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BOC Prep and NATA-BOC Exam Secrets
Study Guide Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
When did was the NATA formed?
Ans: 1950
What are the 5 steps in Evidence Based Practice?
Ans: 1. develop a clinical question
2. Search the literature
3. Appraise the evidence
4. apply the evidence
5. assess the outcome
What is a PICO question?
Ans: Patient Intervention Comparison Outcome
What are the 5 BOC Domains?
Ans: 1. Injury prevention
2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis
3. immediate and emergency care
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4. therapeutic interventions
5. health care administration
What are the personal qualities of an Athletic Trainer?
Ans: Stamina and ability to adapt, empathy, sense of humor,
communications, intellectual curiosity, ethical practice,
professional membership.
BOC Domain: 1. Injury and illness prevention and wellness promotion:
Ans: promoting health lifestyles behaviors with effective
educational and communication to enhance wellness and
minimize the risk of injury.
BOC Domain: 2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis
Ans: implementing system, evidence- based examinations and
assessments to formulate valid clinical diagnosis and determine
patients plan of care.
BOC Domain: 3. Immediate and emergency care
Ans: integrity best practice in immediate and emergency care
for optimal outcomes.
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BOC Domain: 4. Therapeutic Interventions
Ans: rehab an reconditioning injuries, illness, and general
medical conditions with the goal of achieving optimal activit y
level based on core concepts using the applications of
therapeutic exercise, modality devices, and manual techniques.
BOC Domain: 5. Healthcare administration and professional
responsibility
Ans: integrating best practice in policy construction and
implementation, documentation, basic business practice to
promote optimal patient care and employee well -being.
Licensure
Ans: limits AT to those who have met minimal requirements
established by state board.
State certification
Ans: restricts the performance of AT functions to only those
certified
Registration
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Ans: paid fee for being placed on an existing list of
practitioners
exemption
Ans: state realizes that AT perform functions similar to those
of other licensed professional
Vision statement
Ans: a concise statement that describes the ideal statement to
which an organization aspires
mission statement
Ans: a written expression of an organizations philosophy,
purpose, and characteristics
WOTS UP analysis
Ans: a data collection and appraised technique designed to
determine an organization's ( weakness, opportunities, threats,
and strengths underlying planning)
Opperational planning
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BOC Prep and NATA-BOC Exam Secrets
Study Guide Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
When did was the NATA formed?
Ans: 1950
What are the 5 steps in Evidence Based Practice?
Ans: 1. develop a clinical question
2. Search the literature
3. Appraise the evidence
4. apply the evidence
5. assess the outcome
What is a PICO question?
Ans: Patient Intervention Comparison Outcome
What are the 5 BOC Domains?
Ans: 1. Injury prevention
2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis
3. immediate and emergency care
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4. therapeutic interventions
5. health care administration
What are the personal qualities of an Athletic Trainer?
Ans: Stamina and ability to adapt, empathy, sense of humor,
communications, intellectual curiosity, ethical practice,
professional membership.
BOC Domain: 1. Injury and illness prevention and wellness promotion:
Ans: promoting health lifestyles behaviors with effective
educational and communication to enhance wellness and
minimize the risk of injury.
BOC Domain: 2. Examination, assessment and diagnosis
Ans: implementing system, evidence- based examinations and
assessments to formulate valid clinical diagnosis and determine
patients plan of care.
BOC Domain: 3. Immediate and emergency care
Ans: integrity best practice in immediate and emergency care
for optimal outcomes.
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BOC Domain: 4. Therapeutic Interventions
Ans: rehab an reconditioning injuries, illness, and general
medical conditions with the goal of achieving optimal activit y
level based on core concepts using the applications of
therapeutic exercise, modality devices, and manual techniques.
BOC Domain: 5. Healthcare administration and professional
responsibility
Ans: integrating best practice in policy construction and
implementation, documentation, basic business practice to
promote optimal patient care and employee well -being.
Licensure
Ans: limits AT to those who have met minimal requirements
established by state board.
State certification
Ans: restricts the performance of AT functions to only those
certified
Registration
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Ans: paid fee for being placed on an existing list of
practitioners
exemption
Ans: state realizes that AT perform functions similar to those
of other licensed professional
Vision statement
Ans: a concise statement that describes the ideal statement to
which an organization aspires
mission statement
Ans: a written expression of an organizations philosophy,
purpose, and characteristics
WOTS UP analysis
Ans: a data collection and appraised technique designed to
determine an organization's ( weakness, opportunities, threats,
and strengths underlying planning)
Opperational planning
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
