# Massage Therapy Board Examination Questions and Answers
Hawaii MBLEx Massage Therapy Exam
Prep 2025–2026: Complete Practice
Review & Updated Answers
1. **The basic unit of structure of bones is the:**
- (a) compact bones
- (b) periosteum
- (c) spongy bones
- (d) osteon
- **Answer: (d) Osteon**
2. **Which cranial nerve controls the shoulder?**
- (a) vagus
- (b) trigeminal
- (c) accessory
- (d) abducens
- **Answer: (c) Accessory**
3. **Your client is lying in the supine position and complains of lower back pain. What do
you do?**
- (a) stop the massage
- (b) turn him on his side
- (c) ask him to relax
- (d) place a pillow under his knee
, - **Answer: (d) Place a pillow under his knee**
4. **Which nerve controls the heart and lungs?**
- (a) optic
- (b) abducens
- (c) vagus
- (d) sciatic
- **Answer: (c) Vagus**
5. **If your client has HIV, under which circumstances can you refuse treatment?**
- (a) when your client thinks he is infected
- (b) when you are afraid of being infected
- (c) only when your client admits he is infected
- (d) none of the above
- **Answer: (d) none of the above**
6. **Which body cavity contains the heart and lungs?**
- (a) thoracic
- (b) pleural
- (c) pelvic
- (d) dorsal
- **Answer: (a) thoracic**
7. **What term means the condition of the blood?**
- (a) itis
- (b) cry
- (c) oma
, - (d) emia
- **Answer: (d) emia**
8. **The suffix “ase” normally indicates a:**
- (a) sugar
- (b) enzyme
- (c) carbohydrate
- (d) abnormal condition
- **Answer: (b) enzyme**
9. **Which of the following may lead to the revocation of your license?**
- (a) opening 24 hours without approval
- (b) not closing the premises for repairs
- (c) abandoning the premises
- (d) having too many therapists on duty
- **Answer: (c) abandoning the premises**
10. **Which term indicates the use of ice?**
- (a) post
- (b) circum
- (c) anti
- (d) cry
- **Answer: (d) cry**
11. **Which bone connects the tibia, fibula, and the navicular?**
- (a) phalanges
- (b) digitalis
, - (c) talus
- (d) calcaneus
- **Answer: (c) talus**
12. **If a therapist contracts his/her arm muscles, the manipulation is called:**
- (a) petrissage
- (b) compression
- (c) tapotement
- (d) friction
- **Answer: (a) petrissage**
13. **The origin of the Sartorius muscle is:**
- (a) femur
- (b) ilium
- (c) ischium
- (d) pubis
- **Answer: (b) ilium**
14. **Which muscle is involved in the plantar-flexion of the foot?**
- (a) pectineus
- (b) gastrocnemius
- (c) gracilis
- (d) tibialis anterior
- **Answer: (b) gastrocnemius**
15. **Which is a muscle of the leg?**
- (a) pectoralis
Hawaii MBLEx Massage Therapy Exam
Prep 2025–2026: Complete Practice
Review & Updated Answers
1. **The basic unit of structure of bones is the:**
- (a) compact bones
- (b) periosteum
- (c) spongy bones
- (d) osteon
- **Answer: (d) Osteon**
2. **Which cranial nerve controls the shoulder?**
- (a) vagus
- (b) trigeminal
- (c) accessory
- (d) abducens
- **Answer: (c) Accessory**
3. **Your client is lying in the supine position and complains of lower back pain. What do
you do?**
- (a) stop the massage
- (b) turn him on his side
- (c) ask him to relax
- (d) place a pillow under his knee
, - **Answer: (d) Place a pillow under his knee**
4. **Which nerve controls the heart and lungs?**
- (a) optic
- (b) abducens
- (c) vagus
- (d) sciatic
- **Answer: (c) Vagus**
5. **If your client has HIV, under which circumstances can you refuse treatment?**
- (a) when your client thinks he is infected
- (b) when you are afraid of being infected
- (c) only when your client admits he is infected
- (d) none of the above
- **Answer: (d) none of the above**
6. **Which body cavity contains the heart and lungs?**
- (a) thoracic
- (b) pleural
- (c) pelvic
- (d) dorsal
- **Answer: (a) thoracic**
7. **What term means the condition of the blood?**
- (a) itis
- (b) cry
- (c) oma
, - (d) emia
- **Answer: (d) emia**
8. **The suffix “ase” normally indicates a:**
- (a) sugar
- (b) enzyme
- (c) carbohydrate
- (d) abnormal condition
- **Answer: (b) enzyme**
9. **Which of the following may lead to the revocation of your license?**
- (a) opening 24 hours without approval
- (b) not closing the premises for repairs
- (c) abandoning the premises
- (d) having too many therapists on duty
- **Answer: (c) abandoning the premises**
10. **Which term indicates the use of ice?**
- (a) post
- (b) circum
- (c) anti
- (d) cry
- **Answer: (d) cry**
11. **Which bone connects the tibia, fibula, and the navicular?**
- (a) phalanges
- (b) digitalis
, - (c) talus
- (d) calcaneus
- **Answer: (c) talus**
12. **If a therapist contracts his/her arm muscles, the manipulation is called:**
- (a) petrissage
- (b) compression
- (c) tapotement
- (d) friction
- **Answer: (a) petrissage**
13. **The origin of the Sartorius muscle is:**
- (a) femur
- (b) ilium
- (c) ischium
- (d) pubis
- **Answer: (b) ilium**
14. **Which muscle is involved in the plantar-flexion of the foot?**
- (a) pectineus
- (b) gastrocnemius
- (c) gracilis
- (d) tibialis anterior
- **Answer: (b) gastrocnemius**
15. **Which is a muscle of the leg?**
- (a) pectoralis
