NBCOT Occupational Therapy Certification Key Exam Guide
Questions and Integral Marking Scheme version 2024/2025
Concentrated marketing - correct answer marketing focused on one particular
population
Benediction sign - correct answer characterized by inability to flex 2nd & 3rd digits
Caused by prozimal median nerve injury
Wrist drop - correct answer inability to extend wrist and fingers caused by radial
nerve damage.
Claw hand - correct answer ulnar nerve injury characterized by the 4th & 5th digits
resting in flexion
Ape hand - correct answer damage to the distal median nerve and atrophy of the
thenar eminence
Decreased ability to abd, flex or oppose thumb
Pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (pedi) - correct answer for children up to
7.5 years old to assess developmental ability and opportunities for progress in self care,
mobility, and social skills and is completed via observation and interview.
Nonmaleficence - correct answer do no harm; physician has responsibility to avoid
treatments or interventions in which the potential for harm outweighs the potential for
benefit
Guyon's canal - correct answer ulnar compression at wrist, positive tinel's sign,
symptoms on ulnar side
Results in sensory changes and decreased strength
, Wernicke's aphasia - correct answer decreased comprehension of verbal language
Broca's aphasia - correct answer inability to verbally express
How severe is a glasow coma scale score of 9-12 - correct answer moderate brain
injury
How severe is a glasow coma scale score of 13-15 - correct answer mild brain injury
Asomatognosia - correct answer failure to recognize parts of one's own body
Second degree burn (superficial partial thickness burn) - correct answer causes
blisters that impact the epidermis and the superficial dermis. The nerves are still intact
causing a great amount of pain.
First degree burn - correct answer swelling of the epidermis with slight pain
Third degree burn (full thickness burn) - correct answer injures the epidermis, dermis,
hair follicles, sweat glands, and nerve endings. Appears waxy and leathery
Fourth degree burn - correct answer causes loss of sensation and can potentially
include bone and muscle.
Myasthenia gravis - correct answer a chronic autoimmune disease that affects
proximal muscles and usually affects swallowing
Gullian-barre syndrome - correct answer ascending muscle weakness that affects the
distal muscles
Model of human occupation (moho) - correct answer describes the effect of volition,
performance, and habituation on engagement in occupations (
Questions and Integral Marking Scheme version 2024/2025
Concentrated marketing - correct answer marketing focused on one particular
population
Benediction sign - correct answer characterized by inability to flex 2nd & 3rd digits
Caused by prozimal median nerve injury
Wrist drop - correct answer inability to extend wrist and fingers caused by radial
nerve damage.
Claw hand - correct answer ulnar nerve injury characterized by the 4th & 5th digits
resting in flexion
Ape hand - correct answer damage to the distal median nerve and atrophy of the
thenar eminence
Decreased ability to abd, flex or oppose thumb
Pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (pedi) - correct answer for children up to
7.5 years old to assess developmental ability and opportunities for progress in self care,
mobility, and social skills and is completed via observation and interview.
Nonmaleficence - correct answer do no harm; physician has responsibility to avoid
treatments or interventions in which the potential for harm outweighs the potential for
benefit
Guyon's canal - correct answer ulnar compression at wrist, positive tinel's sign,
symptoms on ulnar side
Results in sensory changes and decreased strength
, Wernicke's aphasia - correct answer decreased comprehension of verbal language
Broca's aphasia - correct answer inability to verbally express
How severe is a glasow coma scale score of 9-12 - correct answer moderate brain
injury
How severe is a glasow coma scale score of 13-15 - correct answer mild brain injury
Asomatognosia - correct answer failure to recognize parts of one's own body
Second degree burn (superficial partial thickness burn) - correct answer causes
blisters that impact the epidermis and the superficial dermis. The nerves are still intact
causing a great amount of pain.
First degree burn - correct answer swelling of the epidermis with slight pain
Third degree burn (full thickness burn) - correct answer injures the epidermis, dermis,
hair follicles, sweat glands, and nerve endings. Appears waxy and leathery
Fourth degree burn - correct answer causes loss of sensation and can potentially
include bone and muscle.
Myasthenia gravis - correct answer a chronic autoimmune disease that affects
proximal muscles and usually affects swallowing
Gullian-barre syndrome - correct answer ascending muscle weakness that affects the
distal muscles
Model of human occupation (moho) - correct answer describes the effect of volition,
performance, and habituation on engagement in occupations (
