BOC Domain 2 Questions
and Answers
What are signs and symptoms for a patient with heat-related muscle cramps in the
legs?
✓~ Muscle cramps come and go, patient is tired and dehydrated
Which of the following is a part of a patient's initial history?
✓~ Family history of illness/injury, social habits, demographic information, and chief
complaint
What are the signs an athletic trainer would look for when determining the presence
of pain?
✓~ Patient sighs or rubs the area
Which of the following is an open-ended question?
✓~ What happened and how did it happen?
A patient complains of referred pain over the posterior gluteal area. What muscle can
refer this type of pain?
,✓~ Gluteus medius and maximus
A shoulder inpingement syndrome in which the supraspinatus muscle is involved is
most likely to have occurred in which of the following sports?
✓~ Volleyball
How is girth best determined when measuring the girth of an ankle?
✓~ Measure the girth using a figure-8 technique
When using a bimanual technique for palpation, what is the depth used?
✓~ 4 cm (1.57 in)
Which tests should be used to diagnose a high ankle sprain?
✓~ The squeeze test, Cotton test, external-rotation test, and fibular translation test
What structures does an aponeurosis correct?
✓~ Muscle to muscle
Which skin problem involves lesions around the lips?
✓~ Herpes labialis
, The PPE reveals that a patient has a history of neurapaxia (stinger). Which best
describes the criteria used to clear this patient for participation in athletic activities?
✓~ Full ROM, pain free, and full strength
What is the clinical presentation for herpes gladiatorum?
✓~ Vesicles, some of which may be ruptures on an erythematous base
Which mechanism of injury best describes an inversion ankle sprain?
✓~ Tensioning force
A patient shows a low pH reading on a dipstick urinalysis. What condition might this
patient have?
✓~ Diabetic ketoacidosis
Which best describes how to close a laceration using adhesive skin tape?
✓~ Apply the first adhesive skin tape at the middle of the wound from the bottom to the
top, ensuring the edges approximate together. Next, apply an adhesive skin tape to the left
of the first from bottom to top, approximating edges. Apply a third adhesive skin tape to the
right of the middle tape from bottom to top, again approximating edges. Alternate sides until
the wound is entirely closed
What is the immediate care of a patient who has been bitten by a neurotaxic snake?
and Answers
What are signs and symptoms for a patient with heat-related muscle cramps in the
legs?
✓~ Muscle cramps come and go, patient is tired and dehydrated
Which of the following is a part of a patient's initial history?
✓~ Family history of illness/injury, social habits, demographic information, and chief
complaint
What are the signs an athletic trainer would look for when determining the presence
of pain?
✓~ Patient sighs or rubs the area
Which of the following is an open-ended question?
✓~ What happened and how did it happen?
A patient complains of referred pain over the posterior gluteal area. What muscle can
refer this type of pain?
,✓~ Gluteus medius and maximus
A shoulder inpingement syndrome in which the supraspinatus muscle is involved is
most likely to have occurred in which of the following sports?
✓~ Volleyball
How is girth best determined when measuring the girth of an ankle?
✓~ Measure the girth using a figure-8 technique
When using a bimanual technique for palpation, what is the depth used?
✓~ 4 cm (1.57 in)
Which tests should be used to diagnose a high ankle sprain?
✓~ The squeeze test, Cotton test, external-rotation test, and fibular translation test
What structures does an aponeurosis correct?
✓~ Muscle to muscle
Which skin problem involves lesions around the lips?
✓~ Herpes labialis
, The PPE reveals that a patient has a history of neurapaxia (stinger). Which best
describes the criteria used to clear this patient for participation in athletic activities?
✓~ Full ROM, pain free, and full strength
What is the clinical presentation for herpes gladiatorum?
✓~ Vesicles, some of which may be ruptures on an erythematous base
Which mechanism of injury best describes an inversion ankle sprain?
✓~ Tensioning force
A patient shows a low pH reading on a dipstick urinalysis. What condition might this
patient have?
✓~ Diabetic ketoacidosis
Which best describes how to close a laceration using adhesive skin tape?
✓~ Apply the first adhesive skin tape at the middle of the wound from the bottom to the
top, ensuring the edges approximate together. Next, apply an adhesive skin tape to the left
of the first from bottom to top, approximating edges. Apply a third adhesive skin tape to the
right of the middle tape from bottom to top, again approximating edges. Alternate sides until
the wound is entirely closed
What is the immediate care of a patient who has been bitten by a neurotaxic snake?
