PATH CTRI PRACTICE EXAM |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED
A+ | 2025/2026 GUIDE
If you have a rider that keeps pushing helmet back off their forehead
- correct answer - have them dismount, find a proper fitting helmet, then
restart lesson
What is the safest way to dismount
- correct answer - croup dismount to the ground by themself
Movement away from the midline of the body
- correct answer - abduction
What is something that affects or occurs on both sides of the body
- correct answer - bilateral
A horse comes out tacked up and you notice that the cantle of the
saddle is lower than the pomel. What equipment will fix this
- correct answer - add cantle riser or bump pad
, If you're riding in the arena with another rider and your riding in opposite
directions, how should you pass each other
- correct answer - rider should pass left side to left side
When entering the arena you tell the rider to start tracking right. What
does this mean?
- correct answer - right side (offside) towards the center of the arena; so
turn left when you enter the arena
What is the minimum age that students can be in therapeutic riding
- correct answer - developed to the age of a 4 year old
A horse is brought out prior to a lesson and you are told it is moving
unsound. You determine the horse is lame on its left front leg. What
would you see?
- correct answer - head bobbing up when the left front leg hits the
ground
What are stressors for equines
- correct answer - shift of temperature or weather, being handled by
volunteers with different skill levels, carrying an unbalanced rider, difficult
mounting/dismounting procedure
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED
A+ | 2025/2026 GUIDE
If you have a rider that keeps pushing helmet back off their forehead
- correct answer - have them dismount, find a proper fitting helmet, then
restart lesson
What is the safest way to dismount
- correct answer - croup dismount to the ground by themself
Movement away from the midline of the body
- correct answer - abduction
What is something that affects or occurs on both sides of the body
- correct answer - bilateral
A horse comes out tacked up and you notice that the cantle of the
saddle is lower than the pomel. What equipment will fix this
- correct answer - add cantle riser or bump pad
, If you're riding in the arena with another rider and your riding in opposite
directions, how should you pass each other
- correct answer - rider should pass left side to left side
When entering the arena you tell the rider to start tracking right. What
does this mean?
- correct answer - right side (offside) towards the center of the arena; so
turn left when you enter the arena
What is the minimum age that students can be in therapeutic riding
- correct answer - developed to the age of a 4 year old
A horse is brought out prior to a lesson and you are told it is moving
unsound. You determine the horse is lame on its left front leg. What
would you see?
- correct answer - head bobbing up when the left front leg hits the
ground
What are stressors for equines
- correct answer - shift of temperature or weather, being handled by
volunteers with different skill levels, carrying an unbalanced rider, difficult
mounting/dismounting procedure
