Sports Medicine CTE Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What's the top number in blood pressure? - Correct answers✔✔Systolic: when the heart
contracts
What's the bottom number in blood pressure? - Correct answers✔✔Diastolic: when the heart
relaxes
What are the parts of the Axial skeleton? - Correct answers✔✔Skull, ossicles, hyoid bone,
mandible, maxilla, ribcage, vertebral column, sternum.
What are the parts of the Appendicular skeleton? - Correct answers✔✔Shoulder girdle, arms,
hands, pelvic girdle, legs, feet.
How do you take axillary temperature? - Correct answers✔✔Dry the armpit, put the bulb of the
thermometer in the middle of the armpit, hold for 4-5 mins, a fever is anything above a 99F.
When do you empty a sharps container? - Correct answers✔✔When it's 3/4 of the way full.
How long should frictional handwashing last? - Correct answers✔✔20 seconds.
Why do you use a paper towel to open doors and turn off skinks after washing your hands? -
Correct answers✔✔To prevent further contamination/
How should you tape the wrist for hyperextension? - Correct answers✔✔With the wrist slightly
flexed.
, When taping for elbow hyperextension how many degrees of flexion should the elbow be at? -
Correct answers✔✔10 degrees of flexion.
What is the first thing that you do when you encounter a blood spill? - Correct answers✔✔Put on
gloves.
How do you release medical information? - Correct answers✔✔Have written consent, for those
who are under 18 have a parent sign a release form, for those over 18 they can sign their own
release forms.
What exercises should be done when recovering from an ankle injury? - Correct answers✔✔Calf
raises, jogging, sprinting, cutting.
How do you return an athlete to sport after a concussion? - Correct answers✔✔Cleared by a
physician, symptom free, pass Glasgow coma scale. With progressive return to sport: complete
rest, light aerobic activity, sport specific training, non-contact drills, full contact training, game
play.
What do you do when a male ATC is asked to treat a female patient? - Correct answers✔✔Have
a woman in the room with them or be in an open area with other people.
What is the name of the cartilage on the end (epiphysis) of a long bone? - Correct
answers✔✔Articular cartilage.
What are the tests for ankle fractures? - Correct answers✔✔Bump test and compression test.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What's the top number in blood pressure? - Correct answers✔✔Systolic: when the heart
contracts
What's the bottom number in blood pressure? - Correct answers✔✔Diastolic: when the heart
relaxes
What are the parts of the Axial skeleton? - Correct answers✔✔Skull, ossicles, hyoid bone,
mandible, maxilla, ribcage, vertebral column, sternum.
What are the parts of the Appendicular skeleton? - Correct answers✔✔Shoulder girdle, arms,
hands, pelvic girdle, legs, feet.
How do you take axillary temperature? - Correct answers✔✔Dry the armpit, put the bulb of the
thermometer in the middle of the armpit, hold for 4-5 mins, a fever is anything above a 99F.
When do you empty a sharps container? - Correct answers✔✔When it's 3/4 of the way full.
How long should frictional handwashing last? - Correct answers✔✔20 seconds.
Why do you use a paper towel to open doors and turn off skinks after washing your hands? -
Correct answers✔✔To prevent further contamination/
How should you tape the wrist for hyperextension? - Correct answers✔✔With the wrist slightly
flexed.
, When taping for elbow hyperextension how many degrees of flexion should the elbow be at? -
Correct answers✔✔10 degrees of flexion.
What is the first thing that you do when you encounter a blood spill? - Correct answers✔✔Put on
gloves.
How do you release medical information? - Correct answers✔✔Have written consent, for those
who are under 18 have a parent sign a release form, for those over 18 they can sign their own
release forms.
What exercises should be done when recovering from an ankle injury? - Correct answers✔✔Calf
raises, jogging, sprinting, cutting.
How do you return an athlete to sport after a concussion? - Correct answers✔✔Cleared by a
physician, symptom free, pass Glasgow coma scale. With progressive return to sport: complete
rest, light aerobic activity, sport specific training, non-contact drills, full contact training, game
play.
What do you do when a male ATC is asked to treat a female patient? - Correct answers✔✔Have
a woman in the room with them or be in an open area with other people.
What is the name of the cartilage on the end (epiphysis) of a long bone? - Correct
answers✔✔Articular cartilage.
What are the tests for ankle fractures? - Correct answers✔✔Bump test and compression test.
