CALE California Acupuncture Licensing Examination FINAL TEST STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION

CALE California Acupuncture Licensing Examination FINAL TEST STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION 1. 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 - ANSWER C 2. Family goes out for dinner, the next day they are all sick. What is the cause? A. Bacteria B. Virus C. Parasite - ANSWER B 3. Diabetes symptoms include: A. Sweet odor and ketoacidosis B. Sweet odor and hypoglycemia C. Anxiety and ketoacidosis D. Anxiety and hypoglycemia - ANSWER A 4. What nerve is associated with taste? A. XII B. V C. VII D. IX - ANSWER C 5. What nerve is involved with Bell's Palsy? A. III B. VII C. V D. XII - ANSWER B 6. 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 - ANSWER A 7. Rob is a new patient. He is in your clinic today for back pain. You place needles in his upper body and he faints. What do you do? A. Have Rob lie down and rest until he feels better B. Remove all the needles, immediately. And press on S36 C. Call 911 D. Remove all the needles, immediately. And press on LI4 - ANSWER B 8. Your patient develops a 2 inch blister after you cup her back. How do you treat it? A. Drain fluid and cover the area with gauze B. Clean the surface and cover with gauze C. Refer her to her PCP D. Drain fluid and leave the area uncovered - ANSWER B 9. Steve suffers from premature ejaculation. This began last autumn. He has tried Viagra, however, he doesn't like the long term effects that it might cause. Steve says he has a dull cold pain in his lower abdomen. His urine is clear and he often has low back pain. You learn that Steve is a surfer and likes to wake up early every morning and go surfing at Half Moon Bay regardless of the weather. He does wear a wet suit but refuses to give up this activity. You want to check his pulse for Kidney Yang Deficiency. Which pulse position is most important for this information when you take his pulse? A. Left Cun B. Right Chi C. Left Chi D. Right Guan - ANSWER B 10. Your patient comes in with headache, fever, irritability and severe thirst. He says he vomits immediately after drinking. He also finds it difficult to urinate. You notice that he has edema. You give him a double dose of this formula because of how severe the symptoms are. Which potential side effects can occur? A. Dry mouth, thirst, irritability B. Weakness, light headedness, palpitations, loss of appetite C. Profuse sweating, high fever, severe thirst, irritability D. Dizziness, vertigo, bland taste, reduced appetite - ANSWER D 11. What is the distance between the Jing River point of the Hand Yangming and the Luo Connecting point of the Hand Yangming? A. 2.5 cun B. 3 cun C. 4 cun D. 2 cun - ANSWER B 12. You perform acupuncture for your patient, inserting needles on the front-mu, back-shu and neck region. The patient complains of severe abdominal pain saying that the abdominal muscles feel contracted. Which of the following organs has been punctured? A. Kidney B. Lung C. Brain D. Spleen - ANSWER D 13. Where is the location of SJ9? A. Between the radius and the ulna, 7 cun below the olecranon B. Between the radius and the ulna, 3 cun above the wrist crease C. Between the radius and ulna, 5 cun below the olecranon D. Between the radius and ulna, 7 cun below the olecranon - ANSWER C 14. Which of the following points are points on the Yang Qiao channel (Yang Heel/ Yang Stepping/ Yang Motility Vessel)? A. B62, B61, B59 B. K9, SP13, SP15 C. K6, K8, B1 D. B63, G35, SI10 - ANSWER A 15. Using the theory of upper/lower body mirroring, which point mirror's the point located on the transverse crease of the dorsum of the wrist, in the depression tendons of extensor digitorum communis and extensor digiti minimi? A. GB40 B. S36 C. PC7 D. S41 - ANSWER D 16. Your patient is very irritable. She says all she wants to do is curl up in a small ball with a blanket over her. She also says that her body feels hot and because of her thirst, she drinks tea all day long. Your patient also has a powder red color on her cheeks. Her pulse is Superficial and Rapid. The tongue is pale and wet. What is the differential diagnosis for this case? A. Yang Collapse with Yin Deficiency B. Heat on the Exterior and Cold on the Interior C. True Cold, false Heat D. Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat and Cold Invasion - ANSWER C 17. Which pair of points is not mother and son points? A. SP2, SP5 B. B67, B65 C. L9, L5 D. SJ3, SJ6 - ANSWER D 18. A patient slips and falls in your waiting area. She hits her head on the arm of a chair. Blood is pouring out of a nasty gash on her forehead and spilling onto the tile floor of your waiting area. What is the next step that you need to take? A. Pour 70% rubbing alcohol on the area and wipe it up B. Clean the area with bleach and then soap and water. Throw all waste into the trash can C. Block off the area to the general public D. Call a sanitation service or public sanitation service to come and clean up the spill - ANSWER C