals
C. Parotid Gland, Cheek, Subcortex
D. ST, LV, SP, Neurogate - correct answerC
Patient has right hand tremors, what is the scalp acupuncture treatment?
A. R side middle 2/5th of chorea tremor control line
B. L side middle 2/5th of chorea tremor control line
C. R side upper 1/5th of chorea tremor control line
D. L side upper 1/5th of chorea tremor control line - correct answerB
Patient has low back pain and reproductive issues, what scalp points do you use?
A. Reproduction area
B. Upper 1/5th of sensory line
C. Upper 1/5th of motor line
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D. Leg motor and sensory area - correct answerD
Where is the scalp acupuncture for balance?
A. Horizontal line 1.5cm above and centered on the apex of ear, 4cm in length
B. vertical line 2cm beside tuber parietale on back of head, 3cm in length
C. 1cm lateral to external occipital protuberance, parallel to midline of head, 4c in length
extending upward
D. 3cm lateral to external occipital protuberance, parallel to midline of head, 4cm in
length extending downwards - correct answerD
What is the cause of phlegm?
A. Sp not doing T&T
B. Lung not doing D&D - correct answerA
What is the 3 edge needle used for?
A. Joint Pain
B. Chronic pain
C. Skin Disease
D. Sore throat - correct answerD
The function of cupping is to
A. Stop qi flow
B. Warm and promote free flow of qi/blood
C. Strengthen yang from collapse
D. Prevent disease and keep healthy - correct answerB
Ginger moxa is used for
A. Warm SP/ST weakness, diarrhea, ab pain, painful joints caused by yang deficiency
B. Warm Yang caused by Mingmen fire decline
C. Restore Yang collapse, ab pain, vomit/diarrhea, pain caused by hernia, dysentery
D. Boils, poisonous insect bite, scrofula - correct answerA
Profuse watery whitish no smell leukorrhea is caused by:
A. Excess cold
B. Deficiency damp
C. Sp Qi deficiency - correct answerC
Which channel treats cardiac pain and cervical pain?
A. Chong
B. Ren
C.Yang Wei
D.Yin Wei - correct answerD
Which points are 6 cun above the umbilicus?
Graded A latest 2025
Incubation period for Hep C
A. 15-50 days
B. 15-60 days
C. 20-90 days or 14-180 days
D. 50-180 days or 45-160 days - correct answerC
Family goes out for dinner, the next day they are all sick. What is the cause?
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Parasite - correct answerB
Diabetes symptoms include:
A. Sweet odor and ketoacidosis
B. Sweet odor and hypoglycemia
C. Anxiety and ketoacidosis
D. Anxiety and hypoglycemia - correct answerA
What nerve is associated with taste?
A. XII
B. V
C. VII
D. IX - correct answerC
What nerve is involved with Bell's Palsy?
A. III
B. VII
C. V
D. XII - correct answerB
Patient reaches out to her back seat in her car and feels pain, which muscles are
affected and test would you use?
A. Rotator cuff, empty can test
B. Rotator cuff, tinel's sign
C. Carpal Tunnel, Phalen's test
D. Carpal Tunnel, Finkelstein test - correct answerA
Which test is the following description and what are you testing for? While patient is in
supine position, grasp the knee and place one hand over the top of the knee with thumb
over one joint line and index and middle finger over the opposite joint line. Begin with
knee in full flexion and then laterally rotate the tibia and extend the knee beyond 90
degrees. Audible click is a positive test.
A. Straight Leg Test
B. McMurray's Test, lateral meniscal tear
C. McMurray's Test, medial meniscal tear
,CALE Question Bank-Practice Exam
Graded A latest 2025
D. Apley' Distraction test - correct answerC
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang can be substituted for which prescription drug?
A. Lasix
B. Digoxin
C. Lipitor
D. Paxil - correct answerD
Which herb has the same action as Lasix?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerC
Which herb has the same action as NSAID?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerA
Which herb has the same action as Coumadin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerD
Which herb has the same action as Digoxin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui - correct answerB
Shan Zha and Jue Ming Zi has the same action for which prescription drug?
A. Paxil
B. Lasix
C. Lipitor
D. Coumadin - correct answerC
SJ5 has which of the following action?
A. Release exterior and relax the tendons
B. Release wind-heat
C. Subdue Liver yang rising and stop convulsions
D. Benefit the ear and open the intestines - correct answerB
,CALE Question Bank-Practice Exam
Graded A latest 2025
Which Sea of Qi benefits shortness of breath?
A. ST9
B. Du14
C. Du16
D. Ren 17 - correct answerD
Old man comes in with weak voice for a month. He also complains for dry cough. His
tongue is red and pulse is superficial and rapid. What is your diagnosis?
A. Lung Qi deficiency
B. Wind heat
C. Wind cold
D. Yin deficiency - correct answerA
What is the prescription used for mumps?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
B. Li11, Sp 10, UB40, GB34, LV3
C. SJ17, GB14, Taiyang, Si18, ST7, ST4, Li4 - correct answerA
What is the prescription used for Bell's Palsy?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
B. Li11, Sp 10, UB40, GB34, LV3
C. SJ17, GB14, Taiyang, Si18, ST7, ST4, Li4 - correct answerC
What is the prescription used for herpes zoster?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
B. Li11, Sp 10, UB40, GB34, LV3
C. SJ17, GB14, Taiyang, Si18, ST7, ST4, Li4 - correct answerB
What's the mumps prescription using ear acupuncture?
A. Antitragic apex, Cheek, Subcortex, and Brain
B. Eyes, Cheek, LV, Mouth, Adrenals
C. Parotid Gland, Cheek, Subcortex
D. ST, LV, SP, Neurogate - correct answerC
Patient has right hand tremors, what is the scalp acupuncture treatment?
A. R side middle 2/5th of chorea tremor control line
B. L side middle 2/5th of chorea tremor control line
C. R side upper 1/5th of chorea tremor control line
D. L side upper 1/5th of chorea tremor control line - correct answerB
Patient has low back pain and reproductive issues, what scalp points do you use?
A. Reproduction area
B. Upper 1/5th of sensory line
C. Upper 1/5th of motor line
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Graded A latest 2025
D. Leg motor and sensory area - correct answerD
Where is the scalp acupuncture for balance?
A. Horizontal line 1.5cm above and centered on the apex of ear, 4cm in length
B. vertical line 2cm beside tuber parietale on back of head, 3cm in length
C. 1cm lateral to external occipital protuberance, parallel to midline of head, 4c in length
extending upward
D. 3cm lateral to external occipital protuberance, parallel to midline of head, 4cm in
length extending downwards - correct answerD
What is the cause of phlegm?
A. Sp not doing T&T
B. Lung not doing D&D - correct answerA
What is the 3 edge needle used for?
A. Joint Pain
B. Chronic pain
C. Skin Disease
D. Sore throat - correct answerD
The function of cupping is to
A. Stop qi flow
B. Warm and promote free flow of qi/blood
C. Strengthen yang from collapse
D. Prevent disease and keep healthy - correct answerB
Ginger moxa is used for
A. Warm SP/ST weakness, diarrhea, ab pain, painful joints caused by yang deficiency
B. Warm Yang caused by Mingmen fire decline
C. Restore Yang collapse, ab pain, vomit/diarrhea, pain caused by hernia, dysentery
D. Boils, poisonous insect bite, scrofula - correct answerA
Profuse watery whitish no smell leukorrhea is caused by:
A. Excess cold
B. Deficiency damp
C. Sp Qi deficiency - correct answerC
Which channel treats cardiac pain and cervical pain?
A. Chong
B. Ren
C.Yang Wei
D.Yin Wei - correct answerD
Which points are 6 cun above the umbilicus?
