BODY MECHANICS TEST UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

BODY MECHANICS TEST UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Where should a patient's feet be placed while in a wheelchair?
Answer:
On the footrests

Question:
2. When carrying a heavy object, where should you hold the object?
Answer:
Close to your body

Question:
3. Which of the following is true of body mechanics?
Answer:
Muscles are most productive when they are used correctly.

Question:
4. Always bend at your ____.
Answer:
hips and knees

Question:
5. Why are side rails and safety straps considered restraints?
Answer:
They prevent a patient from moving freely

Question:
6. Which of the following is a safe use of a hospital bed?
Answer:
Check that side rails are secure and sturdy.

Question:
7. What should a health care worker do before transferring a patient to a wheelchair?
Answer:
Make sure both wheels are locked

Question:
8. Which of these is safe use of a stretcher?
Answer:
Keep the side rails up when transporting the patient on a stretcher

Question:
9. What is the most common type of injury experienced by health care workers?

, Answer:
Back injury

Question:
10. What is body mechanics?
Answer:
Moving and positioning the body in ways that prevent injury

Question:
11. What is the best way to push an object?
Answer:
By leaning into the object with your body weight

Question:
12. Which muscles are the strongest in your body?
Answer:
Leg muscles

Question:
13. Which of the following is NOT a safe use of a wheelchair?
Answer:
Push the wheelchair forward when going down a ramp.

Question:
14. Which of these patients can be moved safely with a transfer belt?
Answer:
An elderly stroke patient

Question:
15. Where should transfer belts be positioned?
Answer:
Around the waist, over the clothing

Question:
16. What should the health care worker do if a patient shows signs of orthostatic hypotension while sitting
in the dangling position?
Answer:
Help the patient to lie down

Question:
17. Which of the following does NOT increase a patient's risk of developing pressure ulcers?
Answer:
Regular turning

Question:
18. In which stage does the pressure ulcer crack, peel, or blister?