ATP Exam Practice Questions & Answers -Seating
Systems
Which of the following is a primary goal of seating intervention?
a. to improve socialization skills
b. permanently correct deformities
c. to maximize a person's ability to function in activities
d. to provide mobility ✔️Ans - C
The following is a key element of a mat assessment:
a. evaluation of the client's orthopedic factors
b. evaluation of the client's communication skills
c. establishment of the client's goals
d. establishment of the client's esthetic preferences ✔️Ans - A
A deformity which can be reduced or completely corrected with externally
applied pressure is:
a. malleable deformity
b. fixed deformity
c. changeable deformity
d. flexible deformity ✔️Ans - D
An appropriate seating system may be able to:
a. bring world peace
b. create deformities
c. make activities of daily living more difficult
d. enhance respiratory function ✔️Ans - D
Certain legal jurisdictions have legislations that regulate the use of
__________with individuals residing in institutional settings.
a. head supports
b. restraints
c. wheelchairs
d. custom cushions ✔️Ans - B
Knowing who is available to assist the client with the seating system is
important when considering the following aspects of the system:
a. color, size, & weight of the system
, b. height, width, depth of the system
c. weight, complexity, & maintenance of the system
d. durability of the system ✔️Ans - C
The type of force that is exerted on the tissues in the buttock when a seat
back is reclined.
a. tension
b. compression
c. shearing
d. pressure ✔️Ans - C
The __________ is the horizontal component of the center of gravity that is
able to be measured clinically to help design seating systems.
a. center of compression
b. center of pressure
c. center of shearing
d. base of support ✔️Ans - B
____________________ facilitates _____________________
a. proximal control, distal stabilization
b. proximal stabilization, distal control
c. distal stabilization, proximal control
d. distal control, proximal stabilization ✔️Ans - B
The ___________ is the key point of control & its position affects the posture
of the rest of the body.
a. head
b. trunk
c. pelvis
d. buttock ✔️Ans - C
Pelvic obliquity refers to a position with
a. one side of the pelvis higher than the other
b. one side of the pelvis more forward than the other
c. a level pelvis
d. posterior pelvic tilt ✔️Ans - A
A windswept hip deformity describes a position with
a. both hips adducted
Systems
Which of the following is a primary goal of seating intervention?
a. to improve socialization skills
b. permanently correct deformities
c. to maximize a person's ability to function in activities
d. to provide mobility ✔️Ans - C
The following is a key element of a mat assessment:
a. evaluation of the client's orthopedic factors
b. evaluation of the client's communication skills
c. establishment of the client's goals
d. establishment of the client's esthetic preferences ✔️Ans - A
A deformity which can be reduced or completely corrected with externally
applied pressure is:
a. malleable deformity
b. fixed deformity
c. changeable deformity
d. flexible deformity ✔️Ans - D
An appropriate seating system may be able to:
a. bring world peace
b. create deformities
c. make activities of daily living more difficult
d. enhance respiratory function ✔️Ans - D
Certain legal jurisdictions have legislations that regulate the use of
__________with individuals residing in institutional settings.
a. head supports
b. restraints
c. wheelchairs
d. custom cushions ✔️Ans - B
Knowing who is available to assist the client with the seating system is
important when considering the following aspects of the system:
a. color, size, & weight of the system
, b. height, width, depth of the system
c. weight, complexity, & maintenance of the system
d. durability of the system ✔️Ans - C
The type of force that is exerted on the tissues in the buttock when a seat
back is reclined.
a. tension
b. compression
c. shearing
d. pressure ✔️Ans - C
The __________ is the horizontal component of the center of gravity that is
able to be measured clinically to help design seating systems.
a. center of compression
b. center of pressure
c. center of shearing
d. base of support ✔️Ans - B
____________________ facilitates _____________________
a. proximal control, distal stabilization
b. proximal stabilization, distal control
c. distal stabilization, proximal control
d. distal control, proximal stabilization ✔️Ans - B
The ___________ is the key point of control & its position affects the posture
of the rest of the body.
a. head
b. trunk
c. pelvis
d. buttock ✔️Ans - C
Pelvic obliquity refers to a position with
a. one side of the pelvis higher than the other
b. one side of the pelvis more forward than the other
c. a level pelvis
d. posterior pelvic tilt ✔️Ans - A
A windswept hip deformity describes a position with
a. both hips adducted
