NBCE BOARDS PART II - Neuromusculoskeletal Diagnosis
NBCE BOARDS PART II - NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS
ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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Where is the lesion if umbilicus deviates to the left lower quadrant and not the right lower
quadrant when testing superficial abdominal reflexes?
a. left lower quadrant
b. left upper quadrant
c. right lower quadrant
d. right upper quadrant - ANSWER-c. right lower quadrant
Where is the lesion in a patient who has no pupillary constriction in either eye when a light is
shined into the right eye?
a. left optic nerve
b. right optic nerve
c. left oculomotor nerve
d. right oculomotor nerve - ANSWER-b. right optic nerve
Which finding is indicative of cerebellar damage?
a. scissor's gait
b. facial palsy
c. hemiplegia
d. dysdiadochokinesia - ANSWER-d. dysdiadochokinesia
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Which combination of surface area and disc height allows for the greatest degree of movement
within a joint motion?
a. small and thick
b. small and thin
c. large and thick
d. large and thin - ANSWER-b. small and thin
Which disease is most likely to present with bilateral loss of vibration in the legs?
a. vitamin d deficiency
b. parkinson's disease
c. multiple sclerosis
d. diabetes mellitus - ANSWER-d. diabetes mellitus
Difficulty in walking in the dark may accompany which type of gait?
a. festinating
b. antalgic
c. scissors
d. ataxic - ANSWER-d. ataxic
Which nerve is palpable as it crosses over the neck of the fibula?
a. saphenous
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b. tibial
c. superficial tibial
d. common peroneal - ANSWER-d. common peroneal
Which is the name given to the test which involves tapping the area in front of the ear and
seeing if this causes the facial muscles to twitch on the tested side?
a. de musset's sign
b. chvostek's sign
c. hoffman's sign
d. babinski's sign - ANSWER-b. chvostek's sign
In which position would the femur be held if a hip joint effusion were present?
a. internal rotation + adduction
b. external rotation + abduction
c. flexion + medial rotation
d. extension + lateral rotation - ANSWER-c. flexion + medial rotation
A scissors gait is caused by spastic paralysis of which group of muscles?
a. ankle extensors
b. knee flexors
c. hip abductors
d. hip adductors - ANSWER-d. hip adductors
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Which condition presents with peripheral cyanosis, shiny atrophic skin, chronic ulcerations of
the leg with very little edema?
a. acrocyanosis
b. raynaud's disease
c. buerger's disease
d. peripheral vascular disease - ANSWER-d. peripheral vascular disease
In which position would the lower limb be held if there was a fracture of the neck of the femur?
a. adduction
b. abduction
c. internal rotation
d. external rotation - ANSWER-d. external rotation
High stepping gait may be seen in conditions that affect which spinal tract?
a. dorsal spinocerebellar
b. lateral spinothalamic
c. anterior spinothalamic
d. posterior columns - ANSWER-d. posterior columns
The bunnell-littler test is used for which purpose?
a. to rule out cervical myelopathy
b. to diagnose capsular contraction of the pip joint
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NBCE BOARDS PART II - NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS
ACTUAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Where is the lesion if umbilicus deviates to the left lower quadrant and not the right lower
quadrant when testing superficial abdominal reflexes?
a. left lower quadrant
b. left upper quadrant
c. right lower quadrant
d. right upper quadrant - ANSWER-c. right lower quadrant
Where is the lesion in a patient who has no pupillary constriction in either eye when a light is
shined into the right eye?
a. left optic nerve
b. right optic nerve
c. left oculomotor nerve
d. right oculomotor nerve - ANSWER-b. right optic nerve
Which finding is indicative of cerebellar damage?
a. scissor's gait
b. facial palsy
c. hemiplegia
d. dysdiadochokinesia - ANSWER-d. dysdiadochokinesia
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Which combination of surface area and disc height allows for the greatest degree of movement
within a joint motion?
a. small and thick
b. small and thin
c. large and thick
d. large and thin - ANSWER-b. small and thin
Which disease is most likely to present with bilateral loss of vibration in the legs?
a. vitamin d deficiency
b. parkinson's disease
c. multiple sclerosis
d. diabetes mellitus - ANSWER-d. diabetes mellitus
Difficulty in walking in the dark may accompany which type of gait?
a. festinating
b. antalgic
c. scissors
d. ataxic - ANSWER-d. ataxic
Which nerve is palpable as it crosses over the neck of the fibula?
a. saphenous
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b. tibial
c. superficial tibial
d. common peroneal - ANSWER-d. common peroneal
Which is the name given to the test which involves tapping the area in front of the ear and
seeing if this causes the facial muscles to twitch on the tested side?
a. de musset's sign
b. chvostek's sign
c. hoffman's sign
d. babinski's sign - ANSWER-b. chvostek's sign
In which position would the femur be held if a hip joint effusion were present?
a. internal rotation + adduction
b. external rotation + abduction
c. flexion + medial rotation
d. extension + lateral rotation - ANSWER-c. flexion + medial rotation
A scissors gait is caused by spastic paralysis of which group of muscles?
a. ankle extensors
b. knee flexors
c. hip abductors
d. hip adductors - ANSWER-d. hip adductors
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Which condition presents with peripheral cyanosis, shiny atrophic skin, chronic ulcerations of
the leg with very little edema?
a. acrocyanosis
b. raynaud's disease
c. buerger's disease
d. peripheral vascular disease - ANSWER-d. peripheral vascular disease
In which position would the lower limb be held if there was a fracture of the neck of the femur?
a. adduction
b. abduction
c. internal rotation
d. external rotation - ANSWER-d. external rotation
High stepping gait may be seen in conditions that affect which spinal tract?
a. dorsal spinocerebellar
b. lateral spinothalamic
c. anterior spinothalamic
d. posterior columns - ANSWER-d. posterior columns
The bunnell-littler test is used for which purpose?
a. to rule out cervical myelopathy
b. to diagnose capsular contraction of the pip joint
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