NY STATE EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

1. Which stroke is best for Spastic Paralysis? a. tapotement b. friction c. effleurage correct answer: c. effleurage 2. Which carpal is palpated at the medial end of the wrist crease? a. scaphoid b. pisiform c. trapezium correct answer: b. pisiform 3. What action does Psoas Major, Biceps Femoris, and Popliteus have in common? a. flexion b. extension c. abduction d. adduction correct answer: a. flexion 4. Where does the short head of Biceps Brachii attach? a. coracoid process b. coronoid process c. acromion process correct answer: a. coracoid process 5. To treat Edema in the lower extremity, one would work in which direction? (NOT direction of stroke) which segment do you work first? (when they talk about direction they use the word centripetal) a. distal to proximal b. proximal to distal c. medial to lateral d. lateral to medial correct answer: b. proximal to distal 6. What is the best stroke for treating Varicose Ulcers? a. deep effleurage b. finger kneading from the edge of the wound towards the periphery c. finger kneading from the periphery in towards the edge of the wound correct answer: c. finger kneading from the periphery in towards the edge of the wound 7. If you contract Tibialis Anterior and Tibialis Posterior together, what would be the action? a. inversion b. eversion c. plantarflexion d. dorsiflexion correct answer: a. inversion 8. Which route does the bolus follow? a. pyloric sphicnter/ iliocecal valve / anus b. esophagus / stomach / pyloric valve correct answer: b. esophagus / stomach / pyloric valve 9. What does bile break down? a. fats b. proteins c. carbohydrates correct answer: a. fats 10. Which initiates the sliding of the filaments in muscle contraction? a. amino acids b. sodium ions c. potassium ions d. calcium ions correct answer: d. calcium ions 11. According to New York State law, where do you keep your advertising records? a. in your files (for a year) b. at the New York State Board of Massage c. there's no reason to keep advertising records correct answer: a. in your files (for a year) 12. What can you legally do as far as limiting your practice is concerned? a. massage only children b. massage only women c. massage only the elderly d. all of the above (as long as you are consistent) correct answer: d. all of the above (as long as you are consistent) 13. Which is deep to Gastrocnemius, and a stronger plantarflexor? a. popliteus b. soleus c. tibialis anterior d. plantaris correct answer: b. soleus 14. What is the lid of the Yin organs? a. liver b. lung c. spleen d. kidney correct answer: b. lung 15. Which controls Wei Qi? a. lung b. spleen c. bladder d. triple energizer correct answer: a. lung 16. Which best describes Yin organs? a. solid and storing b. solid and excreting c. hollow and storing d. hollow and excreting correct answer: a. solid and storing 17. Which meridian goes through the anterior portion of Vastus Medialis? a. liver b. spleen c. kidney d. stomach correct answer: b. spleen 18. The retinaculum and the ITB are examples of which? a. muscles b. tendons c. fascia correct answer: c. fascia 19. Which muscles does the Lung meridian run through? a. triceps and brachioradialis b. pectoralis major and biceps brachii correct answer: b. pectoralis major and biceps brachii 20. If you friction the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, which muscle would you be addressing? a. pronator teres b. flexor carpi ulnaris c. extensor carpi radialis brevis correct answer: c. extensor carpi radialis brevis 21. Which muscle supinates? a. biceps brachii b. brachialis c. triceps brachii correct answer: a. biceps brachii 22. Which muscle is most superior on the axilary border of the scapula? a. teres major b. teres minor c. serratus anterior correct answer: b. teres minor 23. Which muscle best counteracts posturally round shoulders? a. pec minor b. rhomboids c. ant. deltoid d. infraspinatus correct answer: b. rhomboids 24. Where do fight or flight impulses come from in the vertebral column? a. thoracolumbar b. craniosacral c. cervical correct answer: a. thoracolumbar 25. Stimulation of the musculocutaneous nerve causes which action? a. flexion of elbow b. extension of elbow c. dorsiflexion of ankle correct answer: a. flexion of elbow 26. A runner has pain in his hip and knee when flexing and extending the thigh (when running). Which muscle is involved? a. rectus femoris b. gastrocnemius c. vastus medialis d. vastus lateralis correct answer: a. rectus femoris