NBCOT Practice Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
An OT is preparing to evaluate a toddler who has upper extremity orthopedic concerns. How will
the OT MOST likely obtain the majority of initial assessment data?
A. Measurement tools that assess visual-motor skills
B. Dynamometer and pinch meter readings.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
D. Functional independence measures.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
Through observation of the child during child-care center activities, the OT can collect information about
the child's motor performance skills and participation in activities that require upper extremity/hand
skill. Naturalistic observation is a method of ecological assessment, which is "a primary mechanism for
obtaining data relevant to the child's performance context..... Skilled observation of child performing a
functional task offers..... important information about the child's performance". Answers A, B, ad D are all
appropriate choices after the child is old enough for these assessments.
During an initial evaluation, the OT suspects that a child has somatodyspraxia. In what area should
the OT focus the evaluation?
A. Ability to print or write.
B. Reading competency.
C. Math calculations.
D. New motor task planning.
D. New motor task planning.
"Somatodyspraxia is described as a deficit in learning new motor skills, planning new motor actions, and
generalizing motor plans." Inability to print or write (answer A) is termed "dysgraphia." The term
"dyslexia" (answer B) means dysfunction in reading. Inability to perform mathematics (answer C) is
known as "dyscalculia"
An OT working in a long-term care facility needs to evaluate the long-term memory of a resident.
Which of the following methods is BEST for evaluating memory or personally experienced events
(declarative memory)?
,NBCOT Practice Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
A. Show the person a series of objects and ask him to recall the objects within 60 seconds.
B. Ask the individual how he spent New Year's/
C. Have the individual state the place, date, and time.
D. Ask the client to remember to bring a specific item to the next therapy session
B Ask the individual how he spent New Year's
"Declarative memory is one aspect of long term memory and includes conscious memory for events,
knowledge or facts". It is commonly assessed through verbal interviews and informal testing such as
asking a question about an individual's recall of personal events (answer B). Working memory refers to
"the temporary storage of inforamtion while one is working with it or attending to it" (answer A).
"Prospective memory involves the ability to remember intentions or activities that will be required in the
future" (answer D). Knowing the date, place, and time is indicative of orientation (answer C).
A child avoids playground equipment that requires her feet to be off the ground. What does this
behavior MOST likely indicate?
A. Difficulty modulating proprioception.
B. Somatodyspraxia
C. Gravitational insecurity
D. Bilateral integration/sequencing deficit.
C. Gravitational insecurity.
Gravitational insecurity is described as "fear response to movement". The child easily experiences a fear
of falling and prefers to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Tactile defensiveness (answer A) is a term
used to describe discomfort with various textures and with unexpected touch. Somatodyspraxia (answer
B) has is "foundation in somatosensory (e.g. primarily tactile but also proprioceptive) discrimination
deficits, which interfere with the development of body scheme and awareness". Bilateral integration and
sequencing deficits are related to "poor vestibular-propioceptive discrimination, which interferes with
the ability to coordinate, sequence, and execute motor actions quickly and efficiently".
When the OT suspects tactile defensiveness as a rationale for a child's challenges, in what area of
participation should the OT focus on FIRST?
A. Play behavior
B. Dressing habits
C. Social skills
D. Leisure interests
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B. Dressing habits
Children with tactile defensiveness are "bothered by tactile aspects of daily living activities.... specific
types of clothing.... specific textures materials". The child may be bothered by certain textures or avoid
wearing turtlenecks, socks, or shoes. Conversely, some children may never take off their shoes to avoid
tactile stimulation. Play behavior (answer A), social skills (answer C), and the choice of hobbies (answer
D) could be affected secondarily, as a result of intolerance to certain textures or human touch.
Knowledge of the child's dressing habits will give the OT key information at the start of the evaluation
process.
An OT is working with an individual with schizophrenia who is in the process of preparing to move
from a state hospital to a group home. During a baking group, the client becomes agitated and
leaves the room when another client uses the electric hand mixer to mix the cake batter, and
again when two clients begin to argue loudly about which type of icing to use. How would the OT
BEST describe the behavior?
A. Low registration
B. Sensory avoiding
C. Sensation seeking
D. A hearing impairment
B. Sensory avoiding
The individual's actions are indicative of sensor avoiding behavior, characterized by a low threshold to
stimuli perceived as noxious, followed by an active response such as leaving the room. Individuals with
sensory avoiding behavior may "become distressed in situations in which they cannot control the
environment" and "do well in low stimulus situation or settings that others find dull". An individual with
low registration (answer A), sensory seeking behavior (answer C), or a hearing impairment (answer D)
would not have difficult with the auditory stimulation caused by the roar of the mixer or loud voices.
During a self-care evaluation of an individual who recently sustained a brain injury, the OT
instructs the individual to comb his hair immediately after he washes his face. The individual
washes his face quickly, but then the therapist must give him several reminders to comb his hair.
The OT is MOST likely to identify this as a deficit in what area?
A. Working memory
B. Judgment
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C. Hearing
D. Abstraction
A. Working memory
"Working memory is the temporary storage of information while one is working with it or attending to it. It
includes the ability to recall information immediately after exposure. It allows one to focus conscious
attention and keeps track of information as one is performing an activity". This individual's inability to
comb is hair without reminders suggests a deficit in working memory (answer A). Judgment (answer B),
the ability to make realistic and safe decisions based on available environmental information, would not
be needed for this task. Because the person performed the first request, hearing (answer C) would seem
to be intact. Abstraction (answer D) is the ability to extrapolate information from an idea to generalize to
another situation and would not be needed to follow this direction.
A supermarket employee with obsessive-compulsive disorder takes an hour to stock 24 soup
cans on the shelf because once he has placed the cans on the shelf, he removes them and starts
over, stating that "all labels were not lines up exactly in the same direction." Which of the
following methods would MOST effectively evaluate the individual's work performance?
A. On-site observation of performance skills
B. Formal cognitive assessment
C. Verbal interview focusing on the requirements of the job
D. Task evaluation using a "clean" medium such as a puzzle
that is right
A. On-site observation of performance skills
An OT has been working with an individual who is recovering from a TBI. A standard pivot transfer
has been successfully demonstrated in the gym. The MOST appropriate way to assess
generalization of this new learning would be to have the patient perform which activity?
A. Identify potential hazards in the patient's bathrooms that could make transfers unsafe
B. Select an appropriate tub bench and nonskid mat for the patient's bathroom at home
C. Attempt a standard pivot transfer from wheelchair to bed in the patient's hospital room
D. Attempt a sliding board transfer from wheelchair to tub
C. Attempt a standard pivot transfer from wheelchair to bed in the patient's hospital room
An OT is working with an individual with depression who is cognitively intact but demonstrating
difficulty carrying out self-care and other ADL tasks. The OT, who has no advanced certifications,
An OT is preparing to evaluate a toddler who has upper extremity orthopedic concerns. How will
the OT MOST likely obtain the majority of initial assessment data?
A. Measurement tools that assess visual-motor skills
B. Dynamometer and pinch meter readings.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
D. Functional independence measures.
C. Observation of child during activities in the child-care center.
Through observation of the child during child-care center activities, the OT can collect information about
the child's motor performance skills and participation in activities that require upper extremity/hand
skill. Naturalistic observation is a method of ecological assessment, which is "a primary mechanism for
obtaining data relevant to the child's performance context..... Skilled observation of child performing a
functional task offers..... important information about the child's performance". Answers A, B, ad D are all
appropriate choices after the child is old enough for these assessments.
During an initial evaluation, the OT suspects that a child has somatodyspraxia. In what area should
the OT focus the evaluation?
A. Ability to print or write.
B. Reading competency.
C. Math calculations.
D. New motor task planning.
D. New motor task planning.
"Somatodyspraxia is described as a deficit in learning new motor skills, planning new motor actions, and
generalizing motor plans." Inability to print or write (answer A) is termed "dysgraphia." The term
"dyslexia" (answer B) means dysfunction in reading. Inability to perform mathematics (answer C) is
known as "dyscalculia"
An OT working in a long-term care facility needs to evaluate the long-term memory of a resident.
Which of the following methods is BEST for evaluating memory or personally experienced events
(declarative memory)?
,NBCOT Practice Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
A. Show the person a series of objects and ask him to recall the objects within 60 seconds.
B. Ask the individual how he spent New Year's/
C. Have the individual state the place, date, and time.
D. Ask the client to remember to bring a specific item to the next therapy session
B Ask the individual how he spent New Year's
"Declarative memory is one aspect of long term memory and includes conscious memory for events,
knowledge or facts". It is commonly assessed through verbal interviews and informal testing such as
asking a question about an individual's recall of personal events (answer B). Working memory refers to
"the temporary storage of inforamtion while one is working with it or attending to it" (answer A).
"Prospective memory involves the ability to remember intentions or activities that will be required in the
future" (answer D). Knowing the date, place, and time is indicative of orientation (answer C).
A child avoids playground equipment that requires her feet to be off the ground. What does this
behavior MOST likely indicate?
A. Difficulty modulating proprioception.
B. Somatodyspraxia
C. Gravitational insecurity
D. Bilateral integration/sequencing deficit.
C. Gravitational insecurity.
Gravitational insecurity is described as "fear response to movement". The child easily experiences a fear
of falling and prefers to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Tactile defensiveness (answer A) is a term
used to describe discomfort with various textures and with unexpected touch. Somatodyspraxia (answer
B) has is "foundation in somatosensory (e.g. primarily tactile but also proprioceptive) discrimination
deficits, which interfere with the development of body scheme and awareness". Bilateral integration and
sequencing deficits are related to "poor vestibular-propioceptive discrimination, which interferes with
the ability to coordinate, sequence, and execute motor actions quickly and efficiently".
When the OT suspects tactile defensiveness as a rationale for a child's challenges, in what area of
participation should the OT focus on FIRST?
A. Play behavior
B. Dressing habits
C. Social skills
D. Leisure interests
,NBCOT Practice Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
B. Dressing habits
Children with tactile defensiveness are "bothered by tactile aspects of daily living activities.... specific
types of clothing.... specific textures materials". The child may be bothered by certain textures or avoid
wearing turtlenecks, socks, or shoes. Conversely, some children may never take off their shoes to avoid
tactile stimulation. Play behavior (answer A), social skills (answer C), and the choice of hobbies (answer
D) could be affected secondarily, as a result of intolerance to certain textures or human touch.
Knowledge of the child's dressing habits will give the OT key information at the start of the evaluation
process.
An OT is working with an individual with schizophrenia who is in the process of preparing to move
from a state hospital to a group home. During a baking group, the client becomes agitated and
leaves the room when another client uses the electric hand mixer to mix the cake batter, and
again when two clients begin to argue loudly about which type of icing to use. How would the OT
BEST describe the behavior?
A. Low registration
B. Sensory avoiding
C. Sensation seeking
D. A hearing impairment
B. Sensory avoiding
The individual's actions are indicative of sensor avoiding behavior, characterized by a low threshold to
stimuli perceived as noxious, followed by an active response such as leaving the room. Individuals with
sensory avoiding behavior may "become distressed in situations in which they cannot control the
environment" and "do well in low stimulus situation or settings that others find dull". An individual with
low registration (answer A), sensory seeking behavior (answer C), or a hearing impairment (answer D)
would not have difficult with the auditory stimulation caused by the roar of the mixer or loud voices.
During a self-care evaluation of an individual who recently sustained a brain injury, the OT
instructs the individual to comb his hair immediately after he washes his face. The individual
washes his face quickly, but then the therapist must give him several reminders to comb his hair.
The OT is MOST likely to identify this as a deficit in what area?
A. Working memory
B. Judgment
, NBCOT Practice Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
C. Hearing
D. Abstraction
A. Working memory
"Working memory is the temporary storage of information while one is working with it or attending to it. It
includes the ability to recall information immediately after exposure. It allows one to focus conscious
attention and keeps track of information as one is performing an activity". This individual's inability to
comb is hair without reminders suggests a deficit in working memory (answer A). Judgment (answer B),
the ability to make realistic and safe decisions based on available environmental information, would not
be needed for this task. Because the person performed the first request, hearing (answer C) would seem
to be intact. Abstraction (answer D) is the ability to extrapolate information from an idea to generalize to
another situation and would not be needed to follow this direction.
A supermarket employee with obsessive-compulsive disorder takes an hour to stock 24 soup
cans on the shelf because once he has placed the cans on the shelf, he removes them and starts
over, stating that "all labels were not lines up exactly in the same direction." Which of the
following methods would MOST effectively evaluate the individual's work performance?
A. On-site observation of performance skills
B. Formal cognitive assessment
C. Verbal interview focusing on the requirements of the job
D. Task evaluation using a "clean" medium such as a puzzle
that is right
A. On-site observation of performance skills
An OT has been working with an individual who is recovering from a TBI. A standard pivot transfer
has been successfully demonstrated in the gym. The MOST appropriate way to assess
generalization of this new learning would be to have the patient perform which activity?
A. Identify potential hazards in the patient's bathrooms that could make transfers unsafe
B. Select an appropriate tub bench and nonskid mat for the patient's bathroom at home
C. Attempt a standard pivot transfer from wheelchair to bed in the patient's hospital room
D. Attempt a sliding board transfer from wheelchair to tub
C. Attempt a standard pivot transfer from wheelchair to bed in the patient's hospital room
An OT is working with an individual with depression who is cognitively intact but demonstrating
difficulty carrying out self-care and other ADL tasks. The OT, who has no advanced certifications,
