ABCOP Orthotics Written Exam
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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A single gait cycle is defined as the activity that occurs from: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Heel strike on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side
During which phase of gait are the hip extensors most active? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Loading Response
Which muscle most closely duplicates the function of the tibialis anterior? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Extensor Hallucis Longus
Which of the following is often the result of an irregular birth? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Multiple Sclerosis
A patient presents to your office with bossing of the right posterior cranium and
flattening on the left posterior cranium. How would you classify this? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Left posterior brachycephalic
,Which type of scoliosis is most likely the result of a leg length discrepancy? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Nonstructural scoliosis
What is the most appropriate for a median nerve injury at the wrist? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔WHO with thumb post
In addition to the deltoid, the axillary nerve innervates the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Teres
Minor
The axis of rotation of the hip joint is located: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anterior &
Superior to the greater trochanter
The gelatinous center of a spinal disc is the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nucleus Pulposus
Which muscle serves to abduct the phalanges away from the 3rd digit? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Dorsal Interossei
The position of the thoracic facets most easily allows for which movements? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Rotation and Lateral Flexion
Which of the following is NOT true of Sheurmann's kyphosis? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔An LSO to posteriorly tilt the pelvis will improve this condition
,What gait deviation would you primarily expect to see with a tibial nerve lesion? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Uncontrolled tibial advancement in stance phase
What compensatory motion would most likely be seen in an individual with
quadriceps weakness? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Forward trunk lean
Hydrocephalus often accompanies which of the following? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Spina Bifida
The lumbricals function to: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Flex the MCP joints and extend the
PIP joints
What is NOT true of the gluteus maximums - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It functions as an
internal rotator of the hip
Maximum plantarflexion occurs at what phase of gait? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pre
Swing
Which muscle is NOT innervated by the obturator nerve? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Sartorius
What is NOT true of gait? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Initial swing begins at toe off and
continues until the tibia reaches vertical
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, What is the principle to follow when fitting a Milwaukee TLSO? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The loading vector for thoracic and lumbar pads should be anteromedial in
almost all cases
An orthosis for a patient post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction should
primarily control: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anterior displacement of the tibia on the
femur
Which muscle does not act on the wrist: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brachioradialis
You are testing a patient's L3-L5 Myotomes. Which motions do you test? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Knee Extension, Dorsiflexion, & Great toe Extension
A patient comes into your office for an orthosis to prevent glenohumeral
subluxation. What positions should the shoulder be places in? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Abduction and internal rotation
What would a proximal lesion of the musculocutaneous nerve NOT affect? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Brachioradialis
What position is the hip typically in during heel strike? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔30
degrees flexion
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Pass
A single gait cycle is defined as the activity that occurs from: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Heel strike on one side to heel strike on the ipsilateral side
During which phase of gait are the hip extensors most active? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Loading Response
Which muscle most closely duplicates the function of the tibialis anterior? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Extensor Hallucis Longus
Which of the following is often the result of an irregular birth? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Multiple Sclerosis
A patient presents to your office with bossing of the right posterior cranium and
flattening on the left posterior cranium. How would you classify this? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Left posterior brachycephalic
,Which type of scoliosis is most likely the result of a leg length discrepancy? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Nonstructural scoliosis
What is the most appropriate for a median nerve injury at the wrist? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔WHO with thumb post
In addition to the deltoid, the axillary nerve innervates the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Teres
Minor
The axis of rotation of the hip joint is located: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anterior &
Superior to the greater trochanter
The gelatinous center of a spinal disc is the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nucleus Pulposus
Which muscle serves to abduct the phalanges away from the 3rd digit? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Dorsal Interossei
The position of the thoracic facets most easily allows for which movements? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Rotation and Lateral Flexion
Which of the following is NOT true of Sheurmann's kyphosis? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔An LSO to posteriorly tilt the pelvis will improve this condition
,What gait deviation would you primarily expect to see with a tibial nerve lesion? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Uncontrolled tibial advancement in stance phase
What compensatory motion would most likely be seen in an individual with
quadriceps weakness? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Forward trunk lean
Hydrocephalus often accompanies which of the following? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Spina Bifida
The lumbricals function to: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Flex the MCP joints and extend the
PIP joints
What is NOT true of the gluteus maximums - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It functions as an
internal rotator of the hip
Maximum plantarflexion occurs at what phase of gait? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pre
Swing
Which muscle is NOT innervated by the obturator nerve? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Sartorius
What is NOT true of gait? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Initial swing begins at toe off and
continues until the tibia reaches vertical
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, What is the principle to follow when fitting a Milwaukee TLSO? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The loading vector for thoracic and lumbar pads should be anteromedial in
almost all cases
An orthosis for a patient post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction should
primarily control: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anterior displacement of the tibia on the
femur
Which muscle does not act on the wrist: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brachioradialis
You are testing a patient's L3-L5 Myotomes. Which motions do you test? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Knee Extension, Dorsiflexion, & Great toe Extension
A patient comes into your office for an orthosis to prevent glenohumeral
subluxation. What positions should the shoulder be places in? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Abduction and internal rotation
What would a proximal lesion of the musculocutaneous nerve NOT affect? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Brachioradialis
What position is the hip typically in during heel strike? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔30
degrees flexion
