AAT Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
The midterm practical exam is worth ____ of your total course grade. - CORRECT
ANSWER 20%
Your skills check average (the combined grade of all of your skills checks) is worth ____ of
your total course grade - CORRECT ANSWER 15%
The final practical exam is worth ____ of your total course grade. - CORRECT
ANSWER 15%
This course is worth a total of ____credit hours and lecture is one hour on campus and one
hour online. - CORRECT ANSWER 3
Quizzes are worth ____ of your total course grade. - CORRECT ANSWER 10%
When you find a RRR T6, you would expect to feel more joint restriction when palpating
________ on the spinous process. - CORRECT ANSWER right to left
When should you pull your patient off of their shoulder (the one contacting the table)? -
CORRECT ANSWER After you set the pelvis
When setting up a patient for a side posture adjustment, it is important to position your
patient _________. - CORRECT ANSWER Approximately 3 inches from the front
edge of the table
When you set up to adjust an AGR L-Ilium, the patient should be in _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER RSP
What does LRR stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Left rotation restriction
,When setting up a patient in side posture as taught in AAT1, how should you set the pelvis? -
CORRECT ANSWER You should let the patients' leg slide across your thigh as you
rotate their pelvis anteriorly preventing abduction and adduction of the patient's hip.
When your patient is in LSP, they are laying on their ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER left side
When you set up to adjust an anterior glide restriction of the R-Ilium, the patient should be in
_____. - CORRECT ANSWER LSP
What does the P stand for in the acronym PART that is used to document medical necessity? -
CORRECT ANSWER pain
How should the right sacral base move during right sacroiliac extension? - CORRECT
ANSWER posterior-superior
Upon examination/palpation of your patient's sacrum, you detect a RRROA. What is the
correct contact point for correction of this restriction using the side posture set up taught in
lab? - CORRECT ANSWER R-pisiform/hypothenar
When a patient has contraindications to HVLA adjusting/manipulation, you may still be able
to mobilize the joint. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER T
How should the right sacral base move during right sacroiliac flexion? - CORRECT
ANSWER anterior-inferior
How should the left ilium move during left sacroiliac extension? - CORRECT
ANSWER anterior-superior
During lumbosacral extension, the sacral base should glide _________. - CORRECT
ANSWER anterior-inferior
, When performing an HVLA adjustment, you must breech the ________ - CORRECT
ANSWER physiologic and elastic barriers
Mobilization occurs between which two barriers? - CORRECT ANSWER physiologic
and elastic
The adjustment occurs in the ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER paraphysiological
space
What does FAP stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Fundamental Assessment
Procedures
When observing Flexion, Extension, AND Rotation using FAP, it is important that the patient
___________ during ALL of these motions. - CORRECT ANSWER be barefoot
Which of the following are NOT among the most common reactions to adjustive therapy
(according to the study referenced in your text and the notes)? - CORRECT
ANSWER radiating numbness
Forceful manipulation is contraindicated in patients with ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER Clotting disorders
Osteoporosis
Which of the following conditions require referral to a vascular surgeon? - CORRECT
ANSWER Aneurysm
Conditions that have the potential to contraindicate manual adjusting depending on the
severity/stage of the condition are called _______. - CORRECT ANSWER Relative
contraindications
CORRECT ANSWERS
The midterm practical exam is worth ____ of your total course grade. - CORRECT
ANSWER 20%
Your skills check average (the combined grade of all of your skills checks) is worth ____ of
your total course grade - CORRECT ANSWER 15%
The final practical exam is worth ____ of your total course grade. - CORRECT
ANSWER 15%
This course is worth a total of ____credit hours and lecture is one hour on campus and one
hour online. - CORRECT ANSWER 3
Quizzes are worth ____ of your total course grade. - CORRECT ANSWER 10%
When you find a RRR T6, you would expect to feel more joint restriction when palpating
________ on the spinous process. - CORRECT ANSWER right to left
When should you pull your patient off of their shoulder (the one contacting the table)? -
CORRECT ANSWER After you set the pelvis
When setting up a patient for a side posture adjustment, it is important to position your
patient _________. - CORRECT ANSWER Approximately 3 inches from the front
edge of the table
When you set up to adjust an AGR L-Ilium, the patient should be in _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER RSP
What does LRR stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Left rotation restriction
,When setting up a patient in side posture as taught in AAT1, how should you set the pelvis? -
CORRECT ANSWER You should let the patients' leg slide across your thigh as you
rotate their pelvis anteriorly preventing abduction and adduction of the patient's hip.
When your patient is in LSP, they are laying on their ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER left side
When you set up to adjust an anterior glide restriction of the R-Ilium, the patient should be in
_____. - CORRECT ANSWER LSP
What does the P stand for in the acronym PART that is used to document medical necessity? -
CORRECT ANSWER pain
How should the right sacral base move during right sacroiliac extension? - CORRECT
ANSWER posterior-superior
Upon examination/palpation of your patient's sacrum, you detect a RRROA. What is the
correct contact point for correction of this restriction using the side posture set up taught in
lab? - CORRECT ANSWER R-pisiform/hypothenar
When a patient has contraindications to HVLA adjusting/manipulation, you may still be able
to mobilize the joint. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER T
How should the right sacral base move during right sacroiliac flexion? - CORRECT
ANSWER anterior-inferior
How should the left ilium move during left sacroiliac extension? - CORRECT
ANSWER anterior-superior
During lumbosacral extension, the sacral base should glide _________. - CORRECT
ANSWER anterior-inferior
, When performing an HVLA adjustment, you must breech the ________ - CORRECT
ANSWER physiologic and elastic barriers
Mobilization occurs between which two barriers? - CORRECT ANSWER physiologic
and elastic
The adjustment occurs in the ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER paraphysiological
space
What does FAP stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Fundamental Assessment
Procedures
When observing Flexion, Extension, AND Rotation using FAP, it is important that the patient
___________ during ALL of these motions. - CORRECT ANSWER be barefoot
Which of the following are NOT among the most common reactions to adjustive therapy
(according to the study referenced in your text and the notes)? - CORRECT
ANSWER radiating numbness
Forceful manipulation is contraindicated in patients with ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER Clotting disorders
Osteoporosis
Which of the following conditions require referral to a vascular surgeon? - CORRECT
ANSWER Aneurysm
Conditions that have the potential to contraindicate manual adjusting depending on the
severity/stage of the condition are called _______. - CORRECT ANSWER Relative
contraindications
