NBCE BOARDS PART II – CHIROPRACTIC
PRACTICES EXAM VERSION 1 2025/2026 WITH
ACTUAL CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY GRADED
A+|NEWEST|BRAND NEW
VERSION!!|GUARANTEED PASS
At what point is the quality of end-feel or end-play of a joint assessed?
a. in the joint play (free play) range
b. at the end of active range of motion
c. at the end of passive range of motion
d. at the anatomic barrier
c. at the end of passive range of motion
Currently, which of the following is a clinician's best tool for evaluating a patient's risk for
cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
a. personal and familial history
b. appropriate orthopedic tests
c. appropriate neurologic tests
d. cervical radiographic studies
a. personal and familial history
Which one of the following tests would likely reproduce the chief complaint in a patient with
facet syndrome (capsulitis) at the thoracolumbar junction?
a. Adam's test
b. straight leg raising test
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,c. Kemp's test
d. Bechterew's test
c. Kemp's test
The referred pain frequently associated with musculoskeletal disorders can typically be
described as:
a. superficial and well defined
b. superficial and ill defined
c. deep and well defined
d. deep and ill defined
d. deep and ill defined
The assessment of "joint play" is conducted with the joint:
a. in loose-packed position
b. in close-packed position
c. at mid-passive range of motion
d. at its physiologic barrier
a. in loose-packed position
A patient assessed as having a right positive Derefield (R+D) would have the equivalent static
and dynamic sacroiliac listings of a right:
a. posterior-inferior ilium or flexion restriction
b. posterior-inferior ilium or extension restriction
c. anterior-superior ilium or flexion restriction
d. anterior-superior ilium or extension restriction
b. posterior-inferior ilium or extension restriction
Regarding side posture pelvic adjusting placing the involved side (contact side) up or down:
a. it depends on clinical results or patient preference
b. all children should be adjusted involved side down
c. all children should be adjusted involved side up
d. the sacrum is stabilized better with the involved side up
a. it depends on clinical results or patient preference
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, There is a functional S1-S2 disc allowing S1 or S2 segmental dysfunction (subluxation) up to the
age of:
a. 1 year
b. 10 years
c. 20 years
d. 40 years
b. 10 years
The "foundation principle" refers to:
a. a level pelvis
b. level knee joints
c. eyes level with the horizon
d. hard palate level on the lateral cervical x-ray
a. a level pelvis
Most patients presenting with acute severe low back pain usually show signs of subluxation
intimately associated with:
a. bilateral sacroiliac joints
b. the lumbar disc
c. contralateral sacroiliac joint
d. the lumbar facets
b. the lumbar disc
The P-A thrust used in lumbar side posture adjusting, using a spinous contact, is along which
axis?
a. Z
b. X
c. Y
d. I-S
a. Z
Torque applied to the lumbar segment during a prone lumbar adjustment is applied around
which axis?
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PRACTICES EXAM VERSION 1 2025/2026 WITH
ACTUAL CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
DETAILED ANSWERS |FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY GRADED
A+|NEWEST|BRAND NEW
VERSION!!|GUARANTEED PASS
At what point is the quality of end-feel or end-play of a joint assessed?
a. in the joint play (free play) range
b. at the end of active range of motion
c. at the end of passive range of motion
d. at the anatomic barrier
c. at the end of passive range of motion
Currently, which of the following is a clinician's best tool for evaluating a patient's risk for
cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
a. personal and familial history
b. appropriate orthopedic tests
c. appropriate neurologic tests
d. cervical radiographic studies
a. personal and familial history
Which one of the following tests would likely reproduce the chief complaint in a patient with
facet syndrome (capsulitis) at the thoracolumbar junction?
a. Adam's test
b. straight leg raising test
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,c. Kemp's test
d. Bechterew's test
c. Kemp's test
The referred pain frequently associated with musculoskeletal disorders can typically be
described as:
a. superficial and well defined
b. superficial and ill defined
c. deep and well defined
d. deep and ill defined
d. deep and ill defined
The assessment of "joint play" is conducted with the joint:
a. in loose-packed position
b. in close-packed position
c. at mid-passive range of motion
d. at its physiologic barrier
a. in loose-packed position
A patient assessed as having a right positive Derefield (R+D) would have the equivalent static
and dynamic sacroiliac listings of a right:
a. posterior-inferior ilium or flexion restriction
b. posterior-inferior ilium or extension restriction
c. anterior-superior ilium or flexion restriction
d. anterior-superior ilium or extension restriction
b. posterior-inferior ilium or extension restriction
Regarding side posture pelvic adjusting placing the involved side (contact side) up or down:
a. it depends on clinical results or patient preference
b. all children should be adjusted involved side down
c. all children should be adjusted involved side up
d. the sacrum is stabilized better with the involved side up
a. it depends on clinical results or patient preference
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, There is a functional S1-S2 disc allowing S1 or S2 segmental dysfunction (subluxation) up to the
age of:
a. 1 year
b. 10 years
c. 20 years
d. 40 years
b. 10 years
The "foundation principle" refers to:
a. a level pelvis
b. level knee joints
c. eyes level with the horizon
d. hard palate level on the lateral cervical x-ray
a. a level pelvis
Most patients presenting with acute severe low back pain usually show signs of subluxation
intimately associated with:
a. bilateral sacroiliac joints
b. the lumbar disc
c. contralateral sacroiliac joint
d. the lumbar facets
b. the lumbar disc
The P-A thrust used in lumbar side posture adjusting, using a spinous contact, is along which
axis?
a. Z
b. X
c. Y
d. I-S
a. Z
Torque applied to the lumbar segment during a prone lumbar adjustment is applied around
which axis?
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