NBCOT and OTKE Exam Practice Questions 2025/2026
/ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE VERIFIEDSOLUTION) (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) (A+ GRADED 100% CORRECT )
2025 BRAND NEW!!
An OT reads a new client's chart at a psychiatric facility. The
OT sees that the
client is diagnosed with catatonic type schizophrenia. What
symptoms will the
client most likely
present with?
Select one:
a. Primitive, disinhibited, and disorganized behavior
b. Delusions of persecution or grandeur and auditory
hallucinations
c. Severe disturbances in motor behavior involving stupor or
rigidity
d. Evidence of schizophrenic behavior in the absence of a
complete set of diagnostic criteria - ANSWER-c. Severe
disturbances in motor behavior involving stupor or rigidity
,You are an OT in an outpatient neurology clinic and have
received a referral for a client with a primary diagnosis of s/p R
CVA. The client wears the same L shoulder sling she was
issued 10 months ago while in acute rehabilitation. What are
the possible repercussions/outcomes from wearing a shoulder
sling for a long period of time?
Select one:
a. Difficulty with donning/doffing a different shoulder sling
b. Proprioception deficits
c. Soft tissue contracture, edema, and development of pain
syndromes
d. Kinesthetic deficits - ANSWER-c. Soft tissue contracture,
edema, and development of pain syndromes
You are working with a child with oral motor dysfunction. You
decide to conduct
a cranial nerve test to evaluate the client. You ask the child
to stick out her
tongue and you note any positional abnormalities. Which
cranial nerve is this
testing?
Select one:
,a. VII. Facial
b. XII: Hypoglossal
c. IV. Trochlear
d. IX. Glossopharyngeal - ANSWER-b. XII: Hypoglossal
You are an OT working with a patient who had a SCI. The patient
is now having
patterns of mobility that include stabilizing proximal segment
while their distal
segments move in space. The patient is showing the highest
level of control and
combines stability and mobility. Which of Rood's proposed
four sequential
phases of motor control is this patient
currently in?
Select
one:
a. Reciprocal
inhibition/innervation
b. Heavy
work
c. l
Skil
, d. Co-contraction - ANSWER-
c. Skill
You are an OT working at a SNF and have received a new
evaluation with a 75year-old male s/p CVA. One of the primary
activities you are evaluating is the client's ability to dress
himself. The client's sensation and movement are intact;
however, when you ask the client to put on his shirt, he just sits
there unable to do so. What functional impairment is the client
most likely suffering from?
Select
one:
a. Motor
apraxia
b. Ideational
apraxia
c. Unilateral body
neglect
d. Anosognosia - ANSWER-a. Motor
apraxia
You are an OT working in outpatient neurology clinic and your
client, Margaret, is a 51-year-old female whose primary
diagnosis is R CVA. One of her symptoms is L spatial neglect.
/ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE VERIFIEDSOLUTION) (MULTIPLE
CHOICES) (A+ GRADED 100% CORRECT )
2025 BRAND NEW!!
An OT reads a new client's chart at a psychiatric facility. The
OT sees that the
client is diagnosed with catatonic type schizophrenia. What
symptoms will the
client most likely
present with?
Select one:
a. Primitive, disinhibited, and disorganized behavior
b. Delusions of persecution or grandeur and auditory
hallucinations
c. Severe disturbances in motor behavior involving stupor or
rigidity
d. Evidence of schizophrenic behavior in the absence of a
complete set of diagnostic criteria - ANSWER-c. Severe
disturbances in motor behavior involving stupor or rigidity
,You are an OT in an outpatient neurology clinic and have
received a referral for a client with a primary diagnosis of s/p R
CVA. The client wears the same L shoulder sling she was
issued 10 months ago while in acute rehabilitation. What are
the possible repercussions/outcomes from wearing a shoulder
sling for a long period of time?
Select one:
a. Difficulty with donning/doffing a different shoulder sling
b. Proprioception deficits
c. Soft tissue contracture, edema, and development of pain
syndromes
d. Kinesthetic deficits - ANSWER-c. Soft tissue contracture,
edema, and development of pain syndromes
You are working with a child with oral motor dysfunction. You
decide to conduct
a cranial nerve test to evaluate the client. You ask the child
to stick out her
tongue and you note any positional abnormalities. Which
cranial nerve is this
testing?
Select one:
,a. VII. Facial
b. XII: Hypoglossal
c. IV. Trochlear
d. IX. Glossopharyngeal - ANSWER-b. XII: Hypoglossal
You are an OT working with a patient who had a SCI. The patient
is now having
patterns of mobility that include stabilizing proximal segment
while their distal
segments move in space. The patient is showing the highest
level of control and
combines stability and mobility. Which of Rood's proposed
four sequential
phases of motor control is this patient
currently in?
Select
one:
a. Reciprocal
inhibition/innervation
b. Heavy
work
c. l
Skil
, d. Co-contraction - ANSWER-
c. Skill
You are an OT working at a SNF and have received a new
evaluation with a 75year-old male s/p CVA. One of the primary
activities you are evaluating is the client's ability to dress
himself. The client's sensation and movement are intact;
however, when you ask the client to put on his shirt, he just sits
there unable to do so. What functional impairment is the client
most likely suffering from?
Select
one:
a. Motor
apraxia
b. Ideational
apraxia
c. Unilateral body
neglect
d. Anosognosia - ANSWER-a. Motor
apraxia
You are an OT working in outpatient neurology clinic and your
client, Margaret, is a 51-year-old female whose primary
diagnosis is R CVA. One of her symptoms is L spatial neglect.
